Hull quits Evian Championship after collapsing

England's Charley Hull withdrew from the Evian Championship after collapsing during her first round.

The 29-year-old completed 12 holes of the year's fourth major and was one under par when she was taken from the course at Evian-les-Bains in France on a medical cart.

Hull's management told BBC Sport she received an IV drip at the course but did not require hospital treatment.

They said Hull, who had been "battling a virus" and was frustrated because she was playing well, had eaten and was feeling much better.

Hull, who started on the 10th hole, sat in a fairway bunker on the third hole before collapsing at the fourth tee.

After taking a 15-minute medical timeout, she teed off but collapsed again and was taken off the course.

Ireland's Leona Maguire is one of three clubhouse leaders on six under par after carding a 65, including a hole-in-one - her first on the LPGA Tour - on the par-three second.

Maguire opened with a bogey but also shot five birdies to share the lead with American Andrea Lee and Australia's Gabriela Ruffels.

Maguire, Lee and Ruffels hold a one-shot advantage over Australian Minjee Lee, who won her third major title at the PGA Championship last month - and compatriot Grace Kim.

Amateur Lottie Woad, who won the Irish Open last week, and fellow Englishwoman Cara Gainer are three shots off the lead.

Hull won the Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh in November to claim her first victory since 2022.

She has never won a major but has finished second at the Women's Open, US Women's Open and Chevron Championship, with a top-10 finish at the Women's PGA Championship.