Chevron Championship: Henderson’s odds and other contenders

The LPGA’s first major championship of the year is set to tee off this week with The Chevron Championship at Mission Hills Country Club. 

Formally known as the ANA Inspiration, the first major championship of the season has a tradition unlike any other tournament on tour. 

Beginning in 1988, the winner of this event traditionally celebrates her victory by jumping in the pond surrounding the 18th green. 

Canadian Brooke Henderson finds herself as one of the favourites to be leaping into Poppie's Pond Sunday afternoon as she is +1200 to capture the second major championship of her career. 

After winning her first major in 2016, Henderson has waited six long years to capture her second and faces a challenging task this week. 

Since that win in 2016 at the Women’s PGA Championship, Henderson has had a few close calls for that second major. 

One of them came in 2020 at this event when she went to a three-way playoff with Mirim Lee and Nelly Korda.

Lee would pull off the win for her first major championship, leaving Henderson tied for second with Korda. 

Before getting some insight from Golf Talk Canada’s Bob Weeks and Adam Scully, let's take a quick look at the odds. 

Betting Odds to win 2022 Chevron Championship - Top 10 

Jin Young Ko                   +550 Lydia Ko                        +1200 Brooke Henderson        +1400 Lexi Thompson              +1600 Atthaya Thitikul              +1800 Inbee Park                     +1800 Danielle Kang                +2000 Patty Tavatanakit           +2000 Xiyu Lin                         +2200 Charley Hull                  +2500

Weeks: Henderson comes into the Chevron Championship with the second-best scoring average on the LPGA Tour, a scintillating 68.474. 

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