Il-Hee Lee Leads 2013 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia After Round One

Il-Hee Lee (click to enlarge)

South Korean Il-Hee Lee started her first round at the 2013 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia with a birdie on the par 4 1st, heralding a great day to come. That day would feature a clean 7-birdie, no bogey round that left Il-Hee alone atop the leaderboard at 7-under at day’s end. Earlier this year the 24-year old Lee won her first LPGA event at the 2013 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Unfortunately, that event was reduced to three 12-hole rounds due to course flooding. American Brittany Lang had the hottest start of all, birdying 7 of her first 11 holes, starting on the back 9. For most of the round’s duration it looked as if the worst Brittany would finish would be a tie for the lead with Il-Hee. However, a final hole bogey (hole #9, since she finished on the front 9) served to slide Lang a shot back into solo 2nd.

BIRDIES

Paula Creamer is so overdue for a win. Once again, she had a great round at 5-under to put herself among the contenders.

Ai Miyazato had the best 2-under round of recent memory. She didn’t play well at last week’s JLPGA Japan Women’s Open and began Sime Darby at 2-over through 14. She rescued her round with 4 straight birdies on 15, 16, 17 and 18 to turn 2-over into 2-under in the blink of an eye.

Suzann Pettersen returned from her 3 week hiatus to fire a solid 4-under. Whenever Suzann is lurking, the other leaders need to beware.

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IL-HEE LEE

CHIE ARIMURA

NATALIE GULBIS

SO YEON RYU

PAULA CREAMER

MICHELLE WIE

JODI EWART SHADOFF

CHARLEY HULL

MAMIKO HIGA

AI MIYAZATO

SHANSHAN FENG

SANDRA GAL

JENNIFER ROSALES

ANNA NORDQVIST

JIYAI SHIN

MIKA MIYAZATO

BRITTANY LANG

STACY LEWIS

NA YEON CHOI

BEATRIZ RECARI

SUZANN PETTERSEN

CRISTIE KERR

MORGAN PRESSEL

HAEJI KANG

MARIAJO URIBE

KARRIE WEBB

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Pos	Start	Player		ToPar	Thru	Today	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
	1	1		LEE, Ilhee	-7	9:56 AM		64				64
	2	2		LANG, Brittany	-6	9:56 AM		65				65
	T3	T3		JI, Eun-Hee	-5	9:56 AM		66				66
	T3	T3		CREAMER, Paula	-5	9:45 AM		66				66
	T3	T3		EWART SHADOFF, Jodi	-5	9:45 AM		66				66
	T3	T3		RECARI, Beatriz	-5	9:45 AM		66				66
	T7	T7		MASSON, Caroline	-4	9:34 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		THOMPSON, Lexi	-4	9:34 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		WALSHE, Alison	-4	9:34 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		FENG, Shanshan	-4	9:23 AM		67				67
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	T7	T7		KERR, Cristie	-4	9:23 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		KIM, I.K.	-4	9:23 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		LINCICOME, Brittany	-4	9:12 AM		67				67
	T7	T7		PETTERSEN, Suzann	-4	9:12 AM		67				67
	T15	T15		NORDQVIST, Anna	-3	9:12 AM		68				68
	T15	T15		HIGA, Mamiko	-3	9:01 AM		68				68
	T15	T15		KORDA, Jessica	-3	9:01 AM		68				68
	T15	T15		PRESSEL, Morgan	-3	9:01 AM		68				68
	T15	T15		HARIGAE, Mina	-3	8:50 AM		68				68
	T15	T15		HEDWALL, Caroline	-3	8:50 AM		68				68
	T21	T21		GAL, Sandra	-2	8:50 AM		69				69
	T21	T21		GRANADA, Julieta	-2	8:39 AM		69				69
	T21	T21		GULBIS, Natalie	-2	8:39 AM		69				69
	T21	T21		PARK, Jane	-2	8:39 AM		69				69
	T21	T21		LEWIS, Stacy	-2	8:28 AM		69				69
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	T21	T21		MIYAZATO, Ai	-2	8:28 AM		69				69
	T21	T21		PARK, Hee Young	-2	8:28 AM		69				69
	T28	T28		*KOH, Michelle	-1	8:17 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		KUNG, Candie	-1	8:17 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		YOO, Sun Young	-1	8:17 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		ICHER, Karine	-1	8:06 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		LINDBERG, Pernilla	-1	8:06 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		PILLER, Gerina	-1	8:06 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		CHIEN, Pei-Yun	-1	7:55 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		KANG, Danielle	-1	7:55 AM*		70				70
	T28	T28		LEE, Meena	-1	7:55 AM		70				70
	T28	T28		PARK, Inbee	-1	7:55 AM*		70				70
	T28	T28		RYU, So Yeon	-1	7:55 AM		70				70
	T39	T39		MARTIN, Mo	E	8:28 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		WEBB, Karrie	E	8:28 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		CIGANDA, Carlota	E	8:17 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		PHATLUM, Pornanong	E	8:17 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		TSENG, Yani	E	8:17 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		JOHNSON, Jennifer	E	8:06 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		SERGAS, Giulia	E	8:06 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		WIE, Michelle	E	8:06 AM*		71				71
	T39	T39		SHIN, Jiyai	E	7:55 AM*		71				71
	T48	T48		MIYAZATO, Mika	+1	8:50 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		SHIN, Jenny	+1	8:50 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		YANG, Amy	+1	8:50 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		CHOI, Chella	+1	8:39 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		KANG, Haeji	+1	8:39 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		PAK, Se Ri	+1	8:39 AM*		72				72
	T48	T48		MUNOZ, Azahara	+1	8:28 AM*		72				72
	T55	T55		CHO, Irene	+2	9:01 AM*		73				73
	T55	T55		HULL, Charley	+2	9:01 AM*		73				73
	T55	T55		URIBE, Mariajo	+2	9:01 AM*		73				73
	T58	T58		JUTANUGARN, Moriya	+3	9:23 AM*		74				74
	T58	T58		LEE-PRIDGEN, Cindy	+3	9:23 AM*		74				74
	T58	T58		HULL-KIRK, Katherine	+3	9:12 AM*		74				74
	T58	T58		LEE, Jee Young	+3	9:12 AM*		74				74
	T58	T58		*SHI, Yuting	+3	9:12 AM*		74				74
	63	63		SALAS, Lizette	+4	9:23 AM*		75				75
	T64	T64		ARIMURA, Chie	+5	9:45 AM*		76				76
	T64	T64		CHOI, Na Yeon	+5	9:45 AM*		76				76
	T64	T64		CONCOLINO, Jacqui	+5	9:34 AM*		76				76
	T64	T64		ROSALES, Jennifer	+5	9:34 AM*		76				76
	T64	T64		SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire	+5	9:34 AM*		76				76
	T69	T69		PAN, Aretha	+6	9:56 AM*		77				77
	T69	T69		BOOTH, Carly	+6	9:45 AM*		77				77
	71	71		*CHANG, Yu Hsin	+11	9:56 AM*		82				82
	72	72		JOHANI, Ainil	+15	9:56 AM*		86				86

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