For her first major tournament played as a professional, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard made a clean and efficient copy. In Mission Hills, for the last visit of the first Grand Slam of the season (it has been played in the Californian desert since 1972), the Varoise returned a 69 (-3) on Thursday to start her week.
And this in particular with a go of fire (four birdies, no bogey), that a more complicated return will come to tarnish (+1, bogey at 11 and 14). The French thus points to 10th place, three shots from Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee who hold the lead with a 65.
Still on the French side, Céline Boutier is not far either, with a first round in 70 (-2, 16th), while Perrine Delacour suffered more (75, +3, 90th). The provisional cut is after a turn at +1.
