On the Links | Thursday’s professional golf results

CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

DORAL, FLA.

Scott Piercy and Marcus Fraser are tied after the opening round of the Cadillac Championship, each shooting 6-under 66 on Thursday in the first World Golf Championships event of the year. Phil Mickelson is alone in third, one shot back after a 67. Adam Scott, Jason Dufmer, Charley Hoffman and Danny Willett all shot 68s, and world No. 1 Jordan Spieth was in another group at 69, three shots back. In all, 15 players finished within four shots of the lead on Doral’s Blue Monster. Defending champion Dustin Johnson struggled, shooting even-par 72 and finishing the day tied for 28th in the 66-man field.

HSBC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

SINGAPORE

Australian teenager Minjee Lee, seeing things clearer than ever after a chance visit to an optometrist, grabbed a share of the lead with Taiwan’s Candie Kung at the LPGA’s Women’s Champions tournament in Singapore on Thursday. Lee made four birdies and an eagle in her opening round of 5-under 67 to join Kung at the top of the leaderboard on a windy day at the Sentosa Golf Club. The defending champion, South Korea’s Inbee Park, was among a group of four players tied for third at 4-under 68, while the world No. 1 Lydia Ko and in-form American Lexi Thompson both shot rounds of 1-under 71. Already regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the game after winning her first LPGA title last year, Lee has just started wearing contact lenses after learning her vision was slightly out of focus. The 19-year-old only found out about the problem after undergoing a routine eye test as part of a mandatory medical screening ahead of this year’s Rio Olympics. Lee birdied two of her first four holes then eagled the par-5 12th when she reached the fringe of the green with a 5-wood then drained a 30-foot putt. She birdied the 13th and dropped a shot at the 17th after an errant tee shot but made amends with a birdie at the last.

Associated Press