RIO DE JANEIRO — Brooke Henderson signed a few autographs and posed for some pictures after her final round Saturday, the frequent cheers from the grandstands behind her a reminder that others were still playing for the Olympic hardware she coveted.

She knew her 67 wouldn’t be enough to crack the top three at the Rio Games, a respectable 8-under-par 276 eventually leaving her in a tie for seventh place.

The final group came in about an hour after Henderson emerged from the scorer’s tent, a look of disappointment seared on her face.

South Korea’s Inbee Park would run away with the gold medal, a 5-under 66 giving her a 268 and a five-shot win. Lydia Ko of New Zealand birdied the last hole for the silver and China’s Shanshan Feng took the bronze.

Henderson fought hard all day, an aggressive push on the back nine of the Olympic Golf Course nearly paying off.

She birdied the 14th hole, added another birdie on the 16th and just missed a birdie putt on the 17th.

Knowing an eagle on the par-5 18th hole would be needed to have any kind of chance, Henderson crushed both her drive and approach shot. However, a 53-foot putt rolled just past the hole to snuff her faint medal hopes.

“Credit to her, she was 4-under at the start of the day and she pushed for a medal,” said Canadian coach Tristan Mullally. “You can’t ask for any more than that.”

Feng was third at 10-under-par 274 after a 69, leaving American Stacy Lewis (66), Japan’s Harukyo Nomura (65) and Hee Young Yang of South Korea one shot back.

Alena Sharp of Hamilton (69) finished in 30th place at 1-over-par 285.

Henderson did well to contend after a disappointing 75 on Friday. She declined to speak to reporters in the interview area after that round, no doubt still reeling from a rare four-putt on the 16th green.

She started play Saturday in a tie for eighth place, just five shots off the pace for a medal. Henderson recovered after a bogey on the opening hole, scoring birdies on three of her last five holes entering the turn.

Henderson saved pars on the 11th and 12th holes before taking a bogey on No. 13 after missing a nine-foot putt. That forced her to really go for it down the stretch.

“Unfortunately I just missed out but that (bogey) gave me momentum to get my rear in gear and I made birdie on 14 right after,” she said. “After that I was trying to make birdies, I was trying to make an eagle out there on the last (hole) to move my name up a little bit more.

“But at the end of the day I tried my best.”

With two tournament victories — including a major — already under her belt this season, it’s easy to forget that Henderson is only 18 and still in her first full year on the LPGA Tour.

She showed flashes of brilliance this week and also endured some hiccups along the way. It was a learning experience, she said, both on and off the course.

“A lot of them are personal things, but just handling situations,” she said, when asked to expand on what she had learned. “I kind of had some rough weeks so coming here and trying to improve was a big goal for me and I think I did that.”

Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., defended her title in Portland in June but finished well behind at her next three tournaments ahead of Rio.

Cracking the top three in the world rankings and earning over US$1.3 million would be dream accomplishments for many players on the Tour, but the young Canadian is always aiming higher.

“She’s a fighter,” Mullally said. “She grinds hard and gets the most out of her game. I think that’s probably what separates her from a lot of players. Some players have to play well to have a good score. Brooke normally tries to get the best score out of however she’s played.

“That’s unique in terms of her and that’s why she has so many top-10s and why she’s done so well so early (in her career).”

The final leaderboard showed Henderson at 276 with Australia’s Minjee Lee (67) and Britain’s Charley Hull (68).

Finishing in the top 10 — although outside the top three — would normally be a satisfying result.

At the Summer Olympics, it may be a position more painful than any other.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Si Woo Kim followed his tournament-record 10-under 60 with a third-round 64 on Saturday to increase his lead to four strokes in the Wyndham Championship.

The 21-year-old South Korean player had an 18-under 192 total at Sedgefield, a stroke off the tournament 54-hole record set by Carl Pettersson in his 2008 victory.

Kim is in contention for his first PGA Tour victory for the second time in a month after losing a playoff to Aaron Baddeley in Alabama in the Barbasol Championship.

“I think tomorrow is much pressure, but I’m just trying to keep confidence. That’s it,” Kim said. “I feel very good now. My shots like much more consistent. Only problem have pressure. … I’m experienced before like Alabama in Barbasol, that’s good experience. Good for tomorrow.”

