U.S. Women¡¯s Open runner-up Nasa Hataoka finished in a four-way tie for the lead at the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday.

Hataoka, Lauren Stephenson, Leona Maguire and Charley Hull each turned in a 7-under-par 65 in the first round at Blythefield Country Club. Ariya Jutanugarn and Min Lee are one stroke behind at 6 under. Eleven more players are tied at 5 under.

Hataoka and Maguire finished their rounds without a bogey.

¡°This course usually everyone hits low scores, so it¡¯s really important for me to play four good rounds,¡± Hataoka said. ¡°So hoping to do that for tomorrow, too.¡±

Hataoka, 22, is a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour but hasn¡¯t won since the Kia Classic in March 2019. She lost to Yuka Saso on the third playoff hole at the U.S. Women¡¯s Open in May after both women finished 72 holes at 4-under 280.

Maguire had a red-hot Thursday for the second straight week. She also fired a 65 in the first round of last week¡¯s LPGA Mediheal Championship in Northern California, where she finished in ninth place.

¡°It reminds me a lot of home, a lot of golf courses that I would¡¯ve grew up playing at home,¡± Maguire said. ¡°Very green, some trees. Yeah, drove the ball really well today. Just sort of suited my eye quite well. Tried to just build on that momentum I had last week in San Francisco.¡±

Hull had eagles on Nos. 14 and 18 to bolster her round.

¡°I hit good drive and hit like a little draw-y 4-iron into the green and holed like a 35-, 40-foot putt,¡± Hull said about the shot on the 14th. ¡°And then 18 didn¡¯t quite catch the drive. Haven¡¯t been hitting my driver well today. I hit a drive down there, 7-iron into I think like 10, 15 feet and hole it.¡±

Stephenson sank six birdies on her first nine holes of the day, the back nine, for a 30 at the turn.

¡°On the first nine it felt like my ball had like a magnet to the hole. It was like I couldn¡¯t miss,¡± Stephenson said. ¡°I made probably a 35-footer on one of the par-3s, which is super abnormal for me. But just felt like everything was kind of going my way, so I took advantage of that today.