In the minutes after her epic home-country win, Brooke Henderson admitted she wasn’t sure how she’d keep the party going.
“Honestly I don’t know,” she said. “But it’s so cool that I was able to celebrate with thousands of fans and family and friends. I’m just super excited that this actually happened. It’s like a dream come true again, and I mean, I don’t know what I’m doing next.
And then inspiration struck.
“But I might have a pop. I haven’t had pop in like, years. I might have one.”
“Pop” here meant “soda.” And while she was mulling breaking a years-long soda-free streak, she’d just busted a two-and-a-half year winless streak on the LPGA Tour with a wild home win at the CPKC Women’s Open at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Ontario.
Henderson’s win was hard-earned; she entered Sunday’s final round tied with World No. 4 Minjee Lee and fired four-under 67, one better than Lee’s 68. Both players excelled down the stretch, going shot-for-shot as they each played their final seven holes in three under par. The moment of the week came when Lee poured in a 13-footer for birdie at No. 17 and Henderson followed by making a 12-footer to maintain a one-stroke lead.
“She’s a great friend and she is a really tough competitor. I knew today was going to be really tough playing with her,” Henderson said.
The win was the 14th of Henderson’s career; she’s the winningest golfer in Canada’s history and now a two-time winner of her national open. Her last Canadian Open win came in 2018.
“To see the Canadian flags up and hear the National Anthem, to be able to sing the National Anthem after winning my national Open is just so cool,” she said. “I’ve been telling everybody for like a long time, it’s close, it’s close, it’s close. To finally break through again is just so exciting.”
While Henderson is one of the LPGA’s better-known players, her victory continues a ridiculous streak for the league: Through 22 events this season there have technically been 23 different winners, with no repeats and one two-player team tournament.
“That’s crazy. Yeah, that’s amazing,” Henderson said when asked about the record streak of nonrepeating winners. “I mean, I think the strength. The tour just continues to get stronger and stronger from players all around the world, too. There’s more country flags and more players from different countries coming out.
“So I think it just shows how strong it is and how difficult it is to win. Everything has to line up like perfectly to be able to win out here on Tour. I’m just happy that I could be one of those 23.
Henderson has shown signs of solid play throughout 2025 but hadn’t put it all together for a full week. She began the season just outside the top 20 in the world; this week she teed it up as World No. 58.
“This one I think might be the longest in between victories, so for that reason it makes it super special,” she said. “It’s like right up there near the top.”
As for the specifics around that pop?
“Either Sprite or Fanta orange. Those things are good. Maybe both,” she said.
Something sweet to match the taste of victory.
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