After making an eagle and eight birdies Friday, Kim played the front nine in 3-under 35 on Saturday with four birdies and a bogey. He added birdies on the par-4 13th, par-5 15th and par-4 18th.

“I feel like really pressure because first time, first time I lead third round, but start very good, first hole and second hole start birdie,” Kim said. “But after little pressure, I felt little better.”

Rafa Cabrera Bello was second after a 65 in the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale. The Spaniard was fifth last week in the Rio Olympics.

“The greens are brilliant,” Cabrera Bello said. “You play good and give yourself chances you will roll putts and that’s what I’m going to try to do tomorrow.”

Jim Furyk, Luke Donald and Kevin Na were 13 under.

Furyk is playing his first event since shooting the first 58 in PGA Tour history Aug. 7 in the Travelers Championship. After playing a three-hole stretch in 4 under with a 60-footer for eagle on 15 and two birdies, he bogeyed the final two holes for a 67.

“Had it rolling and then missed the fairway at 17 and I missed the fairway at 18 and the rough here doesn’t allow you to hit a ball,” Furyk said. “It’s hard to control. I’m disappointed with the two bogeys. Overall, still some good position with the tournament. Need to get over that and play a good round tomorrow.”

Donald scrambled to save par on 18 for a 64.

“I hit a poor tee shot left and had to chip out,” the Englishman said. “I had a good number with a little wedge, stick it to that pin. Would have been disappointing to drop one there after playing so well for the rest of the round.”

Na made a double bogey on 18 for a 67. He hit over the green, chipped off the front edge, and ended up missing a 4-foot par try.

Davis Love III, the tournament winner last year at age 51, is sidelined following hip surgery.

The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for The Barclays next week at Bethpage Black. It the next-to-last chance to earn Ryder Cup points, with the top eight players determined after The Barclays. Love will make his first three captain’s picks Sept. 11 after the BMW Championship. The final pick comes two weeks later after the Tour Championship.

Graeme McDowell, Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker and Hideki Matsuyama. McDowell birdied the final four holes for a 64. Horschel also shot 64, Snedeker had a 65, and Matsuyama a 68.

“It’s nice to get the juices flowing a little bit tomorrow,” McDowell said. “I came here for a couple of reasons this week. Obviously, as a bit of a warmup for next week going into the playoffs with Atlanta being my big goal this season and partly to try put myself back on the Ryder Cup radar.”

Patrick Reed had a 64 to move into a tie for 18th at 9 under. The U.S. Olympian won the 2013 event for his first tour title.

“We’re just plugging along,” Reed said. “I just need to tidy it up. It’s close. I go through spurts like today, I went through spurts, nine holes, playing some really solid, pretty good golf and then I go to the back nine and just started getting a little loose. I need to get that better and just kind of figure out a way to tighten it up for all 18, not just nine.”

U.S. teammate Rickie Fowler was tied for 25th at 8 under after a 68. Lucas Glover followed his second-round 61 with a 73 to drop into a tie for 33rd at 7 under.

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., collected five birdies on the day, including three across a bogey-free back nine. The 4-under 66 performance moved him into a share of 25th.

OTTAWA – Tucson, Arizona’s Jonathan Khan shot a 9-under 62 on Saturday at Hylands Golf Club to share the 54-hole lead with Bakersfield, California’s Manav Shah at the National Capital Open to Support Our Troops, the ninth event on the 2016 Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada season.

Khan, a 27-year old University of Arizona grad, reached 15-under through three rounds thanks to nine birdies and no bogeys, while Shah bogeyed two of his final three holes to drop into a tie for the lead after setting the mark for the best 36-hole start in Mackenzie Tour history with rounds of 65-62.

“I hit a lot of good shots and drove it great,” said Khan, who ranks 86th on the Order of Merit coming into the week. “I hit some close ones early, and that got the confidence going and made some putts. I played well the first two rounds but didn’t quite get much out of them.

Khan added that Shah’s sizzling 62 yesterday gave him added motivation, knowing that the chance to go low was out there even on a breezy day at Hylands.

