Brooke Henderson | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Brooke Mackenzie Henderson |
Born | [1] Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada | 10 September 1997
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Sporting nationality | Canada |
Residence | Naples, Florida, U.S. [2] |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2014 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Professional wins | 20 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 13 |
Epson Tour | 1 |
Other | 6 |
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) | |
Chevron Championship | T2: 2020 |
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 2016 |
U.S. Women's Open | T5: 2015 |
Women's British Open | T7: 2022 |
Evian Championship | Won: 2022 |
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. [3] [4] [5] She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, becoming the event's youngest winner. [6] With 13 LPGA wins as of January 2023, Henderson has the most victories of any Canadian golfer on major professional tours. [7] [8] She won her second career major title at the 2022 Evian Championship. [9] [10]
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." [11]
Henderson was raised in Smiths Falls, Ontario and initially learned golf at the Rideau Lakes Golf and Country Club. [12] Her parents are Dave and Darlene. [12] Henderson's sister, Brittany – older by seven years and a former professional player [13] [14] – was a role model for Henderson to play golf competitively. [12] Henderson attended the Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute through 2014. [14]
Henderson won the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2013, and finished runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur. [14] [15] While still an amateur, she won three events on the CN Canadian Women's Tour, and finished tied for 10th place in the U.S. Women's Open at age 16. [14] [15] She won numerous amateur tournaments and was the top-ranked female amateur golfer in the world before turning professional in December 2014, passing up the chance to play college golf at the University of Florida. [14] [15]
Throughout her professional career, Henderson's father has been her coach and her sister has been her caddy. [16]
Henderson has signed several corporate sponsorships, including IMG to manage her professional affairs, [17] Royal Bank of Canada for banking and financial services, [18] Sunice Golf for golf apparel and outerwear, [19] and Skechers Performance for Go Golf footwear. [20] She is an ambassador for UKG, a technology and workforce management company. [21]
Henderson has other sponsorship deals with Canadian Pacific, MasterCard, Rolex, BMW, BioSteel, and Golf Town. [22] [23] [24]
To begin the 2023 season, Henderson signed a multiyear sponsorship with TaylorMade for her golf clubs, bag, and balls. [25] In 2024, she began a sponsorship with T-Mobile, [26] and entered a multiyear partnership with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League in which she will display the Senators logo on her water bottles and golf towels. [27]
Beginning in 2017, Henderson is a resident touring professional at Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club in Miromar Lakes, Florida. [28]
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. [29] She finished third, one stroke behind Lydia Ko, the playoff winner, and runner-up Morgan Pressel. [30]
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. [17] She earned a Symetra Tour card after winning her first event as a professional, the Four Winds Invitational in Indiana in June 2015. [31] 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. [32] She was only the second Monday qualifier to win on tour, [32] and the first since Laurel Kean in 2000. [33] Henderson was also the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane in 2001, [32] [33] and was granted immediate LPGA Tour membership. [34]
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. [6] [35] At age 18, she became the youngest to win that major, the second-youngest in any women's major, and the first Canadian woman 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.
Before the 2024 Women's PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club, the club provided Henderson with an honorary membership and a commemorative plaque at the spot in the 18th fairway where she hit a 7 iron close to the hole to win the 2016 event. [36]
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. [37]
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. [1] [38]
In June 2017, Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic. [39] Her win on 2 October 2017 at the McKayson New Zealand Women's Open was her first LPGA championship outside North America. [40]
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. [41]
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. [42] [43]
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. [44] She was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award in December 2018 as The Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time. [5]
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. [42]
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. [45]
Henderson won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open on 24 April 2021 for her tenth LPGA Tour victory. [8]
Henderson increased her LPGA victory total to 11 with her win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in a playoff over Lindsey Weaver-Wright on 12 June 2022. [7]
Henderson won her second career major at the 2022 Evian Championship, in which she was the first player in LPGA history to begin a major with two rounds of 64 or lower. [9] [10]
