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Tavatanakit, Lindblad, Dryburgh share Evian lead

Tavatanakit, Lindblad, Dryburgh share Evian lead

Tavatanakit, Lindblad, Dryburgh Share Evian Lead

Atthaya Thitikul, Madelene Sagstrom and Maja Stark seized a share of the lead after the opening round of the Evian Championship in France on Thursday. The trio fired rounds of 5-under 66 to sit atop the leaderboard after 18 holes at the Evian Resort Golf Club.

Thitikul, 19, is seeking her second major title of the season after winning the LPGA Chevron Championship in April. Lindblad, 29, is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour, while Dryburgh, 29, is still searching for her first victory.

Other notables in contention include Nelly Korda, who is two strokes off the lead, and defending champion Minjee Lee, who is three strokes back.

The Evian Championship is the fourth and final major championship of the LPGA Tour season.

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Hatton up 3 at LIV Nashville after bogey-free 64

Hatton up 3 at LIV Nashville after bogey-free 64

Tyrrell Hatton fired a flawless 8-under 64 to seize a three-stroke lead after the first round of the LIV Golf Invitational – Nashville on Friday. The Englishman, who won the opening event of the breakaway series in London in June, made eight birdies at the par-71, no-cut event at the㠊TPC Southwind.

Hatton, 30, leads Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and American Talor Gooch, who both shot 67s.

Niemann, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 19 in the world, played alongside Hatton and birdied three of his last four holes to stay in contention.

Gooch, one of 10 Americans in the 48-man field, is making his debut in the Saudi-backed series. He is one of several players who resigned this year from the PGA Tour.

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