Fast start propels Mao Saigo into lead at Maybank Championship

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Mao Saigo carded six birdies over her first eight holes and finished with a 9-under-par 63 on Thursday to seize a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Saigo collected 10 birdies to offset her lone bogey on the par-4 17th hole at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. The Japanese native also hit 11 of 14 fairways and 14 of