“It really helped out a lot and gave me momentum for the rest of the day”, said Henderson, who won a auto that she gave to sister and caddie Brittany. Yeah, the hole-in-one was awesome.
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SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) – Inbee Park could finally crack a smile, even if she was five shots behind leader Brooke Henderson.
Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson carded a hole-in-one and birdied three of her final four holes to post a 4-under 67 and held a two-shot lead after the morning wave in the first round of the LPGA Championship at Sahalee Golf Club on Thursday.
In the second round of the tournament at the Sahalee Country Club near Seattle on Friday, the 27-year-old lost eight shots with one double bogey, seven bogeys and a single birdie.
Canadian World Number Four Brooke Henderson had the ideal day on the course in the first round of the Women’s PGA Championship in Seattle including making an ace at the par-3 13.
“I pulled my shot a little but it caught the left apron and funnelled right in”, Henderson, 18, said.
“I actually played pretty well yesterday, but I had a bad hole at No. 17, and dumped two in the water”, Matthew said, per LPGA.com.
“Just focus on the shot you need to hit”, she added. Henderson was three-under on her first nine, but gave a couple of shots back with bogeys on her 10th and 12th holes.
“It feels very special because I just started playing golf and watching a lot of players on TV thinking that I want to be there”, she said. She moved to 3 under with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 15th, then showed off her delicate touch around and on the green coming in. “I feel truly honored”, said world No. 2 Park. I get nervous, too, out there.
Christina Kim and I.K. Kim followed at 69.
Golfer Park In-bee failed to make the cut at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship under way in the USA state of Washington.
Ko missed a chance to create some separation late in her round.
Nomura regrouped on her second nine with birdies at Nos. “I can’t rave about this place enough”.
“I don’t have (a car)”, said Brittany, “so I’m really excited”. She expects a “deserving” champion to be crowned on the weekend.
As the three-time defending champion of the event, Park is trying become the first woman to win a major in four straight years. She completed the final eligibility requirement by playing the first round of her 10th event of her 10th season.
Pak withdrew after seven holes Thursday afternoon due to an arm injury.
On Sunday at Sahalee, the top-ranked Ko will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
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Brooke Henderson had a highly productive first day at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Her previous best finish in any of the five women’s majors is ninth at the Women’s British Open past year.
