Canadian Brooke Henderson entered Saturday’s third spherical on the Chevron Championship seven photographs off the tempo, however she erased that deficit with ease because of a historic 8-under 64.
Her first birdie of the day got here on the par-5 4th, however her spherical entered uncommon territory starting on the par-3 seventh.
Henderson made a birdie there, then rattled off an eagle on the par-5 eighth. Within the six holes that adopted, the Canadian made 5 extra birdies, and immediately, when she stepped onto the fifteenth tee, she held the lead by herself at 11-under.
“I’ve been hitting it very well all week,” Henderson mentioned Saturday night.
“I simply wasn’t actually capitalizing on among the alternatives. I used to be simply taking part in actually regular, actually strong. Immediately I used to be capable of make a number of putts. I made a clutch par save on 6, birdie on 7, after which a protracted one on 8 for eagle, so I form of simply actually felt lots of nice momentum with my putter and was capable of preserve it fairly sizzling all through the again 9.”
Extreme climate suspended play, forcing the sector to complete their rounds on Sunday morning. Henderson stood on the 18th tee when the siren sounded.
“[On Saturday] evening, it was form of tough making an attempt to remain within the second, not understanding if I used to be going to should play final evening or come out early this morning. It all the time makes it just a little bit tough with these rain delays,” Henderson added on Sunday morning.
“However I believe it could have been good to play the 18th gap [on Saturday] after I was on a little bit of a roll, however you by no means know what might have occurred. On the time, I used to be form of grateful for just a little little bit of a break. It simply relies upon. However No. 18 performed much more tough this morning. I made par, and hopefully, I’ll make a few birdies early within the spherical within the remaining spherical.”
When Henderson putted out on 18 early Sunday, she walked off the golf course having recorded the tenth spherical of sub 64 or higher in Chevron Championship historical past. However it additionally marked the bottom 18-hole rating at The Membership at Carlton Woods because the event moved there in 2023.
“This championship has lots of historical past,” Henderson mentioned.
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“Anytime you might be part of that historical past is fairly neat. I’m enthusiastic about my spherical yesterday. It was lots of enjoyable. A whole lot of momentum, lots of confidence. Hopefully, I can simply carry it ahead.”
Henderson will be a part of Nelly Korda and Hae Ran Ryu in Sunday’s remaining pairing at 12:36 p.m. ET.
Korda goals to win her fifth straight begin on the LPGA Tour, which might mark solely the third time somebody has achieved that feat. Nancy Lopez did so in 1978, and Annika Sorenstam received 5 in a row throughout a stretch spanning each the 2004 and 2005 seasons. A win would additionally give Korda her second main championship title.
Each Henderson and Korda sit at 10-under going into the ultimate spherical, whereas Ryu is one shot above at 11-under, because of a birdie on the ultimate gap.
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