01폭풍 뒷심 발휘한 루생-부샤르, 말레이시아에서 화려한 기선제압
폴린 루생-부샤르(프랑스)가 LPGA 투어 메이뱅크 챔피언십 첫날 경기에서 눈부신 후반 집중력을 발휘하며 리더보드 가장 높은 곳에 이름을 올렸다. 루생-부샤르는 라운드 내내 정교한 샷감을 유지하며 선두권 경쟁을 이어가다 경기 막판에 결정적인 승부수를 띄웠다.
압권은 라운드 마무리였다. 루생-부샤르는 마지막 3개 홀에서 연속으로 버디를 잡아내는 ‘버디 쇼’를 선보이며 경쟁자들을 따돌렸다. 이러한 폭발적인 뒷심 덕분에 그녀는 기분 좋게 1라운드를 단독 선두로 마칠 수 있었다.
말레이시아에서 펼쳐지는 이번 메이뱅크 챔피언십은 투어 최정상급 선수들이 대거 참여해 치열한 우승 다툼이 예상되는 대회다. 루생-부샤르가 첫날 보여준 완벽한 마무리를 남은 라운드에서도 유지하며 투어 승수를 추가할 수 있을지 골프 팬들의 이목이 쏠리고 있다.
02Original (English) — LPGA
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France plays a shot from the second tee during the first round of the Maybank Championship 2026 at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club on October 29, 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Pauline Roussin-Bouchard birdied her final three holes Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club for an 8-under 64 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship.
French player Roussin-Bouchard, whose rookie season on the tour was 2022, is still looking for her first LPGA win and has three top-10 finishes.
American Sophia Schubert, who also joined the tour in 2022 and has no wins and three career top-10 finishes, was tied for second place after a 65 with Miyu Yamashita, who won last year's Malaysian tournament after a three-way playoff.
Another French player, Perrine Delacour, shot 66 and was tied for fourth with Charley Hull, who birdied two of her final three holes.
Haeran Ryu, a major winner this year at the Women's PGA Championship and at the Evian Championship, withdrew before her first-round tee time for an undisclosed reason. She was the highest-ranked player in the tournament in the absence of No. 1 Nelly Korda and No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul.
Last week, Yuri Yoshida won the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea, the fourth Japanese player this season to win on the LPGA Tour, joining Yamashita, Shiho Kuwaki and Yuna Nishimura. Yoshida had a 69 Thursday.
Among the hazards at the Kuala Lumpur layout was the sight, captured on the television coverage, of a 3-meter (10-foot) monitor lizard eating a smaller animal near one of the lakes on the course.
The LPGA's four-week, late-season Asian swing ends next week with the Toto Japan Classic at Omitama outside Tokyo.