'Life-changing': Brooke Henderson, past CP Women's Open champion, on Nick Taylor's home win

Brooke Henderson was refreshing her phone furiously on Sunday.

Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., was deep in his hunt to become the first Canadian man to win his national open since 1954.

And Henderson, the Smiths, Falls, Ont., native who was the last Canadian to hoist a trophy at home when she won the 2018 CP Women's Open in Regina, was trying to follow along while travelling to Grand Rapids, Mich., where she'll tee it up for the Meijer LPGA Classic beginning on Thursday.

"I was watching a couple videos of his clutch putt on 18 to take the lead in the clubhouse. And then I was texting a bunch of people trying to stay updated, and it was an amazing round of golf," Henderson recalled on Tuesday.

"And then obviously since then I've seen the putt he made in the playoff, which was absolutely incredible."

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Henderson, 25, is Canada's winningest golfer, with 13 LPGA titles to her name.

Among those are two major victories, at the 2016 women's PGA Championship and the 2022 Evian Championship. No other Canadian golfer has won more than one.

But she said her win is Saskatchewan was one of — if not the — highlight of her career.

"Since I was a young girl, that trophy has always meant a lot to me and it was the one I wanted most out here on the LPGA Tour," she said.

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