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Putt-perfect Henley World No. 4 leads PGA Tour Championship with Scheffler in pursuit R USSELL HENLEY rode a hot putter to a 9 under 61 and a two-shot lead over top ranked Scottie Scheffler yesterday at the US PGA Tour Championship, where a star-stud ded field is chasing a US$10 million (RM42m) top prize.

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sharing third on 6-under 64. “I hit some fairways and I holed some nice putts as well,” said Scheffler, who got his round going with birdies at the second and third and added another at the sixth. Unhappy with his approach at the 10th he nevertheless rolled in a 27-foot birdie putt, and after a birdie at 15 managed to get up and down for par from the dangerous right rough below the elevated green at 16. “I knew going down there right of 16 was a huge penalty,” Scheffler said. “We had talked about it in the practice rounds, and our job was just to get the ball back on the green, which I did, and it was nice to hole that long putt.” He drilled another 27-foot birdie at 17, then blasted out of a greenside bunker to four feet at 18 and made that putt for solo second moments before approaching thunderstorms would have halted play. Two-time major winners Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa were in the tie for third on 64 alongside fellow American Patrick Cantlay, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and England’s Tommy Fleetwood. Thomas was in the lead at seven-under through 15 holes, but made a double bogey at 16, where his chip from the right greenside rough failed to reach the green. Masters champion Rory McIlroy, second in the standings coming in, carded a 4-under 66 that included an 30-foot eagle at the sixth and an unlikely birdie at 18, where his shot out of a greenside bunker flew the green, hit the

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Henley, the world No. 4 who captured his fifth PGA title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, broke free atop a crowded leaderboard with three birdies to close his round at East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia. The American had made a strong start with two birdies and an eagle on the front nine, adding back to-back birdies at 12 and 13 before he drained a 42 foot birdie at 16 to launch his closing burst. He added a 34-foot birdie at 17 and got up and down from a greenside bunker for birdie at the par five 18th. “I putted as good as I can putt,” Henley said. “I felt like I was clear on my reads. “Last week I felt like I played really well and didn’t give myself a bunch of looks because I couldn’t figure out how far the ball was going and struggled a little bit on the looks of those greens. “(Today) just felt a little more clear in my mind on what I thought the ball was going to do… just kind of free-wheeled it a little bit.” He walked off the 18th green with a three shot lead but Scheffler – who has won five times in his last 10 starts and nabbed major titles at the PGA Championship and British Open this year – closed with back to-back birdies in a bogey-free 7-under 63. He was a stroke in front of five players

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grandstand and bounced back onto the putting surface to leave him a 17-foot putt. – AFP Iwai in front, Canadian teen Deng in hunt JAPAN’S Akie Iwai, riding high after winning her first LPGA title in Portland, fired seven birdies in a 7-under 65 yesterday to seize a two-shot first-round lead at the Canadian Women’s Open. Iwai, who on Sunday joined her twin sister Chisato as an LPGA winner, closed with back-to-back birdies to overtake a pacesetting group that included world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul and 15-year-old Canadian amateur Aphrodite Deng. “So last week I won, but already it’s in the past,” Iwai said of resetting after her breakthrough victory and just a little celebrating on Sunday night. “I changed the mind – good focus this week.” Iwai teed off on 10 and was three-under through nine holes. She picked up four birdies in her last six holes to power to the lead late on a blustery day at Mississauga Golf and Country Club in Ontario. Deng had turned heads as she grabbed a share of the early lead on 5-under 66, quelling any nerves as she opened with back-to-back birdies. Seeking to join New Zealand great Lydia Ko in lifting the trophy in Canada at 15, Deng was unfazed by the spotlight, saying her experience in winning the US Girls’ Junior Championship in July had got her used to attention. “There was a lot of cameras there, too,” she said. “I was a little nervous, but I am with every tournament. “It’s really cool,” Deng said of putting herself in contention in her home open. “Definitely something that I dreamed about.” Deng was tied for second with Thailand’s Jeeno, Ireland’s Leona Maguire, Mexico’s Gaby Lopez, and American Megan Khang. – AFP

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