ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Finishing fast after a slow start, Michelle Wie birdied her last three holes Thursday for an eight-under 64 for a one-shot lead in the Women’s British Open.
Wie, 27, bogeyed the par-5 second hole at Kingsbarns Links, and that was the last of her mistakes. She shot 30 on the back nine and wound up one shot ahead of I.K. Kim of South Korea.
Wie’s fellow American Lindy Duncan was another shot behind at 66, with Lexi Thompson, also of the United States, among those at 67.
Wie, showing no sign of the neck spasms that forced her to withdraw from last month’s United States Women’s Open, posted nine birdies during a morning round played in almost perfect weather on the eastern coast of Scotland.