PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Stacy Lewis shot an 8-under 64 on Friday for a share of the Cambia Portland Classic lead – and a chance to make a big donation to hurricane relief in her hometown.

From The Woodlands in the Houston area, Lewis is giving her earnings this week to the relief efforts. The 11-time LPGA Tour champion also is trying to win for the first time since 2014.

”It would honestly probably be one of the most special,” Lewis said about winning. ”It would probably be up there with a major. That was the goal to start the week, was to take a big check home. That’s still the goal. Now I’m in a good spot to do that.”

Her husband, Gerrod Chadwell, is the University of Houston women’s golf coach.

Two-time defending champion Brooke Henderson and first-round leader In Gee Chun matched Lewis at 10-under 134 at tree-lined Columbia Edgewater. Henderson played a five-hole stretch in 5 under in a 67, and Chun had a 68.

Lewis made three straight birdies on Nos. 6-8 on her final nine.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Keith Mitchell increased his lead to two strokes Friday in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, shooting a 4-under 67 in the Web.com Tour Finals opener.

A week after missing a PGA Tour card by a stroke in the Web.com Tour’s regular-season finale, Mitchell had a 10-under 132 total on Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.

Seth Reeves was second after a 64, and Andrew Landry had a 67 to get to 7 under. Ryan Armour (68) and Abraham Ancer (70) were 6 under.

The four-event series features the top 75 players from the Web.com regular-season money list, Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings – Armour was 159th – and non-members with enough PGA Tour money to have placed in the top 200 in the FedEx Cup had they been eligible.

Landry, Ancer and the other top-25 finishers – Mitchell was 26th, and Reeves 60th – on the Web.com regular-season money list have earned PGA Tour cards. They are competing against each other for tour priority, with regular-season ea..

NORTON, Mass. (AP) Phil Mickelson thinks he found what has been draining him of energy and focus for most of the year. Now it’s a matter of whether it can help him start posting better scores and possibly get on a U.S. team for the 23rd consecutive time.

Mickelson, winless since his British Open title in 2013 at Muirfield, said he saw a doctor after missing the cut in the PGA Championship. It’s the same doctor who has helped him manage the psoriatic arthritis he has had since 2010.

”He seemed to have found something,” Mickelson said Friday after opening with a 2-under 69 at the Dell Technologies Championship, leaving him three shots behind Dustin Johnson. ”This is the best energy I’ve had throughout the round and the best focus. My short game has been very disappointing and I haven’t been able to visualize the shot I’ve been trying to hit.

”And today, and for probably the last few days, I’ve been able to see the shot again,” he said. ”And so it was a good day.”

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NORTON, Mass. – In 2010, Phil Mickelson was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, a chronic, incurable condition that he as been able to treat with medication.
On Friday at the Dell Technologies Championship, Mickelson revealed that another condition, which he declined to discuss, has been impacting his game the last few years.
“After the PGA [Championship], I went and addressed it and met with the doctor that helped me get through some of the arthritis conditions,” said Mickelson following an opening 69 at TPC Boston. “He seemed to have found something. This is the best energy I've had throughout the round and the best focus.”
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Mickelson said the biggest improvement has been with his short game and being able to visualize shots he wants to hit. At the 15th hole, for example, after his approach landed short of the green, he pitched to a foot for a tap-in par.
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The Cambia Portland Classic grew in importance to Stacy Lewis this week after she pledged to donate her winnings to the Hurricane Harvey relief effort to aid her Houston hometown.
Lewis rose to the occasion Friday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
She put up an 8-under-par 64 to grab a share of the second-round lead with Brooke Henderson and In Gee Chun.
At 10 under overall, Lewis was two shots ahead with the afternoon wave going off.
Playing for a larger purpose, Lewis said, inspired her.
“I think you have a lot of good positive momentum on your side, a lot of people cheering for you, a lot of people encouraging just because they want to see you do well, because they want to see that big check go to Houston,” Lewis said.
Lewis is seeking her 12th LPGA title, her first in three years, since winning the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in June of 2014.
Full-field scores from the Cambia Portland Open
Lewis knows there’s a ways to go, but she said a victory wo..