Hannah Green will have to play catch-up to secure back-to-back LPGA Tour titles after finishing well off the pace after the opening round of the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.
Grace Kim is the leading Australian, in a tie for 11th after carding a first-round five-under-par 67 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Thursday.
Kim finished with a flurry, collecting four birdies in her last five holes to trail Japanese leader Mao Saigo by four shots.
