With 20 professional wins including 13 on the LPGA Tour and two major titles, Brooke Henderson is the most successful Canadian golfer in history.
Henderson won three events on the CN Canadian Women's Tour, including the PGA Women's Championship of Canada, while still an amateur. Aged 16, she finished tied for 10th at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open and was the top-ranked amateur in the world. Two months after her 17th birthday, she opted to turn professional.
With elder sister Brittany, a former professional golfer, as her caddy and father Dave her coach, Henderson scored her first LPGA win at the Cambia Portland Classic in August 2015 by a massive eight strokes.
In June 2016, she became the first Canadian woman to win a major for 48 years when she beat Lydia Ko in a playoff at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Her victory at Sahalee Country Club near Seattle made her the second-youngest women's major champion. Three weeks later, she retained her Portland Classic title and then made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016 where she finished in seventh place.
The Ontario native won two LPGA Tour events in each of the next three years before just missing out on a second major at the 2020 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship), losing out in a playoff to Korean Mirim Lee. That helped her reach a career-high world ranking of four.
After returning to winning ways in April 2021, and finishing 29th at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games, Henderson claimed a second major at the 2022 Evian Championship in France.
Having opened 2023 with victory in the Tournament of Champions, Henderson has since failed to add to her tally of event wins. She has had near-misses in majors, finishing second in the 2023 Evian Championship and third in this year's Chevron Championship behind the all-conquering Nelly Korda. The 26-year-old will hope to regain the winning habit when she makes her third Olympic appearance at Paris 2024.
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