Brooke Henderson

[sjmcampbell]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Birdies on 11 and 12 (her second and third) for a pretty good start. Currently sitting in T10 (-4).

UPDATE: She ended up with 4 birdies and 3 bogeys for a (-1) 72. She sits in (-3) T20 going into the third round.
Brooke is paired with Gaby Lopez at 11:04am for Round 3.

UPDATE (Sat 3:50pm): Brooke finished round 3 with a (-3) 70 and currently T15 (-6) [the last group just finished 12]. Maude-Aimee Leblanc was up to T7 a few minutes ago after five birdies, but bogeyed 17 and doubled 17 and has fallen back to T18 (-5) with one hole to go [UPDATE: she birdied 18 to tie with Brooke]. Alena posted a nice 69 and has moved up T32 (-3).

[txman]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Great to see that Brooke is going to play with Maude-Aimee tomorrow. Two Canadians starting the final day in the top 20. Go Canada Go!!

Lets hope Brooke's putter gets hot and she can go low and really move up the board.

Link to her 3rd round interview where she alludes to her putter trouble.

http://www.lpga.com/videos/rd3-interview-with-brooke-henderson-at-2016-pure-silkbahamas-lpga-classic

[txman]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Brooke was interviewed by TSN after her round today. She feels good about her game but knows where she made some errors.

http://www.tsn.ca/henderson-feeling-confident-in-paradise-1.431041

[sjmcampbell]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Brooke has 3 birdies on the front nine. She is at -9 (T18) and the leaders are at -14, but she is only 2 shots outside the top 10 right now.

[Johnrw]

Re: Brooke Henderson

A double on 15 (par 5) absolutely destroyed a very nice round.

[sjmcampbell]

Re: Brooke Henderson

She finished with a 70 and T21 and made $13,849. That should put her around 21st on the 2016 money list if my calculations are correct. (EDIT: my calculations were correct and she is now T21 on the money list)
Now back to Florida for the Coates: http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/coat...riers/overview

[crunch27]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Nice interview with Brooke this morning at 6:20am by Heather Hiscox on CBC National News. Heather is down in Rio doing a piece on the upcoming Olympics and is interviewing future Olympians. It was Brooke's turn this morning. Participating in the Olympics was a goal for Brooke growing up and she thought it might be in women's hockey, long before golf was announced as a new sport.

CBC has a habit of repeating stuff, so it might be on again in an hour.

[MichaelR]

Re: Brooke Henderson

...
CBC has a habit of repeating stuff, so it might be on again in an hour.

Indeed it was. Imagine her as a goalie: "hero or bum" (her words, paraphrased )

She is a very good interview and well spoken. Great smile.

The interview reminded that the course itself in Rio is still under construction. So much for mature tree-lined fairways I suppose, but the flurry of activity should make things interesting for course conditions.

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[sjmcampbell]

Re: Brooke Henderson

http://www.lpga.com/news/2016-lpga-debuts-new-ad-campaign

"LPGA Debuts new brand campaign spots"

Brooke is in the second one.

[crunch27]

Re: Brooke Henderson

http://www.lpga.com/news/2016-lpga-d...ew-ad-campaign
"LPGA Debuts new brand campaign spots"

Brooke is in the second one.

"Newbies........." Funny!

[gatsby]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Good Commercial. In the matter of tanline for the feet. There are several ladies when dress other than for golf show white feet in heels. Tan in the Can could be an LPGA sponser lol.

[txman]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Wrap up article by Bob Weeks of TSN. He discusses the double at 15 and has insight to the impact Brooke is having on the LPGA and Canadian golf.A good read

https://www.tsn.ca/budding-star-henderson-still-has-lessons-to-learn-1.431327

[txman]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Nice interview with Brooke this morning at 6:20am by Heather Hiscox on CBC National News. Heather is down in Rio doing a piece on the upcoming Olympics and is interviewing future Olympians. It was Brooke's turn this morning. Participating in the Olympics was a goal for Brooke growing up and she thought it might be in women's hockey, long before golf was announced as a new sport.

CBC has a habit of repeating stuff, so it might be on again in an hour.

Indeed it was. Imagine her as a goalie: "hero or bum" (her words, paraphrased )

She is a very good interview and well spoken. Great smile.

The interview reminded that the course itself in Rio is still under construction. So much for mature tree-lined fairways I suppose, but the flurry of activity should make things interesting for course conditions.

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You tube link is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSw09vV-0u8

[sjmcampbell]

Re: Brooke Henderson

Brooke has been nominated again for the Syl Apps Ontario Athlete of the Year award

http://ontariosportshalloffame.ca/

Brooke won the award in 2014.


This year's finalists include:
• Kadeisha Buchanan, Soccer
• Andre De Grasse, Sprinter
• Brooke Henderson, Golf
• Kia Nurse, Basketball
• Brad Sinopoli, Football
• Joseph Votto, Baseball
• Damian Warner, Decathlete
• Andrew Wiggins, Basketball

You can vote for your choice for the award at http://ontariosportshalloffame.ca/

http://ontariosportshalloffame.ca/index.php/annual-awards/syl-apps-award

Unveiled by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame on January 13, 1998, the Syl Apps Award recognizes Ontario's Athlete of the Year. Named in honour of the former Toronto Maple Leafs' captain and Olympic and Commonwealth Games pole vaulter Syl Apps, the award is the first of its kind for the Province of Ontario. Voting for the award is conducted annually by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

Those eligible to vote include Ontario-based sports writers, broadcasters/personalities with at least 10 years covering sports in this province, members of the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors and the Hall's Advisory Board. Points are awarded on a five, three and one point structure with voters asked to name their top three athletic performers on their ballot.

To be eligible for the Award, athletes must be Ontario-born or Ontario-based and made an outstanding and memorable contribution to Ontario sports during the previous calendar year.

[gatsby]

Re: Brooke Henderson

I hope that Brooke will consider shortly getting a professional caddie as she moves through this season. I know that Brittany and she are close and that she believes she understands her game. Perhaps though, that in a nutshell, is the snag. A couple of times last week, she played the wrong club and got into trouble where maybe an involved caddie, responsible for her AND his welfare, would offer facts and counter to the enthusiasm of trying to hit a driver on every hole. This is only an observation not a condemnation of a wonderful golfer and her future. I think it would only be a help. There you go... two cents in.