{"id":1441,"date":"2025-07-11T11:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1441\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:56:06","slug":"leona-maguire-makes-hole-in-one-shares-amundi-evian-lead-with-four-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1441\/","title":{"rendered":"Leona Maguire makes hole-in-one, shares Amundi Evian lead with four others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France \u2014 Leona Maguire made a hole-in-one at the Evian Championship on the way to a 6-under 65 in the first round Thursday and a five-way share of the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Having started on the back nine at the fourth major of the year, Maguire aced the par-3 second hole \u2014 her 11th \u2014 at Evian Resort Golf Club, sinking her tee shot from 164 yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just taking a little bit off an 8-iron for me. Looked good in the air. You\u2019re never sure on that hole until the ball actually lands,\u201d she said. \u201cSort of a perfect morning for it. Not much wind which is nice, especially on that tee box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Irishwoman was joined on 65 by American duo Andrea Lee and Jennifer Kupcho as well as Australians Grace Kim and Gabriela Ruffels, a former tennis player in doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Minjee Lee, who won the KPMG Women\u2019s PGA Championship last month for her third major title, was alone in sixth place after carding a 66.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Nelly Korda was a stroke behind her in a tie for seventh. Korda is seeking her first win of the season and third major title.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Nelly Korda shoots 67 at Amundi Evian, despite two-way miss that finds sister Jessica\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/golf\/news\/nelly-korda-shoots-67-at-amundi-evian-despite-two-way-miss-that-finds-sister-jessica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"nbc_golf_lpga_nellyteeshots_250710.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752234966_504_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nelly Korda had a two-way miss going in Round 1 of the LPGA\u2019s fourth major. And she nearly hit her sister a couple of times.<\/p>\n<p>No. 2-ranked Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, bidding to win a major for the first time, was tied for 16th after a 68 in a group featuring Lottie Woad. The 21-year-old college student from England was thrust into the spotlight after delivering one of the most stunning wins by an amateur \u2014 by six shots over a strong field at the Women\u2019s Irish Open on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Woad, the world\u2019s No. 1 amateur and winner of last year\u2019s Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur, is now on the cusp of securing a place on the professional tours.<\/p>\n<p>English golfer <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/golf\/news\/charley-hull-twice-collapses-carted-off-after-evian-wd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charley Hull withdrew from the first round<\/a> after collapsing to the ground twice because of a virus. Organizers said Hull underwent medical checks but did not have any serious health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France \u2014 Leona Maguire made a hole-in-one at the Evian Championship on the way to a 6-under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}