01리더보드 최상단 점령한 두 명의 선두, 대회 초반 기선 제압
2026 BMW 레이디스 챔피언십의 화려한 막이 오른 가운데, 대회 첫날부터 선두 자리를 차지하기 위한 선수들의 샷 대결이 뜨겁게 달아올랐다. 1라운드 경기 결과, 두 명의 선수가 동타를 기록하며 리더보드 가장 높은 곳에 나란히 이름을 올렸다.
이번 대회는 변별력 높은 코스 세팅으로 인해 선수들의 정교한 공략이 요구되었으나, 공동 선두에 오른 두 선수는 흔들림 없는 경기력을 선보였다. 이들은 안정적인 드라이버 샷과 날카로운 아이언 샷을 바탕으로 타수를 줄여 나가며 초반 기선 제압에 성공했다.
첫날부터 형성된 공동 선두 체제는 남은 라운드에서 펼쳐질 치열한 순위 다툼을 예고하고 있다. 특히 선두권 선수들 간의 격차가 촘촘하게 유지되고 있어, 이어지는 라운드에서의 집중력 유지와 퍼팅 성공 여부가 이번 대회 우승컵의 주인공을 결정지을 핵심 요소가 될 것으로 보인다.
02Original (English) — LPGA
Yuri Yoshida of Japan reacts as she waits to play a shot from the second tee during the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship 2026 at Pine Beach Golf Links on October 22, 2026 in Haenam, South Korea.
GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Karis Davidson had six birdies on her final eight holes but bogeyed her ninth Thursday for a 6-under 66 and was tied for the first-round lead at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship.
Davidson, who started on the 10th hole Thursday, was level with Yuri Yoshida on the Pine Beach Golf Links southwest of Gwangju. Davidson and Yoshida are both seeking their first wins on the LPGA Tour.
No. 3-ranked Haeran Ryu shot 67 and was tied for third. Her round included a chip-in birdie from off the 5th green. Also tied for third were Americans Lucy Li and Lauren Coughlin and European Solheim Cup player Julia Lopez Ramirez.
No. 7-ranked Lottie Woad, who was on the victorious European team in the Solheim Cup, shot 69. Defending champion Sei Young Kim, who ended a five-year victory drought in 2025 with a win on the Pine Beach links, had an opening 72.
Ruoning Yin, who is not in the 83-player, no-cut field this week, won last week’s tournament in Shanghai. She became the third player this season to surpass $3 million in official prize money, joining Nelly Korda ($6.2 million) and Ryu ($4.5 million).
The Maybank Championship is scheduled for next week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the third of four events on the tour’s late-season Asian swing. It will be followed by a tournament in Japan before the LPGA returns to Florida to wrap up the season.