Ewart Shadoff starts well at Match-Play

Jodi Ewart Shadoff routed defending champion Ally Ewing 6 and 5 at Shadow Creek in the first round of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA MatchPlay in Las Vegas.

In the other Group 15 match, Jasmine Suwannapura beat So Yeon Ryu 5 and 3. The winners of the 16 four-player groups will advance to single elimination at the conclusion of round-robin play Friday.