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Chella Choi opened with a sensational -7 65 for the first-round lead in the Kia Classic. Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow is 2nd at -5 67.
9/10 top ranked players are in the field, with only #6 Nelly Korda taking the week off. #1 Sung Hyun Park, #2 Ariya Jutanugarn, #3 Minjee Lee, #4 Jin Young Ko and #8 Inbee Park topped a large group at -4 68. Sung Hyun Park won last month in Singapore and Ko is coming off a victory Sunday in the Founders Cup in Phoenix
Defending champion Eun-Hee Ji and Brooke Henderson shot -3 69 T16.
Brooke was bogey free, she played the back nine first in 34 with 2 birdies and added another coming home in 35. She hit 10/14 fairways, used 32 putts but hit 16/18 greens in regulation. She birdied 2 of the 4 par 5's.
The other Canadians are off to a slow start. Jaclyn Lee, Alena Sharp and Brittany Marchand all shot +3 75. Anne-Catherine Tanguay had a +4 76.
Bryan Angus
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