Canadian Brooke Henderson shares top spot at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
KILDEER, Ill. – Canadian Brooke Henderson shared the clubhouse lead after her second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Friday.
The 20-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., carded a 1-under 71 in the second round to move to 6 under for the tournament, tied with Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park toward the end of the morning wave.
Henderson was one off the pace after the first round of the LPGA Tour’s third major of the year, but vaulted into a tie for top spot with a birdie on No. 18 on Friday.
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A six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Henderson has finished in the top five at this event the past three years, including a victory in 2016.
Canadians Alena Sharp, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Brittany Marchand and Anne-Catherine Tanguay also are in the field.