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So Yeon Ryu shoots 63 to take early lead in Swinging Skirts (The Associated Press)

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So Yeon Ryu of South Korea watches her shot from the sixth hole during the first round of the LPGA Malaysia golf tournament at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) -- So Yeon Ryu shot a tournament-record 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the early first-round lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.

Playing in the first group of the day off the 10th tee, the South Korean player had seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch on the back nine and added two more on the front nine at Lake Merced.