“Seeing a 62 was possible definitely helped though, and I made some putts today and just kept it going,” Khan added.

For Shah, Saturday’s 71 was a step backward after his blazing second round, with bogeys on two of the final three holes, including a missed eight-footer for par at the last.

“It was a bit more windy out there today. I wasn’t hitting it that great so it was kind of a grind,” said Shah, who nonetheless said he took a lot out the experience of being chased on the leaderboard. “It felt great actually. I think it helps me play better when I have a bunch of people following me, it helps me get more locked in.”

One shot behind Shah and Khan were Spain’s Samuel Del Val, who shot a 7-under 64, and Langley, British Columbia’s Adam Cornelson, who produced a 1-under 71 despite admitting to being without his best stuff on Saturday.

“I’ll take this position going into tomorrow. I’m a little disappointed in how I played today but to have a chance to play for the win tomorrow is all I can ask,” said Cornelson, adding that he would have taken a chance to win in a heartbeat at the start of the week. I would have signed wherever you wanted me to.”

Cornelson currently sits fifth on the Order of Merit and can move into second place with a win, provided Taylor Moore finishes no better than a three-way tie for third.

Two shots off the lead was Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida’s Tyler McCumber, who shot a 5-under 66 to sit two of the lead.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Inbee Park added another accolade to her Hall of Fame career following a precision putting performance to capture Olympic gold. A final-round seven-birdie, 5-under 66 – including birdie putts from nine, 10, 25 and 26 feet – provided the native of South Korea with yet another milestone in a landmark career highlighted by seven major championships and a total of 17 LPGA Tour victories. Park finished the competition 16-under 268, five-strokes clear of second-place.

World No. 1 Lydia Ko birdied three of her final five holes, including a dramatic eight-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to capture the silver medal at 11-under, while Shanshan Feng of China finished with bronze at 11-under.

Final-round interview with Brooke Henderson – LISTEN

Brooke Hendrson (Scott Halleran/ Getty Images)

Canada’s Brooke Henderson began the day with a share of 8th, following a third-round 75. The native of Smiths Falls, Ont., opened her final round with a bogey, but settled in for the remainder of the day, carding six birdies en route to a 67 to finish in a three-way tie for 7th alongside Australia’s Minjee Lee and Great Britain’s Charley Hull. A final-round 69 from Alena Sharp earned the Hamilton native 30th-place.

“It was a tough finish for me, but I fought back today,” reflected Henderson. “I bogeyed the first hole today, so I’ve been 5-under the last 17 holes which is really cool. I learned a lot about myself on and off the course this week which I think is always a good thing and it will be really important moving forward for the rest of the season.”

Final-round interview with Tristan Mullally – LISTEN

Team Canada Head Women’s Coach Tristan Mullally reflected on his charge’s performance positively.

“She certainly created enough chances to warrant a chance at some medals. Obviously the finish yesterday put her in a spot where she had to play awesome today and I honestly think she did. It could have been lower today with some of the putts that she created chances with and had an opportunity and maybe didn’t convert as many as she’d like. It’s nice to be able to shoot 4- or 5-under-par and not converting as many chances as you’d want. It shows you just how well she played. But I think she’ll build off of this momentum for next week which is an important week for us.”

“I’m proud of how she played and I know when she walks away and really looks back, I think she will be, too,” he added.

The Canadian will now set her sights on the 2016 CP Women’s Open. She will be joined by both the bronze and silver medallists, with Ko aiming to defend her title at Canada’s Women’s National Open Golf Championship. Before making her way to Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club for the August 22-28 tournament, Henderson plans to continue to take-in the Olympic experience.

“It’s been really fun; It’s been really cool,” said the 18-year-old when asked about her time in Rio. “Seeing the other athletes around the village, just watching them train a little bit, watching them when they’re relaxing or partying is just really cool, just to see the different things and I’m hoping to go see some events later tonight and hopefully tomorrow as well.”

Henderson did not shy away when asked about the impact of the Olympics on the state of the sport.

“I know for the men, it made a huge difference, so I’m hoping as well for the women, but you know, just being the Olympic Summer Games, we had audiences that golf doesn’t necessarily get all the time. I think it was really good for growing the game and improving it. I saw some young kids here today, and more and more, I see them starting to pick up the game or start to follow it a little more closely, so that’s really important to me, and hopefully I inspired somebody to play a little bit better.”

