DALY CITY, Calif. – Brooke Henderson fiddles with her earrings between shots, purses her lips and anxiously watches each shot, then politely responds and makes eye contact when someone in the gallery engages her with a compliment.

Henderson is the new 17-year-old with serious swagger in women’s golf.

She shot a tournament-record 7-under 65 to take the lead halfway through the second round of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on Friday.

“That’s pretty cool,” the 17-year-old Smiths Falls, Ont., native said about her low score.

That round put her at 9 under at Lake Merced Golf Club, where world No. 1 and defending champion Lydia Ko shot an even-par 72 to remain 5 under after taking the first-round lead Thursday. There were still afternoon rounds to play Friday, including by local favorite Juli Inkster after her opening 68.

Na Yeon Choi was two strokes back at after a 68. The 27-year-old South Korean eagled the par-5, 475-yard 14th and had three birdies on her front nine.

Yueer Cindy Feng of China stood in third place at 6 under.

As Ko celebrated her 18th birthday, she cleared the way for a new teen star to shine.

“I think I’m ready. Yeah, 17 is young,” Henderson said. “As you’ve seen with Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson and even Jessica Korda, there are a lot of great names that have been able to do it. I’m hoping that I’m one of them.”

The long-driving Henderson eagled the 14th, hitting a 3-wood approach and making a 15-foot putt. She also had six birdies.

Henderson regularly hears how she is fearless and goes for it on shots when others might be more conservative, and that approach sure worked for her in the tricky conditions at Lake Merced.

Not that she has necessarily noticed any extra hype.

Caddie Bunk Lee insists they didn’t even know she had jumped to the top of the leaderboard in just her 10th career LPGA Tour event. Though Henderson grabbed a few glances at the leaderboard “here and there.”

“I was able to stay in a rhythm today,” Henderson said. “I got into it early, and I was able stay there all day, which was nice.”

She and her older sister, Brittany, tied for second place in last month’s Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, a Symetra Tour event that earned them each $10,000-plus paydays.

In many ways, Henderson – a member of Team Canada’s Young Pro Squad – appears to be a veteran unfazed by golf’s big stage.

“She’s far above most 17 year olds as far as maturity is concerned,” Lee said. “She’s very calm, she’s very patient, her thought process is very clear. Her ability to focus is astounding. … It’s an absolute joy to be on this bag.”

While she wasn’t particularly happy with her golf, Ko was serenaded with “Happy Birthday” and presented with a cake, and she covered her face briefly in embarrassment. Some 300 people followed her group in the gallery for parts of the round.

Ko, the first-round leader after a leading after a 67, drew an early tee time and had evening dinner plans to celebrate with friends. She got a new iPhone from her mother and her peers have told her she “upgraded.”

She was headed for some Korean barbecue, “go to the original roots.”

“No more singing, please,” Ko joked after her round. “Really cool to share this birthday with a lot of the people out here. Lots more time to celebrate tonight. It was a good day. It is really cool that now I’m an adult … big 18.”

And Ko found herself again talking about the fact age is no issue in golf, this time not about Inkster but someone younger – Henderson.

“She’s still 17 in a lot of ways, and that’s a good thing,” the caddie, Lee, said. “She’s not getting ahead of herself, and I think it’s very refreshing. We rolled into the parking lot and it started from there, and it was a good day.”

DALY CITY, Calif. – As Lydia Ko geared up to turn 18 on Friday at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, right behind her on the leaderboard was 54-year-old Juli Inkster.

Refreshed and ready to make a run at defending her title, the top-ranked Ko returned from two weeks off to take the first-day lead Thursday at 5-under 67.

Ko nearly chipped in for eagle on the par-5 14th, but the ball deflected off the pin and she settled for a tap-in birdie putt, and that moved her to the top of the leaderboard at Lake Merced Golf Club.

