This is Nordqvist’s eighth start of the 2023 season, and so far, the 9-time LPGA Tour winner has been incredibly consistent. Good speed control on the greens, and it was really nice to finish with the birdie on the last.” Couple funky bounces, but that's usually expected out here. I felt like I gave myself a lot of good chances. “Not too much wind the first couple holes, so it started blowing a little bit more. So, felt like I played steady,” said Nordqvist, whose last LPGA Tour victory came at the 2021 AIG Women’s Open. I hit it stiff on the first hole and made another birdie from probably six feet on hole No. Though her scores haven’t been super deep in the red as of late, the Friday 66 suggests that her game is headed in a positive direction and Nordqvist hopes that trajectory continues with only two rounds left to play in the 54-hole event. It’s her second-lowest first-round score of the 2023 season – Nordqvist opened with a 7-under 65 at the Honda LPGA Thailand – and is her first round of 5-under or better since the third round of that same event in Thailand. The Swede carded a bogey-free, 5-under 66 in the first round, making five birdies, three of which came in a four-hole stretch from Nos. On Friday, she again showed why she loves the Bay Course at Seaview, a Dolce Hotel. Major champion Anna Nordqvist is the only back-to-back champion of the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, winning the event in 20.
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