With just 23 putts in round one, Eun-Hee Ji cruised to a 6-under par, 66 to take the lead at the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship. Ji leads by one ahead of Xi Yu Lin in solo second and a group tied for third at 4-under par, including Morgan Pressel, Sandra Gal, Charley Hull and Sun Young Yoo.
Ji started her day on the back nine but caught fire on her second nine, posting a 5-under par, 31 including four straight birdies during what was a tough scoring day with windy conditions throughout the course.
“My putting wasn't really feeling good, so I just be patient with the winds and I just was calm with my putting. I just look at the line and just go hit it,” Ji told the media after her round. “I didn't fight with the wind. I just using the wind a lot. My ball flight wasn't too lower today. I just see my ball line and I just look at my shot, my image was really good.”
Unhappy with her T-28 performance last week at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, Ji put in some extra work on her short game this week, which paid off for her in round one.
“I just working on my short game last week and the week before, because my chipping wasn't feeling good,” said Ji. “So I was working a lot this week and I just chipped in twice today and I think I worked on a lot of right things.”
Ji’s opening round 66 matches her best round of the season. She posted her best finish of 2015 in September at the Evian Championship in a tie for eighth. Ji is a major champion, winner of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open.
The windy conditions made scoring tough for some, including Stacy Lewis who posted her highest round of the season with a 5-over par, 77 to fall into a tie for 70th on day one. Lewis finished runner-up in this event last year and hoped to better that this year as she searches for her first win of 2015. The world No.3 has eight top-3 finishes this year.
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