The numbers don't lie and they say Brooke Henderson is having a solid season. Bob Weeks has more.
Very quietly, Brooke Henderson is having herself a pretty solid season. That might be news to the experts infiltrating social media who have already proclaimed the 26-year-old LPGA star past her prime.
It’s her putting. It’s her wedge play. She’s not hitting enough greens. She needs a new coach or a new caddie. Those high handicappers lounging on the couch seem to have all the answers. So far, the Smiths Falls, Ont., product has the second-best scoring average on the LPGA Tour at 69.87. It’s not hard to guess who is ahead of her. That would be Nelly Korda, the five-win sensation. She and Henderson are the only two golfers whose scoring averages are under 70.
Henderson is fourth in Strokes Gained: Total at 2.04. That’s a good indication of her overall game. It also shows improvement over last season when she ended up at 1.22 in the same category.While she does have off days with the flatstick, she’s a solid 53in Strokes Gained: Putting at 0.46, up compared to her 0.25 in 2023. Her putting is less of a consistent issue and more of a hot-and-cold situation. When she’s rolling it well, as she did last week at the Chevron, she makes it look easy.
Some critics like to say Henderson should get a new coach, replacing her father, who is the only guide she’s known. Let’s all remember that her father has coached her to the most successful career in Canadian golf, with 13 wins including two majors.
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