Canada’s Brooke Henderson is within striking distance of a third major championship.

The Smiths Falls, Ont., native fired a 7-under 64 on Saturday to vault into a share of third place at 12-under at the Evian Championship, the fourth of five women’s majors on the calendar.

Henderson made two eagles on the day on the par-5 seventh and 15th holes. She nearly added a third on 18, but left her eagle putt just short before tapping in for birdie.

It could have been an even lower-scoring day for Henderson, too, as she will rue bogeys on 4, 8 and 17. Still, she’s likely to be content after she truly caught fire to begin the back nine, making three straight birdies and shooting 6-under from holes 10 through 15.

The Canadian previously won this tournament in France in 2022 for her second major championship. She played in the final group of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship last month but settled for a T3 finish.

South Korea’s Haeran Ryu, who won that Women’s PGA Championship, also leads the Evian after shooting an 11-under 60 for the lowest score in women’s major championship history.

Ryu will enter Sunday’s final round at 19-under, three strokes clear of Japan’s Aki Iwai, who sits second at 16-under.

Ryu birdied four of her last five holes at Evian Golf Resort. She had a chance at tying the LPGA scoring record of 59 but settled for a lengthy two-putt birdie putt on the closing hole.

She didn’t know what she had done until she looked at the scorecard and counted all the sub-par holes — nine birdies and an eagle — and realized it was a par 71.

“But after the putt and I counted my score with my caddie,” she said. “Oh my God, it’s 11-under par today. It was so amazing. My caddie says, ‘Yep.’ I’m so happy right now.”

Her 60 broke by one shot the record for lowest round in an LPGA major. Leona Maguire and Jeung-eun Lee6 in 2021, and Hyo Joo Kim in 2014, each shot 61 at the Evian Championship, which was designated an LPGA major in 2013.

The lowest round in a men’s major is 62 by four players — Branden Grace at Royal Birkdale in the 2017 British Open, Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler in the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, and Schauffele and Shane Lowry in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Lottie Woad of England, who began the third round with a one-shot lead, struggled to a 72 and fell seven shots off the pace.

–with files from The Associated Press