Brooke Henderson wins 2nd career major at Evian Championship
Brooke Henderson closed out The Amundi Evian Championship robust on Sunday to win her second profession main, aided by three birdies within the remaining 5 holes.
The Smiths Falls, Ont. native carried a two-shot lead into the ultimate spherical in Evian-les-Bains, France, thanks largely to being the primary participant in LPGA historical past to start a serious with two rounds of 64 or decrease. The 24-year-old shot a 71 within the fourth spherical to clinch her victory, ending one shot forward of Sophia Schubert of the USA.
Henderson discovered herself in a six-way tie for first after bogeying the eleventh gap, dealing with true adversity for the primary time in days after carrying the lead all through the vast majority of the event.
She closed out robust to take sole possession of first with back-to-back birdies on the 14th and fifteenth holes, finally passing Schubert on the ultimate gap with a birdie putt.
The victory marks Henderson’s first main win because the 2016 Girls’s PGA Championship.
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Smiths Falls, Ontario native Brooke Henderson battled again from a tough begin on Sunday to win in France by one stroke.
