Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- South Korea's Somi Lee shot a career-best eight-under-par 64 to open up a two-shot lead in the first round of the LPGA's lucrative season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.

The 26-year-old made four birdies on the front nine and three more on the back nine - plus an eagle on the 17th - with the only blemish to her scorecard arriving with a bogey on the 18th."It's an honour playing my first Tour Championship and I don't think I was necessarily in a position to be nervous about anything," Lee said.

"I thought to myself 'whatever the score is or how I play, let's just prepare for next year's season'. I think that kind of alleviated the stress in today's round to be able to get a better score."American Allisen Corpuz is a...