Lorena Ochoa (64) leads by one in

Michelob Ultra Open

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A week off did nothing to slow Lorena Ochoa down, and a month away from the game found Kent-born Australian Lindsey Wright in the same groove she was in before a vacation.
Ochoa picked up where she left off in winning two weeks ago in her native Mexico with eight birdies against one bogey .
Her 7-under 64 gave her a one-shot lead over Wright after the first round of the Michelob Ultra Open.
“This is only the start,” said Ochoa, a three-time runner-up in the event. “We have three more days. One at a time.”
Wright, a non-winner in five seasons, hadn’t played since finishing fourth in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the season’s first major in the first week in April, but was bogey-free on the soggy 6,315-yard River Course at Kingsmill that has received rain for several days.
Hee-Won Han, Sarah Lee and Minea Blomqvist shot 66s to share third place, Seon Hwa Lee, Na Yeon Choi and Amy Yang had 67s and 2007 champion Suzann Pettersen was among seven at 68.
In all, 45 of 144 players took advantage of the soft greens and broke par.
Other notables making a run at the leaderboard included 2005 winner Cristie Kerr, who got to 4 under but then stumbled to finish at 2 under; rookie Vicky Hurst, who got to 4 under but gave two shots back on her last four holes; and another rookie, Michelle Wie, who got to 3 under after her first 12 holes, but had two bogeys coming in to finish six shots back.
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 71 (6315yd)
1. Lorena Ochoa 64
2. Lindsey Wright 65
3. Hee-Won Han 66
3. Sarah Lee 66
3. Minea Blomqvist 66
6. Seon Hwa Lee 67
6. Na Yeon Choi 67
6. Amy Yang 67
9. Hye Jung Choi 68
9. Kris Tamulis 68
9. Suzann Pettersen 68
9. Angela Stanford 68
9. In-Kyung Kim 68
9. Chella Choi 68
9. Beth Bader 68
16. Il Mi Chung 69
16. Sarah Kemp 69
16. Diana D'Alessio 69
16. Vicky Hurst 69
16. Katherine Hull 69
16. Cristie Kerr 69
16. Momoko Ueda 69
16. Song-Hee Kim 69
16. Teresa Lu 69
16. Brittany Lang 69
16. Mika Miyazato 69
16. Irene Cho 69
16. Shiho Oyama 69
16. Janice Moodie 69
30. Shanshan Feng 70
30. Anna Grzebien 70
30. Michelle Wie 70
30. Louise Friberg 70
30. Jiyai Shin 70
30. Young Kim 70
30. Meaghan Francella 70
30. Kristy McPherson 70
30. Natalie Gulbis 70
30. Sarah Jane Smith 70
30. Reilley Rankin 70
30. Katie Futcher 70
30. Becky Lucidi 70
30. Sophie Giquel 70
30. Kelli Kuehne 70
30. Allison Fouch 70
Selected scores:
46. Louise Stahle 71
46. Carin Koch 71
46. Giulia Sergas 71
46. Juli Inkster 71
46. Sandra Gal 71
46. Linda Wessberg 71
67. Wendy Doolan 72
67. Anja Monke 72
67. Brandie Burton 72
67. Silvia Cavalleri 72
67. Laura Davies 72
67. Karin Sjodin 72
85. Johanna Mundy 73
85. Morgan Pressel 73
85. Becky Morgan 73
101. Karrie Webb 74
101. Maria Hjorth 74
101. Karen Stupples 74
116. Helen Alfredsson 75
131. Stacy Lewis 77
131. Sophie Gustafson 77