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Delacour leads LPGA Portland Classic

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – France’s Perrine Delacour defied chilly, wet conditions to card a nine-under par 63 yesterday and take a one-shot lead in the first round of the LPGA Portland Classic.

Delacour teed off early and played much of her round in steady rain, but she fired nine birdies without a bogey at Columbia Edgewater Country Club to lead by one over American Gina Kim, a 23-year-old former amateur standout whose bogey-free 64 was her best ever LPGA round.

World number two Nelly Korda headed a trio on seven-under 65 that also included Sweden’s Linn Grant and Germany’s Olivia Cowan.

Delacour was untroubled by the morning’s steady rain, opening with a birdie at the first hole then stringing together five straight birdies from the third through the seventh.

“When you’re in that zone you don’t realise your score and you’re just not scared of anything,” said Delacour, who added birdies at 14, 15 and 17. “You go to every pin and you know it’s going to be fine.”

Perrine Delacour during the first round of the Portland Classic. PHOTO: AFP
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