Henderson shares lead, looking for three-peat

Two-time defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada shot a 5-under 67 on Friday for a share of first place after two rounds at the Cambia Portland Classic.

The 19-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., fired six birdies and an eagle to jump up the leaderboard from second to first place, where she was tied with first-round leader In Gee Chun of South Korea and American Stacy Lewis at 10-under.

Chun shot a 68, while Lewis carded a 64. The trio have a twoshot lead over Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Moriya Jutanugarn and Ai Miyazato heading into the weekend.

“It was a little bit up and down today,” Henderson said. “I made a lot of birdies and an eagle, which was awesome, although I made a couple bogeys that I’d like to take off the card for the next two days. But overall I feel like I have a solid game plan and any time I’m double digits over two days I’m really happy. So I hope I can continue that trend over the next two days.”

Henderson won the tournament in 2015 and 2016 and is trying to become the first golfer to win at Portland in three straight years.

Alena Sharp of Hamilton was 4-under after a 71 and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., had a 73 to sit at 1-under.

In Boston, Dustin Johnson fired a 5-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the opening round of the Dell Technologies Championship. Masters champion Sergio Garcia, Jon Rahm, Marc Leishman and Kyle Stanley shared second after posting 67s on a breezy day at TPC Boston.

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., and Mackenzie Hughes of Hamilton both opened with 70s, while Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., and Nick Taylor, also of Abbotsford, shot 72s. The Canadian Press, The Associated Press