Michelle Wie holds the day one lead at Kingsbarns Golf Links after she posted an eight-under, 64, and set a new women’s course record at the Women’s British Open.
Wie made a bogey on the second but a back nine 30 saw her top the pile in a weather-hit first day.
Five shots further back is South Africa’s best-placed golfer, Ashleigh Buhai. She had a solid allround day hitting 17 of 18 fairways and missed just three greens in regulation. There will be some disappointment after a bogey on 18 saw her give one back after four birdies in her round up to that point.
Lee-Anne Pace is one over par after her opening birdie was cancelled out by four bogeys and has some work to do on Friday if she is to avoid a missed cut – the fate she suffered at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open.
The third and final South African, Nicole Garcia, finished three over par after a weather disrupted first round. She was +2 after 14 but a closing bogey has her well off the pace.
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