Miyazato posts 65 for 1-shot lead at Kingsmill

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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Mika Miyazato had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a 6-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Kingsmill Championship.

In tricky conditions on the rain-soaked River Course, the 26-year-old Japanese player closed her opening nine with the birdie run, dropped a stroke on the par-5 third, and rebounded with birdies on the par-4 sixth and eighth holes. She won the 2012 Safeway Classic in Oregon for her lone tour title.

The greens where a lot faster than expected, though they were receptive and the players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairways.

“Course conditions is pretty wet, and last two days, so much rain,” Miyazato said. “But I tried to be more aggressive, the golf, so that’s why maybe played very well today.”

Defending champion Minjee Lee and Brittany Lincicome were a stroke back.

“The greens were faster this year than I’ve ever seen them in my life,” Lincicome said. “I think they were faster than any other stop on tour this year, so that was obviously something I had to adjust to because I couldn’t be as aggressive as I wanted to be.”

Lee made her lone bogey on the closing par-4 18th. The 19-year-old Australian won last …

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