Carly Booth off to Korea flyer

CARLY Booth, looking for a strong finish to what has been a disappointing rookie season so far on the Ladies European Tour, made a promising start in the Daishin Securities Tomato M Korea European Ladies Masters.

The Comrie player shot a level-par 72 in Jeju to lie just two shots behind an eight-strong leading pack that included England's Melissa Reid.

A winner in Turkey earlier in the year, Reid made four birdies going out to take the outright lead at the turn.

The two other Scots in the field, Kylie Walker and Vikki Laing, both signed for 78s.

In Japan, Catriona Matthew is eight shots behind the joint-leaders, Yukari Baba and Jiyai Shin, after the first round of the Mizuno Classic.