REPORT, SCORES FROM LPGA SYMETRA TOUR (formerly FUTURES TOUR)

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Sofie Andersson and Esther Choe share the lead after 18 holes of play at the Riviera Nayarit Classic. The duo sit atop the leaderboard at 6-under-par (par 73) both carded six birdies to shoot 6-under-par 67 (par 73) Friday at El Tigre Golf & Country Club in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit. Andersson started the day on the 10^th hole and carded four birdies on the back nine while Choe matched her effort and had herself a strong start, carding four birdies on the front nine.

Symetra Tour rookie Calle Nielson sits two strokes behind the leaders and shot a 4-under-par 69. A group of four players, including T4 in the Volvik Race for the Card, Sara Maude Juneau, sit three shots off the lead at 3-under.
Meet the Sara Bay Classic Leaders:

 Sofie Andersson (-6): The sixth-year Symetra Tour member is looking for her second-career win on Tour and first since her rookie season back in 2007 at the Aurora Health Championship. Andersson hails from Angelholm, Sweden and played her collegiate golf at the University of California- Berkeley. She recorded 16 top-10 finishes including one win with the Golden Bears and was a three-time NGCA All-American Honorable Mention selection (2004, 2005, 2006). Andersson opened the 2012 Symetra Tour season with a tie for 33^rd at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic and a tie for 45^th at the Sara Bay Classic.

 Esther Choe (-6): Choe is coming off of her first-career victory on the Symetra Tour at the Sara Bay Classic last week. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native started her professional career right after high school in 2007 after an impressive campaign on the junior golf circuit. She was a member of the 2006 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team and was named the 2006 AJGA Rolex Girls’ Player of the Year. The two-time U.S. Junior Solheim Cup Team member (2005, 2007) previously recorded two tied for second finishes on the Symetra Tour (2007, 2010).

Calle Nielson (-4): Nielson is in her rookie season on the Symetra Tour and turned professional after her collegiate career at the University of Virginia. The Nashville, Tenn. native was named Tennessee Women’s Amateur Player of the Year four-consecutive years (2008-2011) and was a three-time NGCA

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
$125,000 Riviera Nayarit Classic
at the 6414-yard, par 37-36 - 73 El Tigre Golf and Country Club,
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (a-denotes amateur):

1    Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden)                     35-32 - 67
     Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                         33-34 - 67

3    Calle Nielson (Nashville, Tenn.)                        35-34 - 69

4    Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.)                       36-34 - 70
     Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.)                        34-36 - 70
     Sara Maude Juneau (Quebec, Canada)                      38-32 - 70
     Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.)                             36-34 - 70

8    Kendall Wright (Orlando, Fla.)                          35-36 - 71
     Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.)                       35-36 - 71
     Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.)                       36-35 - 71
     Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.)                        39-32 - 71
     Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Jersey, Channel Islands UK)      36-35 - 71
     Jaclyn Sweeney (Bradenton, Fla.)                        37-34 - 71
     Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.)                            37-34 - 71
     Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.)                        36-35 - 71
     Cara Freeman (Chandler, Arizona)                        37-34 - 71
     Jessi Gebhardt (Bellingham, Wash.)                      37-34 - 71
     Anya Sarai Alvarez (Tulsa, Okla.)                       34-37 - 71

19   Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.)                              36-36 - 72
     Alejandra Llaneza (Mexico City, Mexico)                 37-35 - 72
     Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico)                36-36 - 72
     Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.)                         36-36 - 72
     Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio)                       39-33 - 72
     Joanna Coe (Mays Landing, N.J.)                         37-35 - 72
     Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.)                        36-36 - 72
     Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec)                    37-35 - 72
     Sarah Brown (Whitehall, Pa.)                            37-35 - 72
     Ginger Howard (Bradenton, Fla.)                         34-38 - 72
     Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.)                         35-37 - 72
     Sarah Zwartynski (Allen, Texas)                         36-36 - 72

31   Aimee Neff (Carmel, Ind.)                               36-37 - 73
     Maiya Tanaka (San Diego, Calif.)                        36-37 - 73
     Christie Branch (Quinton, Va.)                          38-35 - 73
     Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.)                    35-38 - 73
     Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.)                      37-36 - 73
     Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.)                          37-36 - 73
     Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway)                     37-36 - 73
     Hannah Burke (Welwyn Garden City, UK)                   37-36 - 73
     Julia Boland (Tamworth, NSW, Australia)                 35-38 - 73
     Hannah Jun (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)                   37-36 - 73
     Allison Duncan (Grand Rapids, Mich.)                    36-37 - 73
     Valentine Derrey (Paris, France)                        35-38 - 73
     Taylore Karle (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                       38-35 - 73

44   Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.)                        36-38 - 74
     Nina Rodriguez (San Jose, Calif.)                       37-37 - 74
     Regina Plasencia (a) (Guadalajara, Mexico)              37-37 - 74
     Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.)                        35-39 - 74
     Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.)               37-37 - 74
     Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec)                         35-39 - 74
     Dolores White (Lakeland, Fla.)                          41-33 - 74
     Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile)                        35-39 - 74
     Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia)                     38-36 - 74
     Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii)                          37-37 - 74
     Therese Koelbaek (Holte, Denmark)                       39-35 - 74
     Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)                      37-37 - 74
     Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico)                        39-35 - 74
     Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas)                     36-38 - 74

