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AURORA, Ont. – Ask the average Canadian to name a female golfer from this country and dollars to donuts they’re going to say Brooke Henderson.

The reason for that is obvious: The congenial 21-year-old from small-town Smiths Falls, Ont., is the winningest Canadian golfer in history – and that’s both women and men.

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Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic in June, her second victory of the season, to give her nine career LPGA Tour titles to break a tie with Hall of Famer Sandra Post and also move ahead of George Knudson and Mike Weir for the overall mark.

So her fame is well deserved.

Ask those same people to name another golfer and they might come up with Hall of Famer Lorie Kane, who is at Magna Golf Club this week for her 29th consecutive CP Women’s Open, or Hamilton’s Alena Sharp, the second-highest ranked Canadian on the LPGA Tour behind Henderson.

Beyond that, though, the casual sports fan might have a tough time coming up with another name.