Who is leading the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open (women) after day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the ISPS Handa Australian Open (women) was played at Kingston Golf Club and Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne on Thursday, November 28. The event is sanctioned by Golf Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia.

Local player Su Oh and Korean amateur Hyojin Yang are leading the Australian Open at 7-under. There are several top players in the field, some of them in privileged positions on the leaderboard.

2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open (Women) day 1 leaderboard

Here is the Australian Open women's leaderboard after the first round. Only the top 40 players are included:

T1 Su Oh -7
T1 Hyojin Yang (a) -7
3 Hannah Green -6
4 Justice Bosio -5
T5 Stephanie Kyriacou- 4
T5 Hanee Song -4
T5 Kornkanok Sungpankhao -4
T5 Chun-Wei Wu -4
9 Jiyai Shin -3
T10 Grace Kim -2
T10 Sock Hwee Koh -2
T12 Cassie Porter -1
T12 Thalia Martin -1
T12 Cholcheva Wongras -1
T12 Claire Shin -1
T12 Mamika Shinchi (a) -1
T12 Jeongmin Cho -1
T12 Kelsey Bennett -1
T19 Vidhatri Kantharaj Urs E
T19 Hayley Davis E
T19 Shina Kanazawa E
T19 Rachel Lee (a) E
T19 Caitlin Peirce E
T19 Jess Whitting E
T19 Steffanie Vogel E
T19 Jordan O'Brien E
T19 Ashleigh Buhai E
T19 Wenyung Keh E
T19 Ayaka Sugihara E
T19 Jenny Shin E
T19 Sarah Jane Smith E
T32 Stephanie Bunque +1
T32 Min A Yoon +1
T32 Shyla Singh (a) +1
T32 Amy Walsh +1
T32 Momoka Kobori +1
T32 Geraldine Xiao Xuan Wong +1
T32 Hitaashee Bakshi +1
T32 Casey Wild +1
T32 Holly Victoria Halim +1
T32 Danielle Kang +1

Former LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour player Su Oh carded nine birdies and two bogeys in the first round. Her score of 7-under 66 is a new course record for the Kingston Heath Golf Course, surpassing Karrie Webb and Jiyai Shin's 67 at the 2008 Australian Open.

Oh is tied for first with Korean amateur Hioyin Jang, who carded seven birdies and no bogeys for a 7-under 65 at Victoria Golf Club.

Three-time LPGA Tour winner in the 2024 season, major champion, and one of the top players in the field, Hannah Green, is tied for third, one stroke off the lead. The Australian carded seven birdies and one bogey despite still recovering from the jet lag associated with her recent trip from America.

Eight other players round out the top 10 at the Australian Open, including two-time major champion Jiyai Shin and local stars Steph Kyriacou and Grace Kim.

Other major champions in the field of the Australian Open are American Danielle Kang and local idol Minjee Lee. Both started the event below expectations, carding 1-over and 2-over respectively.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl