Chun, Park share first-round lead at Evian Championship


  • Golf
  • Friday, 16 Sep 2016

2016 Rio Olympics - Golf - Preliminary - Women's Individual Stroke Play - Olympic Golf Course - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19/08/2016. In-Gee Chun (KOR) of Korea lines up her putt on the 13th green during third round women's Olympic golf competition. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reuters) - Chun In-gee and fellow South Korean Park Sung-hyun played through rain showers, clouds and sunshine to tie for the first-round lead at the Evian Championship in France after bogey-free rounds of eight-under 63 on Thursday.

One shot back in the fifth and final women's major of the season, being played in Evian-les-Bains, were Olympic bronze medallist Shanshan Feng of China and American rookie Annie Park.

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