Leona Maguire has spent months working on her game and trying to be patient with the results. On Thursday at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, she continued to see the dividends of that extra effort as she recorded an opening round of 66 to sit just four strokes off the pace of first-round leader Sei Young Kim.
“I've been doing a lot of work on my putting lately, so nice to see a few go in today,” Maguire said about her 6-under effort at Qizhong Garden Golf Club, where she had just 27 putts. “Gave myself a lot of chances, hit a lot of greens and putted really nice. The greens are a little bit unpredictable, but I felt like I put some really good strokes on it.”