58   Camilla Lennarth (Stockholm, Sweeden)                   39-36 - 75
     Jackie Kazarian (Dana Point, Calif.)                    36-39 - 75
     Emma Jandel (Dayton, Ohio)                              37-38 - 75
     Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, B.C.)                      39-36 - 75
     Gaby Lopez (a) (Mexico City, Mexico)                    37-38 - 75
     Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.)                          38-37 - 75
     Taylor Collins (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)                   39-36 - 75
     Jenny Lee (Los Angeles, Calif.)                         38-37 - 75

66   Erika Malik (Hinsdale, Ill.)                            37-39 - 76
     Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea)                       37-39 - 76
     Sandra Angulo Minarro (Torreon, Mexico)                 39-37 - 76
     Mitsuki Katahira (Tokyo, Japan)                         39-37 - 76
     Paula Hurtado (Medellin, Colombia)                      37-39 - 76
     Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico)                          39-37 - 76
     Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.)                            37-39 - 76
     Ulrika Van-Niekerk (Cape Town, South Africa)            35-41 - 76
     Kristin Ingram (Pasadena, Calif.)                       37-39 - 76
     Christina Stockton (Rocklin, Calif.)                    37-39 - 76
     Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.)                   38-38 - 76
     Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand)                 37-39 - 76
     Sofi Toccafondi (Del Viso, Argentina)                   37-39 - 76
     Emma De Groot (Coffs Harbour, Australia)                41-35 - 76
     Ashley Tait (Littleton, Colo.)                          37-39 - 76

81   Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea)                         39-38 - 77
     Ashley Sholer (Hamilton, Ontario)                       34-43 - 77
     Michelle Shin (Cape Coral, Fla.)                        39-38 - 77
     Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.)                            37-40 - 77
     Ginny Brown (Austin, Texas)                             39-38 - 77
     Jenny Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.)                         38-39 - 77
     Taylor Crandall (a) (Santee, Calif.)                    39-38 - 77
     Kristin Walla (Aspen, Colo.)                            39-38 - 77
     Laura Martin (West Chester, Ohio)                       40-37 - 77
     Juliana Murcia Ortiz (Bogota, Colombia)                 38-39 - 77
     Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)                  39-38 - 77
     Alexandra Gibson (Bradenton, Fla.)                      38-39 - 77
     Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.)                          38-39 - 77
     Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas)                         38-39 - 77
     Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.)                39-38 - 77

96   Alexandra Braga (Pleasanton, Calif.)                    39-39 - 78
     Mallory Fraiche (New Orleans, La.)                      40-38 - 78
     Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.)                     40-38 - 78
     Blair O'Neal (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                        40-38 - 78
     Alice H. Kim (Walnut, Calif.)                           41-37 - 78
     Susan Choi (Natick, Mass.)                              36-42 - 78
     Alison Whitaker (Melbourne, Australia)                  38-40 - 78

103  Minhee Park (Tieton, Wash.)                             41-38 - 79
     Rachael Schmidt (Elk River, Minn.)                      40-39 - 79
     Victoria Alimonda Lovelady (Sao Paulo, Brazil)          40-39 - 79
     Selanee Henderson (Temecula, Calif.)                    40-39 - 79
     Rebecca Durham (St. Simons Island, Ga.)                 39-40 - 79
     Rhea Nair (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)                 41-38 - 79
     Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.)                   39-40 - 79
     Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.)                     40-39 - 79
     Annie Brophy (Spokane, Wash.)                           40-39 - 79
     Chelsea Bach (Roscoe, Ill.)                             40-39 - 79
     Elise Swartout (Ann Arbor, Mich.)                       39-40 - 79

114  Rebecca Samuelsson (Gothenburg, Sweden)                 39-41 - 80
     Megan McChrystal (Stuart, Fla.)                         40-40 - 80
     Rachel Ingram (Benton, Tenn.)                           42-38 - 80
     Vanessa Brockett (Los Angeles, Calif.)                  40-40 - 80
     Christabel Goh (Singapore, Singapore)                   41-39 - 80
     Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.)                          43-37 - 80

120  Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.)                      37-44 - 81
     Stephanie Smith (The Woodlands, Texas)                  41-40 - 81
     Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia)                         42-39 - 81
     Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.)                        42-39 - 81
     Lisa LaFollette (Mililani, Hawaii)                      42-39 - 81
     Fiona Puyo (Pav, France)                                40-41 - 81

126  Fiamma Felitch (Oklahoma City, Okla.)                   40-42 - 82
     Sarah Almond (Albemarle, N.C.)                          40-42 - 82
     Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.)                       42-40 - 82

129  Angel Sze (San Marino, Calif.)                          41-42 - 83
     Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica)                    45-38 - 83
     Brittany Benvenuto (Langhorne, Pa.)                     42-41 - 83

132  Martina Gavier (Cordoba, Argentina)                     42-42 - 84

133  Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico)               43-42 - 85

134  Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina)            41-45 - 86
     Melissa Mabanta (Langley, B.C.)                         40-46 - 86

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Dany Peralta (a) (Cuernavaca, Mexico)                   WD