Hye-Jin Choi carded an 8-under 64 to seize a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Maybank Championship on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The South Korean recorded an eagle at the par-5 third hole and her sixth birdie on the par-5 18th at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course).

"If you don't miss your tee shot you don't make bogeys, you can make a lot of birdies," Choi said after her bogey-free round. "I had a lot of situations which I could make bogeys because of rough and hazard, but I made a lot of good pars."

Choi holds a one-shot lead over both Scottish player Gemma Dryburgh and Italy's Benedetta Moresco.

"It was a very stress-free round," said Dryburgh, who capped her bogey-free round by collecting her seventh birdie on the 18th hole.

Dryburgh, who hails fr

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