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Three players are tied for lead after first round of LPGA’s Arkansas event

ROGERS, Ark. — A Lim Kim, Katherine Kirk and Eun-HI Ji each shot 8-under 63 Friday for a one-shot lead over Sarah Burnham after the first round of the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship.

Five others — Nasa Hataoka, Lindsey Weaver, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Aditi Ashok and Klara Spilkova — were another stroke back after 6-under 65s at Pinnacle Country Club.

Kim, of South Korea, and Burnham posted career-low rounds, while Ji, the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open champ, matched her career best. Kim, the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open winner, didn’t make her first birdie until the seventh hole, and that kicked off a run of five straight from Nos. 7-11.

She added another birdie at the 16th and punctuated her round with an eagle on the par-5 18th.

Kirk, from Australia, and Ji each recorded eight birdies, and Burnham had seven, all with bogey-free rounds.

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