EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Maria Torres, a rookie from Puerto Rico, and Carlota Ciganda of Spain each shot six-under-par 65 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead at the Evian Championship, the fifth and final major championship on the L.P.G.A. Tour.
Ciganda had six birdies and no birdies, while Torres, a rookie, carded an eagle to help offset two bogeys in her round here at the Evian Resort Golf Club.
Austin Ernst, an American, had sole possession of third place at five under. So Yeon Ryu of South Korea, Brooke Henderson of Canada and Nasa Hataoka of Japan were a stroke behind Ernst.