Megha Ganne firmly believes in speaking things into existence, so before teeing off in her fifth Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Wednesday at Champions Retreat, Ganne kept telling herself the story that she wanted to see.

EVANS, Ga. (AP) — Stanford’s Megha Ganne set the Augusta National Women’s Amateu r record on Wednesday with a 9-under 63 at Champions Retreat, giving her a two-shot lead over defending champion Lottie Woad, who did her best to track down Ganne.

Defending champion Lottie Woad from FSU shares the lead at 9 under with Oregon’s Kiara Romero. Ganne and teammate Andrea Revuelta are one back while Ortengren is two back at 7 under. Three more Stanford players made the weekend: Paula Martin Sampedro (3 under), Nora Sundberg (2 under) and Kelly Xu (1 under).