Henderson, M. Lee share lead at Women’s PGA
SAMMAMISH, Wash. - Brooke Henderson and Mirim Lee withstood a wild weather day to share the lead at 2 under halfway through the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Playing in the afternoon, Henderson and Lee fought heavy rain, wind and a significant drop in the temperature Friday at Sahalee Country Club. After six straight pars, Henderson birdied the par-3 17th, but the 18-year-old Canadian bogeyed the 18th for a 2-over 73 that dropped her back into a tie with Lee.
Lee started on the back nine and surged when she got to the front, making three birdies before dropping a shot late. She shot 69.
Top-ranked Lydia Ko was a stroke back along with Gerina Piller and Brittany Lincicome. Ko scrambled to a 70 in her bid to win her third straight major. Piller had a 69, and Lincicome shot 70.
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn, the winner of her last three tournaments, was 3 over after a 75.
PGA Tour
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Daniel Berger shot a season-best 6-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Berger had six birdies in his bogeyfree morning round to reach 9-under 131 at TPC Southwind, and nobody caught him atop the leaderboard. Berger has started well, despite breaking in a new driver and 3-wood after his old clubs finally cracked last week from age.
Champions Tour
FLOURTOWN, Pa. - Two-time defending champion Bernhard Langer pulled within a stroke of leader Brandt Jobe in the Constellation Senior Players Championship.
Langer shot a 2-under 68 in the third of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major championships. Jobe topped the leaderboard at 2 under after his second straight 69.
Curtis Cup
DUBLIN - Bailey Tardy and Monica Vaughn teamed to win two matches to help the United States tie Britain and Ireland 3-3 after the first day of the Curtis Cup amateur matches.
U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Hannah O’Sullivan, who played at Chandler Hamilton High, and Mariel Galdiano also won a four-ball match for the United States, beating Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey and England’s Charlotte Thomas 1 up.
— Associated Press