Sasao, who has won three consecutive domestic women's golf championships, started in 39th place

Sasao, who has won three consecutive women's golf tournaments in Japan, starts in 39th place at 20:42 on September 4

The first round of the women's golf tournament was held in Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture, with Rumi Yoshiba taking the 7th under a single lead position.

This is the fourth tournament of the domestic tour of women's golf in which tournaments were canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

In the first round, Shigeha took the 7 birdies and took the top spot with 7 birdies.

Mizuki Tanaka took second place with 6 under, followed by Miyu Yamashita with 5 under.

19-year-old Yuka Sassa, who has three consecutive tournament titles, is ranked 39th with 1 under.