A funny thing happened in sunny Hawaii while waiting for someone to break away from a pack of leaders in the opening round of the LPGA Lotte Championship on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).
Rain zeroed in on Ko Olina Golf Club, forcing a 45-minute delay.
Then Paula Creamer and South Korea's Mi Hyang Lee took over, bolting into first at 6-under 66. Both had seven birdies and a bogey, with Lee's coming on the final hole, in the dark.
"I couldn't see the line or anything," she said. "It was too hard."
Play was suspended with six golfers still on the course.
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Lee, 24, made the cut just once in three previous starts at Ko Olina. She is ranked 51st in the world, with a win in 2014 after earning Rookie of the Year honours on the 2012 Symetra Tour.
Two of Creamer's 10 victories have come in Hawaii and she would surpass $12 million in career earnings with a win on Saturday.
Her only bogey came on the 15th and she erased it with a tap-in birdie two holes later. She waited out the rain delay under the waterfall next to the 12th hole, sitting next to 2012 champion Ai Miyazato.
"I'm 30, I'm getting old out here," Creamer said. "I was like, 'Oh, gosh. I got to warmup a bit.' I went out with a good two-putt (at No.12) and then birdied the par-5 right afterwards.
"You know, I played solid. I putted really well. I switched back to conventional-style putting. I've been left-hand-low for the last three years. This is my first week back doing that and using my line, and seems to be doing pretty good so far."
Katherine Kirk is the best-placed Australian after the first round, having shot a four-under-par 68 to be tied for eighth.
Minjee Lee shot a one-over round of 73 to be tied for 86th, while Sarah Jane Smith carded a 74 and Su Oh shot a 75.
