Yamashita increases lead, Canada's Deng climbs CPKC Women's Open leaderboard

Miyu Yamashita increased her already healthy lead and Canadian teenager Aphrodite Deng vaulted up the leaderboard Saturday at the CPKC Women's Open in Edmonton.

Japan's Yamashita turned in a 5-under-par 65 in the third round to get to 19 under for the tournament at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

Yamashita took a six-stroke lead into Sunday at the $2.75-million US event seeking the fourth LPGA win of her career and her second this season.

The 25-year-old rebounded from her lone bogey of the day on the 17th with a sixth birdie on 18.

"I like this course," she said. "Putting, my feeling, so good."

Her 54-hole score of 191 was a tournament record and her six-shot lead tied the tournament record for the largest 54-hole lead.

Gina Kim of the U.S. posted a 6-under 64 and Japan's Yuri Yoshida carded a 66 on Saturday to trail Yamashita at 13 under.

The 16-year-old Deng from Calgary, who was the tournament's low amateur last year in Mississauga, Ont., shot the day's lowest round of 63 to get to 10 under and tied for sixth.

"It felt really great, but I wasn't really counting how low I was shooting," Deng said. "I was just trying to learn from my first two days and make the least mistakes as possible."

Deng was among four Canadian women aged 18 and under to make the cut in the CPKC Women's Open, which was a tournament first.

Vancouver's Anna Huang and Deng's fellow-amateurs Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C., continued playing into the weekend.

Huang, 17, shot an even 70 on Saturday to be 7-under par. The 18-year-old Xing posted a 71 at 1 under. Lin, 16, carded a 72 to be 2 over.

Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., recovered from three-putting the ninth to be 1-over at