Amy Yang and Chella Choi hold KPMG Women's PGA Championship lead
Friday 30 June 2017 06:35, UK
Amy Yang had a share of the lead with fellow South Korean Chella Choi when threatening weather halted the first round at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday.
Yang, twice a major runner-up at the US Women's Open, bogeyed the 17th hole to fall back to five-under and surrender the sole lead moments before lightning prompted the late afternoon suspension.
She is among 30 players who will return early on Friday to complete the round at Olympia Fields.
On a day of low scoring, Choi birdied four of the final six holes to set the clubhouse pace at five-under 66 as Michelle Wie and Brooke Henderson also made promising starts with 68.
Newly-crowned women's world No 1 Ryu So-yeon, who won the year's first major at the ANA Inspiration, made a smooth start with a tidy 69.
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Canadian Henderson also finished strongly with three late birdies, before downplaying her chances of defending the title she won after a play-off with Lydia Ko last year.
"Of course, I would love to do it again but it's a different golf course and a different year," she said. "Everything's different but I gave myself a great round today."
