
Cassie Porter Gives Meijer’s Saturday Chase A Different Edge
Cassie Porter starts the Meijer LPGA Classic third round one off Jing Yan, giving Saturday’s leaderboard a fresher first-win storyline beside Lottie Woad.
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Cassie Porter starts the Meijer LPGA Classic third round one off Jing Yan, giving Saturday’s leaderboard a fresher first-win storyline beside Lottie Woad.

Wyndham Clark still owns a four-shot U.S. Open lead, but Shinnecock’s Saturday wind warning has made round three feel far less comfortable.

Lottie Woad starts round three at the Meijer LPGA Classic just one shot behind Jing Yan, turning Saturday at Blythefield into another meaningful test before the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship field is set for Hazeltine, and the Meijer LPGA Classic now feels like more than a warm-up for Jing Yan, Lottie Woad and the players chasing form.
The Travelers Championship has drawn another elite field, but Rory McIlroy’s absence from the final Signature Event of the PGA Tour season keeps the schedule debate alive.

Harry Higgs arrived at Shinnecock as a late alternate and reached the U.S. Open weekend under par, giving Saturday an unlikely subplot amid a heavyweight leaderboard.

Jing Yan leads the Meijer LPGA Classic at halfway after a bogey-free 66, with Lottie Woad and Cassie Porter only one shot behind at Blythefield.

Wyndham Clark takes a four-shot U.S. Open lead into Shinnecock’s third round, but the Saturday tee sheet gives the chasing pack a clear route to test him.

Joaquin Niemann’s U.S. Open looked gone after a penalty turned one hole into an 11. A second-round 65 has made his Shinnecock weekend far more interesting.

Tom Kim is four shots behind Wyndham Clark at the halfway stage of the U.S. Open, but his position in the chasing pack gives Shinnecock a fresh weekend threat.

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are seven back at Shinnecock, but a firmer U.S. Open weekend still gives both major champions a route back into the championship.

Matt Fitzpatrick is four shots off Wyndham Clark at the halfway stage of the U.S. Open, and Shinnecock now offers him exactly the kind of weekend test that can bring him back into the title fight.