2017 Marathon Classic Thursday's first round: Leaderboard, featured groups, tee times, TV, pin placements
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2017 Marathon Classic Thursday’s first round: Leaderboard, featured groups, tee times, TV, pin placements

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The 2017 Marathon Classic begins on Thursday (July 20) with the first round from the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. The first round begins right at 7:15 a.m. Eastern time, with players teeing off two tees in threesomes in the LPGA event played against the British Open Championship.

A field headlined by Lydia Ko, Lexi Thompson, Sung Hyun Park and In Gee Chun is vying for the $240,000 first-place prize from the $1.6 million prize pool.

We've got all the info you need to know to get ready for the 2017 Marathon Classic first round, including the leaderboard featured groups and tee times, TV times and how you can watch online, as well first-round pin placements.

Marathon Classic leaderboard

The 2017 Marathon Classic leaderboard is expected to feature lower scores as the trend on the LPGA Tour has been for incredibly low scores, near 20 under to win. (LPGA.com has the live leaderboard.)

Tee times and featured groups

A full starting field tees off in threesomes on Thursday, with the 2017 Marathon Classic Thursday tee times running from 7:15 a.m. Eastern time through the final group at 2:21 p.m.

Here are complete, full-field tee times throughout the day:

No. 1

  • 7:15 a.m. -- Nannette Hill, Katherine Perry, Pavarisa Yoktuan
  • 7:26 a.m. -- Laura Diaz, Belen Mozo, Ssu-Chia Cheng
  • 7:37 a.m. -- Madeleine L Sheils, Dottie Ardina, Meghan MacLaren
  • 7:48 a.m. -- Lorie Kane, Laetitia Beck, Danah Bordner
  • 7:59 a.m. -- Mina Harigae, Brittany Lincicome, Kim Kaufman
  • 8:10 a.m. -- Hyo Joo Kim, Candie Kung, Megan Khang
  • 8:21 a.m. -- Austin Ernst, Tiffany Joh, Brittany Lang
  • 8:32 a.m. -- Jing Yan, Jennifer Song, Jacqui Concolino
  • 8:43 a.m. -- Min Lee, Justine Dreher, Regan De Guzman
  • 8:54 a.m. -- Sarah Kemp, Karen Chung, Celine Herbin
  • 9:05 a.m. -- Alejandra Llaneza, Michelle McGann, Hannah Burke
  • 9:16 a.m. -- Augusta James, Heather Bowie Young, Silvia Cavalleri
  • 12:15 p.m. -- Dani Holmqvist, Stephanie Kono, Mariajo Uribe
  • 12:26 p.m. -- Karlin Beck, Julieta Granada, Xiyu Lin
  • 12:37 p.m. -- Monica Vaughn *, Julie Yang, Jackie Stoelting
  • 12:48 p.m. -- Brianna Do, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Linnea Strom (a)
  • 12:59 p.m. -- Morgan Pressel, Emily K. Pedersen, Jaye Marie Green
  • 1:10 p.m. -- Angel Yin, Lizette Salas, Eun-Hee Ji
  • 1:21 p.m. -- Amy Yang, Gerina Piller, In-Kyung Kim
  • 1:32 p.m. -- Sung Hyun Park, Jane Park, Lexi Thompson
  • 1:43 p.m. -- Cheyenne Woods, Mariah Stackhouse, Ally McDonald
  • 1:54 p.m. -- Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Wichanee Meechai, Jennifer Ha
  • 2:05 p.m. -- Hee Young Park, Perrine Delacour, Jenny Coleman
  • 2:16 p.m. -- Sakura Yokomine, Jessy Tang, Emily Tubert

No. 10

  • 7:20 a.m. -- Sydnee Michaels, Dana Finkelstein, Haeji Kang
  • 7:31 a.m. -- Samantha Richdale, Wendy Doolan, Therese O'Hara
  • 7:42 a.m. -- Nasa Hataoka, Sadena A Parks, Lauren Kim
  • 7:53 a.m. -- Mindy Kim, Kristy McPherson, Becky Morgan
  • 8:04 a.m. -- Mo Martin, Chella Choi, Christina Kim
  • 8:15 a.m. -- Brittany Altomare, Na Yeon Choi, Yani Tseng
  • 8:26 a.m. -- Brooke M. Henderson, Stacy Lewis, In Gee Chun
  • 8:37 a.m. -- Lydia Ko, Marina Alex, Nelly Korda
  • 8:48 a.m. -- Leona Maguire (a) *, Bronte Law, Annie Park
  • 8:59 a.m. -- Mika Miyazato, Nontaya Srisawang, Prima Thammaraks
  • 9:10 a.m. -- Ji Young Oh, Briana Mao, Krista Puisite
  • 9:21 a.m. -- Allyssa Ferrell, Kelly Tan, Demi Runas
  • 12:20 p.m. -- Maria Parra, Amy Olson, Sandra Changkija
  • 12:31 p.m. -- Britney K Yada, Stephanie L Meadow, Emily Collins
  • 12:42 p.m. -- Amelia Lewis, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Dori Carter
  • 12:53 p.m. -- Vicky Hurst, Thidapa Suwannapura, Min-G Kim
  • 1:04 p.m. -- Ayako Uehara, Jenny Shin, Angela Stanford
  • 1:15 p.m. -- Azahara Munoz, Kelly W Shon, Simin Feng
  • 1:26 p.m. -- Mirim Lee, Alison Lee, Aditi Ashok
  • 1:37 p.m. -- Cydney Clanton, Nicole Broch Larsen, Alena Sharp
  • 1:48 p.m. -- Peiyun Chien, Cindy LaCrosse, Rachel Rohanna
  • 1:59 p.m. -- Marissa L Steen, Kris Tamulis, Ilhee Lee
  • 2:10 p.m. -- Katie Burnett, Min Seo Kwak, Lee Lopez
  • 2:21 p.m. -- Paula Reto, Giulia Molinaro, Alison Walshe

Pin placements

The LPGA releases the first-round pin sheet with the pin placements (or as they say officially, hole locations) just before play gets going in the morning.

TV times and how to watch online

The Marathon Classic airs on TV on Thursday on Golf Channel, with coverage going from 8-10 p.m. Eastern.

On the Golf Channel app and on golfchannel.com, streaming coverage beings at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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