Ireland’s Lauren Walsh fired a faultless four under-par round of 69 to lead after day one of the Link Series at Ramside Hall.
At her first LET Access Series event, Lauren made one birdie on the front nine and three on the back to take the lead after round one.
“It’s always nice to go bogey-free, to have four birdies and no bogies it was solid,” said Lauren. “It was lovely out there and it was nice to get the first round in. The course was great; the rain came in and that made it a little bit softer which can help with the irons. All parts of my game were working well today, it was balanced. I wasn’t hitting my approach shots very close in the beginning but then I found my rhythm towards the middle. Then the rain came in and I made two good ups and downs to save par, that was a turning point and I started to make some birdies.”
The 22-year-old from Dublin only turned professional one month ago and made her debut appearance on the LPGA at the Dana Open earlier this summer.
“Any day you don’t make any bogeys is a good day so hopefully I can replicate that and get all parts of my game in pretty good shape again,” she added. “I will take the confidence that I played well today, and it should be good tomorrow. It’s my first LETAS event and it’s been great so far. I’ve met a couple of girls that I’ve seen through college before, so it’s been great to catch up, so a fabulous experience so far.”
Behind Lauren, there is a six-way tie in second position with England’s Emily Price, New Zealand’s Wenyung Keh, Australia’s Stephanie Bunque and Kelsey Bennett and Spain’s Teresa Diez Moliner and Marta Perez all on three under-par.
The second round begins at 7.30am, with a cut to the top-45 professionals and ties to be made at the end of the day.
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