TROON, Scotland — Lydia Ko and Suzann Pettersen shared the first-round lead at 4-under 68 on Friday in the Ladies Scottish Open.
The second-ranked Ko, from New Zealand, had a bogey-free round at Dundonald Links in the final Ladies European Tour before the Women's British Open next week at Turnberry.
Pettersen, the Norwegian ranked seventh, had six birdies and two bogeys.
France's Celine Herbin shot 69, and Scotland's Kelsey Macdonald and Austria's Christine Wolf followed at 70. England's Laura Davies, recently inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, topped the group at 71.