PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. -- Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko after the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship.
Coming off a third-place tie Sunday in the LA Open at Whilshire Country Club, Lee had a bogey-free round at hilly Palos Verdes Estates in the first-year event that wraps up the LPGA Tour's West Coast swing.
"I took Monday off. Didn't even come to the course," Lee said. "Tuesday, I played nine holes and then I saw the other nine in the pro-am. .