LOTTE Championship

Ko Olina Golf Club | Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii | Apr. 17 – 20, 2019

In the Winner’s Circle with Brooke Henderson

Apr. 20, 2019

Hometown/Resides: Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Birthdate: Sept. 10, 1997; currently 21 years, 7 months and 10 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Petitioned and was granted membership by LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan following her win at the 2015 Cambia Portland Classic as a non-member
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2014/2015           

VICTORIES

LPGA: Eighth career victory and first of 2019

PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2018 LOTTE Championship presented by Hershey, 2017 MCKAYSON New Zealand Women’s Open, 2017 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, 2016 Cambia Portland Classic, 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2015 Cambia Portland Classic

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Henderson earns 500 points and is projected to move from 20th to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 909 points

MONEY

With her win, Henderson earns $300,000; she has earned $498,151 this season and $5,300,981 for her career

PREVIOUS LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

2018 – Win; 2017 – T11; 2016 – T10

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

Seven events played, six cuts made, $498,151, one victory, three top-10 finishes and one top-15 finish

OF NOTE

• With with eight victories, Henderson joins all-time Canadian golfers Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson with the most victories by a Canadian player on the LPGA or PGA Tour
• With a $300,000 winner’s check, Henderson moves to 60th on the All-Time LPGA Money List with $5,300,981 in career earnings
• She is the first Canadian player and the eighth different winner on the LPGA Tour in 2019
• Canada is the fifth country to have a 2019 LPGA Tour winner, joining the Republic of Korea (five), France (one), Japan (one) and the United States (one)
• Henderson was named the 2017 and 2018 Female Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Press
• She represented Canada in the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing T7