Brooke Mackenzie Henderson was born on 10 September 1997 and is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
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26 Facts About Brooke Henderson
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Brooke Henderson won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, becoming the event's youngest winner.
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Brooke Henderson won her second career major title at the 2022 Evian Championship.
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Brooke Henderson's parents are both experienced players, while her uncle Tom Henderson competed frequently for many years at the top amateur level in the Ottawa area.
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Brooke Henderson's sister Brittany Brooke Henderson, older by seven years, was a top junior and college golfer.
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Brooke Henderson graduated from Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute in June 2014.
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Brooke Henderson won the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2013, and finished runner-up at the 2014 US Women's Amateur.
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Brooke Henderson 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 scholarship golf.
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Since 2012, Brooke Henderson has been in training with Golf Canada's amateur and young professional development programs called "Team Canada".
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In February 2017, Brooke Henderson signed other sponsorship deals with Canadian Pacific, MasterCard, Rolex, BMW, BioSteel, and Golf Town.
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Brooke 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.
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Brooke Henderson finished third, one stroke behind Lydia Ko, the playoff winner, and runner-up Morgan Pressel.
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At age 17, Brooke 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.
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Brooke Henderson earned a Symetra Tour card after winning her first event as a professional, the Four Winds Invitational in Indiana in June 2015.
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Brooke Henderson was only the second Monday qualifier to win on tour, and the first since Laurel Kean in 2000.
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Brooke Henderson was the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane in 2001, and was granted immediate LPGA Tour membership.
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Brooke 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.
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On 26 August, Brooke 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.
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Brooke Henderson was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award in December 2018 as The Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time.
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On 20 April 2019, Brooke Henderson defended her title at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii.
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Brooke Henderson won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open on 24 April 2021 for her tenth LPGA Tour victory.
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Brooke 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.
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Brooke 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.
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