Catriona Matthew in Shoprite mix with a 65

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Catriona Matthew (Joyce Hunnam picture)

Ai Miyazato, Paula Reto and Anna Nordqvist are all tied for the lead after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
The trio posted 7-under 64s, having four bogeys between the three Three more players, Haru Nomura, Catriona Matthew and Casey Grice, are one stroke back of the leaders on the six-under 65 mark.
Ariya Jutanugarn, who has won the last three LPGA Tour events, is not in the field this week.
Miyazato’s best moment came at No. 3 after she started on the back nine. She eagled the par-5 to get herself to 5 under for the round.
“That was actually lucky that I hit it pretty firm, and I saw like it jumped in the cup,” she said.
Playing with Reto for the first time in a tournament, the two said they had a good chemistry and were battling it out with each other.
“First time playing with her in a tournament actually but she’s a really nice girl and she hits it really long. It was a good atmosphere. Just a good chemistry I guess, so looking forward to playing with her tomorrow again,” Miyazato said.
Said Reto: “I felt like one hole she birdies and the next hole I birdie and just back and forth. It was really fun. She’s a good player, good putter. So it was nice to sort of have that going and sort of just mix it between us with all the birdies.”
Reto, who is looking for her first LPGA victory, has missed three cuts in her last six starts and withdrew last week at the Volvik Championship.
Nordqvist, a five-time winner on the LPGA Tour, had a shaky start bogeying two of her first three holes. But she bounced back and ended her first nine with three birdies and then came in at 6 under, birdieing her last four holes.
“Well, I didn’t get off to the best start, but then on 16, I hit it to about a foot and a half. Both 17 and 18, I had birdie putts from I think six feet,” Nordqvist said.
“Hit a good one wedge shot to another foot on 1, so that was a good stretch. From there on, I seemed to hit really good shots. Made a good 3-footer on 6 and a little longer putt on 7 and 8 I didn’t expect and then a good 3-footer on the last.”
“Just very happy to be back and hit a lot of good putts today and then definitely a lot of good iron shots.”
SCOREBOARD
 par 71

T1	Anna Nordqvist	64
T1	Ai Miyazato	64
T1	Paula Reto	64
T4	Casey Grice	65
T4	Catriona Matthew	65
T4	Haru Nomura	65
T7	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	66
T7	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	66
T7	Stacy Lewis	66
T7	Beatriz Recari	66
T7	Amelia Lewis	66
T7	Katherine Kirk	66
T7	Stephanie Meadow	66
T7	Christel Boeljon	66
T15	Marissa Steen	67
T15	Lizette Salas	67
T15	Kris Tamulis	67
T15	Sakura Yokomine	67
T15	Xi Yu Lin	67
T15	Annie Park	67
T15	Jing Yan	67
T15	Karrie Webb	67
T15	Na Yeon Choi	67
T15	Lindy Duncan	67
T15	Danielle Kang	67
T26	Laura Davies	68
T26	Gerina Piller	68
T26	Kim Kaufman	68
T26	Gaby Lopez	68
T26	Samantha Richdale	68
T26	Ayako Uehara	68
T26	Jacqui Concolino	68
T26	Sarah Jane Smith	68
T26	Karine Icher	68
T26	Daniela Iacobelli	68
T26	Jaclyn Jansen	68
T26	Ssu-Chia Cheng	68
T38	Maria McBride	69
T38	Brooke M Henderson	69
T38	Juli Inkster	69
T38	Pernilla Lindberg	69
T38	Angela Stanford	69
T38	Alena Sharp	69
T38	Caroline Hedwall	69
T38	Wei-Ling Hsu	69
T38	Stephanie Kono	69
T38	Lisa Ferrero	69
T38	Jennifer Song	69
T38	Mariajo Uribe	69
T38	Natalie Gulbis	69
T38	Giulia Molinaro	69
T38	Benyapa Niphatsophon	69
T38	I.K. Kim	69
T38	Brittany Lang	69
T38	Christina Kim	69
T38	Holly Clyburn	69
T38	Brianna Do	69
T38	Michelle McGann	69
T59	Jennifer Johnson	70
T59	Bertine Strauss	70
T59	Giulia Sergas	70
T59	Dewi Claire Schreefel	70
T59	Mo Martin	70
T59	Mika Miyazato	70
T59	Hee Young Park	70
T59	Jenny Shin	70
T59	Ji Young Oh	70
T59	Sherman Santhiwiwatthan	70
T59	Kelly Shon	70
T59	Kelly Tan	70
T59	Mi Hyang Lee	70
T59	Chella Choi	70
T59	Austin Ernst	70
T59	Celine Herbin	70
T59	Lee Lopez	70
T59	Pannarat Thanapolboonyar	70
T77	Prima Thammaraks	71
T77	Hannah Collier	71
T77	Mindy Kim	71
T77	Sarah Kemp	71
T77	Heather Bowie Young	71
T77	Anne-Catherine Tanguay	71
T77	Laetitia Beck	71
T77	Mina Harigae	71
T77	Simin Feng	71
T77	Ilhee Lee	71
T77	Alison Walshe	71
T77	Cyna Marie Rodriguez	71
T77	Ashleigh Simon	71
T90	Ginger Howard	72
T90	Jane Rah	72
T90	Jiayi Zhou	72
T90	Briana Mao	72
T90	Budsabakorn Sukapan	72
T90	Caroline Westrup	72
T90	Nontaya Srisawang	72
T90	Joanna Klatten	72
T90	Sandra Gal	72
T90	Felicity Johnson	72
T90	Grace Na	72
T90	Christine Song	72
T90	Haeji Kang	72
T90	Cydney Clanton	72
T90	Kendall Dye	72
T90	Demi Runas	72
T90	Alejandra Llaneza	72
T90	Brittany Altomare	72
T90	Shanshan Feng	72
T90	Marina Alex	72
T90	P.K. Kongkraphan	72
T90	Alison Lee	72
T90	Jean Bartholomew	72
T90	Victoria Elizabeth	72
T90	Julieta Granada	72
T115	Amy Anderson	73
T115	Nannette Hill	73
T115	Lorie Kane	73
T115	Dani Holmqvist	73
T115	Kristy McPherson	73
T115	Jane Park	73
T115	Paz Echeverria	73
T115	Belen Mozo	73
T115	Charley Hull	73
T115	Becky Morgan	73
T115	Marion Ricordeau	73
T115	Elizabeth Wang	73
T127	Rachel Rohanna	74
T127	Jaye Marie Green	74
T127	Candy Hannemann	74
T130	Tiffany Joh	75
T130	Karlin Beck	75
132	Nicole Jeray	76
T133	Cindy LaCrosse	77
T133	Susana Benavides	77
T133	Amy Hung	77
T133	Kim Williams	77
137	Silvia Cavalleri	78
138	Sara Brown	79
T139	Karen Stupples	80
T139	Vicky Hurst	80
T139	Brynn Walker	80
142	Katie Detlefsen	82