Rising French expertise Adela Cernousek conjured an eagle and 6 birdies in an eight-under-par 64 to interrupt free atop a jammed leaderboard after the primary spherical of the LPGA Portland Traditional on Thursday.
After teeing off on 10 and making two birdies in her first 10 holes, Cernousek roared up the leaderboard with birdies at 4, 5 and 6.
The 22-year-old carded an eagle on the par-five seventh and added a birdie on the ninth to cap a sensational 64, admitting she set free “slightly scream” when she nearly holed out for an eagle on the ninth.
“I believed it was going to go in,” she stated. “I’m tremendous comfortable to hit the pin as a result of it stayed fairly shut and it was cool,” she stated.
“I felt excellent with my complete recreation,” added Cernousek, who turned professional in December after profitable a US collegiate golf title enjoying for Texas A&M final yr.
Cernousek was one stroke in entrance of a gaggle that included former world primary Park Sung-hyun and South Korean compatriot Lee5 Jeong-eun, two-time main winner Brooke Henderson of Canada, Chinese language rookie Miranda Wang and American Gurleen Kaur.
Henderson and Wang each nabbed seven birdies with out a bogey, Henderson teeing off on 10 and launching her spherical with 4 straight birdies earlier than including three extra coming in.
Wang had 5 of her birdies on the again 9, together with 4 in a row at 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Lee5 had an eagle and 6 birdies with one bogey. Park had eight birdies to offset her lone bogey, as did Kaur.
5 extra gamers have been tied on 66 and one other eight on five-under 67.
Juli Inkster, the 65-year-old LPGA Corridor of Famer making a uncommon look on tour as she preps for the US Ladies’s Senior Open, fired a three-under 69.
“I used to be slightly nervous teeing off,” the 31-time LPGA winner admitted. “Settled in fairly good. You already know, I truly thought I putted rather well right this moment.
“Hit a whole lot of good irons and I drove the ball properly. I used to be proud of that.”
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