Brooke Henderson

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Brooke Henderson
Brooke Henderson 2018 Canadian Open.jpg
Henderson in 2018
Personal information
Full nameBrooke Mackenzie Henderson
Born (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 24)
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality Canada
ResidenceSmiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins15
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour10
Symetra Tour1
Other4
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA InspirationT2: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2016
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2015
Women's British OpenT11: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT9: 2016
Achievements and awards
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018.[1][2][3] She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, becoming the event's youngest winner.[4] With 10 LPGA wins as of April 2021, Henderson has the most victories of any Canadian golfer on major professional tours.[5]

In November 2019, she was named the winner of the 2019 Founders Award by a vote of fellow golfers on the LPGA Tour as someone "whose behaviour and deeds best exemplify the spirit, ideals, and values of the LPGA."[6]

Early years, family and education[]

Henderson was born on born 10 September 1997 and raised in Smiths Falls, Ontario, she learned golf from an early age at the Smiths Falls Golf and Country Club. Her parents are both experienced players, while her uncle Tom Henderson competed frequently for many years at the top amateur level in the Ottawa area. Henderson's sister Brittany Henderson, older by seven years, was also a top junior and college golfer. She graduated from Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute in June 2014.

Henderson won the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2013, and finished runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur. While still an amateur, she won three events on the CN Canadian Women's Tour[7] and finished tied for 10th place in the U.S. Women's Open at age 16. She won numerous amateur tournaments[8] and was the top-ranked female amateur golfer in the world before turning professional in December 2014, passing up the chance to play college scholarship golf.[9][10]

Development and sponsorships[]

Since 2012, Henderson has been in training with Golf Canada's amateur and young professional development programs called "Team Canada".[8]

During 2015 to 2016, Henderson was signed to several corporate sponsorships:

In February 2017, Henderson signed other sponsorship deals with Canadian Pacific, MasterCard, Rolex, BMW, BioSteel, and Golf Town.[18][19][20] As of 2017, Henderson became a resident touring professional at Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club, Miromar Lakes, Florida.[21]

Professional career[]

2015[]

Henderson set a tournament record with her 36-hole score at the LPGA Tour's Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in April 2015, at the Lake Merced Golf Club, just south of San Francisco. Her second round 65 (−7) gave her 135 (−9), breaking the record set by Stacy Lewis in 2014 by three shots.[22] She finished third, one stroke behind Lydia Ko, the playoff winner, and runner-up Morgan Pressel.[23]

At age 17, Henderson had to play her way into LPGA Tour events through Monday qualifiers, and to rely on sponsor exemptions, after her request for an age waiver to compete at the LPGA Tour Q School in late 2014 was denied.[11] She earned a Symetra Tour card after winning her first event as a professional, the Four Winds Invitational in Indiana in June 2015.[24] With a final round 66 (−4), Henderson tied for fifth at the U.S. Women's Open in July.

After Monday-qualifying for the Cambia Portland Classic in Oregon in August, Henderson won the event by eight shots, the largest victory margin on tour since 2012, and became the tour's third-youngest winner.[25] She was only the second Monday qualifier to win on tour,[25] and the first since Laurel Kean in 2000.[26] Henderson was also the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane in 2001,[25][26] and was granted immediate LPGA Tour membership.[27]

2016[]

In June 2016, Henderson won her first major championship, at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club near Seattle. Her final round 65 (−6) propelled her into a tie with top-ranked Lydia Ko, followed by a playoff which Henderson won with a birdie on the first hole.[4][28] She became the youngest to win that major, the second-youngest in any women's major, and the first Canadian to win a major in 48 years. It was Henderson's second tour win, both in the Pacific Northwest, and her first as a tour member; it moved her from fourth to second in the world rankings.

With her win as defending champion at the Cambia Portland Classic in June 2016, Henderson joined Sandra Post and Lorie Kane as the only Canadians to win multiple LPGA events in the same season.[29]

Henderson was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's Olympic golf tournament, placing seventh.[30][31]

2017[]

In June 2017, Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic.[32] Her win on 2 October 2017 at the McKayson New Zealand Women's Open was her first LPGA championship outside North America.[33]

2018[]

On 14 April, Henderson won the Lotte Championship, her sixth victory on the LPGA Tour finishing at −12 to win by four strokes over Azahara Muñoz.[34]

On 26 August, Henderson became the first Canadian in 45 years – after Jocelyne Bourassa in 1973 – to win the Canadian Women's Open at the Wascana Country Club in Regina, Saskatchewan.[35][36]

By finishing second (to Ariya Jutanugarn) in the 2018 season-ending Race to the CME Globe, Henderson was awarded $150,000 from the bonus pool purse.[37] She was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award in December 2018 as The Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time.[3]

2019[]

On 20 April 2019, Henderson defended her title at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. This marked her eighth victory on the LPGA Tour, tying Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson for the most victories by a Canadian golfer on the LPGA or PGA Tours.[35]

On 16 June 2019, Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan for the second time – the third LPGA event where she has multiple victories. This was her ninth victory on the LPGA, giving her the most victories on major tours of any professional golfer in Canadian history.[38]

