Mi Jung Hur tops South Korean-dominated leaderboard
IRVING, Texas (AP) – Mi Jung Hur topped the South Korean-dominated leaderboard Thursday in the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, opening with a 5-under 66 in breezy conditions.
Based in the area in McKinney, Hur made five straight birdies on the 15th to the first hole. The two-time LPGA Tour winner bogeyed the par-4 fifth and rebounded with a birdie on the par-4 eighth.
South Korean players held six of the top eight positions. So Yeon Ryu and Eun-Hee Ji were tied for second with American Gerina Piller at 67, and Sei Young Kim, Amy Yang, Jenny Shin and Scotland’s Catriona Matthew shot 68. Piller, the U.S. Solheim Cup star who lives in nearby Plano, birdied four of her last seven holes.
Fifth-ranked Brooke Henderson had a 69. The 18-year-old Canadian has eight straight top-10 finishes.
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