Tavatanakit, Lindblad and Dryburgh share lead at Amundi Evian Championship

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand posted seven birdies in a 7-under 64 on the Amundi Evian Championship on Thursday to take a share of the first-round lead with Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad and Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland.

The 24-year-old Tavatanakit received her first main on the ANA Inspiration in 2021 and clinched the LPGA Thailand in February for her second title on the LPGA tour.

The trio are one stroke forward of American Lauren Coughlin — who tied for third on the Chevron Championship for her greatest end at a significant — 2014 Evian champion Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea; 2015 champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand; South Korean Hye-Jin Choi; Mexico’s Gaby Lopez and Japan’s Ayaka Furue.

American Nelly Korda posted an erratic 2-under 69 for a share of twenty first place together with defending champion Celine Boutier of France, 2022 Evian champion Brooke Henderson of Canada, Ladies’s PGA Championship winner Amy Yang and a raft of different gamers.

Korda’s spherical included six birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on the sixteenth gap on the picturesque Evian Resort Golf Membership in Evian-les-Bains, nestled between Lake Geneva and the French Alps. It’s a favourite amongst golfers and the fourth of the 5 main tournaments this 12 months.

Heading into the event, Korda led the tour with $2,943,708 and 6 titles. The Evian winner receives $1.2 million and there’s a complete purse of $8 million.

The No. 1-ranked Korda received the Chevron Championship in April to clinch a record-tying fifth straight event and a second main title. Her greatest efficiency at Evian was a tie for eighth place in 2022.

In the meantime, two holes-in-one have been made within the morning.

Shadoff was 7 over for her spherical when she made an ace on the par-3 sixteenth.

English golfer Jodi Ewart Shadoff used a 9-iron on the par-3 sixteenth gap to earn herself a automobile from gap sponsor Porsche.

“It’s unbelievable,” the two-time Solheim Cup winner stated. “For me, it was clear immediately that I used to be going for the flag if there’s a Porsche at stake. It’s mind-blowing, a really cool second.”

Chun-Wei Wu aced the par-3 fifth gap.

“I didn’t see the ball go in,” she stated. “First hole-in-one in a significant. I’m so excited.”