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NBC Sports
13 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Brooke Henderson back in contention in Portland Classic; Juli Inkster, 65, shoots 69
Relive the biggest moments and top shots from the opening round at the 2025 The Standard Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Macan Course in Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND, Ore. — Two-time champion Brooke Henderson birdied all four par-5 holes for a 7-under 65 on Thursday in The Standard Portland Classic, leaving the slumping Canadian a stroke behind first-round leader Adela Cernousek. Henderson won the first of her 13 LPGA Tour titles in 2015 by eight strokes at Columbia Edgewater at age 17, and successfully defended the following year. Now 27, she's winless since January 2023 and has dipped to 52nd in the world. 'I love coming back to this place,' Henderson said. 'I do have a lot of the great memories. A lot of good things happened to me here.' She opened her morning round with four straight birdies, two on par 5s. On her second nine, she birdied the par-5 fifth and seventh and the par-4 ninth. 'It's really important to hit a bunch of fairways this week,' Henderson said. 'You want to be hitting it really straight. I think I only missed two fairways today, so that was good. Hopefully, hit them all tomorrow.' Next week, Henderson will be back home in Canada for the CPKC Women's Open in Mississauga, Ontario. She won the national championship in 2018. Cernousek shot a 65 in the final group of the day off the 10th tee. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman played her final nine holes in 7-under 29 - highlighted by an eagle on No. 7. 'I was hitting the ball very well,' Cernousek said. Sung Hyun Park was a stroke back with Henderson, Jeongeun Lee5, Gurleen Kaur and Miranda Wang. Park had eight birdies and a bogey in her afternoon round on the tree-lined course. The 31-year-old South Korean player won the last of her seven tour titles in 2019. 'As of late, my ball-striking and putting are starting to feel quite comfortable and that's exactly what happened today,' Park said. 'I was able to make confident swings and also feel great about the strokes I made on the greens.' Haeran Ryu two strokes back at 66 with Perrine Delacour, Arpichaya Yubol, Ashleigh Buhai and Linn Grant. Ryu, at No. 9 in the world, and No. 7 Angel Yin — who shot a 72 — are the only players from the top 10 in the world ranking in the field. Amateur Kiara Romero had a 67. The University of Oregon star won the 2023 U.S. Girls' Junior and 2025 Big Ten title. 'Everything was rolling pretty smoothly,' Romero said. 'I was a little bit nervous on the first tee, but still played pretty good.' Juli Inkster, the 65-year-old Hall of Famer who won the 1999 event, birdied three of the par 5s in a 69. 'I actually thought I putted really well today,' Inkster said. 'Hit a lot of good irons and I drove the ball well. I was happy with that.' She played alongside 2017 champion Stacy Lewis and 2019 winner Hannah Green, who each shot 73. Defending champion Moriya Jutanugarn also had a 73. The tournament is the longest continuous event on the LPGA Tour except for the majors, dating to 1972.
RTÉ News
18 hours ago
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- RTÉ News
Cernousek leads in Portland as Meadow battles back
Adela Cernousek, a 22-year-old French rookie, turned in an exceptional second nine on Thursday and charged into the lead of the Standard Portland Classic with Ireland's Stephanie Meadow among those left trailing in her wake following a level-par 72. Meadow actually finished her round strongly, playing the final three holes in two-under-par to make up for two earlier bogeys on her card. Having dropped a shot on the par-four fourth, not much happened for the Jordanstown woman until she dropped her second shot of the day on the 11th. However, a badly needed deuce on the par-three 16th was backed up with a super birdie on the last to get her into the clubhouse on even par. Meadow sits in tied-72nd heading into Friday's play. Cernousek shot an eight-under-par 64 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, leaving her one stroke ahead of Gurleen Kaur, China's Miranda Wang, two-time Portland champion Brooke Henderson of Canada and the South Korean duo of Jeongeun Lee and Sung Hyun Park. After starting on the back nine and making one birdie and eight pars before the turn, Cernousek birdied the firsth, fourth, fifth and sixth to charge up the leaderboard. "No, I was just trying to do the same thing," Cernousek said when asked if she played more aggressively closer to the greens on the back nine. "Like hit the fairways, get close to the pin and try to make the putts, like have good speed on the putts." She then registered an eagle at the par-five seventh before closing with another birdie at the ninth to break a six-way tie for first place. "I think I was hitting the ball very well," Cernousek said. "My caddie really helped me with distances. I think I always had like very close putts for birdie. I was able to make a lot of them, so it