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CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC

PORTLAND, ORE.

Canadian teen Brooke Henderson birdied three of her last four holes Friday for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic.

The 17-year-old Henderson had an 11-under 133 total at Columbia Edgewater for a one-shot lead over Caroline Masson, the German player who had the best round of the week with a 64.

Playing in cool, breezy and sometimes wet conditions, Henderson grabbed the outright lead with an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth, her 18th hole of the day. Henderson made her only bogey of the tournament at No. 11, but rebounded with birdies at 12, 14 and 3 before the late burst.

Henderson, who turns 18 in September, has made $466,818 in nine LPGA Tour tournaments and has the outright 36-hole lead for the third time. She earned a spot in the field in Monday qualifying.

U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR

PORTLAND, ORE.

Hannah O’Sullivan made a 7-foot par putt on the 18th hole to beat SMU junior Lindsey McCurdy 1 up Friday in the U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinals.

Two holes down after 10 holes at Portland Golf Club, the 17-year-old O’Sullivan, from Chandler, Arizona, won the next four holes — making three pars and a birdie on the par-4 14th — to take a 2-up lead.

McCurdy, from Liberty Hill, Texas, won the par-4 16th with a par to pull within one, and halved the par-3 17th to keep the match alive. O’Sullivan holed the winning putt after running her 25-foot birdie attempt past the hole on the par-5 18th.

O’Sullivan, also a semifinalist last year, will face 17-year-old Mathilda Cappeliez, a 5-and-4 winner over Tennessee sophomore Anna Newell of Tampa, Florida.

In the other quarterfinals, 17-year-old Sierra Brooks of Sorrento, Florida, beat UCLA junior Bronte Law of England 5 and 3; and 18-year-old UCLA freshman Bethany Wu of Diamond Bar, California, topped 16-year-old Mika Liu of Los Angeles 5 and 4.

Associated Press