2024 Women's Scottish Open Round 1 suspended: Provisional leaderboard explored

The delay in the start of the first round of the Women's Scottish Open due to bad weather finally took its toll and the day's play had to be suspended. A total of 39 players were unable to finish their rounds and play will resume on Friday morning.

The information was released via the LPGA Media on their X (formerly Twitter) account with the following text:

"Round 1 of the @Womens_Scottish was suspended at 9 p.m. BST [4 p.m. ET]. Round 1 will resume at 8:30 a.m. BST [3:30 a.m. ET] and Round 2 will begin at 9 a.m. BST [4:00 a.m. ET] @LPGA"

Minjee Lee had the lead at 5 under when play was suspended. Thirty-seven other players are also under par.

2024 Women's Scottish Open Round 1 provisional leaderboard

The following was the leaderboard for the 2024 Women's Scottish Open when round one was suspended:

1 Minjee Lee -5
T2 Megan Khang -4
T2 A Lim Kim -4
T2 Lily May Humphreys -4
T5 Lydia Ko -3
T5 Nicole Garcia -3
T5 Lauren Coughlin -3
T5 Ayaka Furue -3
T5 Lucy Li -3
T10 Esther Henseleit -2
T10 Bronte Law -2
T10 Linnea Strom -2
T10 Allisen Corpuz -2
T10 Ssu-Chia Cheng -2
T10 Caroline Inglis -2
T10 Savannah Grewal -2
T10 Ryann O'Toole -2
T10 Charley Hull -2
T10 Sei Young Kim -2
T10 Madelene Sagstrom -2
T10 Georgia Hall -2
T22 Lilia Vu -1
T22 Hye-Jin Choi -1
T22 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard -1
T22 Yealimi Noh -1
T22 Minami Katsu -1
T22 So Mi Lee -1
T22 Stephanie Kyriacou -1
T22 Jin Young Ko -1
T22 Shannon Tan -1
T22 Sarah Schmelzel -1
T22 Gabriela Ruffels -1
T22 Meghan MacLaren -1
T22 Kirsten Rudgeley -1
T22 Cheyenne Knight -1
T22 Laura Fuenfstueck -1
T22 Aline Krauter -1
T22 Mary Liu -1
T39 Albane Valenzuela E
T39 Cara Gainer E
T39 Grace Kim E
T39 Nuria Iturrioz E
T39 Agathe Sauzon E
T39 Jin Hee Im E
T39 Lisa Pettersson E
T39 Wei-Ling Hsu E
T39 Virginia Elena Carta E
T48 Johanna Gustavsson +1
T48 Leona Maguire +1
T48 Anna Nordqvist +1
T48 Lee-Anne Pace +1
T48 Alexandra Forsterling +1
T48 Nasa Hataoka +1
T48 Ana Peláez Triviño +1
T48 Emma Spitz +1
T48 Hyo Joo Kim +1
T48 Paula Reto +1
T48 Rose Zhang +1
T48 Marta Sanz Barrio +1
T48 Arpichaya Yubol +1
T48 Lauren Hartlage +1

Minjee Lee carded five birdies and no bogeys in the first round of the Women's Scottish Open. The two-time major champion will be looking for her first victory of the season at Dundonald Links.

Paris Olympics champion Lydia Ko is among the top contenders to win the Women's Scottish Open, finishing her first round in a share of 5th place at 3-under. European stars Georgia Hall, Madelene Sagstrom and Charley Hull are all tied for 10th on 2 under.

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