Amy Yang shot 66 to lead by one after day one of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California.
South Korean one shot clear; promising start for English teenager
Amy Yang took a one-shot lead on the first day of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California with a six-under-par round of 66.
The South Korean carded eight birdies against two bogies to lead by one from Australia's Lindsey Wright.
At six under through 13, Wright was in great shape to lead herself, but she could not make another birdie and was one over for her remaining five holes.
Yani Tseng, the 2010 champion, was third on four under, a shot ahead of a group of seven players on three under which included England's Jodi Ewart.
Ewart was bogey-free for her round and birdied the ninth, 11th and 16th holes.
Defending champion Stacy Lewis had a day to forget, as she ended in a share of 60th on two over.
English teenager Charley Hull shot a one-under-par 71 in her first professional event.
And the 16-year-old, who was initially omitted from the amateur Curtis Cup squad after missing the team trial to compete in this year's opening LPGA major before the decision was overturned, was pleased with her performance.
Hull said: "I birdied my first ever hole of my first ever major, so I was pretty chuffed with that.
"I wasn't hitting it very good on the range this morning but I struck it really good out there. I didn't miss any greens, hit my driver really well and I hit my irons pretty close today, so I can't complain about that.
"It's hard to take it all in, but I am just trying to concentrate, not try and do anything different to upset my routine."
Collated first-round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):
66 Amy Yang (Kor)
67 Lindsey Wright (Aus)
68 Yani Tseng (Tai)
69 Paula Creamer, Sun Young Yoo (Kor), Hee Kyung Seo (Kor), Haeji Kang (Kor), Jodi Ewart (Eng), Nicole Castrale, Katherine Hull (Aus)
70 Vicky Hurst, Cydney Clanton, In-Kyung Kim (Kor), Se Ri Pak (Kor), Hee-Won Han (Kor), Julieta Granada (Par), Candie Kung (Tai)
71 Aryia Jutanugarn (Tha), Eun Hee Ji (Kor), Karrie Webb (Aus), Cristie Kerr, Wendy Ward, Inbee Park (Kor), Sandra Gal (Ger), Charley Hull (Eng), Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Pornanong Phatlum (Tha), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Ha-Neul Kim (Kor), Sarah Kemp (Aus), Jaye marie Green
72 Chella Choi (Kor), Beatriz Recari (Spa), Lexi Thompson, Katie Futcher, Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Kris Tamulis, Jennifer Song, Jiyai Shin (Kor), Na Yeon Choi (Kor), Jimin Kang (Kor), Angela Stanford, Karin Sjodin (Swe), Jennifer Johnson, Hee Young Park (Kor), Shanshan Feng (Chn)
73 Karen Stupples (Eng), Cindy Lacrosse, Morgan Pressel, Reilley Rankin, Maria Hjorth (Swe), Karine Icher (Fra), Michelle Wie, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita), Azahara Munoz (Spa), Sherri Steinhauer, Mi Jung Hur (Kor), Janice Moodie (Sco), Mina Harigae
74 Stacy Prammanasudh, Brittany Lang, Heather Bowie Young, So yeon Ryu (Kor), Louise Friberg (Swe), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Mo Martin, Kyeong Bae (Kor), Christina Kim, Catriona Matthew (Sco), Lorie Kane (Can), Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn), Ji-Young Oh (Kor), Gerina Piller, Caroline Hedwall (Swe), Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Stacy Lewis
75 Mika Miyazato (Jpn), Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Pat Hurst, Jenny Shin, Eunjung Yi (Kor), Alena Sharp (Can), Dewi Claire Schreefel, Yukari Baba (Jpn), Maria Hernandez (Spa), Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Alison Walshe, Amanda Blumenherst
76 Tiffany Joh, Ryann O'toole, Brittany Lincicome, Kristy McPherson, Leta Lindley, Grace Park (Kor), Seon Hwa Lee (Kor), Natalie Gulbis, Becky Morgan (Wal), Jessica Korda, Amy Hung (Tai), Diana Luna (Ita), Lizette Salas, Laura Davies (Eng)
77 Moriya Jutanukarn (Tha), Austin Ernst, Hyun-Hwa Sim (Kor), Paige Mackenzie, Melissa Reid (Eng), Meaghan Francella, Jeong Jang (Kor)
78 Na On Min (Jpn), Meena Lee (Kor), Song-Hee Kim (Kor), Jee young Lee (Kor)
79 Caroline Masson (Ger), Alison Lee
83 Belen Mozo (Spa)
WD: Mindy Kim (Kor) 77