“This is a very tough golf course. You need to position yourself well,” Ko said. “I hit the ball pretty good where I wasn’t in too much trouble. If I did miss it a little bit, I did get away with it, too. It’s a really good start but I know I’ve got three long days to go.”

Ko will celebrate her birthday on the course Friday then go out for a nice dinner with friends. Paired with Anna Nordqvist and Lexi Thompson, Ko pulled on a jacket midway through her round in the afternoon chill and finished strong.

Ko had a one-stroke lead over three others, including Inkster. Stacy Lewis, last year’s runner-up to Ko at Lake Merced, was two strokes back at 69.

“It was probably one of the craziest rounds of golf I’ve ever played,” said Lewis, who recovered from four bogeys on her front nine with an eagle on the par-4 11th and three birdies on the back.

Ko had birdies on consecutive holes three times – Nos. 5-6, 8-9 and 13-14 – with just one bogey.

“The first couple holes were playing down wind, so that made it a lot easier,” she said. “A lot depends on the wind. It really depends on the conditions of the day and the scores are really good.”

Ko was followed by a gallery of about 100 fans early, and first-day attendance seemed to be a noticeable improvement from a year ago for the tournament’s inaugural round. The wind picked up significantly in the afternoon.

Inkster, done hours earlier before the wind began whipping in earnest, quickly corrected the notion she is facing a talented LPGA field with women her daughters’ ages.

“Yeah, they’re a lot younger than my daughters,” she said with a grin. “They’re 25 and 21. Out here that’s a seasoned veteran. You know what, that’s the beauty about golf. I mean, age matters in a lot of things as far as how your body feels and how far you hit the ball and how much time you can put into it. You can still go out there and compete at 54.”

Inkster, a local icon, birdied six of her first 10 holes for a 68 on a cool, breezy morning off the ocean. She had no idea that put her on top of the leaderboard after the morning rounds.

“I didn’t know I was,” Inkster said. “The way I played today, no, I’m not surprised. … Coming into this week, my game feels pretty good.”

Lewis joked that a leaderboard with Inkster on top would make a good “Throwback Thursday” photo.

Ha Na Jang, who also shot a 68, made a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-3, 162-yard eighth for one of her eight birdies. P.K. Kongkraphan also had a 68.

Team Canada Young Pro Squad member Brooke Henderson had a share of ninth place after an opening-round 70.

British Columbia’s Sue Kim carded a 72 Thursday for a share of 28th.

Back for a second straight year at Lake Merced in the San Francisco suburbs, the tournament drew 18 of the top 20 players in the world – and it would have been one more before eighth-ranked Suzann Pettersen withdrew Wednesday because of an ailing shoulder.

Paula Creamer was at risk of missing the cut after a 10-over 82. She had four bogeys and a pair of double bogeys.

DALY CITY, Calif. – Paula Creamer is calling for a women’s Masters at Augusta National.

Creamer would love for organizers to at least listen to the idea of women playing a Masters in consecutive weeks with the men’s tournament. She reiterated her thoughts Tuesday at Lake Merced Golf Club, where the Bay Area native is preparing for this week’s Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.

On April 14, Creamer posted on Twitter:

I hope The Masters will consider a Women’s Masters soon. They do so much to grow the game. Fastest area of golf growth is women! #6Majors?

— Paula Creamer (@ThePCreamer) April 14, 2015

“I’ve been there, I’ve played there, stayed in Butler’s Cabin,” said Creamer, the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champion. “I had an awesome time. I think the patrons and everybody would love to have two weeks there, two tournaments. Why wouldn’t you? Hopefully, we will see something change and happen.”

While she hasn’t heard from anyone official at Augusta, there has been plenty of positive feedback since she made the comments. She wants to be part of golf taking steps to recruit the next generation of young players.

“It’s 2015. I think Augusta and the Masters and everybody with that event, they want to grow the game so badly,” Creamer said. “That’s what it is, about growing the game and giving people opportunities. The Chip and Putt, all of that for the kids to be able to come out there. There’s no reason why we can’t do that in women’s golf. We’re just as much a part of growing the game.”

