Kim Metraux fired an opening round of 65 (-7) to lead the 2024 Dutch Ladies Open by one stroke at Hilversumsche Golf Club.
The Swiss star rolled in back-to-back birdies on holes two and three before adding another on the seventh.
Metraux then went on a birdie blitz on the back nine with birdies on holes 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16 in the Netherlands.
The 29-year-old dropped her only shot of the day on the 17th but still sealed a round of seven-under-par to sit at the top of the leaderboard after 18 holes.
"It was a very enjoyable day actually, a very steady round of golf," said Metraux. "Unfortunately, I had that bogey on 17 but other than that I had very solid shots and I made a few more putts than usual, I was very pleased with the day.
"I feel like everything was good. I hit almost all the fairways and almost all the greens except nine and 17, so I gave myself some good opportunities and was able to convert quite a few of them."
Ireland's Lauren Walsh carded an opening round 73 to sit on one-over par and tied-64th. The 23-year old carded three birdies and four bogeys on Friday to leave herself eight strokes adrift of the lead.
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Three players sit in a share of second place with Eswatini’s Nobuhle Dlamini, England’s Gemma Clews and Germany’s Laura Fünfstück all on six-under-par.
It was a bogey-free day for Dlamini, who is only playing in their third LET tournament since returning to Tour after the birth of her first child last year.
The 32-year-old rolled in birdies on holes one, two, nine, 11, 13 and 16 to produce a round of six-under 66.
England’s Clews only dropped one shot on her way to a round of 66 (-6) as she had seven birdies on her scorecard.
Germany’s Fünfstück, who was playing late in the afternoon wave, also carded a round of 66 which included one bogey, an eagle and five birdies.
Six players rounded out the top 10 with France’s Camille Chevalier, New Zealand’s Momoka Kobori, Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord, Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen, England’s Liz Young and Dutch player Nikki Hofstede all sit in T5 on four-under-par.
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