Meijer LPGA Classic R3

June 13-16
Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Brooke Henderson started the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give with a three-stroke lead over her nearest competitor and with only two players within six strokes of her lead. By the time she stepped to the 16th tee, it had all evaporated, as Henderson found herself in a four-way tie for the lead at -16 with Lexi Thompson , Annie Park and Brittany Altomare .

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At even-par on her round through 15 holes, Henderson wasn’t necessarily playing poorly. She’d just plain been caught, with Thompson having finished a lights-out 10-under 62 six groups ahead and her fellow competitors Park and Altomare both sitting several strokes under par.

“I kind of found it hard to find my rhythm during the middle part of the round,” said Henderson. “I kind of got started batting third and that’s never a good sign.”

On that 16th hole, everything changed for Henderson. A 5-foot birdie got her started on No. 16 and she followed that up with another birdie at No. 17. A third birdie, this one from inside 3 feet, at No. 18 capped a remarkable final three holes for the 21-year-old Canadian, who pulled two strokes clear of the field heading into Sunday’s final round.

“It was a little bit up and down, but to finish with those three birdies was really nice,” said Henderson, who won the 2019 LOTTE Championship in April. “Kind of made my round feel a little bit better. Just happy. I feel like I’m hitting the ball well and giving myself a lot of great looks, which is exciting.”

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If Henderson takes the win tomorrow, she could rewrite the Canadian golf history books. A win would be her ninth, moving her one clear of Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson as the winningest Canadian golfer on the LPGA or PGA Tours. But as to be expected, Henderson is not looking past the task ahead of her.

“Of course that’s in the back of your mind, but it’s long from over,” said Henderson. “There’s so many great players close to the top of the leaderboard. And this course, you know there’s a lot of birdies out there, so it’s going to take a low score. So hopefully I can just continue to hit good shots and give myself a chance for the win.”

Lexi Thompson’s just getting warmed up

Just one week after her win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Lexi Thompson finds herself again in contention heading into the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. The 2015 champion at Blythefield Country Club started the round 10 strokes behind Brooke Henderson in a tie for 19th but Thompson took advantage of the many birdie opportunities today in her third-round 62.

“There’s a lot of birdies out there,” said Thompson, who had 10 birdies, two bogeys and an eagle on the day. “You can fire at a lot more pins just because of how soft it is playing. But the rough is up pretty thick, so you just have to keep it in the fairways and you know you can have birdie chances.”

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It’s been feast or famine in Thompson’s last six starts, with a win, three other top-three finishes and two missed cuts in that stretch. Today’s success? It all started with a good warm-up routine.

“I had a good warm up on the range, felt good about my game,” said Thompson. “You know, the last two days I haven’t struck it to my capability and what I’ve been working on in my game, but today, it kind of all fell together. I had a good warm up and just felt good and came out relaxed and started off with a birdie and from there it just kind of went.”

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Annie Parks hopes to be chased in final round

Annie Park has missed five cuts in her last six starts, even failing to defend her title at last week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, where she became a Rolex First-Time winner in 2018. This week, she enters the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic just two strokes behind Brooke Henderson ‘s lead. 

“I woke up early this morning just to finish the last hole. Made a birdie and it was a great start,” said Park, who arrived early on Saturday morning to finish the final hole of her second round. “Our group did try to finish [on Friday], but it was getting dark and we were like, ‘We’ll just come back tomorrow.’ I already made my eagle putt on 17 and I was like, ‘maybe I should play in the dark more often’ because I went birdie, eagle, birdie,”

Starting the day off with that closing second-round birdie on No. 9, Park continued play on Saturday carding seven birdies en route to her third-round 65.

“Overall it’s been good with shots, short game, putting,” said Park, who made 25 putts on Saturday. “Hopefully I can keep that momentum going on for tomorrow and maybe some more birdies would be great. Can’t wait. I like the position of chasing the leader, but hopefully tomorrow at one point, I could end up with maybe being chased, so we’ll see.”

