Who is leading the 2024 LOTTE Championship after Day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 LOTTE Championship was played on Wednesday, November 6th at Hoakalei Country Club in Hawaii. The competition was fierce, with five players tied for second place and 19 players within three shots of the lead.

A-Lim Kim leads the LOTTE Championship at 6-under. Two of the five players tied for second are fighting for their LPGA Tour cards.

Below is the LOTTE Championship leaderboard after the first round. Only the Top 50 are included:

1 A-Lim Kim -6
T2 Perrine Delacour -5
T2 Polly Mack -5
T2 Ruixin Liu -5
T2 Bianca Pagdanganan -5
T2 Peiyun Chien -5
T7 Nataliya Guseva -4
T7 Savannah Grewal -4
T7 Yuri Yoshida -4
T10 Jeongeun Lee5 -3
T10 Hee Young Park -3
T10 Clariss Guce -3
T10 Muni He -3
T10 Youmin Hwang -3
T10 Yu Liu -3
T10 Yue Ren -3
T10 Yuna Nishimura -3
T10 Jasmine Suwannapura -3
T10 Jennifer Song -3
T10 Gina Kim -3
T21 Amanda Doherty -2
T21 Azahara Munoz -2
T21 Olivia Cowan -2
T21 Jeongeun Lee6 -2
T21 Gurleen Kaur -2
T21 Angel Yin -2
T21 Ashleigh Buhai -2
T21 Ryann O'Toole -2
T21 Emily Kristine Pedersen -2
T21 Stephanie Kyriacou -2
T21 Yan Liu -2
T21 Yu-Sang Hou -2
T21 Kiira Riihijarvi -2
T21 Caroline Masson -2
T21 Dottie Ardina -2
T21 Alena Sharp -2
T21 Brooke M. Henderson -2
T21 Hyo Joo Kim -2
T21 Paula Reto -2
T21 Jin Young Ko -2
T21 Ayaka Furue -2
T21 Robyn Choi -2
T21 Aline Krauter -2
T44 Sophia Schubert -1
T44 Danielle Kang -1
T44 Pernilla Lindberg -1
T44 Malia Nam -1
T44 Kristen Gillman -1
T44 Arpichaya Yubol -1
T44 Frida Kinhult -1
T44 Auston Kim -1
T44 So Young Lee -1
T44 Alana Uriell -1
T44 Elizabeth Szokol -1
T44 Gigi Stoll -1
T44 Pavarisa Yoktuan -1

Golfers eye LPGA Tour cards at the 2024 LOTTE Championship

The LOTTE Championship is one of the last two opportunities for players outside the LPGA Tour's internal Top 100 to earn enough points to join that select group. Only those in the top 100 will keep their cards for next season.

A-Lim Kim's performance in the first round of the LOTTE Championship included an eagle, six birdies, and two bogeys. The Korean seeks her second LPGA Tour victory after the 2020 US Women's Open. After the first round of the LOTTE Championship, Kim said:

"I think it's a good start today, make 6-under, so I think fun day. I'm going to focus on speed control, putting speed control, and then wedge number game. That's all."

Two of the five players tied for second, Bianca Pagdanganan and Perrine Delacour, are currently out of the top 100. If they maintain their current position on the leaderboard at the end of the tournament, they will have the necessary points to keep their cards.

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Edited by Aayush Kapoor