Brooke Henderson shots 63 to lead Meijer LPGA Classic

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Brooke Henderson has been among the leaders all year in all the driving stats, but her putting has been among the worst resuting in only two T10 finishes this year.

The putter finally warmed up on Thursday as she shot an -8-under 63 to top the star-packed leaderboard in the Meijer LPGA Classic  in Michigan as she eagled the par-5 eighth hole and had six birdies at Blythefield in her lowest round of the season. She won the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship last year and has three tour victories.

“It’s beautiful here,” Henderson said. “I feel like this course suits my game really well. There’s a couple tee shots where you need to hit it really straight, which I think is kind of my advantage or my strength. And once the putts start dropping, then really good things can happen.”

Fellow major champions Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis and Shanshan Feng were a stroke back along with Calgary’s Jennifer Ha, Giulia Molinaro and Holly Clyburn.

Lydia Ko, at No. 2 in the world after an 85-week run at the top, returned from a three-week layoff to top the group at 65.

Other Canadians : Alena Sharp shot 67 while Maude-Aimee Leblanc, shot 72. Augusta James shot a 2-over 73

Bryan Angus
(notes from CP)