South Korea's Somi Lee carded an 8-under-par 64 to take a two-stroke lead after one round of the season-concluding CME Group Tour Championship on Thursday in Naples, Fla.

Allisen Corpuz is Lee's closest pursuer, coming in with a 6-under total of 66, and four players got to the clubhouse with identical 67s.

Only the top 60 players in the season-long standings qualified for the season finale, with an $11 million purse on the line and $4 million available to the winner, one of the biggest prizes in women's golf.

Lee got to 9 under after making an eagle on the par-5 17th hole, but suffered her lone bogey of the day on the finishing hole. She made seven birdies in her first 15 holes around Tiburon Golf Club.

"My tee shot and putter was the things I was focusing on and I really practiced the

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