World number one Yani Tseng has booked her place in the second round of the Sybase Match Play Championship.
The 22-year-old Taiwan ace opened up her challenge at Hamilton Farm GC with a 3&2 victory over Marcy Hart, birdying the 15th hole before taking the 16th with par to set up a second-round clash with Jenny Suh.
Reigning LPGA champion Cristie Kerr won four of her first five holes on her way to a 3&2 win over Amanda Blumenhurst, while Suzann Pettersen won three of the final four holes to see off Natalie Gulbis, who could have extended their match had she not missed a 12-foot putt.
Sybase Match Play Championship first round results:
Chella Choi 2&1 Jimin Kang
Inbee Park 3&2 Stacy Prammanasudh
Hee-Won Han 3&2 Kristy McPherson
Ai Miyazato 21 HOLES Hee Young Park
Hee Kyung Seo 5&4 Azahara Munoz
Cristie Kerr 3&2 Amanda Blumenhurst
Angela Stanford 3&2 Candie Kung
Wendy Ward 4&3 Brittany Lincicome
Mi Hyun Kim 2&1 MJ Hur
Meena Lee 2 UP Jiyai Shin
Britanny Lang 5&4 Christian Kim
LK Kim 2&1 Mindy Kim
Karrie Webb 3&2 Sarah Kemp
Paula Creamer 5&4 Aree Song
Alena Sharp 4&3 Mika Miyazato
Sun-Young Yoo 21 HOLES Grace Park
Karen Stupples 2&1 Se Ri Pak
Na Yeon Choi 3&2 Catriona Matthew
Stacy Lewis 19 HOLES Katie Futcher
Shanshan Feng 2&1 Katherine Hull
Amy Hung 2&1 Vicky Hurst
Suzann Pettersen 1 UP Natalie Gulbis
Paige Mackenzie 2&1 Karine Icher
Sophie Gustafson 2&1 Song-Hee Kim
Anna Nordqvist 4&3 Haeji Kang
Michelle Wie 4&3 Beatriz Recari
Seon Hwa Lee 3&2 Maria Hjorth
Julieta Granada 1 UP Morgan Pressel
Jenny Suh 2&1 Juli Inkster
Yani Tseng 3&2 Marcy Hart
