Leading scores after first round of the Women's British Open at Royal Troon on Thursday (par: 71): 67 - Amy Olson USA) 70 - Sophia Popov (GER), Marina Alex (USA) 71 - Alena Sharp (CAN), Catriona Matthew (GBR), Emily Pederson (DEN), Lindsey Weaver (USA), Anna Nordqvist (SWE), Gaby Lopex (MEX), Jasmine Suwannapura (THA), Nuria Iturrioz (ESP), Lee-Anne Pace (RSA), Dani Holmqvist (SWE) 72 - Caroline Masson (GER), Nelly Korda (USA), Chun In-jee (KOR), Alison Lee (USA), Austin Ernst (USA), Lydi Ko (NZL), Katherine Kirk (AUS), Yealimi Noh (USA), Elizabeth Szokol (USA) 73 - Georgia Hall (GBR), Laura Fuenfstueck (GER), Lizette Salas (USA), Amy Yang (KOR), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (GBR), Ariya Jutanugarn (THA), Angela Stanford (USA), Johanna Gustavsson (SWE), Steph Kyriacou (AUS), Michele Thomson (GBR), Elizabeth Szokol (USA) 74 - Cydney Clanton (USA), Eleanor Givens (GBR), Jennifer Song (USA), Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN), Gemma Dryburgh (GBR), Minjee Lee (AUS), Azahara Munoz (ESP), Nasa Hataoka (JPN), Marianne Skarpnord (NOR), Andrea Lee (USA), Celine Herbin (FRA), Ashleigh Buhai (RSA), Ally McDonald (USA), Sandra Gal (GER), Kelly Tan (USA), Becky Morgan (GBR), Sanna Nuutinen (FIN), Haru Nomura (JPN) afp