“I think it’s fantastic,” added Mullally. “I do feel like inside the ropes, this felt like a major championship in terms of how the course played and how it was set up. Outside of the ropes, it was very special. You get to rub shoulders with some of the best athletes in other sports in the world and really realize how important this is for them, which does have an effect. I think when you see how people hard people work and how lucky we are in golf, I think that brings another dimension into what you get to do day-in and day-out. I hope golf stays in the Olympics forever and I think if we can continue to have events like this, it should.”

OTTAWA – Bakersfield, California’s Manav Shah followed up a Thursday 65 with a second round 9-under 62 at Hylands Golf Club to get to 15-under and grab the 36-hole lead at the National Capital Open to Support Our Troops, the ninth event on the 2016 Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada season.

Shah, a Mackenzie Tour rookie, sits 26th on the Order of Merit after earning his card at Q-School. Through eight events, the former UCLA Bruins golfer has made four cuts, carding two top-10 finishes.

After breaking his hand at Web.com Tour Q-School last year, Shah is just happy to be playing professional golf.

“I went through a pretty rigorous rehab to get my game back to where it needs to be. I felt it just snap, and then the doctors said don’t hit another golf ball,” Shah said of his injury, after playing through soreness in college.

“Growing up I’ve always wanted to turn pro so turning pro last year was a dream and then I just happened to break my hand at the end of last year so going through that whole process and being able to get back out here so soon and play so well so soon is kind of a blessing,” Shah said.

Shah’s Friday 62 was one shot off the course record, set by fellow Mackenzie Tour member Eugene Wong in 2014. The first-year pro is already feeling comfortable on Tour and looking to build on what has been a solid first season so far.

“It’s exactly what I thought professional golf would be,” the 24-year-old said of his first stint on Tour. “My game has felt great. It’s just a matter of putting up four good rounds.”

In Ottawa, Shah has felt it all come together.

“It was a good day. My levels of serenity were great. I was in a good place physically and mentally,” he said. “I was pretty calm out there and I just tried to play within myself and it added up to a pretty low number.”

To close out his near record-tying round, Shah drove the green on the 310-yard par-4 ninth hole, sticking his tee shot to within six feet before making the eagle putt to get to 15-under.

“I just kind of hit it as hard as I could and it went right at it. I couldn’t really see it from where I hit it, I just heard some claps and I got up there and it was six feet away,” he said of his final hole of the day. “It was pretty fun to walk up to.”

Two shots back of Shah in second place is Canadian Adam Cornelson, who went bogey-free for the second straight day to post a 64 and get to 13-under.

On the 17th hole, Cornelson rolled in a 30-footer to draw within two strokes of Shah heading into Saturday.

“It was a little cheeky, but I’ll take it,” Cornelson, who is fifth on the Order of Merit, said of his birdie.

After playing on the Web.com Tour last week and at the RBC Canadian Open on his previous off-week, Cornelson has learned how to stay consistent this season in what has been a breakthrough year.

“There’s so many guys out here that can put up a number that you have to just focus on your own game,” he said.

Baddeck, N.S., native Peter Campbell and Team Canada Young Pro Squad member Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., hold shares of 5th. For the second consecutive day, Conners carded a 4-under 67.

“I was back at home last week and it was great to kind of kick back with the family and not worry about grinding on the golf course so I’m feeling refreshed this week,” said Conners, when asked about the challenges of playing on both the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada and the PGA Tour Latinoamérica this season. “I’m happy with my game. It seems like after I take a break my game gets better. When I play too much I get some bad habits. It seems like I just go back to the basics and hit it good.”

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Si Woo Kim shot a tournament-record 10-under 60 on Friday at Sedgefield to take the second-round lead in the Wyndham Championship.

Trying to become the second player this month to break 60 on the PGA Tour, the 21-year-old South Korean player slid a 50-foot birdie putt by the right edge on his final hole – the par-4 ninth. He drove into the left rough, costing himself a clean shot at the front pin position.

