Of all the play on my Thursday leaderboard blog " Where the Canadians are this week" Brooke Henderson's 67 to top the KPMG Women's PGA Championship by 2 shots out in Seattle at the Sahalee CC goes down as the #1 highlight for me.
LPGA Tour Women's PGA Championship leaderboard http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/leaderboard
On a cool day with rain showers arriving for the afternoon wave Brooke and her sister (caddie) Brittany were out in the early wave off the 10th tee and she built her round getting to -3 on that nine, including the icing on the cake when she holed a 7 iron on the par 3 13th, her fourth hole of the day. The shot landed on the left edge of the green and followed the slope directly to the cup.
“It really helped out a lot and gave me momentum for the rest of the day,” she said afterwards and she made good on a promise, giving the Kia K900 she won to her sister!
She dropped two shots early on her back nine with wayward drives but rallied with birdies on three of her final four holes to take the two-shot lead. Remember she won on this west coast in Portland last year and has had 9 top 10 finishes this season without breaking into the winners circle.
“Making the turn I was a little shaky, hit a couple of bad drives. But I was able to scramble, get up-and-down a couple of times that really saved my round and then finished really strong.”
Other Canadian scores : Alena Sharp, Maude Aimee Leblanc +3 74 T49, Samantha Richdale +9 80 T129
Inbee Park finished her round at +1 72 and fell into the arms of her hero Se Ri Pak as she officially qualified for the PGA Hall of Fame.
Henderson leads American Christina Kim and another little South Korean, IK Kim who both had -2 69's in the worst of the afternoon weather. Rainy cool conditions are expected for the rest of the week..... what a surprise in Seattle...
Poised at -1 70 is the Thai star and winner of 3 events in a row Ariya Jutanugarn.
Bryan Angus
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