IVINS, Utah >> Haeran Ryu and Ariya Jutanugarn didn’t waste time moving on from the disappointment of the first LPGA major behind them, both opening with bogey-free rounds Thursday for an ideal start in the inaugural Black Desert Championship.

Ryu missed only one fairway, one green and took 27 putts in her round of 8-under 63, giving her a one-shot lead over Jutanugarn in the LPGA’s return to Utah for the first time in just over 60 years. Black Desert hosted a PGA Tour event last fall.

Ryu shared the 54-hole lead last week in the Chevron Championship when nothing went right for her the final round. Even with an eagle on the final hole, she shot 76 and missed the playoff by two shots.

“I’m not change something from my mind, because last week it was tough golf course and this week it’s tough, too,” Ryu said. “Just thinking more accuracy for my shot, and I think same as last week.”

Jutanugarn had a rougher finish. She needed par on the last hole to win when the Thai stubbed a chip behind the green and wound up making bogey. In the five-player playoff, Jutanugarn lipped out on a 7-foot birdie putt as Mao Saigo won.

“I would say when I got here I felt like the course is really tough because like it’s kind of new. It’s different, really unique, really beautiful,” Jutanugarn said. “But of course last week I didn’t finish the way I want, but it’s so many thing going on — like good things — and I just want to carry on from that and keep working as hard as I can.”

Jutanugarn, a former No. 1 player in women’s golf, has gone four years without winning.Saigo was among the late starters at Black Desert, a Tom Weiskopf design carved from a massive field of black lava amid red rock mountains, some 30 miles from Zion National Park.

It is the only golf course that hosts an official PGA Tour and LPGA Tour event

Scheffler returns to hometown, takes 1st-round lead

Scottie Scheffler is happy to be back at his hometown event and showed it.

Cameron Champ isn’t far from familiar territory, either, which is a good thing considering he got the call that he was in the Byron Nelson as an alternate about 18 hours before his tee time.

Scheffler made the turn in 29 on his way to a 10-under 61 for a two-shot lead over Rico Hoey and Jhonattan Vegas, with Champ among six players another shot back at 64.

Defending champion Taylor Pendrith shot 67 with players allowed to lift, clean and replace their shots in the fairways after the par-71 TPC Craig Ranch got heavy rainfall Wednesday.

The top-ranked Scheffler outshined fellow hometown star Jordan Spieth with the former Texas Longhorns paired together along with Si Woo Kim, a South Korean who also calls Dallas home and was showcased in an event sponsored by CJ Group, a conglomerate based in his home country.

Kim shot 67, capping his round with a lofty chip-in for eagle at the par-5 18th and rolling onto his back in celebration. Spieth is 2 under. Vegas, another Texas alum, had a bogey-free round along with Scheffler and Hoey.

The others at 7 under with Champ are Stephan Jaeger, Michael Thorbjornsen, Eric Cole, Andrew Putnam and Patton Kizzire.

Scheffler missed last year’s event in Dallas’ northern suburb of McKinney for the birth of his first child, son Bennett.

“Jordan and I love playing here. This tournament has meant a lot to us over the years,” Scheffler said. “Obviously last year I was missing for some pretty good reasons. I wasn’t too sad about what was going on in my life at the time.”

Back then, he had 10 wins combined before May over a three-year stretch, including the Masters and Players Championship twice each. Now, Scheffler is still seeking the first victory of 2025.

Not that he was playing poorly before posting his lowest round of the year. Scheffler finished fourth as the defending champion at Augusta and has four other top-10 finishes this year.

World ranking chair says LIV has not reapplied

LIV Golf getting world ranking points would start with the Saudi-funded league applying to the Official World Golf Ranking, and chairman Trevor Immelman said Thursday that first step has not happened.

Immelman, who took over as OWGR chair three weeks ago, said he has spoken with LIV CEO Scott O’Neil on the phone and met with him for a casual conversation during the Masters.

Sportico reported earlier this week that LIV Golf and the OWGR were in “serious discussions,” which Immelman found to be “an interesting choice of words.”

“They have not put any application in. Whether that happens or not, I guess time will tell,” Immelman said in a telephone interview. “The ball is in their court.”