Tough start for Leona Maguire at US Open
Cavan's Leona Maguire US Women's Open got off to a tough start as she carded a disappointing 76 to sit four-over par for a share of 105th overall.
Maguire started her round on the 10th and hit four pars on the bounce before hitting a double bogey on the par-five 14th after finding sand.
Maguire dropped further shots at the 17th and second before hitting her first birdie on the third. However another bogey on the eighth leaving her eight shots off the first-round leaders.
There are six sitting at the top of the leaderboard on four-under Yealimi Noh, Angel Yin, 2020 champion A Lim Kim, Jinhee Im, Julia Lopez Ramirez and Rio Takeda.
Lopez Ramierez hit a bogey-free round at her first US Women's Open with Takeda making six birdies over a nine hole stretch.
A birdie on the par five gave Noh a share of the lead.
Nelly Korda who is chasing her first US Women's Open title finished with a 72 to tie for eighth.
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