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KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- South Koreas Se Ri Pak, Hyo Joo Kim and So Yeon Ryu each shot a 4-under 68 on Wednesday for a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after a breezy first round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship. Winless in 2013, Pak played the back nine in 2-under 34 in her afternoon round. She had birdies on the par-5 13th and par-4 17th, to go along with an eagle on the par-5 5th. Kim, the 2012 China Ladies Open champion, had five birdies. She had her only bogey on her final hole of the day on the par-4 9th. "Except for the very final hole here, the putting in general was really good for the day, so I was really happy," Kim said. Ryu, the 2012 LPGA Rookie of the Year, got off to a nice start in her morning round. She birdied three of the first five holes, teeing off from the front nine into the wind. She finished with five birdies and one bogey. Ryu said she was able to clear her mind with a week off after a bad result at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she tied for 46th. "I really dont think about score or my performance. I just focus on the present, not worry about any (potentially) difficult holes," Ryu said. Japans Ayako Uehara was one stroke back. The field of 144 starters contended with winds gusting about 20 mph throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service. Top-ranked Inbee Park shot a 2-under 70 and was tied for fifth. "I got off to a really good start today. Obviously, the wind wasnt blowing as hard for my first five holes," Park said. "The greens seem a little bit more slippery and I had troubles on the back nine controlling the distance. You have to have perfect contact to ride the wind." Local favourite Michelle Wie had a 70 after carding a bogey on her first hole. "It was quite windy out there today," Wie said. "Just started off with bogey, but just kind of hung in there. I just was patient all day today. It felt good." 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Iceland, which dropped to second after suffering its first defeat in qualifying, had taken an early lead through Ragnar Sigurdsson.Arjen Robben and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar both scored twice while Robin van Persie and Jeffrey Bruma also found the net as the Dutch got their European Championship Group A qualifying campaign back on track. The Netherlands remained third, but moved closer to second-placed Iceland.After losing three of his first four matches in charge, Hiddink suggested last week that he would quit if the Netherlands failed to beat Latvia. His team also lost Wednesday to Mexico in a friendly to make it four defeats out of five matches since finishing third at the World Cup in Brazil under Louis van Gaal.He never looked likely to lose his job. And Hiddink was safe by half time as his front three of Van Persie, Robben and Huntelaar gave him a comfortable 3-0 cushion at the break.Its not important, Hiddink said of his threat to quit. What is important is we played well tonight in a crucial match.Van Persie opened the scoring, rising to head home a Robben cross in just the 6th minute. Robben — the Netherlands most dangerous player — doubled the lead in the 35th when he sent a trademark curling left-foot shhot over goalkeeper Aleksandrs Kolinko despite being surrounded by four Latvia defenders.dddddddddddd.Huntelaar made it three in the 42nd when he sprinted to the near post to slide in a low cross from the left by Ibrahim Afellay.Van Persie admitted the poor string of results had been getting to him.There was a lot of pressure from all sides, he said. I was more nervous than usual. Were only human.Latvia defended better in the second half, but eventually crumbled as the Netherlands poured forward and scored three times in the last 12 minutes.Defender Jeffrey Bruma scored his first international goal when he turned in a corner that had been flicked on by Van Persie.Robben grabbed his second with another left-foot shot and Huntelaar doubled his tally in the 89th, turning smartly and drilling a low shot under Kolinkos outstretched hand.Turkey recorded its first win in Group A by beating Kazakhstan 3-1 in Istanbul. The defeat lifted Turkey off the bottom of the group into fourth place, behind the Dutch. Kazakhstan is last, with just one point from four qualifiers. Latvia is one point higher in fifth.Burak Yilmaz scored twice in three minutes in the first half and Serdar Aziz made it 3-0 in the 83rd minute before Samat Smakov scored a consolation goal for Kazakhstan from the penalty spot.In bad news for Manchester United, midfielder Daley Blind limped off in just the 20th minute against Latvia after injuring his knee and Hiddink said it looks serious. Blind was to undergo an MRI scan Monday.Im rather negative, Hiddink said. I think its a medial ligament that is twisted. It might be a rupture. ' ' '