BROOKE HENDERSON WINS 2022 AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

After a day that saw as many as five players tied for the lead, it was Brooke Henderson who ultimately outlasted them all. The 24-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, nailed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the 2022 Amundi Evian Championship by one stroke over American LPGA Tour rookie Sophia Schubert.

With the win, Henderson, who shot a final-round even-par 71 to finish at -17 overall, claimed her second major title and the first since the 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. While she had always said that she was happy with her career, the exhilaration – and relief – that came with the victory was as plain as day. “To be sitting here a two-time major championship is just an unreal feeling,” said Henderson after the win, soaked in the Veuve Clicquot champagne and Evian water that flow freely at the Amundi Evian Championship. “My coach, my dad, and my mom's support, and of course Brit (Henderson, her sister and caddie) who's out there all the time with me, it's just amazing, and it's going to be really cool when we can all celebrate together. Henderson started the day with a two-stroke lead over Korea’s So Yeon Ryu, but the advantage didn’t even last one hole when Henderson opened with a bogey to Ryu’s birdie. The next 17 holes were a tenuous see-saw of major golf, with Henderson, Ryu, Schubert, Nelly Korda and Mao Saigo all holding a portion of the lead. Henderson stumbled again with a rare four-putt for double bogey at No. 6, a moment that could have rattled any lesser player. “I tried not to let it bother me too much, but obviously that does shake you up a little bit,” she said.” Her positive thinking clearly worked, as she bounced right back with a birdie on the next hole. Henderson then turned on the gas on the last five holes. She carded back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15, a moment she said she had been aiming toward all day. “I was actually looking forward to that shot most of the day,” she said of her full hybrid tee shot on the par-13 14th. “I felt like I could hit one close there, and I was happy when I was able to walk up there and it was only I guess 5 feet or so. Putt kind of went all the way around the hole almost, but it dropped, and that kind of settled me down and got me thinking, let's make as many as we can here.” As Henderson was pushing her way back into contention, Schubert was playing solid golf in just her second major championship appearance of the season. In the group ahead of Henderson, the 27-year-old from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, birdied 11, 12 and 15 to pull to -16 overall. “On 14, I kind of peeked at the leaderboard and saw that I was T1. After that I just made an effort not to look,” said Schubert, the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion. “I didn't want to know and just keep playing my game.” While she did not get the win, Schubert’s runner-up finish is by far the best showing of her LPGA Tour career. But her calm exterior belied the internal nerves that were raging early in the round. “I was kind of nervous all day, a little more than yesterday, and Britney (Hamilton, her caddie) just kept saying, Hey, just take a deep breath. It's okay. Just keep doing what you're doing,” said Schubert, a 2021 graduate of the Epson Tour. “I think the last few holes coming in actually I just had the sense of like peace, so I just hit every shot and kept going.” Henderson became the first Canadian golfer, male or female, with more than one major title, and extended her lead as the all-time winningest professional Canadian golfer, male or female, with 12 victories. And with the $1 million winner’s check, Henderson moved to $10,237,150 in career earnings, becoming the 24th player in LPGA Tour history to cross the $10 million threshold. “In 2016, winning the first major changed my life. My world ranking shot up and I just received a ton more attention from fans and media. It also made me feel like I really belonged out here and that I could contend for big, major championships and compete against the best in the world, which is an amazing feeling,” said Henderson. “It has been a long time and getting off to a fast start early this week, it just felt great to be at the top of the leaderboard at a major. I just tried to take that excitement as far as I could.” Five players finished tied for third at -15 – past Evian champions Lydia Ko and Hyo Joo Kim, as well as Carlota Ciganda, Charley Hull and Mao Saigo. Korda faded into a tie for eighth at -13, along with Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko. 2021 Evian champion Minjee Lee never quite got going in her title defense, finishing T43 at -3.

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