MEMPHIS – Junior women's golfer Madison Thomas tied a career-low round to start the day and finished atop the individual leader board at the end of the first day of play at the Moon Golf Invitational in Melbourne, Florida, Monday. Thomas opened the day with a 69 in the first round and her second round 71 kept her atop the leaderboard with a one stroke lead over four other golfers heading in to Tuesday's final round.
Thomas started the day by birdying three of her first four holes to go to -3 and push straight to the top of the leaderboard, and birdies on 15 and 16 helped her finish her opening nine holes at -5.