Calgary amateur Aphrodite Deng ties for 54th at LPGA's FM Championship
Miyu Yamashita shares the lead at TPC Boston's FM Championship days after a record-tying win in Canada, while Calgary amateur Aphrodite Deng sits well back of the pack.
Miyu Yamashita shot a 2-under 70 on Friday to share the FM Championship lead at TPC Boston, sitting at 9-under 135 alongside Hyo Joo Kim and Allisen Corpuz. The result comes days after Yamashita tied the LPGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record with a nine-stroke victory in Canada.
Amateur Aphrodite Deng of Calgary shot even par and is tied for 54th at the tournament, part of a 14-way group at that mark. Vancouver's Anna Huang shot 2 under on Friday and sits in a five-way tie for 14th at 5 under, while Canadians Brooke Henderson and Maude-Aimee Leblanc missed the weekend cut.
Several other golfers remain in contention behind the leaders, including Morgane Metraux, Ruoning Yin and Jenny Bae at one stroke back, and Nataliya Guseva and Emily Kristine Pedersen at 7 under. Top-ranked Nelly Korda made the cut on the number ahead of the Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands, where Corpuz recently clinched the last automatic U.S. team spot.
The FM Championship carries a $4.4 million purse, the largest on the LPGA Tour outside of major championships.
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