Janice 71, Catriona 72 in Mizuno Classic

Janice Moodie had a one-under-par 71 and Catriona Matthew a 72 on the first day of the Mizuno Classic women's professional tournament, sanctioned by the LPGA and the Japan LPGA, at the Kinetsu Kashikojima Country Club, Shima in Japan.
Japanese players dominated the leaderboard with Mayu Hattori and Miki Saiki sharing the lead on five-under-par 67.
Women’s British Open champion Ji-yai Shin was a stroke back.

FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 72. 6506yd.
67 Mayu Hattori, Miki Saiki
68 Eun-A Lim, Ji-Yai Shin
69 Shiho Oyama, Yuko Mitsuka, Jimin Kang, Sandra Gal, Jin Joo Hong, Shanshan Feng, Jee Young Lee, Lindsey Wright, Ji Young Oh
70 Bo Bae Song, Yuko Saitoh, Momoko Ueda, Teresa Lu, Mi Hyun Kim, Na Yeon Choi
71 Yukari Baba, Irene Cho, Hiromi Mogi, Alena Sharp, Maiko Wakabayashi, Il Mi Chung, Erina Hara, Saiki Fujita, Jill McGill, Yun-Jye Wei, Yuri Fudoh, Janice Moodie, Ayako Uehara, Sakura Yokomine, Kaori Higo. Becky Morgan, Ai Miyazato, Wendy Ward, Louise Friberg, Hee Young Park, Young Kim
Selected scores:
72 Karrie Webb, Catriona Matthew
75 Morgan Pressel