Shin Ji-eun and Allison Lee Co-Lead "Seen the 7-Under?"

LPGA Tour Drive On Championship Round 1
Lee Jeong-eun 6 and Anna Lin tied for 6th, Ko Jin-young 48th

Shin Ji-eun is on a winning streak.

On the 23rd (local time), Shin Ji-eun shot a 7-under-par 65 in the first round of the LPGA Drive On Championship (total prize money $1.75 million) held at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club (par 72, 6,526 yards) in Gold Canyon, Arizona, USA, taking the top spot on the leaderboard. Alison Lee (USA) and Gaby Lopez (Mexico) share the lead, while Jodi Ewart Shadoff (England) is tied for 4th place (6-under-par 66).

Shin Ji-eun surged with a 7-under-par in the first round of the Drive On Championship to share the lead.

Shin Ji-eun made eight birdies and one bogey. After a birdie on the 1st hole and a bogey on the 3rd hole (both par 4), she fired four consecutive birdies from the 8th to the 11th holes. She then added back-to-back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes and finished strong with a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5), confidently setting up for the second round. Her precise tee shots, missing the fairway only once, stood out. She also excelled with just 26 putts during the round. Leading by one stroke in a tie for first, she is poised for her second career win since her first victory at the 2016 Texas Shootout in America.

Korea’s Lee Jeong-eun 6 and An Na-rin are tied for 6th place, two strokes behind (5-under-par 67). Jeon Ji-in, Kim Se-young, Ji Eun-hee, and Hong Ye-eun are tied for 33rd place (3-under-par 69). World No. 3 Ko Jin-young, who is aiming for her second consecutive win, started tied for 48th place (2-under-par 70). Rookie Yoo Hae-ran, who made her debut, along with Yoo So-yeon, Park Sung-hyun, Yang Hee-young, Kim A-rim, and Kang Hye-ji, are also in this group. Nelly Korda (USA) is tied for 48th, and Brooke Henderson (Canada) is tied for 77th place (1-under-par 71). Danielle Kang (USA) withdrew from the tournament.