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First round pace-setter Lorena Ochoa watches her eagle putt at the Road Hole fall just short. She finished at six under par |
American star Paula Creamer driving at the seventeenth. A birdie at this hole helped her to a level par finish |
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Nikki Garrett of Australia hit the first drive of the tournament |
US Open champion Cristie Kerr |
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Japan's Ai Miyazato finished at three under |
Evian Masters winner Natalie Gulbis |
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Scotland's Catriona Matthew |
England's Rebecca Hudson |
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Se Ri Pak (front) and Momoko Ueda |
Light refreshments |
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Defending champion Sherri Steinhauer |
Michelle Wie, Beth Daniel and Grace Park |
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In-Bee Park shares second place |
Day one leader board |
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Team Annika look anxious at the first |
Carrie Webb enjoying the morning sun |
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Julie Inkster narrowly misses a birdie during a five under par round |
Jin Joo Hong of Korea |
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Morgan Pressel, 2007 Kraft Nabisco winner |
Sherri Steinhauer |
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Swedish challenger Louise Friberg |
Britanny Lincicome |
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Spain's Paula Marti eyes her putt |
Naomi Edwards, St Rule Trophy winner in 2005 |
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Lora Fairclough in pot bunker trouble |
Late finisher Lisa Hall birdied 18 to stand on level par |
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Natalie Gulbis smacks her final drive of the day down the eighteenth |
St Rule Trophy winner 2007 Melissa Reid is in the top 20 |
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Annika Sorenstam en route to a 77 |
A disappointing 80 for Catriona Matthew still sees her in the top 10 |
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Paula Creamer with Kim Hall |
Frenchwoman Karine Icher is equal third |
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Rebecca Hudson enjoys it while she can |
Rough going for the defending champion |
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Japan's Yuri Fudoh |
Wendy Ward played in the final pairing |
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Lorena is the centre of worldwide attention |
Perfect poise from the number one player |
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Lorena Ochoa watches her tee shot at 11 |
Head greenkeeper Gordon McKie (left) and links superintendent Gordon Moir discuss tomorrow's pin positions |
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Mhairi McKay scored 67 to equal Lorena Ochoa's professional course record |
Miki Saiki also scored 67 |
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Paula Creamer celebrated her 21st birthday with a 72 and equal seventh |
Suzann Petterson McDonald's LPGA championship winner 2007 |
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Annika under cover |
Karine Icher |
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Linda Wessberg was a top ten finisher |
Reilley Rankin was fourth, on par |
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Maria Hjorth was equal second |
Jee Young Lee the other runner up |
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Lorena fans |
The final putt of the championship |
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Lorena Ochoa with top amateur player of the tournament Melissa Reid |
The greenkeepers celebrate with Lorena |
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