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Paul Ryding

Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching got her Tokyo Olympics campaign off to a poor start on the opening day of play at Kasumigaseki Country Club on Wednesday as she signed for a six-over-par 77 to leave her 11 shots off the early pace.
Chan’s round was good enough only for a share of 58th place in the field of 60.


Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom topped the leader board after day one following a flawless round of five-under par 66 that put her a shot clear of USA’s Nelly Korda and India’s Aditi Ashok.
Philippines’ Bianca Pagdanganan is in a tie for seventh spot on two-under par alongside the Taiwanese duo of Hsu Wei-ling and Lee Min.
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China’s Lin Xiyu made level par while her teammate Feng Shanshan, the bronze medallist in Rio five years ago, struggled to three-over par.


Philippines’ US Open-winning 20-year-old Yuka Saso also laboured on day one, signing for a three-over par 74.
There will be no cut this week, so Chan can play without fear on Thursday, or else she would surely have been in danger of not playing into the latter rounds of the competition.
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A card that included four bogeys and a double-bogey will not make happy reading for the 27-year-old when she reflects on her opening round played in sweltering conditions in the verdant Kawagoe City.
Chan spoke about the pressure she felt ahead of the first tee on Wednesday.
“I had a little pressure at the beginning, you know, it’s still Olympics,” Chan said. “Still a little different atmosphere than on the Tour.
“I always feel a little pressure on the first tee, I think that’s normal for every golfer. But I think I handled it pretty well and then made a couple mistakes and just couldn’t recover fast enough. I think the last couple holes I parred them all in. But I can definitely do a lot better the next three days.”

Ahead of her bow, Chan revealed she had managed to get her hands on the yardage book used by Austin Kaiser, the caddie of men’s Olympic champion Xander Schauffele. She said she was hoping to put some of Schauffele’s notes on the greens to good use. But it did not provide much help in her opener as she struggled with the putter.
Chan said she was hoping to make a breakthrough and challenge for a medal this week, but at a minimum, she will have hoped to improve on her showing five years ago in Rio, where she finished 37th. She signed for an even-par opening round in Rio.
“I just keep telling myself I wasted all my chances or I gave up all my chances today and only ended up making a bogey. And I got three more days and it’s just golf. Every day is a new day,” Chan said.
“I’m still feeling very positive and at the beginning of the week I told everyone that I’m very grateful to be here and I’m not going to give up right now, I still got three more days and I just am going to try my best.”


Chan, the current world No 251, enjoyed a relatively successful junior year on the LPGA Tour, registering a first top-10 finish at the LA Open in April. However, since that eight-place finish, she has failed to make a single cut on the Tour.


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Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan toils during tough opening round, Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom sets early pace

Hong Kong‘s Tiffany Chan struggled in the opening round of the women’s event at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Photo: Getty images

KAWAGOE, JAPAN - AUGUST 04: Tiffany Chan of Team Hong Kong walks up the 17th hole with caddie Aaron Douglas Chu during the first round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club on August 04, 2021 in Kawagoe, Japan. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching and caddie Aaron Chu at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo, where she will open her Olympic Games campaign on Wednesday. Photo: IGF

Yardage book of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's golf gold medallist Xander Schauffele's caddie Austin Kaiser. Photo: IGF

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Golf - Men's Individual - Final - Round 4 - Kasumigaseki Country Club - Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan - August 1, 2021. Xander Schauffele of the United States in action. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching finished 37th as an amateur at the 2016 Rio Games. Photo: EFG

Former Hong Kong Ladies Open champion golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching is going to her second consecutive Olympic Games in August. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching in action during the first round of the women's golf competition at the Rio Olympics. Must give credit to SF&OC in every use. Not for commercial use.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: Tiffany Chan of Hong Kong plays her shot on the 16th tee during round two of the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open at Wilshire Country Club on April 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Chan sits 59th out of 60 after disappointing round one
Opening six-over-par 77 leaves her 11 shots off the early pace



Chan sits 59th out of 60 after disappointing round one as opening six-over-par 77 leaves her 11 shots off the early pace.


Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching

Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan toils during tough opening round, Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom sets early pace

Chan sits 59th out of 60 after disappointing round one Opening six-over-par 77 leaves her 11 shots off the early pace

Chan sits 59th out of 60 after disappointing round one

Opening six-over-par 77 leaves her 11 shots off the early pace