Beth Bader took a one-stroke lead in the LPGA LOTTE Championship

"It feels good," said the 401st-ranked Bader, making her first start of the year. "Been awhile since I've been here. Been awhile since I actually teed it up in an event. But it's good.

"I practiced hard. I played some Grasshopper Tour events in Phoenix to get ready and keep going. So it was nice to be able to transition back into target golf, because I haven't done that for a while. So, I'm very pleased."

"Overall, I stay patient and I make lots of good putts," Tseng said. "I still miss some, but I hung in there. It's only first ping g15 driver day of the tournament, so I'm pretty happy today. Still on the leaderboard, still can see my name up there, so very happy."

"I hit it in the water on No. 10, so made bogey there," Tseng said. "I made another bogey on No. 11 hole, kind of a short hole. ... On No. 12, I made a tough 12-footer for par. I think that's the big turning point for today. If I make another bogey, I don't know what's going to happen. But I save par there and make birdie the next hole, so it's a good turn for me."

Sun Young Yoo, coming off a playoff victory over I.K. Kim on April 1 in the Kraft Nabisco, was two stroke back at 70 along with Suzann Pettersen, Brittany Lincicome, Cristie Kerr, Elisa Serrama and Inbee Park

Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 38-year-old Bader birdied Nos. 5, 6 and 7 to reach 5 under, but dropped a stroke on the par-4 ninth — her final hole — with her lone bogey of the round played in 30-mph gusts.

Stanford also bogeyed her final hole. The Texan won the last LPGA Tour event played in Hawaii, overtaking Ping G20 Hybrid Michelle Wie in the 2009 SBS Open at Turtle Bay.

Wie had two early double bogeys in a 78 that left her 10 strokes back. She has missed the cuts in her last two starts.

Lang, also from Texas, had only 24 putts.

Tseng, the Taiwanese star who has won three of the first six events this year, was second along with HSBC Women's Champions winner Angela Stanford, Jiyai Shin and Brittany Lang.

"That wind is crazy," Lang said. "I hit the ball fantastic. When you hit pure, solid shots the wind does not affect it as much. I hit the ball really solid and gave myself a lot of chances discount golf clubs and I putted really well with my new putter."

Kim, devastated by a missed 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation in the Kraft Nabisco, shot a 71.

"Flying over, all those positive memories came flooding a back," Stanford said. "I love Hawaii. I love being here. I love just the atmosphere, the people. It is always windy, usually, so I'm just comfortable."