“Tee shot aggressive,” Kim said. “Yesterday, hit 3-wood, but today just try to hit driver. Hit driver and then missed left. Just tough, tough lie and … tough pin. I’m trying before like 10 yards, 15 yards landing, but almost hit the green landing. Putting, really fast down grain and just trying to par, but almost close there.”

Jim Furyk shot the first 58 in PGA Tour history Aug. 7 in the final round of the Travelers Championship. Six players, including Furyk, have shot 59.

Kim eagled the par-5 fifth, hitting a 347-yard drive and a 170-yard approach to 10 feet. He made the last of his 10 birdies on the par-4 eighth, holing another 10-footer. Kim played his opening nine in 6-under 29, and also birdied the par-4 second – making another 10-footer.

“My irons and putting game is much better,” Kim said. “Much more putting practice last week.”

After making three bogeys in an opening 68, Kim had a 12-under 128 total for a two-stroke lead over Furyk, Lucas Glover, Kevin Na and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama.

“Not so much celebrate today,” Kim said. “After this week, play good, I celebrate. Just trying rest today and then to see dinner.”

Furyk had a 64, birdieing four in a row on Nos. 13-16.

“I’m a little surprised how low the scoring is,” Furyk said. “The fairways are pretty firm. They’re extremely quick, have a lot of slope in them. If you get the ball in the fairway, it’s playing short, the ball is rolling. I can see guys hitting lot of wedges. I’m still shocked we had so many guys going that low.”

Glover shot a 61. He also missed a chance for 59 – and 60 – when he closed with a bogey on the par-4 18th. He birdies Nos. 11 and 13-16 in the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale.

Matsuyama also shot 64.

Na, tied for the first-round lead with Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello at 63, had a 67.

“I’m in good position for the weekend,” Na said. “Keep attacking those flags and we’ll see.”

Cabrera Bello was three strokes back at 9 under after a 68.

“I felt I played good for the majority of the round, just the putts didn’t want to drop in,” said Cabrera Bello, fifth last week in the Rio Olympics.

U.S. Olympian Rickie Fowler was tied for 11th at 6 under after his second 67.

Patrick Reed was 3 under after a 71. He won the 2013 event for his first tour title.

Nick Taylor from Abbotsford, B.C., posted a 3-under 67 to move into a tie for 35th. Fellow Abbotsford product Adam Hadwin shot 65, but along with David Hearn (Brantford, Ont.) and Graham DeLaet (Weyburn, Sask.), will not advance to weekend play.

Davis Love III, the tournament winner last year at age 51, is sidelined following hip surgery.

The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for The Barclays next week at Bethpage Black. It the next-to-last chance to earn Ryder Cup points, with the top eight players determined after The Barclays. Love will make his first three captain’s picks Sept. 11 after the BMW Championship. The final pick comes two weeks later after the Tour Championship.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 4-over-par 75 and is tied for eighth at 4-under heading into the fourth and final round of the women’s Olympic golf competition Saturday.

Henderson had four bogeys Friday, plus a four-putt double-bogey on the 16th hole. She began the day in a tie for 3rd at 8-under. The 18-year-old is seven-shots behind leader Inbee Park of South Korea

Round 3 Tristan Mullally Interview – LISTEN

Brittany and Brooke Henderson (IGF)

Park sits two-shots ahead of New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Gerina Piller of the United States, who both are at 9-under.

The wind was a factor for many golfers as the gusty conditions on the Olympic Golf Course in Brazil, but not for Ko. On the par-3 eighth hole, the 19-year-old drained carded her first-ever hole-in-one. Earlier on the same hole, China’s Xi Yu Lin, 20, carded an ace of her own.

It’s been a theme in golf! Now it’s #NZL Lydia Ko with a hole-in-one on 8. #Golf https://t.co/YW6JVZmoZq https://t.co/Kv4kQrq0Iz

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 19, 2016

Round 3 Alena Sharp Interview – LISTEN

Alena Sharp of Hamilton also had a 75 and is tied for 34th at 3-over 216.

Ottawa – Brewster, New York’s Michael Miller carded an 8-under 63 on Thursday at Hylands Golf Club to take the first round lead at the National Capital Open to Support Our Troops, the ninth event of the 2016 Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada season.