When reminded that Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Billy Payne has referenced scheduling issues when it comes to adding an event such as a women’s tournament, Creamer noted she believes it wouldn’t be that hard and “I think they could handle two weeks a year.”

“You could have two major tournaments back-to-back,” she said.

Payne has said he doesn’t envision a women’s Masters.

“We have a very short member season at Augusta National. It’s seven months only,” he said. “The time that we dedicate to the preparation and conduct of the tournament is already extensive. I don’t think that we would ever host another tournament.”

Creamer is open to participating in further discussion.

“There’s no reason why you can’t revisit things. I think somebody’s got to speak up and somebody’s got to say something,” Creamer said. “It’s an idea, I don’t think that people should be ashamed to talk about it. I’d like to know truthfully why we wouldn’t be able to have a tournament there. Definitely women’s golf deserves something like that.”

KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Sei Young Kim holed out from 154 yards for eagle to win the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship on the first hole of a playoff Saturday with Inbee Park.

After driving into the water in regulation on the par-4 18th, Kim forced the playoff with an 18-foot chip-in for par. She then won on the hole with her 8-iron shot that barely cleared the water.

The 22-year-old South Korean player became the first two-time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. She won in the Bahamas in February in her second start as a tour member.

Kim rebounded from a disappointing final round two weeks ago in the ANA Inspiration when she squandered the lead and ended up tying for fourth.

She closed with a 1-over 73 in wind gusting to 30 mph at Ko Olina to match Park at 11-under 277. Park finished with a 71.

I.K. Kim bogeyed the final two holes for a 74 that left her two strokes back.

Hyo Joo Kim (69) and Chella Choi (72) tied for fourth at 7 under as South Korean players swept the first five places. German Sandra Gal (69) finished sixth at 6 under.

Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., tied for 55th at 8 over; while Alena Sharp of Hamilton and Rebeca Lee-Bentham of Toronto shared 63rd spot at 11 over.

KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Sei Young Kim shot a 2-under 70 on Friday in wind gusting to 30 mph to take a one-stroke lead in the Lotte Championship.

With the breeze making birdies elusive at Ko Olina, the 22-year-old South Korean player reached 12-under 204 to break out of a first-place tie with I.K. Kim.

Sei Young Kim will take a lead into the final round for the second straight tournament. Two weeks ago, she had a four-shot advantage in the ANA Inspiration and finished fourth in the major championship.

Sei Young Kim won in the Bahamas in February in her second start as an LPGA Tour member.

I.K. Kim was second after a 71. Third-ranked Inbee Park was another shot back after a 69.

The top five are all from South Korea, with Jenny Shin four shots back after a 70, and Chella Choi at 7 under after 71.

American Paula Creamer (72) and Japan’s Ai Miyazato (71) were 6 under. Defending champion Michelle Wie (73) had five bogeys and four birdies to fall eight shots back in her home event.

Team Canada Young Pro Squad member Sue Kim is the top Canadian. The Langley, B.C., native is tied for 47th at 3-over.

KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Sei Young Kim rode the wind and some major inspiration into a share of the lead Thursday in the second round of the Lotte Championship.

Kim shot her second straight 5-under 67 at breezy Ko Olina to catch first-round leader I.K. Kim at 10 under.

Sei Young Kim, the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic winner in February in her second start as an LPGA Tour member, began the round two strokes back. She bogeyed the opening hole, then rallied with four birdies before the turn and added three straight on her second nine.

Part of the 22-year-old’s motivation this week is what happened two weeks ago at the first major of the year, the ANA Inspiration in California. Kim took a three-shot advantage into the final round, but shot a 75 on Sunday and finished fourth.

“My win will certainly help me,” she said, referring to her victory in the Bahamas, “but I think what will motivate me better was the fact that I didn’t win. That’s really motivating me this week and that is going to get me to play better.”

