Brooke Henderson had 10 straight one-putts Saturday.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — When Brooke Henderson missed the inexperienced on the sixth gap Saturday morning, she was seven again of the leaders who had simply teed off.
The Canadian was two below for the week on the Chevron Championship, however she felt she was hitting it higher than her rating indicated.
“I simply wasn’t actually capitalizing on a number of the alternatives,” she stated.
As soon as she saved par on the sixth, she began to capitalize on these alternatives. In reality, she capitalized on nearly each one she gave herself over the subsequent 9 holes.
Beginning on No. 6, Henderson one-putted 10 straight holes Saturday, rocketing up the leaderboard, briefly into the outright lead at 11 below earlier than a bogey on 16 ended her streak.
When play was suspended on account of inclement climate shortly earlier than 3 p.m. CT, Henderson was via 17 and tied for second, one behind Atthaya Thitikul, who is thru 12.
“Actually, I feel it was on 6 like after I made that par save,” Henderson stated. “It actually saved my spherical alive, after which from there I used to be capable of get issues going. It was actually enjoyable to type of get on a little bit of a run. I really feel like this 12 months I’ve simply performed fairly stable, however I haven’t actually seen that run and type of had that pleasure. That was actually enjoyable for me right this moment, and hopefully simply do one thing related tomorrow.”
Henderson may have the par-5 18th left to play when the third spherical resumes at 7 a.m. CT Sunday morning. A birdie would give the Canadian a 63, not solely her lowest profession spherical in a significant, however the lowest spherical on the Chevron Championship because it moved to Carlton Woods final 12 months by two strokes.
She teed off eight teams forward of Thitikul and Korda within the closing threesome and regarded poised to seize the clubhouse lead earlier than the thunderstorms rolled in. After her par save at 6, she birdied 7 after which drainned an eagle putt from lengthy vary on the par-5 eighth.
Henderson made three extra birdies in a row and added two extra at 13 and 14 earlier than her one-putt streak ended with a four-foot miss at 16. Throughout the streak, she missed simply three greens in regulation.
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She stated afterward she wasn’t completely conscious of the place she was in comparison with the leaders since there have been few leaderboards on the entrance 9.
“I used to be attempting to, one shot at a time, keep within the current second, however on the similar time push and attempt to be just a little bit higher,” Henderson stated. “There weren’t that many leaderboards, so each time there was a leaderboard I used to be attempting to look, however I used to be just a little bit blind on the market for a short while.”
The identical was true for Korda and Thitikul who had been within the closing group with rookie Jin Hee Im. Each had been three below for the day when play was referred to as, with Thitikul sustaining the one-stroke benefit over the World No. 1 she shared with Im to start the day.
Korda may have a putt for par at No. 12 to remain tied with Henderson when play resumes Sunday. She stated she was conscious Henderson was making a transfer.
“I did see on 9 she was most likely 11-under complete via like 15 holes or no matter. However clearly, it’s transferring day, so that you’re type of anticipating women to shoot up the leaderboard with the lower being in your thoughts,” Korda, who can win Sunday to change into the first participant since 2005 to win 5 begins in a row on the LPGA. “You all the time type of count on it on the Saturday, and also you simply attempt to keep in your personal little bubble.”
