Chella Choi clickety-clicks to lead LPGA Tour event at Whistle Bear GC

FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Chella Choi fired a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead heading into the second round at the Manulife LPGA Classic. Choi, who had one bogey on a near-perfect day for golf at Whistle Bear Golf Club, leads In Gee Chun, Dani Holmqvist, Brittany Lang and Azahara Munoz.
Choi, who won the Marathon Classic  in 2015, is looking for her second victory on the LPGA Tour. The South Korea native said she felt good  and had been working on her driver recently. Choi is ranked 18th on Tour in driving accuracy (75.56%) and 90th in average driving distance (252.27).
“Pretty good,” said Choi. “A lot of wind today, but my game is good and driving is good, shot was good, so I made a lot of birdies.”
She’s coming off a top-10 finish of T-7 at last week’s Canadian Pacific Women’s Open and attributes her play on the hard work she put in the past several weeks.
“I worked really hard the last three weeks,” said Choi. “So I want to hit straight and strong my drive four days, so I focus on just my driving four days strong drive. So I don’t know. First good, so that’s why my driving is better, so game is more easier than before.”
Defending champ Suzann Pettersen (69) sits in a tie for 17th alongside Alena Sharp and Maude-Aimee Leblanc, the low Canadians.

ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Yardage: 6,613

1	Chella Choi*	66	.
T2	Brittany Lang	67
T2	Azahara Munoz	67
T2	Dani Holmqvist	67
T2	In Gee Chun	67
T6	Jane Park	68
T6	Nontaya Srisawang	68
T6	Mi Jung Hur	68
T6	Hyo Joo Kim	68
T6	Brittany Lincicome	68
T6	Caroline Masson	68
T6	Ai Miyazato	68
T6	Casey Grice	68
T6	Wei-Ling Hsu	68
T6	Jiayi Zhou*	68
T6	Belen Mozo	68
T17	Laetitia Beck	69
T17	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	69
T17	Ryann O'Toole	69
T17	Felicity Johnson	69
T17	Tiffany Joh	69
T17	P.K. Kongkraphan	69
T17	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	69
T17	Briana Mao	69
T17	Christina Kim*	69
T17	So Yeon Ryu*	69
T17	Mirim Lee*	69
T17	Suzann Pettersen	69
T17	Ha Na Jang	69
T17	Alena Sharp	69
T17	Mi Hyang Lee*	69
T17	Angela Stanford*	69
T17	Cheyenne Woods	69
T34	Simin Feng	70
T34	Giulia Molinaro	70
T34	Ashleigh Simon	70
T34	Mo Martin	70
T34	Karrie Webb	70
T34	Minjee Lee	70
T34	Mika Miyazato	70
T34	Sydnee Michaels	70
T34	Marina Alex	70
T34	Jing Yan*	70
T34	Kim Kaufman	70
T34	Brooke Mackenzie Henderson	70
T34	Ariya Jutanugarn	70
T34	Austin Ernst*	70
T34	Lydia Ko	70
T34	Stacy Lewis	70
T34	Caroline Hedwall*	70
T34	Pernilla Lindberg*	70
T34	Lorie Kane	70
T53	Min Lee	71
T53	Morgan Pressel	71
T53	Carlota Ciganda	71
T53	Lee-Anne Pace	71
T53	Lizette Salas	71
T53	Karine Icher	71
T53	Joanna Klatten	71
T53	Christine Song	71
T53	Demi Runas	71
T53	Hannah Collier	71
T53	Sarah Jane Smith*	71
T53	Ayako Uehara	71
T53	Cristie Kerr	71
T53	Paula Creamer	71
T53	Jennifer Ha*	71
T53	Maria McBride*	71
T53	Sun Young Yoo	71
T70	Budsabakorn Sukapan	72
T70	Sadena Parks	72
T70	Q Baek	72
T70	Karlin Beck	72
T70	Pannarat Thanapolboonyar	72
T70	Na Yeon Choi	72
T70	Sandra Gal	72
T70	Kris Tamulis	72
T70	Becky Morgan	72
T70	Marion Ricordeau	72
T70	Ji Young Oh	72
T70	Ilhee Lee	72
T70	Mariajo Uribe	72
T70	Kelly Shon	72
T70	Julie Yang	72
T70	Haeji Kang*	72
T70	Stephanie Kono	72
T70	Rachel Rohanna*	72
T70	Anne-Catherine Tanguay	72
T70	Jaclyn Jansen	72
T70	Catriona Matthew*	72
T70	Megan Khang*	72
T70	Sei Young Kim	72
T70	Josee Doyon	72
T70	Michelle Wie	72
T70	Dori Carter*	72
T70	Nicole Jeray	72
T97	Sarah Kemp	73
T97	Cydney Clanton	73
T97	Danielle Kang	73
T97	Yani Tseng	73
T97	Alison Walshe	73
T97	Bertine Strauss	73
T97	Katherine Kirk	73
T97	Prima Thammaraks	73
T97	Sakura Yokomine	73
T97	Ashlan Ramsey*	73
T97	Jaye Marie Green*	73
T97	Kristy McPherson*	73
T97	Charley Hull	73
T97	Jacqui Concolino*	73
T97	Stephanie Meadow	73
T97	Maddie Szeryk	73
T97	Grace Na*	73
T114	Vicky Hurst	74
T114	Alejandra Llaneza	74
T114	Lee Lopez	74
T114	Vivian Tsui	74
T114	Gaby Lopez	74
T114	Holly Clyburn	74
T114	Nannette Hill	74
T114	Katie Burnett	74
T114	Lisa Ferrero	74
T114	Benyapa Niphatsophon	74
T114	Victoria Elizabeth*	74
T114	Celine Herbin	74
T114	Brittany Altomare	74
T114	Xi Yu Lin	74
T114	Sandra Changkija*	74
T114	Paula Reto*	74
T114	Dewi Claire Schreefel*	74
T131	Min Seo Kwak	75
T131	Samantha Richdale	75
T131	Daniela Iacobelli	75
T131	Moriya Jutanugarn	75
T131	Jennifer Kirby	75
T131	Mina Harigae	75
T131	Alison Lee*	75
T138	Annie Park	76
T138	Amy Anderson	76
T138	Ssu-Chia Cheng	76
T138	Nicole Vandermade	76
T138	Lindy Duncan*	76
T138	Christel Boeljon*	76
T144	Jane Rah	77
T144	Brianna Do	77
T144	Kelly Tan	77
T144	Su-Hyun Oh*	77
T148	Amelia Lewis*	79
T148	Julieta Granada*	79
150	Selena Costabile	81
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