“The front nine, I had it going,” said Miller. “I made six birdies and a bogey, and I played well early in the back nine, and just got a little tight when I got to 8-under and really wanted to put a good round together. I started to miss some greens, but the putter was working today,” Miller said, adding that the strong start was a relief in contrast to the rest of his season.

“It’s been a while since I put a really nice first round together. It’s nice to get off to a hot start and not really worry about too many other things,” said Miller.

The 24-year-old has played his way to one top-25 finish this season, a T15 two weeks ago at the ATB Financial Classic, while pursuing Monday Qualifiers on the Web.com Tour and other starts, including his major debut at the U.S. Open in June.

“I’ve been really fortunate with a lot of opportunities, getting to play in the U.S. Open and a few Web.com Tour events. I feel like my game is ready, but I just haven’t played in much. I think this is only my fourth Mackenzie Tour event, and I want to keep my card, and in order to do that you need to be around the lead or win,” said Miller.

Fresh off his best start of the year, Miller is looking to finish the season as strongly as he did in 2015, when he climbed to 21st on the Order of Merit thanks to a flurry of strong finishes late in the year.

“Last year, I really closed the year off well with three straight top-10s,” he said, recalling when he closed out his results of 5th-T8-7th to cap off the season.

At Hylands Golf Club’s North Course, Miller feels comfortable and he’s confident he can improve on last year’s T37 finish when he closed with a Sunday 67.

“This is really the first course I’ve come back to from last year. It lets you feel like you’ve got an edge on the field. I remember some of the reads, and it just puts you in the mindset that you can win,” Miller said.

Miller, a second year Mackenzie Tour member, made nine birdies against a single bogey to lead by two strokes over eight players, including Order of Merit No. 5 Adam Cornelson and Monday Qualifier Jake Scott, as well as David Skinns, Spencer Fletcher, Kyle Wilshire, Zach Edmondson and Manav Shah.

Cornelson of Langley, B.C., opened with a bogey-free 6-under 65 which included six birdies.

Earlier this season, Cornelson picked up his first Mackenzie Tour victory with rounds of 64-67-64-65 at the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist. Through eight events, the British Columbia native has made six cuts.

At last week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship on the Web.com Tour, Cornelson made the cut thanks to a closing birdie in round two and went on to finish T71.

“It’s a new week, but I think it’s just a building block and I’m going to keep trying to move forward and go up,” said Cornelson. “It was a great week of experience with me to rub elbows with those guys up there. Playing in the RBC Canadian Open did more for me than I could have thought, last week was great and winning was a great experience too, so hopefully I can keep going the direction I’m going and see what happens.”

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Rested after the Rio Olympics, Rafa Cabrera Bello shot a 7-under 63 on Thursday in the Wyndham Championship for a share of the first-round lead with Kevin Na.

Cabrera Bello eagled the par-5 fifth and closed the bogey-free round with a birdie on Sedgefield’s par-4 ninth. On Sunday, the 32-year-old Spaniard tied for fifth in Rio.

“Last week was a big adrenaline week,” Cabrera Bello said. “It was the first time I was really not playing for myself, just playing for my country and obviously it’s a huge honor, but also big responsibility. I wanted to do good and I was pleased with my result. … Coming into this week, I felt the game was good, just needed a bit of rest.”

The four-time European Tour winner is trying to stay in position for a Ryder Cup spot, with more ranking points available in North Carolina than the European event in the Czech Republic. The shorter travel also played a role in his decision to play the tournament.

“There was a chance of me not making it through the money list and making it through the world ranking points list, that’s what I wanted to focus on,” Cabrera Bello said. “I’m pretty sure this week has a stronger world ranking than the one in Europe and I also felt that it was going to be easier to travel south to north than from Rio to Czech Republic, jet lag-wise.”

Na had seven birdies in his bogey-free round in the PGA Tour’s final regular-season event. The American tied for eighth last week in the John Deere Classic. He won his lone tour title in 2011 in Las Vegas.

“Hit it well,” Na said. “Made a lot of putts. That putter has not been all that hot this year and it was nice to see a lot of putts go in. It’s usually over the years been my strong part of game but I felt like I really found something.”

Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Derek Fathauer, New Zealand Olympian Danny Lee and Peter Malnati shot 65. Donald made a hole-in-one on the 16th.

“Had a perfect number, downhill a little bit, 159 (yards) and it was playing straight downwind and good 9-iron for me and looked good all the way,” Donald said. “Hit a foot short and went in the hole. Bonus when it goes in, obviously, and nice to win a holiday for life. Apparently that’s what I got for it.”

Snedeker, the 2007 winner at Forest Oaks, bogeyed the final hole. He’s fighting for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

“I want to be on that team. I love playing Ryder Cups,” Snedeker said. “‘m going to use that as motivation to go out there and work hard and grind my tail off the next three days.”

Jim Furyk had a 66 in his first round since shooting the first 58 in PGA Tour history two weeks ago in the final round of the Travelers Championship.

“Right now, a touch frustrating,” Furyk said. “If I went back, I think I hit a bunch of greens. I might have hit every green. Two three-putts were the two bogeys. The greens are just really difficult. They’re very quick. There’s a ton of slope in them.”

Patrick Reed also had a 66. He won the 2013 event for his first tour title.

“Just a special place to us and one of the places I need to come back and play,” said Reed, coming off a tie for 11th in Rio. “I’m off to a good start.”

U.S. Olympic teammate Rickie Fowler birdied his last two holes for a 67. He tied for 37th in Rio.

“We enjoyed being down there and the big thing coming from there up to here is not how much of a time change, there’s only an hour back,” Fowler said. “That makes things a lot easier.”

Abbotsford, B.C., native Adam Hadwin leads the Canadian contingent at T58 following a 69. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., opened with a 2-over 72. Nick Taylor, also from Abbotsford, shot 74, while Weyburn, Sask., product Graham DeLaet carded a 76.

Davis Love III, the tournament winner last year at age 51, is sidelined following hip surgery.

“It’s disappointing not to get to play,” said the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, a three-time champion in the event. “The surgery went well. Rehab is going even better.”

The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for The Barclays next week at Bethpage Black. It the next-to-last chance to earn Ryder Cup points, with the top eight players determined after The Barclays. Love will make his first three captain’s picks Sept. 11 after the BMW Championship. The final pick comes two weeks later after the Tour Championship.

Robert Allenby had two double bogeys in a 74. The Australian was arrested outside a casino in Rock Island, Illinois, last week after missing the cut in the John Deere Classic. He was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. In January 2015, Allenby was found with severe bruises several hours after visiting a restaurant with friends. Allenby, who had missed the cut in the Sony Open, claimed to have been abducted and beaten. A Hawaii man was sentenced to five years in prison for using Allenby’s credit cards and identification.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson shot a 7-under-par 64 and is tied for third following the second round of the women’s Olympic golf tournament.

Henderson birdied five of the final six holes Thursday to finish 2-shots back of leader Inbee Park of Korea.

“Yeah, it was a much better day today,” said Henderson, who was 1-under 70 following the opening round. “I felt better right off the bat. I was 2-under through my first nine holes, which was good, and I was hoping to get a few more birdies on the back nine, and I definitely was able to do that, especially my last six holes. I kind of got momentum and putts drained for me and I was able to hit some really good shots. I’m really happy with today and hopefully I’ll do something similar tomorrow.”

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Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., came into the day five shots off the pace set by first-round leader Ariya Jutanugarn. The native of Thailand carded an even-par 70 Thursday and moved into a tie for 8th.

The 18-year-old Canadian is 8-under for the tournament and trails 36-hole leader Inbee Park (10-under) who recorded a 5-under 66 for the second consecutive day.

Stacey Lewis is 9-under and in second place. The American was the lone golfer to better Henderson’s 64, shooting an 8-under 63.

Great Britain’s Charley Hull is tied for third with Henderson at 8-under.

Henderson will tee-off at 10:58 a.m. BRT with Nicole Larsen of  Denmark and Marianne Skarpnor of Norway.

Canada’s Alena Sharp is tied for 32nd place at 1-under. The Hamilton native tallied a 2-under 69 Thursday.

Sharp will tee off at 9:14 a.m. with Suzann Pettersen of Norway and Anna Nordqvist of Sweden.

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