Champion Grace Kim has suffered an anti-climactic start to her Evian Championship title defence while Minjee Lee, her fellow Australian winner of the French major, has also opened up in sluggish fashion.
On a Thursday when Japanese Akie Iwai roared into a two-shot lead with an eight-under 63, the distant Australian challenge at Evian-les-Bains was led by Cassie Porter, who still found herself six shots off the lead in joint-20th place after a two-under 69.
She was a shot clear of Hannah Green, the former Women's PGA champ, and Karis Davidson, who both fired 70s and were tied for 35th place.
