THE CANADIAN PRESS
CHARLOTTETOWN — Lynn Kuehn of Lacombe, Alta. shot a 4-under 70 to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the 2012 Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Senior Championship. With no bogeys and four birdies, Kuehn managed to score lower Tuesday than she has ever shot in a tournament before.
"I basically hit a lot of fairways and got on the greens and my putter was hot, hot, hot," said Kuehn. "This is the lowest [score] I’ve ever had in a tournament, but things were just going so easy."
Allyson Harrison of Kingston, Ont., is alone in second place at a 1-under par 73.
Defending champion Mary Ann Hayward of Aurora, Ont., 2003 Canadian Women’s Senior champion Lynda Palahniuk of Kelowna, B.C., and Toronto’s Terrill Samuel are four strokes back.
Connie Walker of Fall River, N.S., who scored a hole-in-one on the par 3 No. 11, is in a tie for 17th at 4-over 78.
Palahniuk leads the Super Senior division for those 60 and older, four shots ahead of defending Super Senior champion Alison Murdoch of Victoria, B.C.
Team Alberta leads the Inter-Provincial Team Championship by two shots over defending champions Team Ontario. Team Alberta consists of Kuehn, as well as Calgary’s Joan Wilson and Linda Sharpe of Fort Saskatchewan, while Team Ontario is made up of Hayward, Gail Pimm of Uxbridge, and Ivy Steinberg of Stouffville, Ont.
The winning team will be decided after 36 holes at the end of the second round of competition on Wednesday