Inbee Park, who ended the last two years ranked No. 1 in the world, was three strokes back after a 70.

Six of the top seven players are from South Korea. The exception is Paula Creamer. The American has won twice in Hawaii, including the 2008 Fields Open at Ko Olina.

“I love playing on these types of golf courses,” Creamer said. “Just the wind, the conditions. Your misses are exaggerated so much when you play in this kind of weather. Being a good ball-striker is incredibly important and that’s something that I’ve always felt was one of my strengths. For me, I like this. The windier it gets the better.”

A bogey on the final hole gave Creamer a 69 and a share of fourth at 6 under with Chella Choi (68) and Jenny Shin (70).

I.K. Kim is going after her fourth LPGA Tour title, but first since 2010. She had just a pair of top-10 finishes last year, but a week off after the ANA Inspiration, and the warm wind and familiar food of Hawaii, have helped her this week – along with an improved putting stroke.

“After ANA, I spent a lot of time on the putting green,” I.K. Kim said. “I felt like I was hitting the ball really well, having a lot of opportunities, but putting was letting me down a little bit.

“I also went to Las Vegas, so putting and a little bit of fun and then here … I think that was kind of a good balance.”

Defending champion Michelle Wie was tied for eighth at 5 under with Japan’s Ai Miyazato and Haru Nomura. Wie, playing at home, shot a 69 that included an eagle from 117 yards out on the par-4 15th hole, followed by what she called a “nerdy” dance.

“I kind of saw it roll over the hill and I was like, `Oh, OK, it’s disappearing,'” Wie recalled. “Then everyone went crazy. It was pretty fun.”

Canada’s Sue Kim is tied for 39th at 1-over, while Rebecca Lee-Bentham and Alena Sharp have a share of 58th at 3-over heading into the weekend.

KAPOLEI, Hawaii – I.K. Kim started last and finished first Wednesday in the first round of the Lotte Championship.

Kim birdied her final three holes and four of the last five for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead.

Playing in the last group of the day off the 10th tee, Kim had eight birdies and one bogey in wind gusting to 25 mph at Ko Olina Golf Club. The South Korean player won the last of her three LPGA Tour titles in 2010.

“I hit a really good putt at No. 7 and at No. 8 I hit an 8-iron downwind that stayed on top of the green so I was able to look at a makeable putt,” she said. “At the ninth, it was getting really dark. It was dinnertime really. There were just the three of us out there.”

From 190 yards, she aimed 20 feet right and hit her 5-wood into the wind. The ball stopped 12 feet from the hole. She could see well enough to make the putt and shoot the same score she had in the final round two years ago en route to a fourth-place t

“Birdie on the three finishing holes is why 65 was possible,” Kim said. “I didn’t think it was possible when I started today.”

South Korean players held the first five spots on the leaderboard. Na Yeon Choi, Inbee Park and rookie Sei Young Kim shot 67, and Jenny Shin was fifth after a 68.

Choi had four birdies on her second nine to take the lead in the morning wave. Park birdied four of her last six to catch her, slam-dunking a 45-foot putt on the final hole.

“I judged the wind great and holed a lot of good putts,” Park said. “Especially the last putt. I can’t remember how long it’s been since I holed that long a putt.”

Choi, Sei Young Kim and Park have all won this year. Choi won the season-opening Coates Golf Championship in Florida for her eighth LPGA title, Sei Young Kim took the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, and Park won the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore.

Founders Cup winner Hyo Joo Kim, Kia Classic champion Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer were in the nine-player group at 69.

Hawaii’s Michelle Wie, the defending champion, got to 3 under on the 15th, but bogeyed the next hole and finished at 70. Wie hit the flag with her approach shot on the final hole, but left her 8-foot birdie putt short.

“Some of the putts you kind of have to play for the wind as well, too,” said Wie, who needed 31 putts with a chip-in. “It’s not like it’s a constant, so you have to wait for the right moment for the wind to blow or not blow. It gets tricky out there. You’ve just got to stay patient and try to hit solid putts and take whatever comes at you.”

