Otsu Metropolis – Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita every posted a 7-under 65 to high the leaderboard Thursday after the primary spherical of the LPGA TOTO Japan Traditional concluded.
Hataoka will intention for his seventh LPGA Tour title, whereas Yamashita will intention for his third.
South Korea’s Shin Jiyai took the lead by one stroke, with three Japanese golfers, Chisato Iwai, Akie Iwai and Minami Katsu, simply two strokes aside on the Seta Golf Membership in western Japan.
Chisato Iwai and Akie Iwai are twin sisters.
In a small discipline, eight different golfers had been simply three off the tempo. Amongst them was Australia’s Minjee Lee. Lee gained the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship earlier this 12 months, her third main title.
Defending champion Rio Takeda shot a 1-over 73 and was eight strokes behind.
