Stoelting has lead in return to circuit
Jackie Stoelting, an Albany Symetra Tour champion with family ties to the Capital Region, fired a 7-under-par 64 Friday in the first round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Stoelting shares the lead with Anna Nordqvist of Sweden and Esther Lee of the United States. She posted seven birdies and no bogeys at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark.
The event marked Stoelting's first competition on the LPGA Tour after a 14-month maternity leave.
Stoelting's parents are Ed (Niskayuna) and Teri (Clifton Park) Barenborg. She and her husband Travis live in Vero Beach, Fla. Their son Baren is 11 months old.
The 34-year-old Stoelting was a 2013 winner of "Big Break Florida" which aired on Golf Channel. She first competed on the LPGA Tour in 2014 and won the Albany Symetra Tour event in 2016.