was great. I felt very good with my whole game, yeah." The 2024 individual NCAA champion for Texas A&M, Cernousek is making her 13th LPGA start. She has made cuts as a pro just three times, never ending up in the top 20. South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai, Sweden's Linn Grant, South Korea's Haeran Ryu, Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol and France's Perrine Delacour are two strokes back at 66. Eight players, including past Portland winner Jin Young Ko of South Korea and amateur Kiara Romero, are tied for 12th at 67. Henderson, the Portland champion in 2015 and 2016 at ages 17 and 18, opened and closed her round effectively on Thursday. Starting on the back nine, she birdied her first four holes, and she concluded her bogey-free rounds with birdies on three of the final five holes. "It was a really awesome start, four birdies in a row," Henderson said. "I mean, that's an ideal start any week, especially here. I love coming back to this place. I do have a lot of the great memories. A lot of good things happened to me here. "So just tried to keep it rolling after that great start and was able to capitalize with three birdies on the back nine to get a little bit closer to the top of the leaderboard." Lee's round included six birdies, a bogey and an eagle on her 10th hole of the day, at the par-4 first. Wang didn't have a bogey on her card, and she ran off five birdies in a six-hole span on the back nine near the end of her round. "My swing was very pure and I had so much trust in my swing," Wang said. "That's really helpful. I see the number and hit my shot and it just turn out really good. My putting was improved a lot over ... the last few weeks. I was happy with it." Park and Kaur had just one bogey apiece. Defending champion Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand is tied for 97th at 73.
Perth Now
a day ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Ruffels leads Australia charge at Portland Classic
French rookie Adela Cernousek is the surprise first-round leader of the LPGA Tour's Portland Classic after firing an eight-under 64 to lead some of the game's best players. The 22-year-old turned in an exceptional second nine on Thursday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, leaving her one stroke ahead of Gurleen Kaur, Miranda Wang, two-time Portland champion Brooke M. Henderson and South Korean duo Jeongeun Lee5 and Sung Hyun Park. After starting on the back nine and making one birdie and eight pars, Cernousek stormed home. She charged up the leaderboard by making birdies on the first, fourth, fifth and sixth before eagling the seventh. Cernousek then added a birdie on the last for good measure. "No, I was just trying to do the same thing," Cernousek said when asked if she played more aggressively closer to the greens on the back nine. "Like hit the fairways, get close to the pin and try to make the putts, like have good speed on the putts. "I think I was hitting the ball very well. My caddie really helped me with distances. I think I always had like very close putts for birdie. I was able to make a lot of them, so it was great. I felt very good with my whole game, yeah." The 2024 individual NCAA champion for Texas A&M, Cernousek is making only her 13th LPGA start. She has made just three cuts as a pro, never ending up in the top 20. South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai, Sweden's Linn Grant, South Korea's Haeran Ryu, Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol and France's Perrine Delacour are two strokes back at 66. Eight players, including past Portland winner Jin Young Ko of South Korea, amateur Kiara Romero and Australian Gabriela Ruffels, are tied for 12th at 67. Ruffels made birdies on the second and fourth, sandwiched by a bogey on three, before another bogey on six was rubbed out by a birdie on the seventh for a one-under 35. But she steadied in the second nine, making four birdies including the last, without any bogeys to be tied 12th. At five under, Ruffels is just three behind leader Cernousek and one better than compatriot and newly crowned major champion Grace Kim. The 2025 winner of the Evian Championship, Kim's four-under total included seven birdies and three bogeys. Kim made 33 on the back nine that included a bogey on the very last hole. Henderson, the Portland champion in 2015 and 2016 at ages 17 and 18, opened and closed her round effectively. Starting on the back nine, she birdied her first four holes, and she concluded her bogey-free rounds with birdies on three of the final five holes. "It was a really awesome start, four birdies in a row," Henderson said. "I mean, that's an ideal start any week, especially here. I love coming back to this place. I do have a lot of the great memories. A lot of good things happened to me here. "So just tried to keep it rolling after that great start and was able to capitalise with three birdies on the back nine to get a little bit closer to the top of the leaderboard." Defending champion Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand is tied for 97th at 73, along with Hannah Green, the 2019 US Women's PGA champion from Perth. with AAP
