Canada's Brooke Henderson aims for major title defence at Evian Championship

No one has won the Evian Championship in back-to-back years since it became a major, but Canada's Brooke Henderson is in a position to do just that this week.

Henderson beat Sophia Schubert of the United States by a stroke to win the Evian last year for the second major title of her career.

Although women's golfing greats like Helen Alfredsson, Laura Davies, Annika Sorenstam and Ai Miyazato have won the Evian multiple times, none of them won it after 2013 when the LPGA Tour named it a major.

"I love the opportunity to try to defend my title," said Henderson at a news conference on Wednesday. "Holding the trophy yesterday when I had to give it back was very sad but, at the same time, it was very emotional.

"It was really cool for me to see my name engraved on the trophy and join a long list of past champions with an incredible history. It's really cool for me to be a part of that."

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Only Davies won the Evian Championship in consecutive years, winning what was then a Ladies European Tour event in 1995 and 1996, more than a decade before it was elevated to major status. Alfredsson (1994, 1998, 2008), Sorenstam (2000, 2002), and Miyazato (2009, 2011) all won their titles with at least a year between them.

"That's really exciting to have the opportunity to be the first one back-to-back," said Henderson, who said it was her goal this week at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France. "But there's so many talented players here this week, the best in the world, and just have the opportunity to do well and compete against them every week is really cool.

Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., is the other Canadian in the field at the Evian. Henderson is 17th on the LPGA