A superb hole-in-one was the memorable moment of Leona Maguire's opening round as she took a share of the lead at the Amundi Evian Championship in France.
The Cavan golfer has found form in recent weeks after a string of missed cuts, and her pursuit of a first-ever major title got off to a brilliant start with a scintillating 65 at the Evian resort in the French Alps.
That left her on six-under par, level with American pair Andrea Lee and Jennifer Kupcho, and Australian duo Gabriela Ruffels and Grace Kim. Kupcho is the only former major winner among the first-round leaders.
Another Australian, triple major-winner Min-Jee Lee, is in solo sixth on five under with nine players, including World No 1 Nelly Korda and defending champion Ayaka Furue, a shot further back.
Starting at the 10th, Maguire actually opened with a bogey, but it would be her only dropped shot of the day.
She had already responded with four birdies over her next nine holes before standing over her ball on the picturesque second tee box. No footage of the feat was apparently recorded.
An eight iron from 164 yards found the cup and that moved her to five-under with a birdie at the par-five seventh completing a fine day’s work.
"Just played really nice," said Maguire of her first round at a major where she finished sixth in 2021. "I always like it here. I think you have to be very patient, very accepting."
"Hit a lot of fairways. Hit a lot of greens. Gave myself some really good chances sort of 11, 12, 13 to start the day. Pretty stress-free as it can be around here.
"Obviously, the hole-in-one on 2 was pretty special. I think my first one on the LPGA, so a nice place to do it. Looked good in the air. You're never sure on that hole until the ball actually lands. Sort of a perfect morning for it. Not much wind, which is nice, especially on that tee box. Pretty good highlight to the day.
"The pin was sort of in this little back right bowl. You don't want to go over, but at the same time, it does land pretty soft hitting from like 30 yards down from there. Overall, it was just a really nice shot. Looked good all the way. Then nice to be able to walk down this hill without a putter in your hand."
Later in the day, Charley Hull withdrew from the tournament after collapsing during her first round.
The Englishwoman twice fell to the ground at the tee box of the fourth hole and was taken off the course on a stretcher by golf buggy after receiving medical treatment.
The 29-year-old was one under par after 12 holes, having started her opening round of the major on the 10th hole.
Hull was confirmed to be suffering from a virus, but was later eating on site and said to be "feeling better".
She was forced to sit down next to a fairway bunker at the third hole, with her caddy Adam Woodard holding an umbrella over her head.
Hull, who is yet to win a major, tried to continue but her condition worsened at the next hole as she collapsed twice at the tee box, either side of hitting her tee shot.