Four Canadians were in the field with Sue Kim of Langley, B.C. leading the way at T24 following a round of 71. Alena Sharp sits T51 after opening at one-over 73. Jennifer Kirby finished the day at 74 while Rebecca Lee-Bentham carded a 76.

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Long-hitting Brittany Lincicome outlasted Stacy Lewis with finesse after powering her way into a playoff Sunday in the ANA Inspiration.

When caddie Missy Pederson suggested Lincicome go for the green on the par-5 18th in two in a playoff, Bam Bam decided to play it safe.

“She wanted me to hit 3-wood into the green one of the times and I was like, `No, my wedges are good. We’re just going to lay it up and let the wedges do all the work,'” Lincicome said.

After hitting a 5-iron 190 yards on the final hole of regulation to set up a 10-foot eagle putt that ended up forcing overtime, Lincicome laid up on all three extra holes in more difficult wind conditions. She made three pars, with the last one enough to finish off Lewis.

Instead of hitting a ball into the water, Lincicome found herself splashing around in Poppie’s Pond after her second surprise victory leap in the major championship.

“Super emotional,” Lincicome said at the 18th green. “I’m standing here, physically, shaking like a leaf still. It’s over and I’m still shaking.”

Playing a group ahead of Lewis, Lincicome – too nervous to look at leaderboards – didn’t know where she stood when she played the 18th in regulation.

“I thought I was so far out of the tournament that I never had a chance,” Lincicome said.

She got an accidental glimpse at the leaderboard before she putted.

“I was trying not to look,” Lincicome said. “So, I knew I needed to make it, and my caddie just said, `You have one goal and that is to get it to the hole.’ And I did.”

In 2009 at Mission Hills, Lincicome hit a hybrid from 210 yards to 4 feet to set up a winning eagle in a one-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr and Kristy McPherson.

“You land it on the front, it takes that little slope, and I don’t think my ball knows anything else other than that to do,” Lincicome said. “It’s done it twice now.”

Lewis, the 2011 winner, had three chances to win on the 18th. She missed birdie putts from 13 feet in regulation, 15 feet on the first extra hole and 12 feet on the second.

“The initial reaction is disappointed, obviously,” Lewis said. “But I played great and I hit some really good putts there, especially at the end. … I just played solid all day, so I have to remind myself of that and not get too frustrated. It just wasn’t quite meant to be today.”

On the third extra hole, Lewis left her 103-yard approach from a sand-filled divot short of the green and her chip stopped 12 feet in front of the pin. Her par putt came up an inch short, and Lincicome finished it off – missing a 10-footer and holing out from 1 1/2 feet.

Lincicome finished with a 69. The 29-year-old Florida player, a six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, is projected to jump from 18th to sixth in the world. She last won the Canadian Women’s Open in 2011.

Lewis closed with a 70 in the tricky wind.

“Couldn’t figure out which direction it was going,” Lewis said. “It changed when we were on 18, multiple times during the playoff. The wind was all over the place.”

Lincicome lost a playoff to Inbee Park last year in the LPGA Championship.

“I just took from that that it was nice to be in contention again,” Lincicome said. “Just didn’t let it get to me.”

Two strokes ahead of playing partner Sei Young Kim and four ahead of Lincicome with five holes left, Lewis missed a chance for her third major title. She has 11 LPGA Tour victories and 18 runner-up finishes, three in seven starts this year.

The 30-year-old Texan bogeyed the par-4 13th and 15th – missing from 6 feet on 13 and 5 feet on 16 – and closed with three pars.

Morgan Pressel was third at 8 under. Her approach on 18 hit the hole and stayed out, leaving her a short birdie putt for a 70.

“I can’t believe it basically hit the hole,” Pressel said. “So close.”

Kim, three strokes ahead of Lewis entering the round, had a 75 to tie for fourth at 7 under with Carlota Ciganda (68) and Anna Nordqvist (69).

