Her second-round score could have been lower, but Sharp three-putted for par from just off the green on the par-5 seventh, three-putted for bogey from 20 feet on the par-3 eighth and failed to covert a 10-footer for birdie on the par-4 ninth to close out her round.
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World number two Ariya Jutanugarn now leads after carding a 17 under 67 which leaves her two shots clear of South Korean In Gee Chun.
After representing Thailand at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she had to withdraw with a knee injury, her return to the LPGA garnered a second straight win on Tour.
World No.1 Lydia Ko, seeking her fourth Canadian Women’s Open, is four shots behind at eight-under-par after shooting a three-under second round.
At 17-under 199, she had a two-stroke advantage over South Korea’s In Gee Chun.
“I think my tee shots were pretty good all week and my irons are getting a lot better in the last week or so”. “But after that I feel like I changed my focus, so right now my focus is like what’s going to be good, like what I have to do to be good, so I’m thinking about like what is under my control, not thinking about anything else”. It was my first LPGA Tour win …
“After I won my first tournament, after that, I feel like I reached my goal, and after that I feel like I don’t care like what my ranking going to be”, continued the 20-year-old.
“I feel really happy with myself right now”, said Ariya, who squandered several excellent chances to win tournaments earlier in the year before managing to get across the finish line.
Sharp missed the cut when the Canadian Open was last held at Priddis seven years ago, so she felt she took “a little bit back from the course that took from me in 2009”. But I figured out what is the main thing for me to be happy on the course, and that’s the key.
Although she couldn’t dint runaway champion Ariya Jutanugarn’s stranglehold on the tournament at -23, Webb showed signs she’s still a force to be reckoned with as the LPGA Tour season winds towards its season-ending championship.
Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow followed up her round of 66 on Thursday with a 69 on Friday to pull into a tie with Chun for second spot. Her fourth-place finish was the best of her career and the best by a Canadian golfer in this event in the last 15 years.
Meadow, ranked 419 in the world, has endured a hard year but has produced back-to-back rounds in Calgary to remain in the hunt for her first professional win.
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Henderson is tied for 21st after a second consecutive 68 following an opening 72.
