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Flawless Shin seizes WPGA Championship lead

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Jenny Shin of South Korea plays her second shot on the 17th hole during the first round of the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship on the West Course at Westchester Country Club on June 11, 2015 in Harrison, New York (AFP Photo/David Cannon)

Harrison (United States) (AFP) - South Korea's Jenny Shin fired five birdies and an eagle in a seven-under-par 66 on Thursday to grab a one-shot first-round lead in the Women's PGA Championship, the second major of the LPGA season.

Canadian 17-year-old Brooke Henderson was alone in second on 67, a bogey at her final hole -- the par-five ninth -- the only blemish on a card that included five birdies and an eagle.