Angela Stanford Grabs First Round Lead At 2012 HSBC Women’s Champions

Angela Stanford

4-time LPGA winner Angela Stanford fired a clean 6-birdie, no bogey 66 to grab the first round lead at the 2012 HSBC Women’s Champions. This, despite hitting one of the ugliest balls you’ll ever see an LPGA champion of her caliber hit on the par 5 9th hole. Her final hole of the day (she started on the back 9), she completely topped the ball, sending it skipping down the fairway like a stone skipping across a pond. She was able to recover and drain a clutch birdie putt to give her a solo hold on first place.

Na Yeon Choi

There is a five way tie for 2nd after day one, with Japan’s Momoko Ueda sharing the bridesmaid position with Koreans In Kyung Kim, Na Yeon Choi, Amy Yang and So Yeon Ryu. NYC looks to bounce back from the Honda Thailand event last week where she looked fantastic the first two rounds (68-68), only to slide back in the final two rounds (73-76).

PAULA CREAMER

MICHELLE WIE

PAIGE MACKENZIE

YANI TSENG

AI MIYAZATO

NA YEON CHOI

MOMOKO UEDA

MEENA LEE

ANGELA STANFORD

MELISSA REID

MINA HARIGAE

SOCK HWEE KOH

VICKY HURST

AMY YANG

HEE YOUNG PARK

HEE WON HAN

NATALIE GULBIS

SANDRA GAL

MIKA MIYAZATO

SO YEON RYU

POS	START	CNTRY	PLAYER	TO PAR	THRU	TODAY	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
	1			STANFORD, Angela	-6	F	-6	66				66
	T2			KIM, I.K.	-4	F	-4	68				68
	T2			RYU, So Yeon	-4	F	-4	68				68
	T2			CHOI, Na Yeon	-4	F	-4	68				68
	T2			YANG, Amy	-4	F	-4	68				68
	T2			UEDA, Momoko	-4	F	-4	68				68
	T7			KERR, Cristie	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T7			MIYAZATO, Ai	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T7			SHIN, Jenny	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T7			MCPHERSON, Kristy	-3	F	-3	69				69
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	T7			FUTCHER, Katie	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T7			HURST, Vicky	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T7			FENG, Shanshan	-3	F	-3	69				69
	T14			SHIN, Jiyai	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T14			YOO, Sun Young	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T14			HAN, Hee-Won	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T14			GRANADA, Julieta	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T14			MUNOZ, Azahara	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T14			PARK, Inbee	-2	F	-2	70				70
	T20			PARK, Hee Young	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			TSENG, Yani	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			CREAMER, Paula	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			LEWIS, Stacy	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			LINCICOME, Brittany	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			PHATLUM, Pornanong	-1	F	-1	71				71
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	T20			KANG, Jimin	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			LEE, Ji-Hee	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T20			NORDQVIST, Anna	-1	F	-1	71				71
	T29			WEBB, Karrie	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			DAVIES, Laura	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			GUSTAFSON, Sophie	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			HUNG, Amy	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			STUPPLES, Karen	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			JI, Eun-Hee	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			GAL, Sandra	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			LANG, Brittany	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			PAK, Se Ri	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			CHOI, Chella	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			LEE, Meena	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			HURST, Pat	E	F	E	72				72
	T29			MIYAZATO, Mika	E	F	E	72				72
	T42			PETTERSEN, Suzann	+1	F	+1	73				73
	T42			HJORTH, Maria	+1	F	+1	73				73
	T42			BLUMENHERST, Amanda	+1	F	+1	73				73
	T42			BOELJON, Christel	+1	F	+1	73				73
	T42			KIM, Mindy	+1	F	+1	73				73
	T47			HULL, Katherine	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			MATTHEW, Catriona	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			RECARI, Beatriz	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			SEO, Hee Kyung	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			WARD, Wendy	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			PRESSEL, Morgan	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			O’TOOLE, Ryann	+2	F	+2	74				74
	T47			KUNG, Candie	+2	F	+2	74				74
	55			REID, Melissa	+3	F	+3	75				75
	T56			MACKENZIE, Paige	+5	F	+5	77				77
	T56			HARIGAE, Mina	+5	F	+5	77				77
	58			GULBIS, Natalie	+6	F	+6	78				78
	T59			WIE, Michelle	+7	F	+7	79				79
	T59			KIM, Song-Hee	+7	F	+7	79				79
	T59			JOH, Tiffany	+7	F	+7	79				79
	62			KIM, Christina	+9	F	+9	81				81
	63			*KOH, Sock Hwee	+10	F	+10	82				82