With a win…

Brooke Henderson would earn her ninth career LPGA Tour victory and become the winningest Canadian golfer in the history of the LPGA and PGA Tours; she is currently tied with Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson with eight victories

With the $300,000 winner’s check, Henderson would move to $5,765,641 in career earnings and jump from No. 57 to No. 48 on the Career Money List

Henderson or Lexi Thompson would become the first multiple winner of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give; Henderson won in 2017 and Thompson won in 2015

Annie Park would earn her second career LPGA Tour victory

With the $300,000 winner’s check, Park would move to $1,227,466 in career earnings and become the 263rd player to cross the $1 million threshold

Lexi Thompson would earn her 11th career LPGA Tour victory and move into a tie for 43rd on the All-Time Wins list, joining Clifford Ann Creed, Fay Crocker, Shirley Englehorn, Jane Geddes, Ruth Jessen and Stacy Lewis

Thompson would win her second consecutive tournament, joining last week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer; the last player to win in consecutive weeks was Shanshan Feng, who won the 2017 TOTO Japan Classic and 2017 Blue Bay LPGA

Thompson would have her fourth multiple-win season, joining 2013, 2015 and 2017

Brittany Altomare would become the season’s fourth Rolex First-Time Winner, joining Celine Boutier, Bronte Law and Jeongeun Lee6

