‘Surreal’ outcome for Henderson
Brooke Henderson became the first Canadian to win the country’s national championship in 45 years, closing with a 7-under-par 65 for a fourstroke victory Sunday in the CP Women’s Open at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Henderson, 20, finished at 21-under 267, capping the emotional victory with a short birdie putt on the par-4 18th.
“It’s amazing, just surreal,” Henderson said. “The crowds here have been so amazing all week, and to finish it off the way I did is really a dream come true.”
Jocelyne Bourassa is the only other Canadian to win the national championship, accomplishing the feat in 1973 at Montreal Municipal in the inaugural La Canadienne — the event that became the major du Maurier Classic, then the current nonmajor in 2001.
Henderson earned $337,500 for her second victory of the season and seventh of her LPGA Tour career, one short of Sandra Post’s record for Canadians.
Angel Yin was second after a 68. Jennifer Song (67) was six back at 15-under.
“It’s great for golf in Canada, women’s golf, and it’s great for her, too,” Yin said about Henderson. “People shouting her name left to right since the first hole, like since 9 in the morning. I bet you she feels pressure.”
Henderson opened with rounds of 66, 66 and 70 to take a one-stroke lead over Yin and Nasa Hataoka into the final round. The Canadian played the front nine in 2-under, making four birdies and two bogeys. With steady rain falling as she made the he turn, she birdied Nos. 12-15 and 18 in a bogey-free back nine.
Minjee Lee (68), Amy Yang (68), Su Oh and Austin Ernst tied for fourth at 14-under. Hataoka had a 72 to finish at 13-under with three-time champion Lydia Ko (69), top-ranked defending champion Sung Hyun Park (71), Anna Nordqvist (68) and Maria Torres (68). European Tour: Andrea Pavan shot a 5-under 67 to win the Czech Masters in Vysoky Ujezde. He beat runner-up Padraig Harrington by two shots, finishing at 22-under 266.
Pavan’s score set a record for the tournament, bettering the mark set by Thomas Pieters in 2015 by two shots.
John Daly, who shared the first-round lead after posting a 64, carded a 74 in his final round to finish at 5-under 283, good for a tie for 59th place. PGA Tour Champions: Scott Parel won the Boeing Classic for his first PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing the final six holes on the front nine in a 9-under 63.
Five strokes behind Kevin Sutherland and Ken Tanigawa entering the round, Parel finished the tournament at 18under 198 to beat Sutherland by three strokes at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Wash.
Sutherland had a 71 — birdieing the par-5 18th after opening with 17 straight pars — a day after shooting a course-record 60. Tanigawa also failed to follow up a low round, going 64-73 on the weekend to tie for third at 13-under with Miguel Angel Jimenez (67). Web.com Tour: In Columbus, Ohio, Robert Streb won the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship to regain full PGA Tour status, beating Peter Malnati with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Streb closed with an even-par 72 to match Malnati, who closed with a 66, at 12-under 272.