US Women’s Open Golf 2014: Day 1 LPGA Leaderboard Scores, Analysis, Highlights

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Published: June 19, 2014

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One week after Martin Kaymer made Pinehurst No. 2 look like an amateur course, the ladies take center stage, beginning with the first round of the 2014 U.S. Women's Open. It was a very similar story to what we saw seven days ago, with low scores to be found all over the place on Thursday.     

The early contender for round of the day went to American Stacy Lewis. The top-ranked player in the world went into the clubhouse with a bogey-free three-under-par 67 in the first round. She has finished outside the top 10 in the Open every year since 2009.    

In 2008, the last year Lewis was in contention to win the event, she led after the third round before shooting a 78 on Sunday to finish five strokes behind Inbee Park. Even though that was her coming-out party, it would be another three years before she won a major championship (2011 Nabisco Championship). 

Ron Sirak of Golf World and Golf Digest quickly pointed out how strong Lewis looked through Round 1 with this Twitter nugget about what it could mean for Friday:



Lewis said after the round, via the tournament's official Twitter account, that this is the kind of stage she prefers to play on:



If there were any nerves, Lewis certainly didn't show them on Day 1. She hit 13 of 14 fairways, 17 of 18 greens in regulation and needed just 32 putts to get through her day. The only bad thing you can say is she couldn't save two sand shots, but that's nitpicking. 

Here's a look at how the top 20 players stack up following Thursday's first round action:



*Full leaderboard can be found at LPGAScoring.com by clicking here and current through 8 p.m. ET


 

In addition to Lewis' brilliance on Thursday, the other big story from the day was 11-year-old Lucy Li playing in the U.S. Women's Open.

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