Maguire and Raymond off to solid starts

Leona Maguire in action at Atlanta Athletic Club

Leona Maguire showed her resilience and bounced back three times from bogeys to open with a level par 72 in the KPMG Women’s PGA at a wet and lush Atlanta Athletic Club.

The Slieve Russell star bogeyed the first, eighth and 13th but birdies at the par-five fifth and 12th holes and a two at the 148-yard 17th saw her finish the dayside 29th as Stephanie Meadow’s six-over 78 left her tied 128th.

Maguire was just five shots behind American Lizette Salas, whose five-under 67 gave her a one-shot lead over Charley Hull and a two-shot lead over compatriots Jessica Korda, Austin Ernst and Yealimi Noh, Korea’s
JeongeunLee6, Sweden's Daniela Holmqvist, China's Xiyu Lin and Canada's Alena Sharp. Scores

On the Challenge Tour, St Anne's Cameron Raymond made eight birdies in a five-under 65 to lie just two shots behind Austria's Timon Baltl in the Open de Bretagne at Golf Bluegreen de Pléneuf Val André.

Kinsale's John Murphy shot a two-under 68 to share 26th on his Challenge Tour debut with Paul McBride and Robin Dawson 62nd after 70s and Gavin Moynihan, Jonathan Yates and Conor O'Rourke 95th after 72s in Brittany. Scores

At the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship, Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira and Kramer Hickok shot seven-under 63s to lead by a shot from Talor Gooch at TPC River Highlands, where Seamus Power was a late starter.