Three tied for lead to open NW Arkansas Championship

Australia's Katherine Kirk and South Korean's A Lim Kim and Eun-Hee Ji were tied for the first-round lead at the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship after shooting rounds of 8-under-par 63 on Friday.

All three co-leaders went bogey-free in the first round of the 54-hole tournament. Kim started on the back nine, posted an eagle on the par-5 18th hole and birdied her final three holes to make it a group at 8 under.

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