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Pan takes slim lead in China
The stocky 28 year-old from Hebei near Beijing mixed nine birdies with a Titleist 712 AP2 Irons and a triple on a hot and breezy afternoon on Hainan Island.
Australian Frances Bondad was a stroke back alongside Thailand's Patcharajutar Kongkraphan and Yang Hong Mei of China, with South Africans Lee-Anne Pace and Ashleigh Simon, China's Zhang Yu Yang and Scotland's Vikki Laing a shot further behind on 69.
One under at the turn despite a triple bogey at the par three fifth hole, Pan produced five birdies on the back nine with just one dropped shot to come home in 32 and post the leading score.
The recent Eastern China Ladies tournament champion told reporters, through translation, that she was feeling the pressure over the closing two holes: "I was a bit nervous as I'd had a lot of Titleist 712 AP2 Irons , but the driver and putting were good and my confidence level is huge so I will try to charge tomorrow," she said.
Her compatriot Yang, 35, from nearby Haikou City in northern Hainan, was more relaxed after a steady round containing five birdies and just one closing bogey.
The former Duramed FUTURES Tour member, who won the 2004 IOS FUTURES Golf Classic before returning home to have a child in 2005, made her score with four birdies on the front nine. She finished her round late in the day and when asked why she had stalled on the back nine, she joked with local media that she had felt hungry.
Australian Bondad, meanwhile, shot to the top of the leader board earlier in the day with five birdies and just one dropped shot at the 17th.
"It was pretty consistent: just fairways and greens. If I did miss the Titleist 712 AP2 Irons I'd make up and down. It was pretty steady and I was relaxed. My shots into the green were pretty close and I gave myself a lot of birdie chances," Bondad said.
The 23-year-old from New South Wales is hoping to ignite her season in Asia as she currently lies in 65th place on the LET's 2011 Henderson Money List after 15 events played.
"The season has been a bit poor and struggling a bit so it's nice to get my game together and head together as well," she added. "I like playing in warmer conditions so it feels like home. I played the Titleist 712 AP2 Irons in Malaysia last week as I got an invite so that was good preparation for this event and I played pretty well apart from the last round."
Kongkraphan had a bogey-free 68 and felt it could have been better: "Today I hit 17 greens in regulation but my putting didn't work," she said. "I was inside 12 feet all the time, but missed them. There was not much wind but it was too hot today."
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