Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Jang defies bad back to grab LPGA lead

View gallery

Jang Ha-Na of South Korea watches her tee shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the Marathon Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club on July 16, 2015 in Sylvania, Ohio

Jang Ha-Na shook off a sore back to seize a one-shot lead in the first round of the US LPGA's Marathon Classic, firing six birdies in a five-under par 66.

The South Korean was one stroke in front of Australian Sarah Kemp, South African Lee-Anne Pace, Taiwan's Hsu Wei-Ling and American Nannette Hill.

But she almost didn't make it to the first tee.