Birthplace/Hometown – Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada/Daytona Beach, Fla.
Birthdate – September 10, 1997 – currently 18 years, 9 months, 23 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour – Granted Membership for the 2015 season by LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan after winning Cambia Portland Classic
Turned Professional – December, 2014
Victories
LPGA: 3rd career victory
PREVIOUS WINS: 2015 Cambia Portland Classic, 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Rolex Rankings
Brooke is projected to remain at No. 2 in the latest Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, she was No. 70 in the world a year ago
Money
Career: With the $195,000 first-place check, Brooke moves to 175th on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,386,009
Season: Brooke has earned $1,285,715 this season and is 2nd on the 2016 LPGA Official Money List
Race To CME Globe
Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves to No. 2 in the rankings with 2,519 points
LPGA Career In A Nutshell
39 events played, 35 cuts made, 3 victories, 13 additional top-10s*
2016: 17 events played, 16 cuts made, 2 victories, 9 additional top-10s
*Includes events as a non-member
Tournament Specific
Has made two appearances at the Cambia Portland Classic and has won twice. Becomes the sixth player to win this event in its 45th year joining Kathy Whitworth (1972, 1973), JoAnne Carter (1974, 1983), Nancy Lopez (1985, 1987, 1992), Annika Sorenstam (2002, 2003) and Suzann Pettersen (2011, 2013)
2016: Becomes the first wire-to-wire winner at this event since Mika Miyazato in 2012
2015: First career LPGA win
Of Note
- Becomes the second wire-to-wire winner on the LPGA this season (Ha Na Jang, Coates Golf Championship)
- Brooke Henderson is the second youngest player to win a major championship in LPGA history trailing only Lydia Ko who won the 2015 Evian Championship at 18 years, 4 months, 20 days
- Henderson is the second Canadian to win a major (Sandra Post won the LPGA Championship in 1968)
- Won her first major championship in her 9th major start overall and 2nd KPMG Women’s PGA Championship start
- First Canadian to win at least three events on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane (4 wins)
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