Who is leading the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship after Day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship concluded on Thursday, September 19, at TPC River's Bend in Maineville, Ohio. The event marks the return of the LPGA Tour following the Solheim Cup.

Ashleigh Buhai leads the Kroger Queen City Championship at 7-under after the first round. 24 players are within three shots of the lead.

2024 Kroger Queen City Championship Day 1 Leaderboard

The following is the leaderboard after the first round of the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship. Only the top 50 are included:

1 Ashleigh Buhai -7
T2 Yan Liu -6
T2 Jeeno Thitikul -6
T4 Polly Mack -5
T4 Nelly Korda -5
T4 Leona Maguire -5
T4 Peiyun Chien -5
T4 Angel Yin -5
T4 Lydia Ko -5
T4 Jasmine Suwannapura -5
T4 Savannah Grewal -5
T12 Bianca Pagdanganan -4
T12 Lindy Duncan -4
T12 Dewi Weber -4
T12 Kaitlin Milligan -4
T12 Celine Borge -4
T12 Sei Young Kim -4
T12 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -4
T12 Pernilla Lindberg -4
T12 Xiaowen Yin -4
T12 Ruixin Liu -4
T12 Gaby Lopez -4
T12 Jin Hee Im -4
T12 Yealimi Noh -4
T12 Maria Fassi -4
T26 Sophia Schubert -3
T26 Laetitia Beck -3
T26 Linn Grant -3
T26 Stephanie Kyriacou -3
T26 Alena Sharp -3
T26 Frida Kinhult -3
T26 Minami Katsu -3
T26 Haeran Ryu -3
T26 Kristen Gillman -3
T35 Azahara Munoz -2
T35 Lindsey Weaver-Wright -2
T35 Albane Valenzuela -2
T35 A Lim Kim -2
T35 Ryann O'Toole -2
T35 Grace Kim -2
T35 Wei-Ling Hsu -2
T35 Robyn Choi -2
T35 Annabelle Pancake (a) -2
T35 Weiwei Zhang -2
T35 Isabella Fierro -2
T35 Charley Hull -2
T35 Mi Hyang Lee -2
T35 Cheyenne Knight -2
T35 Madelene Sagstrom -2
T35 So Mi Lee -2
T35 Sofia Garcia -2

Ashleigh Buhai carded eight birdies and a bogey in the first round of the Kroger Queen City Championship. Buhai is seeking her first LPGA Tour victory since winning the 2023 ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Following her first round at the Kroger Queen City Championship, Ashleigh Buhai assessed her performance as follows (via ASAP Sports):

"I think I was just smart with when I could attack. At the same time, play to spaces. There were a few pins out there where you had to still try to be aggressive, and the greens got a little firm and ran through, but then made some good up and downs to keep me in it."

Several Solheim Cup competitors were present at TPC River's Bend. Nelly Korda and Leona Maguire are the best placed, tied for fourth, two shots off the lead.

Linn Grant is tied for 26th, while Charley Hull is tied for 35th with Albane Valenzuela and others. Lexi Thompson and Anna Nordqvist are in a group of 18 players tied for 52nd.

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