lydia ko tied annika sorenstam's lpga tour record with her 29th consecutive round under par, shooting a 1 under 71 on thursday at the ana inspiration the 17 year old ko saved par on the par 4 seventh   her 16th hole   after hitting an approach shot through a gap in the trees she hit a 6 iron to 18 inches to set up a birdie on the 158 yard, par 3 eighth and closed with a par on the par 5 ninth the top ranked new zealander started the streak in the first round of her victory in the season ending cme group tour championship last year her worldwide streak is 32, counting the three rounds she played in her victory in the ladies european tour's new zealand women's open this year teenage sensation lydia ko acknowledges the crowd after finishing the first round at the ana inspiration  the 17 year old equalled former world no 1 annika sorenstam's record of 29 under par rounds in a row  the new zealand world no 1 tees off at the par 3 eighth hole at the event in california  sorenstam set the lpga tour mark in 2004 ko also won the women's australian open winner in february the week before her new zealand victory, she was a stroke behind leaders charley hull, na yeon choi and austin ernst halfway through the first round in the first major championship of the season opening in strong morning wind at tree lined mission hills, ko made a 14 foot birdie putt on her first hole and got to 2 under with an 8 footer on the 12th she bogeyed the par 4 13th, hitting into the front right bunker and leaving herself a 25 foot par putt after playing partner lexi thompson hit into the water in front of the green on the 133 yard 14th with the wind gusting to 25 30 mph, ko hit pin high to the right and made the 15 footer for birdie former world no 1 sorenstam set her lpga tour record of consecutive rounds under par in 2004  defending champion lexi thomas could only manage a round of 72 on her opener  ko bogeyed three of the next four holes to make the turn at 1 over playing into a right to left crosswind on the par 4 15th, she drove into the front of the left fairway bunker close to the lip of the bunker, she chipped 30 yards to the fairway and hit her third to 35 feet on the par 4 16th, she drove to the left, with the ball stopping in rough on the front edge of a bunker her fairway wood with the ball below her feet ended up short of the green in the left rough and she hit her third to 20 feet michelle wie watches on after making a shot on the 12th of the mission hills tournament  the us superstar dropped two shots on the final hole to card a 72 for her first round  she was fortunate to only drop one shot on the par 5 18th after driving into the right rough, hitting a fairway wood into the left rough, and sending her third through the green, ko hit a flop shot that ticked a palm tree and stopped in the fringe, leaving a steep downhill putt that raced 15 feet past she made the putt for a bogey save ko got back to even par on the par 5 second, hitting a chip to a foot she also chipped to a foot on the par 3 fifth after missing the green to the left thompson, the defending champion, had a 72 michelle wie, second last year, had a double bogey on no 18 in a 73
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