Friday On the Links

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LPGA CAMBRIA PORTLAND CLASSIC

PORTLAND, ORE.

Defending champion Brooke Henderson and Sweden’s Suzann Pettersen share the lead at 11-under 133 after Friday’s second round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic. Pettersen shot the day’s low score with an 8-under 64, while No. 2 Henderson, an 18-year-old Canadian who won her first LPGA Tour event last year in Portland, shot 68 at Columbia Edgewater. Pettersen and Henderson, who have combined to win three of the past five Portland Classics, lead by one stroke over Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe, who shot 67. The No. 18 Pettersen, playing in the morning, had eight birdies on a bogey-free card. Henderson, playing in the afternoon, caught Pettersen when she rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt at the par-4, 393-yard 18th.

PGA BARRCUDA CHAMPIONSHIP

RENO, NEV.

Greg Chalmers birdied five of his last eight holes Friday to take a two-point lead in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford scoring event. The 42-year-old Australian had a 10-point round to reach 24 points at Montreux in the scoring system that awards eight points for double eagle, five points for an eagle, two points for a birdie and deducts a point for a bogey and three points for a double bogey or worse. First-round leader Martin Laird of Scotland bogeyed three of his last six holes — finishing with a three-putt on the par-4 ninth — to drop into a tie for second with 2013 winner Gary Woodland. Most of the players are fighting for a spot in the British Open in two weeks at Royal Troon.

FRENCH OPEN

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, FRANCE

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy roared back into contention at the French Open on Friday, sinking six birdies in a 5-under round of 66 to join a five-way share of the lead. The Northern Irishman could have taken the overall lead at the Le Golf National course — which is hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup — but a poor tee shot on the 18th hole led to a bogey.

Associated Press