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He arrives at his hotel late Sunday and turns on the television to see his town’s favourite daughter, Brooke Henderson, winning by nine shots on the LPGA Tour.

The New Zealander successfully defended her title in 2013, also as an amateur, in Edmonton, Alberta.

World No 5 So Yeon Ryu is one shot back, after a storming eight-under through 17 holes, with world No 3 Stacy Lewis of the US a greater danger on the same score, as she has five holes to play.

The 34-year-old Taiwanese player had an 11-under 133 total at Vancouver Golf Club.

Ko laughed when asked if she would share any winnings with Icher.

Icher, who grabbed the first-round lead with a seven-under 65 late in the day on Thursday, knows she won’t be getting any gift-wrapped first-place cheques from Ko this weekend.

A 64 will do that.

“I haven’t thought about too much yet”, she concluded.

After shooting a 71 on Saturday, Tseng sat at six-under 230.

Icher made par on each of the final seven holes.

She’s only the third player to win such a title before turning 18 and she is the first Canadian, regardless of age, to win an LPGA Tour event since Lorie Kane of Charlottetown won the Takefuji Classic in 2001 – when Henderson was a three-year-old.

Canadian teen Brooke Henderson won the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic last Sunday, but that didn’t guarantee her the two-season exemption that comes with a victory.

Brooke Henderson believes the time she spent between the pipes growing up can give her a big assist this week as she tries to become the first Canadian in over 40 years to win Canada’s national women’s golf championship.

An Egyptian court adjourned a verdict on Thursday in the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges.

The use of the abortion drug RU-486 has been approved by the Health Canada.