Lee leads women’s Open Other tournament

Mirim Lee shot a 10-under 62 Thursday to match the women’s British Open record and open a three-stroke lead in the major championship at tree-lined Woburn Golf Club in Woburn, England.

Three weeks after shooting a 64 in the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open, the 25year-old South Korean player made the last of her 10 birdies on the par-3 17th and closed with a par.

Lee fell one stroke short of the LPGA Tour major record of 61 set by Hyo Joo Kim in the first round of the 2014 Evian Championship.

“I’ve shot 11 under before,” Lee said. “It was back in, I think, second round of LPGA Q-School, final stage. Just so happens my caddie at the time [John Kileen[ was my caddie today.”

Ariya Jutanugarn was second after a bogey-free 65.

“I love this course,” said Jutanugarn, the Thai player.. China’s Shanshan Feng had a 66, and American Stacy Lewis and South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee shot 67s.

“When you normally think of British Open, you think of high roughs, difficult roughs,” Lee said. “But here it feels more like California, so I think that really made me feel comfortable.”

King;s Cup: Thailand ‘s Sattaya Supupramai fired a 7under-par 63 to take a twoshot lead over Italy’s Francesco Laporta, India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar and Tom Johnson of the United States after the first round in Pattaya, Thailand.