2021[]

Henderson won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open on 24 April 2021 for her tenth LPGA Tour victory.[5]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2010 CN du Quebec
  • 2011 CN Future Links Ontario, Ontario Junior Girls Championship, Optimist Junior 13-14, Genesis Junior
  • 2012 Ravenwood Junior Girls Championship, Ontario Junior Girls Championship, Canadian Junior Girls Championship
  • 2013 South American Amateur, CN Future Links Pacific Championship, Canadian Women's Amateur
  • 2014 Junior Orange Bowl International, South Atlantic Ladies' Amateur Championship (SALLY Tournament), Scott Robertson Memorial, Porter Cup, Ontario Women's Amateur, Espirito Santo Trophy (individual winner)

Source:[8][9]

Professional wins (15)[]

LPGA Tour wins (10)[]

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (9)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 16 Aug 2015 Cambia Portland Classic 66-67-65-69=267 −21 8 strokes South Korea Jang Ha-na, United States Candie Kung
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum
2 12 Jun 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 67-73-73-65=278 −6 Playoff New Zealand Lydia Ko
3 3 Jul 2016 Cambia Portland Classic (2) 65-68-70-71=274 −14 4 strokes United States Stacy Lewis
4 18 Jun 2017 Meijer LPGA Classic 63-67-67-66=263 −17 2 strokes United States Lexi Thompson, United States Michelle Wie
5 2 Oct 2017 McKayson New Zealand Women's Open 65-70-67-69=271 −17 5 strokes China
6 14 Apr 2018 Lotte Championship 68-66-73-69=276 −12 4 strokes Spain Azahara Muñoz
7 26 Aug 2018 CP Women's Open 66-66-70-65=267 −21 4 strokes United States Angel Yin
8 20 Apr 2019 Lotte Championship (2) 65-68-69-70=272 −16 4 strokes South Korea Ji Eun-hee
9 16 Jun 2019 Meijer LPGA Classic (2) 64-64-69-70=267 −21 1 stroke United States Brittany Altomare, Japan Nasa Hataoka,
Australia Su-Hyun Oh, United States Lexi Thompson
10 24 Apr 2021 Hugel-Air Premia LA Open 69-65-67-67=268 −16 1 stroke United States Jessica Korda

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship New Zealand Lydia Ko Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2020 ANA Inspiration United States Nelly Korda
South Korea Mirim Lee 		Lee won with birdie on first extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 21 Jun 2015 Four Winds Invitational 72-65-69=206 −10 3 strokes Philippines Dottie Ardina
United States
Italy Giulia Molinaro

Other wins (4)[]

  • 2012 Beloeil Golf Club event (CN Canadian Women's Tour, as an amateur)
  • 2014 Legends on the Niagara event, PGA Women's Championship of Canada (both CN Canadian Women's Tour, as an amateur)
  • 2015 Suncoast Series Tour (Winter Garden, Florida)

Major championships[]

Wins (1)[]

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2 shot deficit −6 (67-73-73-65=278) Playoff1 New Zealand Lydia Ko

1 Defeated Ko in a sudden-death playoff: Henderson (3) and Ko (4).

Results timeline[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration T26LA T10 T14 T48 T17 T2 T19
U.S. Women's Open T59 T10 T5 64 T13 WD T39 T44 T7
Women's PGA Championship T5 1 2 T6 T30 6 T21
The Evian Championship T25 T9 T58 T10 T17 NT T25
Women's British Open T61 T50 T49 T11 T41 CUT T13
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament
T = tied

Summary[]

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 1 0 1 2 5 7 7
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 3 4 9 8
Women's PGA Championship 1 1 0 3 5 6 7 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 6
Totals 1 2 0 5 12 22 36 34
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 18 (2013 U.S. Open – 2018 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (three times)

LPGA Tour career summary[]

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Birdies
(rank)		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2012 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cut n/a n/a n/a 76.50 n/a
2013 3 2 0 0 0 0 T35 n/a n/a n/a 72.50 n/a
2014 4 4 0 0 0 1 T10 n/a n/a n/a 71.13 n/a
2015 15 13 1 0 1 4 1 52
(154) 		100,294 90 70.38 n/a
2016 31 30 2 1 2 15 1 456
(2) 		1,724,420 3 70.37 11
2017 30 28 2 1 0 8 1 403
(2) 		1,504,869 6 69.88 10
2018 28 24 2 1 1 11 1 413
(3) 		1,473,247 4 69.99 4
2019 27 25 2 1 1 13 1 405
(2) 		1,696,017 4 69.55 3
2020 10 9 0 1 0 6 T2 139
(53) 		648,604 10 69.70 2
2021 23 21 1 1 0 7 1 293
(10) 		1,039,776 14 69.80 9

^ Official as of 2021 season[39]

World rank[]

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2014 221 [40]
2015 17 [41]
2016 8 [42]
2017 14 [43]
2018 9 [44]
2019 8 [45]
2020 6 [46]
2021 10 ^ [47]

^ As of 22 November 2021

Team appearances[]

Amateur

  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Canada): 2012, 2014

Awards[]

See also[]

References[]

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