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Brooke M. Henderson	-19	64	64	69	197
2	Annie Park	-17	69	65	65	199
T3	Lexi Thompson	-16	70	68	62	200
T3	Brittany Altomare	-16	66	65	69	200
5	Jennifer Kupcho	-15	67	67	67	201
T6	Su Oh	-14	69	69	64	202
T6	Morgan Pressel	-14	67	70	65	202
T6	Madelene Sagstrom	-14	67	70	65	202
T9	Alena Sharp	-13	67	72	64	203
T9	Nasa Hataoka	-13	68	68	67	203
T11	Lauren Stephenson	-11	69	70	66	205
T11	Chella Choi	-11	70	68	67	205
T11	Danielle Kang	-11	69	68	68	205
T11	Moriya Jutanugarn	-11	69	67	69	205
T15	Minjee Lee	-10	71	69	66	206
T15	In Gee Chun	-10	70	70	66	206
T15	Mariah Stackhouse	-10	70	69	67	206
T15	Nelly Korda	-10	68	69	69	206
T15	Megan Khang	-10	70	66	70	206
T20	Kristen Gillman	-9	71	70	66	207
T20	Inbee Park	-9	70	70	67	207
T20	Lydia Ko	-9	72	67	68	207
T20	Sakura Yokomine	-9	69	70	68	207
T20	Gemma Dryburgh	-9	73	64	70	207
T20	So Yeon Ryu	-9	69	68	70	207
T20	Jin Young Ko	-9	68	69	70	207
T20	Angela Stanford	-9	68	68	71	207
T28	Mina Harigae	-8	68	72	68	208
T28	Celine Boutier	-8	69	70	69	208
T28	Maria Torres	-8	69	69	70	208
T28	Shanshan Feng	-8	68	70	70	208
T32	Muni He	-7	71	72	66	209
T32	Haeji Kang	-7	69	74	66	209
T32	Sarah Schmelzel	-7	72	69	68	209
T32	Sarah Burnham	-7	68	72	69	209
T32	Sung Hyun Park	-7	68	70	71	209
T32	Xiyu Lin	-7	68	70	71	209
T38	Jessica Korda	-6	76	67	67	210
T38	Azahara Munoz	-6	72	70	68	210
T38	Lee Lopez	-6	68	74	68	210
T38	Katherine Kirk	-6	72	68	70	210
T38	Clariss Guce	-6	70	69	71	210
T38	Aditi Ashok	-6	71	65	74	210
T44	Mi Jung Hur	-5	73	70	68	211
T44	Laetitia Beck	-5	73	70	68	211
T44	Mel Reid	-5	70	73	68	211
T44	Caroline Hedwall	-5	72	70	69	211
T44	Laura Gonzalez Escallon	-5	68	73	70	211
T44	Karen Chung	-5	69	70	72	211
T44	Jenny Shin	-5	66	73	72	211
T44	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-5	68	69	74	211
T52	Jenny Haglund	-4	71	71	70	212
T52	Elizabeth Szokol	-4	71	71	70	212
T52	Lizette Salas	-4	68	74	70	212
T52	Gerina Piller	-4	71	70	71	212
T52	Ashleigh Buhai	-4	65	76	71	212
T52	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-4	71	69	72	212
T52	Jeongeun Lee6	-4	70	70	72	212
T52	Caroline Masson	-4	70	70	72	212
T60	Dani Holmqvist	-3	75	68	70	213
T60	Brittany Lang	-3	71	72	70	213
T60	Youngin Chun	-3	68	75	70	213
T60	Jennifer Song	-3	68	75	70	213
T60	Brianna Do	-3	70	72	71	213
T60	Mi Hyang Lee	-3	72	69	72	213
T60	Anne-Catherine Tanguay	-3	69	72	72	213
T60	Jeong Eun Lee	-3	67	74	72	213
T60	Kendall Dye	-3	67	72	74	213
T60	Katherine Perry	-3	66	71	76	213
T70	Isi Gabsa	-2	72	71	71	214
T70	Kris Tamulis	-2	71	70	73	214
T70	Karine Icher	-2	70	69	75	214
T73	Lindy Duncan	-1	70	73	72	215
T73	Jaclyn Lee	-1	71	71	73	215
T73	Jing Yan	-1	73	68	74	215
T76	Kristy McPherson	E	69	73	74	216
T76	Cristie Kerr	E	70	71	75	216
T78	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	1	72	71	74	217
T78	Marissa Steen	1	71	71	75	217
T78	Louise Ridderstrom	1	67	74	76	217
T78	Hee Young Park	1	68	72	77	217
82	Alana Uriell	3	69	73	77	219
CUT	Dottie Ardina	E	74	70
CUT	Ruixin Liu	E	73	71
CUT	Daniela Darquea	E	72	72
CUT	Wei-Ling Hsu	E	72	72
CUT	Yu Liu	E	72	72
CUT	Stephanie Meadow	E	72	72
CUT	Dana Finkelstein	E	71	73
CUT	Ally Geer-Park (a)	E	71	73
CUT	Sarah Kemp	E	71	73
CUT	Mirim Lee	E	71	73
CUT	Klara Spilkova	E	71	73
CUT	Na Yeon Choi	E	70	74
CUT	Celine Herbin	E	70	74
CUT	Pavarisa Yoktuan	E	70	74
CUT	Mariajo Uribe	E	67	77
CUT	Brittany Marchand	1	76	69
CUT	Aneka Seumanutafa (a)	1	74	71
CUT	Dori Carter	1	73	72
CUT	Jasmine Suwannapura	1	73	72
CUT	Peiyun Chien	1	72	73
CUT	Christina Kim	1	72	73
CUT	Gaby Lopez	1	72	73
CUT	Alison Lee	1	70	75
CUT	Lee-Anne Pace	1	70	75
CUT	Sophia Popov	2	75	71
CUT	Luna Sobron	2	74	72
CUT	Jaye Marie Green	2	73	73
CUT	Cheyenne Woods	2	71	75
CUT	Hannah Green	2	70	76
CUT	Giulia Molinaro	2	70	76
CUT	Joanna Klatten	2	69	77
CUT	P.K. Kongkraphan	2	69	77
CUT	Pernilla Lindberg	3	78	69
CUT	Eun-Hee Ji	3	74	73
CUT	Linnea Strom	3	74	73
CUT	Tiffany Joh	3	73	74
CUT	Jacqui Concolino	3	72	75
CUT	Sandra Gal	3	72	75
CUT	Becca Huffer	3	71	76
CUT	Jackie Stoelting	4	75	73
CUT	Anne van Dam	4	74	74
CUT	Emily Pedersen	4	73	75
CUT	Maddie McCrary	5	76	73
CUT	Suzuka Yamaguchi	5	75	74
CUT	Laura Diaz	5	73	76
CUT	Jimin Kang	5	73	76
CUT	Cheyenne Knight	6	80	70
CUT	Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong	6	77	73
CUT	Stephanie Lau (a)	6	76	74
CUT	Gabrielle Shipley	6	73	77
CUT	Robyn Choi	7	78	73
CUT	Kim Kaufman	7	74	77
CUT	Lindsey Weaver	7	72	79
CUT	Tiffany Chan	8	78	74
CUT	Wichanee Meechai	8	78	74
CUT	Cindy LaCrosse	8	77	75
CUT	Lori Beth Adams	8	72	80
CUT	Lauren Kim	9	73	80
CUT	Louise Stahle	11	78	77
CUT	Laura Davies	11	77	78
CUT	Selena Costabile	12	76	80
WD	Haru Nomura		71