Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow off early pace at Gainbridge LPGA in Florida

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow both carded over-par rounds as they got their seasons underway at the Gainbridge LPGA in Florida.

Cavan's Maguire, who recorded five top-10 finishes last year as well as playing a key role in Europe's Solheim Cup win, made a relatively slow start in Thursday's opening round at the Boca Raton course with bogeys on the fifth and eighth before a birdie on the 17th saw her finish the day on one over.

Fellow two-time Olympian Meadow, who was also among the early starters is two shots further back after carding a three-over 75.

The Antrim native double bogeyed the seventh before dropping a further shot on 10.

The trio of Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko and Aditi Ashok currently share the lead on seven under, with Kang the only one of the trio to have completed her opening round, finishing with a 65.

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