PORTLAND, Ore. — Amy Anderson and Sandra Changkija shared the first-round lead at 7-under 65 on Thursday in the LPGA Tour's Cambia Portland Classic.
In warm, calm afternoon conditions, Anderson had five consecutive birdies on the front nine in her bogey-free round at Columbia Edgewater. Changkija, playing in the morning, made six birdies on her opening nine and reached 8 under before finishing with a bogey.
Anderson, the 23-year-old former North Dakota State player who won an NCAA-record 20 tournaments, had never led a round during her two-year LPGA Tour career. She's coming off her best finish of the year, a tie for eighth in Michigan in the Meijer LPGA Classic.