France 24
a day ago
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- France 24
France's Cernousek seizes lead at LPGA Portland Classic
After teeing off on 10 and making two birdies in her first 10 holes, Cernousek roared up the leaderboard with birdies at four, five and six. The 22-year-old carded an eagle at the par-five seventh and added a birdie at the ninth to cap a sensational 64, admitting she let out "a little scream" when she almost holed out for an eagle at the ninth. "I thought it was going to go in," she said. "I'm super happy to hit the pin because it stayed pretty close and it was cool," she said. "I felt very good with my whole game," added Cernousek, who turned pro in December after winning a US collegiate golf title playing for Texas A&M last year. Cernousek was one stroke in front of a group that included former world number one Park Sung-hyun and South Korean compatriot Lee5 Jeong-eun, two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada, Chinese rookie Miranda Wang and American Gurleen Kaur. Henderson and Wang both nabbed seven birdies without a bogey, Henderson teeing off on 10 and launching her round with four straight birdies before adding three more coming in. Wang had five of her birdies on the back nine, including four in a row at 12, 13, 14 and 15. Lee5 had an eagle and six birdies with one bogey. Park had eight birdies to offset her lone bogey, as did Kaur. Five more players were tied on 66 and another eight on five-under 67. Juli Inkster, the 65-year-old LPGA Hall of Famer making a rare appearance on tour as she preps for the US Women's Senior Open, fired a three-under 69. "I was a little nervous teeing off," the 31-time LPGA winner admitted. "Settled in pretty good. You know, I actually thought I putted really well today. © 2025 AFP
Canada News.Net
a day ago
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- Canada News.Net
Rookie Adela Cernousek surges to first-round lead in Portland
(Photo credit: John Jones-Imagn Images) Adela Cernousek, a 22-year-old French rookie, turned in an exceptional second nine on Thursday and charged into the lead of the Standard Portland (Ore.) Classic. Cernousek shot an 8-under-par 64 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, leaving her one stroke ahead of Gurleen Kaur, China's Miranda Wang, two-time Portland champion Brooke M. Henderson of Canada and the South Korean duo of Jeongeun Lee5 and Sung Hyun Park. After starting on the back nine and making one birdie and eight pars before the turn, Cernousek birdied Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6 to charge up the leaderboard. 'No, I was just trying to do the same thing,' Cernousek said when asked if she played more aggressively closer to the greens on the back nine. 'Like hit the fairways, get close to the pin and try to make the putts, like have good speed on the putts.' She then registered an eagle at the par-5 No. 7 before closing with another birdie at No. 9 to break a six-way tie for first place. 'I think I was hitting the ball very well,' Cernousek said. 'My caddie really helped me with distances. I think I always had like very close putts for birdie. I was able to make a lot of them, so it was great. I felt very good with my whole game, yeah.' The 2024 individual NCAA champion for Texas A&M, Cernousek is making her 13th LPGA start. She has made cuts as a pro just three times, never ending up in the top 20. South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai, Sweden's Linn Grant, South Korea's Haeran Ryu, Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol and France's Perrine Delacour are two strokes back at 66. Eight players, including past Portland winner Jin Young Ko of South Korea and amateur Kiara Romero, are tied for 12th at 67. Henderson, the Portland champion in 2015 and 2016 at ages 17 and 18, opened and closed her round effectively on Thursday. Starting on the back nine, she birdied her first four holes, and she concluded her bogey-free rounds with birdies on three of the final five holes. 'It was a really awesome start, four birdies in a row,' Henderson said. 'I mean, that's an ideal start any week, especially here. I love coming back to this place. I do have a lot of the great memories. A lot of good things happened to me here. 'So just tried to keep it rolling after that great start and was able to capitalize with three birdies on the back nine to get a little bit closer to the top of the leaderboard.' Lee5's round included six birdies, a bogey and an eagle on her 10th hole of the day, at the par-4 No. 1. Wang didn't have a bogey on her card, and she ran off five birdies in a six-hole span on the back nine near the end of her round. 'My swing was very pure and I had so much trust in my swing,' Wang said. 'That's really helpful. I see the number and hit my shot and it just turn out really good. My putting was improved a lot over ... the last few weeks. I was happy with it.' Park and Kaur had just one bogey apiece. Defending champion Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand is tied for 97th at 73.
