LAST UPDATE | 10 Aug 2023
LEONA MAGUIRE SHOT an opening round of level par 72, leaving her four shots off the clubhouse lead on day one of the Women’s Open at Walton Heath.
Cavan’s Maguire was among Thursday’s early starters at the fifth and final Ladies Major of the season, and plotted a solid round which included two birdies and two bogeys.
A highlight came at the par-five 16th where Maguire’s approach found the greenside bunker, only for her to produce a magnificent bunker shot which left her with a tap-in birdie.
How about this bunker brilliance from @leona_maguire 🏝️#RaiseOurGame | #AIGWO pic.twitter.com/9G3jPhYg5P
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) August 10, 2023
Perrine Delacour, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Jeongeun Lee6 and Jaravee Boonchant were first in to share the early clubhouse lead on three-under par, before Ally Ewing went top of the pile.
The American had back-to-back bogeys on 13 and 14 but an eagle on 16 – along with five birdies, saw her finish on four-under par.
Stephanie Meadow was one-over par through 15 holes but successive birdies on 16 and 17 saw her finish with a flurry on one-under par.
Dublin amateur Anna Foster endured a difficult day and is in last place on 15-over par, a birdie on the par-four eighth the highlight.
