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LPGA opener boasts Olympic-like leaderboard heading into weekend

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LPGA commissioner Mike Whan likes to say every week is an Olympic event on his tour.

You can see what he means going into the weekend at the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions.

Inbee Park, who won the gold medal in golf’s return to the Olympics four years ago, shares the lead with Canadian Brooke Henderson at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando. Park put up a 3-under 68 and Henderson a 66 on Friday to move to 9 under. They are one shot ahead of Mexico’s Gaby Lopez (69) and two ahead of Japan’s Nasa Hataoka (69) and South Korea’s Sei Young Kim (69).