Date: March 11, 2010
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Davies takes clubhouse lead

Defending champion Laura Davies holed a thirty foot birdie putt on the ninth hole to cap off a sensational 5-under par round of 68 to take the early clubhouse lead at Commonwealth Golf Club. In conditions which Davies described as “blustery”, the Briton opened with a bogey on the par 5 10th hole but recovered immediately with a birdie on 11. Davies nailed back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 to make the turn at 2-under par. A birdie on the 2nd, 7th and 9th holes completed her round of 68 and Davies said her putter was the difference. “I did not putt well on the 10th. I had a poor bogey there. I did not get up and down. But from that point on, I had six birdies and a couple of up and downs to save good pars, which you have to do on a course like this. Luckily, I putted very well today,” Davies said.