Ricoh Women's British Open championship at St Andrews

LORENA OCHOA (67) LEADS ON FIRST DAY
OVER THE OLD COURSE

World No 1 Lorena Ochoa from Mexico showed her class to lead by two shots at the end of the first round of the Ricoh Women's British Open over the Old Course, St Andrews.
The Mexican shot a six-under-par 67.
Rebecca Hudson from Doncaster, who had played the course many times as an amateur, was the leading British player with a 70.
Catriona Matthew was the top Scot with a 73. Mhairi McKay had a 75 and Janice Moodie a disappointing 83.
Sally Watson endured a 6 1/2 hr round and finished with a creditable 78, which included a bogey 5 at the last.
Annika Sorenstam had a 72.
There was a surprisingly high score (79) by Laura Davies and surprisingly low scores from the cluster of amateurs in the field - notably Melissa Reid from Chevin, Derby. Winner of the St Rule Trophy over the course earlier this year and the "Helen Holm" at Troon, Melissa had a par-matching 73.
The first round will not be completed until Friday morning due to darkness.
SCOREBOARD
Old Course, St Andrews.
Par 73 (x denotes amateur)
67 Lorena Ochoa (Mex)
69 Louise Friberg (Swe), In-Bee Park (Kor)
70 Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Rebecca Hudson
71 Brittany Lincicome (USA), Joanne Mills (Aus), Meena Lee (Kor), Wendy Ward (USA)
72 Tullia Calzavara (Ita), Karine Icher (Fra), Na On Min (Kor), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Sarah Lee (Kor), Jee Young Lee (Kor), Catrin Nilsmark (Swe), In-kyung Kim (Kor), Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Sherri Steinhauer (USA), Candie Kung (Tai)
73 Beth Bader (USA), Paula Creamer (USA), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Se Ri Pak (Kor), Natalie Gulbis (USA), Michelle Wie (USA), Catriona Matthew, (x) Melissa Reid, Nicole Castrale (USA), Reilley Rankin (USA), Martina Eberl (Ger), Lisa Hall, Young Kim (Kor), Sophie Gustafsson (Swe), Eun Hee Ji (Kor)
74 Nikki Garrett (Aus), (x) Hye Yong Choi (Kor), Beth Daniel (USA), Suzann Petersen (Nor), Becky Brewerton, Stacy Prammanasudh (USA), (x) Naomi Edwards, Moira Dunn, Gloria Park (Kor), Diana D'Alessio (USA), Lotta Wahlin (Swe), Yuri Fudoh (Jpn), Meg Mallon (USA), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Kim Hall (USA), Rebecca Coakley
75 Karen Stupples, Grace Park (Kor), Carri Wood (USA), Michele Redman (USA), Stephanie Louden (USA), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Christina Kim (USA), (x) Belen Mozo (Spa), Brittany Laing (USA), Charlotte Mayorkas (USA), Anja Monke (Ger), Trish Johnson, Mhairi McKay, Maria Hjorth (Swe), Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Lora Fairclough, Joo Mi Kim (Kor)
76 Dina Ammaccapane (USA), Jeong Jang (Kor), Lorie Kane (Can), Jin Joo Hong (Kor), Paula Marti (Spa), Seon Hwa Lee (Kor), Beatriz Recari (Spa), (x) Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Lindsey Wright (Aus), (x) Danielle McVeigh, Miki Saiki (Jpn), Kate Golden (USA), Ji-Yai Shin (Kor)
77 (x) Rachel Bell, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Christie Kerr (USA), Shiho Oyama (Jpn), Pat Hurst (USA), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Karrie Webb (Aus), Clare Queen, Alena Sharp (Can), Jimin Kang (Kor), (x) Kerry Smith
78 Julieta Granada (Par), Helen Alfredsson (Swe), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Angela Stanford (USA), Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Kirsty Taylor, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Angela Park (Bra), Aree Song (Kor), Sarah Kemp (Aus), Wendy Doolan (Aus), Lisa Sorensen (Den), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra), Sun Young Yoo (Kor), (x) Sally Watson.
79 Nina Reis (Swe), Louise Stahle (Swe), Teresa Lu (Tai), Samantha Head, Becky Morgan, Carin Koch (Swe), Birdie Kim (Kor), Laura Davies, Juli Inkster (USA), Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor), Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor), Heather Young (USA), Karin Sjodin (Swe), Katherine Hull (Aus), Aree Song (Kor), Hye Jung Choi (Kor)
80 Il Mi Chung (Kor), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Meaghan Francella (USA), Morgan Pressel (USA), Liselotte Neumann (Swe), (x) Carlota Ciganda (Spa), Anna Rawson (Aus), Kyeong Bae (Kor), Margherita Rigon (Ita)
81 Marcy Hart (USA), Amy Hung (Tai), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Laura Diaz (USA), Silvia Cavalleri (Ita)
82 Johanna Westerberg (Swe)
83 Janice Moodie, Dorothy Delasin (USA).
84 Stefanie Croce (Ita).
86 Tania Elosegui (Spa).
Retired Eleanor Pilgrim