Brooke Henderson

It wasn't as tidy as either of her first two rounds, but Brooke Henderson held her spot on the top of the leaderboard at the Hilton Grand Vacations ...

The best round of the day was posted by Hataoka, who made birdies on seven of her last 10 holes for a 66. She’s been the leader or tied for the 54-hole lead 10 times in her career and won on eight of those occasions. The 30 putts she needed was the most of the first three days but still good. She did counter those by draining a slippery 18-footer on the 16th hole, pushing her score to 14 under for three rounds. For the third consecutive day, Henderson started her birdie binge on the par-5 second. I still was hitting the ball very well and giving myself a lot of opportunities, so no complaints there.”

The Smiths Falls, Ont., native was up for the fight and moved to 14-under 202 in the LPGA Tour season opener at Lake Nona. Henderson will take a three-shot lead ...

The most interesting race on Sunday in that division should be for second. I don't know what the weather is supposed to be like, but they're projecting it to be pretty windy, so just hitting some consistent shots and getting the ball in the cup." In all three rounds she struggled to make birdies on the front nine. Suddenly she ran off four birdies in a five-hole stretch starting at the 11th to assure that Henderson's final-round will have to be solid to prevail. Henderson was up for the challenge, embracing it, in fact. Then came the bogey at 12, and with Hataoka and Korda closing fast over the final holes, the tournament was back on again.

Henderson has certainly made a strong first impression on the 10-time major winner, taking a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Hilton Grand ...

Playing alongside Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, Henderson ran off four birdies beginning at the second hole, was 9-under par by the time she stepped onto ...

A three-putt bogey on the final hole left her with a round of 69, alongside Hsu, five shots behind Henderson. 2 the top-ranked player in the field — England’s Charley Hull and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan. One of Brooke Henderson’s goals heading into the newly minted LPGA season was to get herself into contention more often.

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ontario leads after the second round of the 2023 LPGA Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions from Orlando, ...

Jessica Korda is the older sister of Nelly Korda by five years. Korda won the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship. Henderson won the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship and the 2022 Evian Championship.

The Smiths Falls, Ont. native holds a 3-stroke lead to sit at 14-under after three rounds of the LPGA's Tournament of Champions.

Brooke Henderson leads Nelly Korda and Nasa Hataoka by three shots with 18 holes to play at the LPGA Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona.

Right there, that’s kind of a little bit of the problem. And obviously good luck, too, yeah.” I still was hitting the ball very well and giving myself a lot of opportunities, so no complaints there.” I was hitting it fine. A birdie putt on the ninth hole propelled No. Korda won the 2021 Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona.