China News Service, Yantai, August 18. Ni Zixin, a 14-year-old girl from Wuhan, Hubei, shot a 69 in the wind at the Danling Cuiyuan Golf Club in Nanshan on the 18th, 2 under par, and took the lead in the first round of the Golf Wine China Women's Golf Challenge. .

　　Pan Jiehong, the champion of the 2022 Women's China Tour qualifying exam, dropped shots in the last two holes and shot 70, one shot behind, and ranked second.

Shaanxi Xianyang player Liu Ruiqing handed over 71, ranking third.

　　Zeng Liqi won the runner-up in the Nanshan Women's Challenge last year. In the first round, she missed the second shot on the fifth hole and the uphill par-5 hole. She made a double bogey and shot 72. She was tied for fourth place with Han Yucen and Li Menghan. .

　　Ni Zixin is a very good junior player, winning two heavyweight junior tournaments last year: the HSBC National Junior Championship Finals and the Volvo National Junior Match Play Championship. But not ideal.

She said she was a little nervous at the time because it was her first professional competition after all.

Photo by Pan Jiehong and Meng Xianqing

　　Since then, Ni Zixin has participated in many second-level tournaments on the starting point of the China Tour, and won one of them.

She admitted that when she came to the platform of the Women's Tournament again, those competing experiences helped her, and her performance on the first hole in the first round calmed her down immediately.

　　On the 498-yard par-5 hole, she took advantage of the tailwind to hit the green with a 5-iron second shot on the fairway 210 yards away, and then made a 15-foot putt for the only eagle of the game.

It was a pity, however, that she lost 4 shots after that.

　　"The wind was quite strong off the court, and the tee shot was bad a few times, and the putter was also a bit strained," Ni Zixin said, "But on the back nine, my irons were pretty good, and I made a lot of birdies for myself. Opportunity. It should be said that this round is my usual average.”

Photo by Liu Ruiqing and Meng Xianqing

　　Ni Zixin made a birdie on the 12th hole, 166 yards, 8-iron on the par-3 hole to 2 feet and made a birdie on the 14th hole with 40 yards left. Rod, caught the fourth birdie of the day, and took the lead on the women's China Tour for the first time.

　　In the middle of the game, Pan Jiehong had a chance to take the lead.

When she made a 25-foot putt on the 14th hole for her fourth birdie of the day, the score was -3.

　　"I was most satisfied with the birdie on the first hole today, because when I came to the game, I had just changed my action, and I had a new putter. When I made the birdie, I had a little more confidence," Pan Jiehong said, "but on the 17th hole, I looked at the leaderboard and found that I was in the leading position, and my mentality changed a little bit. The putt on the last two holes did not work. Played well.”

　　Liu Ruiqing has lived in Shenzhen all the year round and turned professional in 2018. Last year, he tied for tenth in the China Trust Zhuhai Women's Challenge.

She made two 18-foot long putts that day for birdie, but made bogeys on the eighth and ninth holes.

She said that when she practiced golf in Shenzhen, the speed of the green was relatively slow, and she clearly felt the speed of the green in Nanshan. Even if she pushed conservatively sometimes, she still passed a lot of holes. Fortunately, the push back was 6 to 10 feet. Putting can also push the hole.

　　"I also entered the leading group last year and took the lead," Liu Ruiqing said. "I feel that this game is a good opportunity to compete for the championship. I hope I can climb to a higher platform."

　　The 12-year-old Liu Yujie participated in the women's China Tour competition as a player for the first time. She shot 78 in the first round and tied for 27th.

The youngest champion of the Women's China Tour, Zhang Yahui, tied for seventh with a 73.

　　The Golf Wine Challenge is hosted by the China Golf Association and co-organized by the Shandong Golf Association, Yantai Sports Bureau, Longkou Sports Bureau, and Longkou Education Bureau. It is certified by the China Women's Professional Golf Tournament, and the Middle Women's Professional Golf Tournament (Beijing) Co., Ltd. undertakes.

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