Henderson in the hunt for second major

TSN Senior Reporter

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It wasn’t the blistering-hot pace she set the first two days, but Brooke Henderson continued to hold top spot after Saturday’s round of the Amundi Evian Championship after a three-under 68. She now heads to Sunday’s final round with a two-shot lead and a great chance to win her second major championship.

“It was wasn't as good as the first two days,” admitted Henderson, “but really hung in there. Made some clutch par saves on back nine, which felt nice. Not as many birdies on the card. Felt like the course is playing a little bit tougher for me today. Hopefully go out tomorrow and continue to ball strike pretty well and hopefully make some putts.”

Part-way through the final round, it looked as though Henderson was going to run away from the field, extending her lead to five shots after a birdie at the 14th. But she failed to take advantage of the par-5s at 15 and 18, making pars on both.

The final hole was especially stinging. After missing her drive right and playing a lay-up with her second, Henderson hit a wedge from 105 yards to three feet. It looked like a sure-fire birdie but the Canadian pulled the stroke ever so slightly and it lipped out on the low side.

For most of the day, Henderson used her putter well as she had the first two rounds, rolling in four birdies. But on occasion it was also for par-saving putts rather than birdies. On the eighth hole, she rolled one in from 14 feet and on the 17th, another tester from eight feet dropped into the cup.

When it wasn’t her putter, her wedge was bailing her out. On the 10th hole, after missing the green to the left, she lobbed a gorgeous soft shot up to gimme range to save another par.

She did miss a few opportunities such as on