Golf-Korean Lee on top after sizzling 62 at Women's British Open

By Tony Jimenez WOBURN, England, July 28 (Reuters) - South Korean Lee Mi-rim has developed a penchant for low scoring and she continued the trend with a sizzling 10-under-par 62 in the opening round of the Ricoh Women's British Open on Thursday. Lee then produced a spectacular sequence of five straight birdies from the seventh before putting the seal on a dynamic display by picking up further strokes at the 14th and 17th. "All the holes I played really well... on the fairway, on the green, similar distance of putts, it was all-round good," added Lee after tying the Women's British Open record 62 carded by Finn Minea Blomqvist at Sunningdale in 2004.

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