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Ruoning Yin hit the ball so poorly on the practice range that she wasn't expecting much Thursday in the CME Group Tour Championship. The big surprise was a 9-under 63 and a share of the lead with Nasa Hataoka in the chase for the $2 million prize. Yin opened with five birdies through eight holes, played bogey-free and got a bonus at the end when her fairway metal took a good hop off the collar and onto the green at the par-5 17th for one last birdie.

Ruoning Yin and Nasa Hataoka led by one shot over Minjee Lee, who made a 30-foot birdie putt from off the 18th green at Tiburon Golf Club. Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., is six shots back of the lead at 3-under.

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Alison Lee birdied four of her last five holes Friday to extend a hot streak that stretches from Saudi Arabia to South Korea to Florida. Lee had five birdies in seven holes at the start, and then had a strong finishing kick that included a wedge to a foot on the 15th and a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th. The 28-year-old Californian has never won in her nine years on the LPGA Tour, but no one brought as much momentum.

NAPLES, Fla. — The 2023 season has been a banner year for the LPGA Tour. The organization has made stops at some of golf’s most historic venues, playe...