Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Henderson holds on

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Brooke Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich., for her fourth LPGA Tour title, holding off Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson by two strokes in cool and windy conditions. Henderson, 19, closed with a 66 on the Blythefiel­d layout that was reduced to a par of 69 — the fifth hole was played as a par-3 instead of a par-5 — the final two rounds because of flooding. Wie finished with a 65, and Thompson had a 69. Henderson finished at 17-under 263 and earned $300,000. The Canadian led after each of the first two rounds, shooting 63-67 at a par of 71, and had a 67 on Saturday to drop a stroke behind Thompson. Henderson won twice last year, taking the KPMG Women’s PGA Championsh­ip for her first major, and successful­ly defending her title in the Cambia Portland Classic. Su Oh (64), Madelene Sagstrom (65) and Moriya Jutanugarn (66) tied for fourth at 14 under. Second-ranked Lydia Ko had a 68 to tie for 10th at 12-under. Top-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn and Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Razorbacks) were part of a 10-way tie for 22nd and won $18,452 each. The LPGA will be in Rogers this week at the Northwest Arkansas Championsh­ip which runs Friday through Sunday at Pinnacle Country Club.

Wise goes wire-to-wire

Aaron Wise completed a wireto-wire victory in the Air Capital Classic in Wichita, Kan., to lock up a PGA Tour card with his first Web. com Tour title. Wise, 20, closed with a 2-under 68 in 100-degree heat at Crestview for a 21-under 259 total and a five-stroke victory over Monday qualifier Beau Hossler. The 2016 NCAA individual champion for Oregon, Wise earned $112,500 to jump from 35th to sixth on the money list with $171,072. The top 25 at the end of the regular season will earn PGA Tour cards. Wise opened 62-62-67 to take a six-stroke lead into the final round. Hossler finished with a 67. He earned $67,500 to reach No. 32 on the money list with $71,396 and earned special temporary membership for the rest

of the season. Sebastian Cappelen (Arkansas Razorbacks) tied for seventh at 13 under and won $18,828. Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Razorbacks) and Zack Fischer (Little Rock) tied for 32nd (8 under), good enough for $3,578 apiece. Andrew Landry (Razorbacks) tied for 40th at 7 under ($2,438), while Taylor Moore (6oth-place tie) won $1,600 for finishing 4 under, a stroke ahead of Matt Atkins (Henderson State). Ethan Tracy (Razorbacks) finished at even par and won $1,388.

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