Henderson joins small club with Regina win

Brooke Henderson joined an exclusive club on Sunday.

By winning the CP Canadian Women’s Open in Regina, the 20-year-old Smiths Falls, Ont., native became the fourth Canadian since 1954 to win on home soil on one of the world’s top golf tours.

Here is a look at the three previous triumphs:

PAT FLETCHER

The head professional at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club posted a four-shot win at the 1954 Canadian Open over fellow Canadian Gord Brydson and American Bill Welch at Point Grey Golf and Country Club in Vancouver.

Fletcher finished the 72-hole event at four-under 280.

Fletcher was born in England, but raised in Victoria.

No Canadian has won the men’s national championship since.

JOCELYNE BOURASSA

One year after capturing the LPGA Tour’s rookie of the year award, Bourassa won the 1973 La Canadienne in her home province.

The native of Sherbrooke, Que., won the tournament now known as the CP Women’s Open at the Montreal Municipal Golf Club.

Bourassa beat out Judy Rankin and Sandra Haynie in a playoff after reaching that stage with a 25foot birdie putt on 18. All three shot 5-under 214 in the three-round tourney.

It was Bourassa’s only LPGA win.

MIKE WEIR

Weir’s first of eight PGA Tour wins came at the Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey, B.C. at the 1999 Air Canada Championship.

The native of Sarnia, Ont., shot 7-under 64 in each of the final two rounds to finish at 18 under, two strokes better than Fred Funk.

The B.C.-based tournament’s seven-year run ended in 2002.