LPGA Tour : CPKC Women's Open
It seems like a long time since we've seen Canada's sweetheart Brooke Henderson not only play, but be in contention It has been that sort of year for the now bespectacled 25 year old. Yes that's her wearing glasses for the first time while playing, to compensate for her poor eyesight.
She won the season opener, a limited field Tournament of Champions, and was runner up at the Amundi Evian in France, but she missed 5 cuts and had no other top 10's where she has always been a machine.
Talking with the media this week she had this to say: "I haven't had as many top 10's as I'd like this year but I feel like I'm growing up a lot, as a person and in my game. I think that's the main goal, to continue to grow and become better in all the different ways you can."
Well, she is hoping for a good week at what she calls her 6th major, the CPKC Women's Open at the Shaughnessy GC in Vancouver, where she will be as popular as ever, that of course brings with it many demands on her time, which she knows through experience she will have to manage without detriment to her game. She coped well in 2018 when she won in Regina.
Shaughnessy if you have never seen it has narrow fairways winding amongst a forest of trees, accuracy off the tee will be one of the factors in deciding the championship. She has won 3 times on courses like it in the Pacific Northwest, the Cambria Portland Classic in 2016, 2016 and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Washington State.
She is in the feature group on Thursday.
1.21 1st tee Brooke Henderson (CME ranked 11), Nelly Korda (CME ranked 2)), Lilia Vu (CME ranked 2 and world #1.
She will be joined by the other full time regular on the LPGA Tour, Maddie Szeryk. There are 15 Canadians in the field, including Alena Sharp and Shaughnessy member Victoria Lui who accepted an invitation. Team Canada amateurs like Lauren Kim, Katie Cranston, Lauren Zaretsky and Brook Rivers are amongst other non professionals in the field.
Bryan Angus
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