Unfancied Karis Davidson has upstaged superstars Minjee Lee and Hannah Green to be the leading Australian and right in the mix for the biggest pay day in women's golf history.
Davidson fired a superb seven-under-par 65 to be solo second, just two shots off the pace after the first round of the $US13 million ($A18.3 million) Women's PGA Championship in Minnesota.
Without a top-20 finish in her previous four majors, and boasting just one low-level professional victory, the 27-year-old arrived at the famed Hazeltine National Golf Club living very much in the shadows of Lee, Green and the four other Australians in the 156-strong field.