“Very disappointed,” Kim said through a translator. “It was just very difficult to figure out things, especially with the wind factoring in. … It really confused me a lot.”

Top-ranked Lydia Ko had a 73 to tie for 51st at 3 over.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Sei Young Kim made two late birdies Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the ANA Inspiration.

The long-hitting South Korean player shot a 3-under 69 to reach 10 under at Mission Hills with a round left in the first major championship of the year.

“If I were to win it tomorrow, it would be the biggest dream ever to come true for me,” Kim said through a translator. “I’ve watched this tournament since I was young. That’s why I feel I want it so much more. I think the opportunity is there in front of me.”

The winner Sunday will take the traditional leap into Poppie’s Pond.

“For sure, it won’t be bad jumping into that pond,” Kim said.

Kim holed a downhill 18-footer from the fringe on the par-4 16th and made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th. She two-putted for par from the back fringe on the par-5 18th.

Stacy Lewis was second after a 68. The 30-year-old Texan, the 2011 winner for the first of her 11 LPGA Tour titles, bogeyed Nos. 15 and 17.

The 22-year-old Kim won her first LPGA Tour title in February in the Bahamas. A five-time winner on the South Korean tour, she’s making her 13th LPGA Tour start.

“I feel a little bit pressured right now,” Kim said. “Back in Korea, when I was playing on the Korean tour, I was known for coming from behind and winning tournaments. But to be in the lead going into the final round on the LPGA is fairly new for me.”

Top-ranked Lydia Ko shot a 74, her second straight over-par round after tying the LPGA Tour record for consecutive rounds under par at 29 on Thursday. She was tied for 48th at 2 over.

“I didn’t feel like it was too bad today,” Ko said. “I just couldn’t get the putts to drop.”

Ko made an 8-foot putt on 18 for her lone birdie of the round. She has at least one birdie in all 187 of her rounds in 49 career events on the tour.

Morgan Pressel, Brittany Lincicome and Ariya Jutanugarn were tied for third at 6 under. Lincicome shot a 70 after driving into the water on 18 and making a bogey. Pressel had a 71, and Jutanugarn shot 66.

Lewis birdied six of the first 12 holes to take the lead at 9 under.

“I kind of hit it all over the place, but I scored really well,” Lewis said. “Just kind of got the ball in the hole and, when I did manage to hit a fairway, I made birdie. I did a good job of staying patient more than anything and just taking what the golf course gave me.”

She ran into trouble on the par-4 15th when her drive went to the left, with a palm tree possibly saving it from going out of bounds over the property fence that runs along Gerald Ford Drive. The ball dropped into a bunker and she left her approach in the tangled rough in front of the right greenside bunker. She flopped out and missed a 25-foot par putt.

Lewis settled for a par on the 16th. After her 167-yard approach ticked the cup on the way past, she pulled her 5-foot birdie try left.

Lewis three-putted the par-3 17th for her second bogey, running her 20-foot downhill birdie try 8 feet past. She had a chance to get the stroke back on 18, but missed a 6-foot birdie putt.

“Coming in there, I didn’t make some of the best swings ever,” Lewis said. “Definitely didn’t deserve bogey on 15, so I was pretty happy making bogey there, truthfully. Seventeen, just kind of misjudged the wind and hit a wrong club there, and then the green is really bumpy down there by the hole. But all in all, it was a good, solid day.”

Pressel won in 2007 to become the youngest major champion at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days.

Tied with playing partner Kim at 8 under with three holes left, Pressel missed short par putts on 16 and 17. She lipped out a 4-footer on 16 and missed from 3 feet on 17.

Lincicome, the 2009 winner, chipped in for birdies on Nos. 9 and 16 and made a 20-foot birdie putt on 17 before her closing bogey.

Defending champion Lexi Thompson was tied for ninth at 4 under after a 71. She was 7 under with five holes left, then made three straight bogeys and closed with two pars.