Golf

Brooke Henderson extends top-10 streak on LPGA tour

Brooke Henderson tied for 10th at 10 under at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii to extend her top-10 streak to seven events. The 18-year-old Canadian closed with a 68.

Canadian golfer reaches mark in 7-straight tournaments

Brooke Henderson finishes in top-10 in 7-straight tournaments

9 years ago
Duration 0:42
18-year-old from Smith Falls, Ont. extends streak on LPGA tour.

Brooke Henderson tied for 10th at 10 under at the Lotte Championship in Kapolei, Hawaii to extend her top-10 streak to seven events.

The 18-year-old from Smith Falls, Ont. closed with a 68.

Hamilton's Alena Sharp finished tied for 39th, also shot a 68 in the final round and came in at 3 under overall.

Meanwhile, Minjee Lee won the event on Saturday for her second LPGA Tour title, finishing with an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke victory.

The 19-year-old Australian played a seven-hole stretch in 6 under with a chip-in eagle on the par-5 13th and four birdies. She rebounded from a third-round 74 to finish at 16-under 272 at Ko Olina.

"Yesterday I spoke to my coach and he was like, 'You're only five back. Just shoot 8 under and you'll be fine,"' Lee said. "And I shot 8 under, so that was good."

Third-round leader Katie Burnett and U.S. Women's Open champion In Gee Chun tied for second.

Lee made an 11-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and got up-and-down for par from short of the green on the par-4 18th, holing a 6-foot putt. She won the Kingsmill Championship last year in Virginia.

Burnett shot a 70. She lost the lead with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 16th, then missed a 6-foot birdie try on 17 and a long birdie putt on 18. The 26-year-old Georgia player, winless on the tour, led most of the day, going bogey-free for 40 holes before dropping a shot at No. 7.

Chun finished with a 67, missing a 20-foot birdie try on 18. She tied for second for the second straight event after sitting out a month because of a back injury. She was hurt when she was struck by a hard-case suitcase that rival South Korean player Ha Na Jang's father dropped down an escalator at the Singapore airport.

Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn was fourth at 14 under after a 68.

Su-Yeon Jang was another stroke back after a 71. Playing on a sponsor exemption, the 21-year-old South Korean player was coming off a victory last week in the Korean LPGA event sponsored by Lotte.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko shot a 69 to tie for 23rd, her worst finish of the year, at 5 under. Ko won her last two starts in California and also has two seconds, a third and a tie for 15th this season. She will try to defend her title at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic next week in California.