The Malaysian is one of just four players to have teed it up at every staging of the event, which started in 2018 when new World No.1 Atthaya Thitikul won. And now Durisic is the leader after the opening round in Thailand.

Shooting a seven-birdie 66 (six-under) around Siam Country Club’s Waterside Course, which many in the field did not find so easy, Durisic leads the event by one from Kelsey Bennett of Australia and Thailand’s Natthakritta Vongtaveelap.

“My round went great. I was just hitting pars at first. My goal today was just hit fairways and greens and just get a two-putt. I was just aiming for pars,” Durisic said. “I was starting to hit it closer, and then most of my birdies were pretty much tap-ins, which felt great, because I didn't really need to try super hard to get a birdie.”

Bennett also found it fairly easy for her five-under 67 in the morning wave that will have all taken advantage of the hotel amenities to relax as the afternoon players battled temperatures in excess of 30° Celsius.

It was all smiles for Kelsey Bennett on day one where the Aussie's five-under round put her in second place. PHOTO: David Paul Morris/R&A/R&A via Getty Images.

“It was pretty good. Pretty happy with it, just did my processes, and it worked out,” the Aussie succinctly summed up her opening round.

Out in the afternoon, Vongtaveelap, known as ‘Sim 300’, launched long drives repeatedly to match Bennett’s score. The pair taking advantage of their length at the par-5 18th with the most straightforward of birdies having both hit chips that looked every chance of dropping for eagle.

“Big benefit. It makes my games very easy,” the Thai said of her power off the tee. “I finished with a birdie. So I'm going to be happy after that.”

Fourth alone is Jiyoo Lim of Korea, who had a bogey-free four-under 68.

It was a a rare feat to not lose a shot to par around the par-72, but 18-year-old Queenslander Justice Bosio did just that, birdieing the opening hole of each nine to then par in for a two-under round and share of 11th behind six players on three-under that includes defending champion Mizuki Hashimoto.

“My round went great. I was just hitting pars at first ... and then most of my birdies were pretty much tap-ins, which felt great, because I didn't really need to try super hard to get a birdie.” -Liyana Durisic.

“Really good. First time here, so I was pretty nervous on the 1st hole, but managed to calm the nerves with a birdie, which was good,” Bosio told Golf Australia magazine.

Hashimoto might be the reigning champion, but it was her Japanese teammate Saki Baba, the current US Women’s Amateur Champion, many expected to be putting the Japanese flag on the leaderboard.

However, the 17-year-old World No.3 couldn’t get anything going on Thursday playing alongside Aussie Kirsten Rudgeley and Vongtaveelap.

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Baba bogeyed the 3rd hole, a dropped shot sandwiched by 17 pars to share 43rd and in need of a good round on Friday to ensure she sits inside the top-50 and ties that advance to the weekend.

The same is true for Rudgeley, who after getting her score back to level par following two early bogeys, came unravelled across the closing stretch of holes at Waterside.

A hat-trick of bogeys starting at the par-3 16th saw one of the pre-tournament favourites sign for a 75 and T61 position through 18 holes.

South Australian Caitlin Pierce also has her work in front of her to survive the cut following a round littered with bogeys, doubles and birdies that eventually totalled 74 strokes, while 15-year-old Queenslander Sarah Hammett is one-under and West Australian Maddison Hinson-Tolchard level with the card.