Tammie Green shattered the course record and ran away from the Corning Classic field last year. It doesn't look like anybody will do that this time.

Sherri Turner, Denise Killeen, Stephanie Lowe and Kathryn Marshall bucked high winds today to form a leading group with 67s after the first round on the narrow Corning Country Club course.

Green, who had a 20-under-par total of 268 on the 6,062-yard par-72 course in 1998, fell victim to unpredictable gusts and unforgiving fairways to open with a 74 .

Betsy King, the LPGA career earnings leader, faded to 70 after a 32 on the front nine. Nancy Lopez shot a 73.

Mitzi Edge, Hiromi Kobayashi and Cathy Johnston-Forbes were at 68. Mi Hyun Kim and Kelli Kuehne trailed them by another stroke.

Turner, a former Corning and LPGA champion, overcame three bogeys with eight birdies. She bogeyed the first hole, a 402-yard par-4.

"No. 1 is probably one of the most difficult starting holes that we have on our tour, so a bogey there is OK," said Turner, who won the Corning Classic and the LPGA Championship in 1988.

Turner birdied the next four holes then three-putted No. 7 for a bogey. The wind helped her record a lucky birdie on the 364-yard, par-4 No. 9.

"I hit a 4-wood that scooted through the trees," she said. "The wind just kind of blew the branches aside as I hit my shot."

She made a 30-foot putt from the back of the green.

Turner hasn't posted a tour victory since 1989, but life has taught her not to get too worked up about golf. One of her closest friends and most influential golf mentors, Kathy Ahearn, died of breast cancer two years ago.

Last year, Turner competed in 26 tournaments and earned just $12,017.

"You get distracted and it's difficult," said Turner, a $1.4 million career winner who went into the tournament ranked 102nd on the money list for this year. "I've been struggling with my game. It's tough to win and then struggle, because you know what you're capable of."

Killeen's eagle on No. 5 erased a pair of bogeys. She threw in five birdies for a share of the lead. "It was an up-and-down 67, that's for sure," she said.

Killeen, 37, hit a 7-wood to 25 feet from the pin and putted for the eagle on 5, a 449-yard par-5. She was at 6-under with a birdie on 12 when a drive into the woods on the par-4 No. 13 left her with a bogey.

Lowe, a 34-year-old native of Chester, England, felt right at home with the cool breeze. She offset bogeys on 11 and 1 with aggressive play and strong low drives that led to seven birdies.

"The fairways are soft so the ball isn't rolling much, and the wind can knock down your shots when you hit above the trees," said Lowe, seeking her first tour victory. "You have to use different shots and hit some short irons into the greens."

Marshall, battling a headache, had six birdies and three-putted for a bogey on 7.

The wind blew harder as the day wore on, creating a disadvantage for those who teed off in the afternoon.

"I'm the only leader from the afternoon round, which tells you something," said Marshall, a native of Scotland, where she learned how to play in the wind.

Suzy Green became the second player in LPGA history to record consecutive eagles. The eagles came on Nos. 5 and 6, but she sandwiched a bogey between two double bogeys on the next three holes.

"Faulty putter," said Green, who shot a 76. "I tried a new one today. Obviously, it will be retired."

The only other player to record back-to-back eagles was Michelle Estill, in the 1994 Lady Keystone Open, in Hershey, Pa. Estill tied for 14th in that tournament. She shot 75 today.