Brooke Henderson

Brooke Henderson
— Golfer —

Henderson in April 2015
Personal information
Full name Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
Born (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  Canada
Residence Smiths Falls, Ontario
Career
Turned professional 2014
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 3
Symetra Tour 1
Other 4
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T10: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 2016
U.S. Women's Open T5: 2015
Women's British Open T50: 2016
Evian Championship T9: 2016

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.[1][2] She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, becoming the event's youngest winner and moving her to second in the world rankings.[3]

Early years

Born and raised in Smiths Falls, Ontario, 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[4] and finished tied for 10th place in the U.S. Women's Open at age 16. She won numerous amateur tournaments[5] and was the top-ranked woman amateur golfer in the world before turning professional in December 2014.[6][7]

Development and sponsorships

Since 2012, Henderson has been in training with Golf Canada's amateur and young professional development programs called "Team Canada".[5]

Upon turning professional, Henderson was signed to several corporate sponsorships:

Career

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.[14] Henderson finished third, one stroke behind Lydia Ko, the playoff winner, and runner-up Morgan Pressel.[15]

At age 17, Henderson had to play her way through Monday qualifiers and sponsor exemptions after her request for an age waiver to compete at the LPGA Tour Q School in late 2014 was denied.[8] She earned a Symetra Tour card after winning her first event as a professional, the Four Winds Invitational in Indiana in June 2015.[16] 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.[17] Henderson was only the second Monday qualifier to win on tour[17] and the first since Laurel Kean in 2000.[18] She was also the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane in 2001,[17][18] and was granted immediate tour membership.[19]

In June 2016, Henderson won her first major 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.[3][20] 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 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,[21] and is tied with Dawn Coe-Jones and Lisa Walters among Canadians with three LPGA wins, behind Post with eight and Kane with four.[22]

Henderson was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, participating in the women's Olympic golf tournament. She ultimately placed seventh.

Amateur wins

Source:[5][6]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (2)
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

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship New Zealand Lydia Ko 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 Selanee Henderson
Italy Giulia Molinaro

Other wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP T26LA DNP T10
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP T5 1
U.S. Women's Open T59 T10 T5 64
Women's British Open DNP DNP T61 T50
The Evian Championship DNP DNP T25 T9

LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2
Totals 1 0 0 3 6 7 12 12

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreTo parMarginRunner-up
2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2 shot deficit 67-73-73-65=278 −6 Playoff New Zealand Lydia Ko

World ranking

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

Year World
ranking 		Source
2014 221 [23]
2015 17 [24]

Team appearances

Amateur

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Brooke Henderson wins Syl Apps Ontario Athlete of the Year Award". Golf Association of Ontario. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Golfer Brooke Henderson named Canadian Press female athlete of year". The Globe and Mail, Toronto. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Rogers, Amy (12 June 2016). "Patience pays off for Brooke Henderson: Captures first major title". LPGA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "17-year-old golf star Brooke Henderson turns pro". Yahoo Sports. 18 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Biography: Brooke Henderson". Golf Canada. 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Brooke Mackenzie Henderson profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Canadian teen phenom Brooke Henderson turns pro". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Bethel, Elizabeth (19 December 2014). "Canadian Brooke Henderson Denied Age Waiver by LPGA". Fansided. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Team RBC". Royal Bank of Canada. 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Sunice outfits Brooke Henderson and family". Canadian Sporting Goods Association. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Brooke wins big: What's in her bag?". Ping. 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ping extends Henderson's contract". Golf Channel. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Record-Setting Performance Earns Brooke Henderson First LPGA Tour Victory". Titleist. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Brooke Henderson: Canadian teen breaks Swinging Skirts record". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015.
  15. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (27 April 2015). "Lydia Ko defends her title at Lake Merced". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Brooke Henderson wins Symetra Tour's Four Winds Invitational". Toronto Globe & Mail. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "Brooke Henderson, almost 18, wins LPGA Tour Portland Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 August 2015.
  18. 1 2 "2015 Canadian Pacific Women's Open, Tournament Preview". LPGA. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Statement on Brooke Henderson being granted LPGA Tour membership". LPGA. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Brooke Henderson wins women's PGA Championship in sudden-death playoff". CBC Sports. Associated Press. 12 June 2016.
  21. ↑ Sportsnet Central. 4 July 2016. Rogers Sportsnet.
  22. ↑ Hutchinson, Ian (3 July 2016). "Threes Right Now For Brooke Henderson". Golf News Now. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
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