CARLSBAD, Calif. – Jin Young Ko picked up where she left off three weeks ago in Singapore on Thursday in the first round of the JTBC Classic.
The top-ranked Ko shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 at Aviara Golf Club to take a one-stroke leader over Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the final event before the first major of the season next week at Mission Hills.
“I love to play golf right now,” Ko said. “I’m really enjoying right now on the course, playing with whoever. I can focus myself. Shot by shot I can. Feel confidence 100% and I can focus 100% for my ball.