Aramco Korea Championship: Suzann Pettersen shoots even par in first round on Ladies European Tour after four years | Golf News | Sky Sports
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Suzann Pettersen makes return to Ladies European Tour for first time since 2022 and rallies after early dropped shots to card even-par 72, including monster birdie at 15; England’s Lily May Humphreys in share of second after five-under 67; watch second round from 5.30am Friday
Thursday 8 October 2026 11:19, UK
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Suzann Pettersen marked her first round on the Ladies European Tour in four years with an even-par 72 at the Aramco Korea Championship as England’s Lily May Humphreys earned a share of second place.
Pettersen, 45, retired after sinking the winning putt for Team Europe in the 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, with her only appearance since the 2022 Aramco Team Series event in Jeddah.
The Norwegian – who captained Europe at the 2023 and 2024 Solheim Cups – was three over after six holes in South Korea, bogeying the third and double bogeying the sixth.
But the two-time major winner rallied with birdies at eight, 13 and 15 – picking up a shot at the last of those holes with a monster putt – and went bogey-free on her back nine.
Humphreys – who won her sole Ladies European Tour title to date at the 2023 Joburg Ladies Open – carded a five-under 67 to sit one shot behind leader Patricie Mackova.
Like Pettersen, the 24-year-old dropped shots at three and six, but she registered five birdies as well as an eagle at the par-five 13th to match the rounds of Miyu Yamashita, Sarah Kemp and Olivia Cowan.
There have been four English winners on the Ladies European Tour in 2026.
Charley Hull won the season-opening PIF Saudi Ladies International in February, with Esme Hamilton then claiming a maiden title on the tour with victory at the South African Women’s Open in April.
Eleanor Givens secured her first LET victory at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open in August, while Charlotte Heath did likewise at the La Sella Open in September.
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