Welsh star Becky Brewerton secured a one-shot lead after the first round of the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China.
The 28-year-old from Wales opened with a five under par 67 at Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club near Shanghai to edge one stroke ahead of six other players including the world number one Yani Tseng.
Brewerton described how she had learned from 22-year-old Tseng, the youngest player in history to have won five majors.
“I saw a quote that Yani had given yesterday about even now, after everything she has done, she just takes one shot at a time and doesn’t think about the score and that’s what I tried to do today. Listening to her quotes and for her to say she doesn’t think about her score, she just tries to do her best on every shot, you just think, yeah, that’s definitely the attitude and today was probably the first time ever that I’ve managed to actually forget my score,” Brewerton said.
Despite firing six birdies and just one bogey on a mild and relatively still day, Brewerton said that she would not feel safe with Tseng a stroke behind on the leader board.
“It wouldn’t matter how far ahead you were, you wouldn’t feel safe,” said the two-time LET champion.
“You know with Yani in the field, you have to be at your best and hope that she’s not quite at hers.”
Tseng is looking for her 11th title of the season after winning in her homeland on Sunday.
She had four birdies in her opening round, but three putted for par on the 18th, after reaching the green in two strokes.
Tseng said: “I played pretty consistently today. It’s always good to be bogey-free, but I missed two four-foot putts, otherwise it could be better. It’s the first day of the tournament, I still have two days to go and I’m very happy with what I finished today, with a birdie on the last hole and I’m in a good position now.
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