Lottie Woad, making her first start as a professional, shot 5-under 67 to sit one off the lead after the opening round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open.

Woad, Nuria Iturrioz, Rio Takeda, Leona Maguire and Arpichaya Yubol are all tied for second, chasing England’s Charlotte Laffar.

Laffar returned to the Ladies European Tour in May after a four-year hiatus during which she gave birth to two sons. The LET co-sanctions the Women’s Scottish Open.

The 32-year-old Englishwoman teed off late Thursday and started with a bogey. She then notched eight birdies to just one bogey the rest of the way at Dundonald Links.

“I’ve got no pressure at all,” said Laffar, who has her husband as her caddie. “Golf is a lot of people’s lives out here, but my children are my life. So, this has become more

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