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BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC

PARADISE ISLAND

Brooke Pancake shot a 6-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead in the suspended first round of the Bahamas LPGA Classic. Play was suspended for the day at 2:47 p.m. and more than inch of rain fell on Atlantis Resort’s Ocean Club course. In May 2013, the inaugural event was reduced to three 12-hole rounds because of flooding. Second-ranked Inbee Park was tied for second with Natalie Gulbis and Brittany Lincicome. Gulbis is making her first start since having hip surgery in November. Lydia Ko, playing her first event since taking the No. 1 spot in the world ranking, was 1 under through eight holes. The 17-year-old New Zealander tied for second last week in the season-opening event in Florida, to break Tiger Woods’ record as the youngest player to reach No. 1.

MALAYSIAN OPEN

KUALA LUMPUR

Defending champion Lee Westwood and major winner Graeme McDowell shared the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Malaysian Open. Westwood, who romped to a seven-shot victory last year, again thrived at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, mixing seven birdies with one bogey to record a six-under-par round of 66. Former U.S. Open champion McDowell then matched that effort, also carding seven birdies on the par 72 layout, with both players’ only blemish coming on the tricky par-four sixth hole. Among early finishers, England’s Tommy Fleetwood was third after a 67, two strokes ahead of European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.

Associated Press