OTTAWA, Ontario — Paula Reto shot a course-record 9-under 62 on Thursday at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Membership to take a 2-stroke lead within the Canadian Pacific Girls’s Open.
“It isn’t one thing I am acquainted with,” Reto stated concerning the low rating.
Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 32-year-old South African opened with a 6-under 29 on the again 9 and added three birdies on the entrance 9, the final on the par-5 ninth. She birdied all 4 par-5 holes.
“It was a very good placing day,” Reto stated. “Lots of putts went in, and that type of makes the spherical simpler. Seeing my traces and the pace was fairly good, so made it lots simpler. I used to be like, ‘Simply get on the inexperienced.'”
Reto broke the course mark of 63 set by Canadian star Brooke Henderson within the third spherical of the 2017 match.
“I did not comprehend it was the course file, so type of discovering out after my spherical takes the stress off,” Reto stated. “So I am completely satisfied about it. You already know, I am hoping to do some extra good rounds coming right here.”
Narin An of South Korea was second after a bogey-free 64.
Emma Talley, Robynn Ree and Lilia Vu shot 65. Atthaya Thitikul was at 66 with Perrine Delacour, Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu, Nasa Hataoka, Lucy Li, Mo Martin, Elizabeth Szokol and A Lim Kim.
Alena Sharp and Maddie Szeryk had been the highest Canadians at 67. Nelly and Jessica Korda additionally had been at 67 in a gaggle that included Jennifer Kupcho, Danielle Kang, 2006 winner Cristie Kerr and 2016 champion Ariya Jutanugarn.
Nelly Korda is coming off her first win of the yr within the Aramco Sequence on the Women European Tour the place she rallied from 7 pictures behind towards sister Jessica.
“The greens are positively actually tough,” Nelly Korda stated. “They’re onerous to learn and type of like in a way a bit too quick for the grass, the place you are feeling such as you’re placing on glass.”
Prime-ranked Jin Younger Ko, the winner at Magna exterior Toronto in 2019 when the occasion was final performed, shot a 68.
Canadian novice Lauren Zaretsky had a hole-in-one on the par-3 fifth in her 68. The 18-year-old is about to begin school Monday at Texas Tech.
“My response was fairly calm,” Zaretsky stated. “I am shocked. I have not had a hole-in-one since 2016 and truly made a joke earlier than this match that possibly I will have a hole-in-one on dwell TV.”
Henderson, the 2018 winner at Wascana in Regina, Saskatchewan, closed with a bogey on the par-5 ninth for a 69. She’s from Smiths Falls, south of Ottawa.
“It is the factor with this course,” Henderson stated. “Whenever you hit it in unhealthy spots you actually pay the worth.”
Three-time match champion Lydia Ko additionally had a 69, taking part in alongside Henderson and Kupcho. Lexi Thompson shot a 70.
