Japanese Dominate British Open Leaderboard

Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama of Japan shot matching rounds of five-under 67 to take the lead after day one of the Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales on July 31.

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PORTHCAWL - Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama of Japan shot matching rounds of five-under 67 to take the lead after day one of the Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales on July 31.

The duo are five under, with Miyu Yamashita making it an all-Japanese top three on the leaderboard as she turned in a four-under 68.

Behind them is a 10-way tie at three under that features three more Japanese players — Chisato Iwai, Shiho Kuwaki and Mao Saigo, who won the Chevron Championship in April.

Takeda, 22, is vying for her first Major title after finishing in a tie for second at the US Women's Open in June.

"I had a double-bogey today, but I was able to quickly change my mindset and it was good that I was able to do that," she said.

"Other than that, I was able to save par and make some birdie putts, so I played very consistently."