June 27th, 2015 9:13 a.m. CT Update - Mi Jung Hur completed her bogey free 1st round at 8-under Saturday morning to maintain her lead at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Hur is set to tee-off for her second round at 9:40 a.m. CT.

ROGERS, Ark. – M.J. Hur teed off four hours after her scheduled time due to two separate thunderstorms in the area, but it only took her a little over three hours to steal the lead, jumping out to 8-under-par through 14 holes before play was called for the day. Hur is one of 63 players that will finish their first round at 7:45 AM CST.

Anna Nordqvist, Brittany Lincicome and Azahara Munoz hold the first-round clubhouse lead after each posted 6-under-par 65s at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G.

“Yeah, it's been a long day for sure. Had my alarm set at 5:00 a.m. this morning and teed off at 8:30 and it's what, about 5:30 now?” Nordqvist said. “I'll get some rest tomorrow, but bogey free I'll take any day. Feeling good about my game. Solid tee to green today and this course you can be aggressive at and you can attack, you have a lot of wedges in, so I tried to take advantage of that.”

Both Nordqvist and Lincicome arrived to Arkansas riding a wave of play as solid as almost any player on Tour not named Inbee Park. Both had posted a win over the last two months and each finished in the top-10 two weeks ago at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Neither slowed down on Friday, firing bogey-free rounds on the par-71 layout.

“Actually, going into today I was really nervous,” Lincicome said. “I played the Pro-Am yesterday and even the practice round I play Tuesday morning with Anna Nordqvist, I felt like I had no clue where the golf ball was going. So even going to the range this morning I told my caddie, I’m like I don’t feel good, I feel like there’s something off, there’s something wrong. Then had a couple saves early, which really helped. I made a couple of 15-footers to save par and it kind of was just the momentum I needed to get the round going."

Munoz has been a perennial top-25 player on the money list like her fellow co-leaders but didn’t arrive with the finishes she’s accustomed to over the last month since she returned from surgery on her hand. However, Munoz arrived to the tee with a different vibe than the one Lincicome was feeling.

“Last week had a really good practice with fiancé back in Florida and things started clicking,” Munoz said. “So coming into this week I finally felt much better. My hand’s still a little sore but I can practice. I just have to be a little smart about it. Finally started hitting the ball much better and that was the difference. I was just not striking the ball very well.”

Second-round play is set to begin at 8:45 AM CST.

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