Davies shares lead with Kuld

Friday 05 March 2004 01:00 GMT

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Laura Davies took a share of the lead after a first-round 68 in the Women's Australian Open here. The Briton was tied with the Dane Christina Kuld, a stroke ahead of South Africa's Laurette Maritz. In her first women's tour event, the 37-year-old Danish transsexual Mianne Bagger shot 84.

"I was so nervous, and it is tough to adapt from amateur golf to a professional tournament," Bagger said. "It's even harder when you are the focus of so much attention."

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