Lucy Li, 15, of Redwood Shores, Calif., matched the U.S. Girls’ Junior 18-hole scoring record with a bogey-free, 9-under-par 62 in Monday’s first round of stroke play.

Li, who went 3-0-1 in helping the USA reclaim the Curtis Cup last month at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., tied the mark set by fellow Northern Californian Christina Kim in 2001, and Kimberly Kim in 2007.

The 62 also was four strokes better than Yealimi Noh, 16, of Concord, Calif., and five better than Brooke Seay, 17, of San Diego, Calif.

Li, the medalist in last year’s U.S. Girls’ Junior at Boone Valley Golf Club, registered nine birdies, and her second-nine scorecard – she started on No. 10 – looked like a checkerboard with alternate white (par) and blue (birdie) boxes. On her opening nine, Li, No. 9 in the latest Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WAGR), registered five consecutive 3s from No. 13 in shooting a 5-under 30. Her round included a 30-foot birdie on No. 8. She had a chance to break the championship record on the par-5 ninth, but she failed to convert the 25-foot birdie putt.

The 62 also matched Li’s personal-best score that she recorded last year at PGA National Resort & Spa’s Champions Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., en route to winning the American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Tournament of Champions.

“I forgot [Poppy Hills] was a par 71, otherwise I would have tried [harder] to birdie the last hole,” said Li with a hint of sarcasm. “I just played really well today, making everything, so that felt good.”

Noh, who turns 17 on July 26, is coming off a record 24-under performance last week in winning the 72-hole Girls Junior PGA Championship at Kearney Hill Links in Lexington, Ky. Three weeks ago, she bested fellow Northern Californian Madelyn Gamble in the championship match of the the 69th California Junior Girls’ State Championship at nearby Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Shore Course.

After a self-proclaimed poor warm-up on the practice range, Noh bogeyed the par-5 10th, her first hole of the day. But she bounced back with a birdie on the par-3 11th, hitting a knockdown 9-iron to 15 feet. She also bogeyed the par-3 sixth by three-putting from 50 feet, then answered with a 90-yard wedge approach to a foot on No. 7. She punctuated the round by converting a 21-footer on the par-5 ninth.

Seay converted a 15-foot birdie putt on her final hole, the ninth, to shoot a 67.