IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Two-time major winner Minjee Lee of Australia handled strong winds and lucked into rare sunshine in a rainy Scottish summer on Thursday, shooting 5-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead in the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open before play was suspended for the day.

Lydia Ko, who had just won her Olympic golf medal and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, braved the most adverse weather on the Dundonald Links and managed five birdies in her round of 69.

Former US Women’s Open champion A. Lim Kim and American Megan Khang were at 68.

The opening round was suspended due to bad weather and a waterlogged course, with England’s Lily May Humphreys at 4 under par with six holes to play. Play was suspended for about an hour early on due to rain, and there was a further weather-related delay of 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Lee was coming off a disappointing Olympic Games outside Paris, where she never got into contention and finished tied for 22nd, playing a difficult course without a bogey and making birdies on both par 5s on the back nine.

“I’m always a happy girl after a bogey-free round,” Lee said. “I think I played smart golf, I would say. I created a lot of opportunities for birdies. I think when I was in trouble, I kind of missed it in the right places and was able to get up and down, so that was good.”

Lee believes she was lucky not to have to deal with the brunt of the rain, although she was unable to escape the fierce winds.

Ko was hit the hardest. She described the weather as so chaotic that she was too busy trying to deal with it to stress herself out too much.

“If it’s just windy, it’s fine. But it was windy and raining,” Ko said. “It’s difficult when you have to hold the umbrella sideways and not upright. I’m pretty sure it was built to be held vertically. So it’s just very difficult out there.”

Despite only one birdie on the par 5, Ko managed a 69. The wind direction meant that the two par 5s in front were reachable. But she couldn’t complain about the weather.

“It’s just part of the experience of coming here. If you don’t like it, you probably won’t play that well anyway,” Ko said. “So it’s more about grit-digging through it and knowing that sometimes you’re not going to be on the fairer side of the draw. But that’s also part of playing tournaments in this part of the world.”

England’s Charley Hull was battling for the lead until a bogey on the par-5 14th hole halted her momentum. She finished in the 70-stroke group that included Esther Henseleit of Germany, who won the silver medal at the Paris Games.

The tournament is the last stop before the Women’s British Open next week in St. Andrews.