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Kyla Wilde Tied for 12th After Opening Round of Pat Bradley Invitational

Tacoma, Wash. (Oct. 14, 2023) —  An outstanding opening round of 71 (-1) has Wyoming junior Kyla Wilde among the tournament leaders at the Pat Bradley Invitational in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.  Wilde is tied for 12th place after Saturday's first round.  She is one of only 18 individuals in the field of 76 collegiate golfers to be under par after the opening round.
 
Wilde posted five birdies, nine pars and four bogeys on the day.  She birdied four consecutive holes during one stretch of her opening round on Saturday.  Of her five birdies, four came on Par 4 holes and one on a Par 3.  Wilde will enter Sunday's second round only two strokes out of third place.  The tournament leader is Barbora Bujakova of Miami, who fired an opening round of 64 (-8) to lead second-place M. Escobar Comingo of Florida by three shots.  Domingo, who is playing as an individual, shot an opening round of 67 (-5).  There is a group of six golfers tied for third at 69 (-3), followed by three individuals at 70 (-2) and then a group of seven women tied for 12th at 71 (-1), including Wilde.