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Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was greeted with cheers or chants at every hole around Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Sunday as she put together a 4-under 68 round to improve her overall score at the Canadian womenB次元官网网址檚 championship to 2 under.
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Henderson finished the WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open 75-68-75-68, an up-and-down scorecard that was a microcosm of her roller-coaster year. She was the low Canadian in Vancouver, tying for 13th at 2 under.
She started the LPGA Tour season with a victory at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Jan. 19 and has had three top-20 finishes since. That includes a tie for 15th at the KPMG WomenB次元官网网址檚 PGA Championship on June 22, a 12th-place finish at the U.S WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open on July 6 and second at The Amundi Evian Championship on July 27.
But she missed the cut at the other three events in July and August that led up to this week in Vancouver.
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HamiltonB次元官网网址檚 Alena Sharp, the other Canadian who made the cut, had her best round of the tournament on Sunday. She shot a 4-under 68 in her fourth round to finish tied for 36th at 3 over.
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Sharp has spent most of her season on the Epson Tour and sits ninth on the second-tier circuitB次元官网网址檚 money list. Sharp said itB次元官网网址檚 encouraging that she can still compete with the best the LPGA Tour has to offer as she targets a return to the highest level of womenB次元官网网址檚 golf next season.
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Henderson and Sharp were two of the 15 Canadians entered in the WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open, with 10 of those players still amateurs. Although most of them missed the cut, Golf Canada chief sport officer Kevin Blue said it was an opportunity for the next generation of Canadian players to challenge themselves.
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As for the overall results, took 19 holes for Megan Khang to win her first-ever LPGA Tour title.
The American beat South KoreaB次元官网网址檚 Jin Young Ko in a one-hole playoff on Sunday at the CPKC WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open.
Khang had a three-shot lead heading into the fourth round but her 2-over day and KoB次元官网网址檚 3-under round led to a playoff with both players at 9 under.
KoB次元官网网址檚 drive went wide left and into deep rough to start the playoff, with marshals having to part hundreds of spectators so she could have a clear path out of the woods. Her punch out landed in a greenside bunker, while Khang moved straight up the 18th fairway.
Although KhangB次元官网网址檚 chip onto the green rolled to the edge, she made her long par putt while Ko double bogeyed the hole.
SundayB次元官网网址檚 final round was the third-straight day with an air quality advisory in the metro Vancouver area. Smoke from ongoing wildfires in British ColumbiaB次元官网网址檚 Interior region hung over Vancouver, obscuring views of nearby mountains.
That advisory included the area surrounding Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club but its course remained relatively clear of smoke due to strong winds off the nearby Fraser River.
CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Earl Grey Golf Club will host the July 22-28 CPKC WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open next year.
