Brooke Henderson: Smiths Falls, Ont. golfer wins 11th LPGA title
Whereas Lindsey Weaver-Wright completed her spherical on the ShopRite LPGA Traditional, Canada’s Brooke Henderson bought prepared.
Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., held a one-shot lead over the American, however with No. 18 a par-5, the Canadian knew {that a} playoff was a definite chance. Certain sufficient, Weaver-Wright birdied the opening and compelled an additional gap of golf on the LPGA occasion.
Henderson had made essentially the most of her time ready for Weaver-Wright and gotten ready.
“It was a little bit of an extended wait, which makes it difficult,” mentioned Henderson. “I simply tried to eat loads to get the vitality up, after which I simply went to the locker room and simply mirrored somewhat bit.
“I used to be simply grateful for the chance to go on the market.”
Henderson’s preparation paid off in an eagle on the playoff gap — once more on the par-5 No. 18 at Seaview Bay Course in Galloway, N.J. — to win her eleventh title on the LPGA Tour. She was already the winningest skilled golfer in Canadian historical past, however her newest victory added to her ongoing legacy.
She began Sunday in ninth, properly again of Sweden’s Frida Kinhult, the event’s chief after two rounds. However Kinhult faltered on Sunday with a 4-over spherical as Henderson got here out firing with three birdies and an eagle on the entrance 9 to shut the hole, peppering in two extra birdies on the again 9 for a bogey-free 7-under spherical.
“To begin the day if they might’ve mentioned ‘you are in a playoff to win’ I’d’ve been tremendous glad,” mentioned Henderson. “I simply tried to take that mindset. With playoffs you actually solely have one alternative, so that you sort of have to present it your all and go to win.
“I simply tried to hit stable pictures and I used to be in a position to make eagle there, which is basically cool.”
Weaver-Wright, who completed her spherical after Henderson, birdied her closing two holes to tie the Canadian at 12-under general and drive the playoff.
North of the border, phrase began to unfold of Henderson’s win on the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Nation Membership in Toronto.
Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., was the low Canadian on the nationwide males’s golf championship, was thrilled when he heard the information.
“I am blown away. She’s extremely gifted. From all Canadians, congrats Brooke, that is actually particular,” mentioned Conners, who was Henderson’s teammate on the Canadian Olympic group on the 2021 Tokyo Video games. “Eleven wins on the LPGA Tour is so wonderful and I am positive she’s removed from accomplished with that.
“She’s an unimaginable younger woman and clearly an unimaginable participant. So congrats, properly accomplished and luxuriate in a pleasant celebration.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed June 12, 2022.