On 12 November, the day after shooting a first round, one-over-par 71 at the Pelican Women's Championship, she wrote in a statement that she had to withdraw, "due to an injury in my upper back, it was recommended that I rest as much as possible coming into the week. While I plan to address any medical concerns and recover fully in the off season, I am trying to do everything I can to compete this week. I appreciate all of the support." [46]
On 22 January, Henderson won the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, completing all four rounds in the lead, and achieving her 13th victory on the LPGA Tour. [47]
In July, Henderson finished second to Céline Boutier at the 2023 Evian Championship, the season's fourth major tournament. [48]
Legend |
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Major championships (2) |
Other LPGA Tour (11) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 16 Aug 2015 | Cambia Portland Classic | 66-67-65-69=267 | −21 | 8 strokes | Jang Ha-na, Candie Kung Pornanong Phatlum |
2 | 12 Jun 2016 | KPMG Women's PGA Championship | 67-73-73-65=278 | −6 | Playoff | Lydia Ko |
3 | 3 Jul 2016 | Cambia Portland Classic (2) | 65-68-70-71=274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Stacy Lewis |
4 | 18 Jun 2017 | Meijer LPGA Classic | 63-67-67-66=263 | −17 | 2 strokes | Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie |
5 | 2 Oct 2017 | McKayson New Zealand Women's Open | 65-70-67-69=271 | −17 | 5 strokes | Jing Yan |
6 | 14 Apr 2018 | Lotte Championship | 68-66-73-69=276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Azahara Muñoz |
7 | 26 Aug 2018 | CP Women's Open | 66-66-70-65=267 | −21 | 4 strokes | Angel Yin |
8 | 20 Apr 2019 | Lotte Championship (2) | 65-68-69-70=272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Ji Eun-hee |
9 | 16 Jun 2019 | Meijer LPGA Classic (2) | 64-64-69-70=267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Brittany Altomare, Nasa Hataoka, Su-Hyun Oh, Lexi Thompson |
10 | 24 Apr 2021 | Hugel-Air Premia LA Open | 69-65-67-67=268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Jessica Korda |
11 | 12 Jun 2022 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | 67-70-64=201 | −12 | Playoff | Lindsey Weaver-Wright |
12 | 24 Jul 2022 | Amundi Evian Championship | 64-64-68-71=267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Sophia Schubert |
13 | 22 Jan 2023 | Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions | 67-66-69-70=272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Maja Stark, Charley Hull |
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2016 | KPMG Women's PGA Championship | Lydia Ko | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2020 | ANA Inspiration | Nelly Korda Mirim Lee | Lee won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2022 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | Lindsey Weaver-Wright | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 21 Jun 2015 | Four Winds Invitational | 72-65-69=206 | −10 | 3 strokes | Dottie Ardina Selanee Henderson Giulia Molinaro |
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2016 | Women's PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −6 (67-73-73-65=278) | Playoff1 | Lydia Ko |
2022 | The Evian Championship | 2 shot lead | −17 (64-64-68-71=267) | 1 stroke | Sophia Schubert |
1 Defeated Ko in a sudden-death playoff: Henderson (3) and Ko (4).
Results not in chronological order.
! Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Chevron Championship | T26LA | T10 | T14 | T48 | T17 | T2 | T19 | T13 | T23 | T3 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T59 | T10 | T5 | 64 | T13 | WD | T39 | T44 | T7 | T15 | 12 | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | T5 | 1 | 2 | T6 | T30 | 6 | T21 | T16 | T15 | T22 | ||
The Evian Championship | T25 | T9 | T58 | T10 | T17 | NT | T25 | 1 | 2 | T26 | ||
Women's British Open | T61 | T50 | T49 | T11 | T41 | CUT | T13 | T7 | CUT | CUT |
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Chevron Championship | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
Women's PGA Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
The Evian Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
Totals | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 45 |
Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
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2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cut | n/a | n/a | 76.50 | n/a |
2013 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T35 | n/a | n/a | 72.50 | n/a |
2014 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T10 | n/a | n/a | 71.13 | n/a |
2015 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100,294 | 90 | 70.38 | n/a |
2016 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1,724,420 | 3 | 70.37 | 11 |
2017 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1,504,869 | 6 | 69.88 | 10 |
2018 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1,473,247 | 4 | 69.99 | 4 |
2019 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1,696,017 | 4 | 69.55 | 3 |
2020 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | T2 | 648,604 | 10 | 69.70 | 2 |
2021 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1,039,776 | 14 | 69.80 | 9 |
2022 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2,413,251 | 4 | 69.51 | 4 |
2023 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1,609,841 | 14 | 70.28 | 13 |
2024 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1,320,020 | 19 | 70.78 | 19 |
Totals^ | 223 (2015) | 200 (2015) | 13 | 8 | 8 | 80 (2015) | 1 | 13,530,339 | 15 |
^ Official as of 2024 season [56] [57] [58]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | World ranking | Source |
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2014 | 221 | [59] |
2015 | 17 | [60] |
2016 | 8 | [61] |
2017 | 14 | [62] |
2018 | 9 | [63] |
2019 | 8 | [64] |
2020 | 6 | [65] |
2021 | 10 | [66] |
2022 | 7 | [67] |
2023 | 12 | [68] |
2024 | 24^ | [69] |
^As of 25 November 2024
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