Melissa flies the flag for England in South Korea

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JEJU, South Korea -- There was a crowded look at the top of the leader board in South Korea with England’s Melissa Reid, Julieta Granada of Paraguay and six South Koreans tied at the top after the opening round of the Daishin Securities Tomato M Korea European Ladies Masters today.
All eight players carded two-under-par 70s at Haevichi Country Club in Jeju.
Reid, who earned her maiden victory earlier this year at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, made four birdies going out to take the outright lead at the turn, but registered a triple bogey at the tough, uphill par-five 12th hole, after hitting her third shot into the left greenside bunker and getting a plugged lie. She picked up a fifth birdie at the par-five 14th hole, to get back into a share of the lead late in the day.
“All in all, I felt I hit it pretty good. I hit one bad shot which cost me a triple but I mean, 99 times out of 100 that would never have been a plugged ball and I would have been pretty confident to get it up and down,” Reid said. “I should have been a few better. I felt like I missed a short one on 18 and a couple of other short ones so I could have gone really, really low today. I felt quite calm today. I’m suffering from a cold so it was quite good because I didn’t really expect anything from myself. To shoot two-under was okay.”
No 3 ranked Reid, who needs a big week in order to have a chance of claiming the Ladies European Tour’s 2010 Henderson Money List, said that it could easily have been a 65 rather than a 70. “I think you can go low. The golf course is certainly out there.”
Granada, who tied for second at last week’s Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China after being defeated in a play-off, had four birdies and two bogeys.
The 2006 ADT Championship winner said: “I was happy, you know, I played very steady today. I did a couple of mistakes but I got right back with a birdie, so it was a good round.
“It’s playing a little bit different than the practise rounds. The greens are a little bit harder so I’m happy. The breeze is less than the practise rounds so we were quite used to really hard winds and today was soft for a change so it was much nicer. Today, I did everything sort of good. I putted really well and I hit good shots into the greens so I was happy. We have two more days but it was a good start.”
Also sharing the lead in the co-sanctioned event with the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) were Na-Heul Kim, Aree Song, So-Young Kim, Yoon-Kyung Hur, Jung-Min Lee and Soo-Young Moon.
Na-Heul Kim said, through an interpreter: “During the first two days it was kind of windy but not today so it was difficult to adjust. On the back nine I had an eagle on the 14th, so that helped my score.”
European No.1 Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa, coming off two straight victories in China, opened with a 73 along with defending champion Hyun-Ji Kim. Second ranked Laura Davies shot 78, the same score as Kylie Walker and Vikki Laing.
Top Scot is Carly Booth with a par-matching 72.


FIRST ROUND
Par 72
70 Soo-Young Moon (S Korea), Aree Song (S Korea), So-Young Kim (S Korea), 
Yoon-Kyung Hur (S Korea), Ha-Neul Kim (S Korea), Julieta Granada (Paraguay), Jung-Min Lee (S Korea), Melissa Reid (England).
71 Julie Yang (S Korea) (am), Hye-Jin Jung (S Korea), Mi-Rim (S Korea), Char Young Kim (S Korea), Ae-Ree Pyun (S Korea), Young-Ran Jo (S Korea), Ran Hong (S Korea), Hae-Won Jeong (S Korea). 
72 Dewi-Claire Schreefel (Team Holland), Carly Booth (Aberdeen Asset),
You-Na Park (S Korea), Aram Cho (S Korea), Carmen Alonso (Spain), Seung-Hyun Lee (S Korea), Jeong-Eun Lee (S Korea), Hee-Kyung Seo (S Korea), Hyo-Joo Kim (S Korea) (am), Soo-Jin Yang (S Korea), Hyun Min Byun (S Korea).
73 Ana Larraneta (Spain), Bo-Kyung Kim (S Korea), Bo-Mi Suh (S Korea), Hye-Jung Choi (S Korea), Yun-Hee Cho (S Korea), Dana Kim (S Korea), Hyun-Hwa Shim (S Korea), Yoon-Ji Cho (S Korea), Veronica Zorzi (Italy), Hyun-Ji Kim (S Korea), Lee-Anne Pace (S Africa).
74 Marjet van der Graaff (Team Holland), Hae-Jung Kim (S Korea), Jennifer Song (US), Ju Young Pak (S Korea), Becky Morgan (Wales), Hannah Jun (US), Louise Stahle (Sweden), Bo-Bae Kim (S Korea), Hyun-Hee Moon (S Korean), II Hee Lee (S Korea), Hye-Young Kim (S Korea), Ji-Hae Jang (S Korea). 
75 Shi Hyun Ahn (S Korea), Riikka Hakkarainen (Finland), Jae-Eun Chung (S Korea), Mallory Blackwelder (US), Hyeon-Ju Lee (S Korea), Frances Bondad (Australia), Karen Lunn (Australia), Christel Boeljon (Team Holland), Sun-Hwa Lee (S Korea), Diana D'Alessio (US), Shin-Ae Ahn (S Korea), Min-Young Lee (S Korea).
76 Caroline Rominger (Switzerland), Monica Christiansen (Denmark),
Sung-Ah Yim (S Korea), Cho Hui Kim (S Korea), Morgan Robbertze (S Africa), Soo-Hwa Jang (S Korea), An-Na Oh (S Korea), Becky Brewerton (Wales), Beth Allen (US), So-Yeon Ryu (S Korea), Young-Ae Ham (S Korea).
77 Min-Gee Song (S Korea), Kym Larratt (Kibworth GC), Kate Combes (Australia), Rebecca Coakley (Team (Ireland), Nikki Garrett (Australia), Trish Johnson (England), Sophie Walker (England), Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park GC).
78 Tandi Cuningham (S Africa), Eun-Jung Sin (S Korea), Margherita Rigon (Italy), Jenni Kuosa (Finland), Anna Rossi (Italy), Kylie Walker (The Carrick on Loch Lomond), Vikki Laing (Kings Acre Academy), Laura Davies (England). 
79 Johanna Lundberg (Sweden), Cecilie Lundgreen (Norway), Jin Joo Hong (S Korea), Titiya Plucksataporn (Thailand), Stacy Lee Bregman (S Africa), Martina Gillen (Team Ireland).
80 Felicity Johnson (Harborne GC), Tara Delaney (Team Ireland). 
81 Jeehae Lee (S Korea).
82 Laurette Maritz (S Africa).
83 Danielle Bowers (England). 




Official tour scoring from the Ladies European Tour website.