Best Coast: Henderson eager to play in CPKC Women's Open at Shaughnessy in Vancouver

Brooke Henderson loves the West Coast. She hopes it'll love her back at this week's CPKC Women's Open.

Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., has won four times in the Pacific Northwest and is eager to try and do it again as the Canadian women's golf championship returns to Vancouver for the first time in eight years.

"I love this area. I love Vancouver. I love the Pacific Northwest, so I'm super excited to be back here," said Henderson on Tuesday at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club. "I feel like it's so beautiful. The views we have on Numbers 10, 11 and 12 this week, the tall trees, everything about this place is really special.

Shaughnessy is finally hosting the event after it was originally scheduled at the Vancouver course back in 2020. However, the only LPGA Tour tournament in Canada was cancelled that year and in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year's edition was held at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, one of Henderson's home courses.

The Pacific Northwest has been kind to Henderson, with her first three wins on the LPGA Tour in the region.

"I love the tall trees and how they frame the fairways, and that's exactly what this course has," said Henderson, who won the Cambria Portland Classic in 2015 and 2016 and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Sammamish, Wash., in 2016.

"I just love the atmosphere and the vibes, and it's just special to be here this week."

Henderson will be facing a stacked field this week.

Recently crowned world No. 1 Lillia Vu of the United States will be back in action after taking two weeks off following her win at the AIG Women's Open. Winning that major moved Vu up to the top spot on the LPGA Tour and she hopes to carry that momentum into this week's tournament.

"Just do the same thing.