I don't know if this has been pointed out before, but I just noticed that if you go to the PGA Tour website and look at previous-year schedules...
2017-2018: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.2018.html
2016-2017: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/...tory.2017.html
...Brooke is listed as a PGA Tour winner for the past two years due to her back-to-back wins (alongside Billy Andrade and Keegan Bradley) at the CVS Health Charity Classic.
Unfortunately, these were unofficial events, so no PGA Tour membership derived from them and it doesn't look like the tournament will be back this season. Brooke is the only female winner of this event as there were no LPGA participants in previous years. Keegan Bradley has been on the winning team four years in a row.
This would make her the only Canadian to win on both the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour for the past two seasons.
Jason Logan at SCOREGolf has thought about this:
http://scoregolf.com/blog/jason-loga...-big-decision/
×× Henderson, by the way, should get strong consideration for the 2018 Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete. It’s often tough for non-Olympians to win in an Olympic year but the biggest story of Canada’s Pyeongchang Winter Games was multiple gold medallists Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, who are ineligible for the award because they are not individual athletes. Therefore Olympic/World Cup mogul gold medallist Mikael Kingsbury, along with NHLer Connor McDavid, figure to be Henderson’s stiffest competition. Henderson was previously named the Canadian Sport Awards’ Summer Female Athlete of the Year ××
×× Last week I opined that Brooke Henderson merits strong consideration for this year’s Lou Marsh Award. Olympic mogul skier Mikaël Kingsbury and NHL superstar Connor McDavid are likely her stiffest competition. I should have also added Paralympian Mark Arendz, a P.E.I. native who won six medals (one gold, two silver, three bronze) at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Terry Fox and Chantal Petitclerc are athletes with disabilities who previously won the Lou Marsh ××
UPDATE: She is number 3 among Canadian female athletes on twitter this year.
Canadian Sports in 2018 on Twitter:
https://blog.twitter.com/official/en...s_in_2018.html
UPDATE: Sportsnet picks Brooke as one of their six contenders
Lou Marsh decision is on December 11.
2017-2018: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.2018.html
2016-2017: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/...tory.2017.html
...Brooke is listed as a PGA Tour winner for the past two years due to her back-to-back wins (alongside Billy Andrade and Keegan Bradley) at the CVS Health Charity Classic.
Unfortunately, these were unofficial events, so no PGA Tour membership derived from them and it doesn't look like the tournament will be back this season. Brooke is the only female winner of this event as there were no LPGA participants in previous years. Keegan Bradley has been on the winning team four years in a row.
This would make her the only Canadian to win on both the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour for the past two seasons.
Do you think there is a chance for the Lou Marsh Trophy this year? Any idea who the competition is?
http://scoregolf.com/blog/jason-loga...-big-decision/
×× Henderson, by the way, should get strong consideration for the 2018 Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete. It’s often tough for non-Olympians to win in an Olympic year but the biggest story of Canada’s Pyeongchang Winter Games was multiple gold medallists Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, who are ineligible for the award because they are not individual athletes. Therefore Olympic/World Cup mogul gold medallist Mikael Kingsbury, along with NHLer Connor McDavid, figure to be Henderson’s stiffest competition. Henderson was previously named the Canadian Sport Awards’ Summer Female Athlete of the Year ××
×× Last week I opined that Brooke Henderson merits strong consideration for this year’s Lou Marsh Award. Olympic mogul skier Mikaël Kingsbury and NHL superstar Connor McDavid are likely her stiffest competition. I should have also added Paralympian Mark Arendz, a P.E.I. native who won six medals (one gold, two silver, three bronze) at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Terry Fox and Chantal Petitclerc are athletes with disabilities who previously won the Lou Marsh ××
UPDATE: She is number 3 among Canadian female athletes on twitter this year.
Canadian Sports in 2018 on Twitter:
https://blog.twitter.com/official/en...s_in_2018.html
For the second year in a row, Tristan Thompson (@RealTristan13) was the most-mentioned Canadian male athlete on Twitter. He drove plenty of mentions on the court (appearing in his fourth straight NBA finals) and off, celebrating the arrival of a baby girl with wife Khloé Kardashian (@khloekardashian) in early April 2018.
These were the most mentioned Canadian male athletes on Twitter in 2018
These were the most mentioned Canadian female athletes on Twitter in 2018
These were the most mentioned Canadian male athletes on Twitter in 2018
- Tristan Thompson (@RealTristan13) - basketball
- Scott Moir (@ScottMoir) - ice dancing
- John Tavares (@91Tavares) - hockey
- Sidney Crosby - hockey
- Brad Marchand (@Bmarch63) - hockey
These were the most mentioned Canadian female athletes on Twitter in 2018
- Tessa Virtue (@tessavirtue) - ice dancing
- Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) - tennis
- Brooke Henderson (@BrookeHenderson) - golf
- Kaetlyn Osmond (@kaetlyn_23) - figure skating
- Meagan Duhamel (@mhjd_85) - figure skating
BROOKE HENDERSON
What she did: The 21-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., won twice on the LPGA Tour this year, and one of those victories came at the pressure-cooker that is Canada’s national golf open. What. A. Performance. Henderson earned 11 top-10 finishes in 2018, and was in the mix at the CME Tour Championship last month, where she battled back from a tough opening round to finish T10.
Why she deserves the hardware: She has won seven times on Tour so far, including a major, but arguably that win on home soil at the CP Canadian Women’s Open in Regina this year was the toughest and biggest and most meaningful. It had been 45 years since a Canadian golfer won his or her national open, and Henderson was clutch, focused, aggressive and seemingly nerve-free while some of the best in women’s golf, including the World No. 1, were nipping at her heels. Her best round came on Sunday, a seven-under 65, and she won the tournament by a comfortable four strokes.
What’s working against her: If you’re looking at wins and numbers, Henderson, who’s ranked No. 9 in the world, has actually had better years. She was a career-high World No. 2 back in 2016, when she won three times, including her lone major victory to date, at the Women’s PGA Championship.
What she did: The 21-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., won twice on the LPGA Tour this year, and one of those victories came at the pressure-cooker that is Canada’s national golf open. What. A. Performance. Henderson earned 11 top-10 finishes in 2018, and was in the mix at the CME Tour Championship last month, where she battled back from a tough opening round to finish T10.
Why she deserves the hardware: She has won seven times on Tour so far, including a major, but arguably that win on home soil at the CP Canadian Women’s Open in Regina this year was the toughest and biggest and most meaningful. It had been 45 years since a Canadian golfer won his or her national open, and Henderson was clutch, focused, aggressive and seemingly nerve-free while some of the best in women’s golf, including the World No. 1, were nipping at her heels. Her best round came on Sunday, a seven-under 65, and she won the tournament by a comfortable four strokes.
What’s working against her: If you’re looking at wins and numbers, Henderson, who’s ranked No. 9 in the world, has actually had better years. She was a career-high World No. 2 back in 2016, when she won three times, including her lone major victory to date, at the Women’s PGA Championship.
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