RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Brooke Henderson has always considered herself a confident person. It was that self-assurance that propelled her to the LPGA Tour as a 17-year-old and made her a major champion a year later. But her struggle to return to the form that earned such early success has chipped away at that conviction.
“There's times I've felt really great and been playing well and other times,” Henderson says as she begins trailing off, “which is golf, right? It's so up-and-down. And especially mentally, it's so demanding.”
Henderson arrives at the ANA Inspiration this week without a win on tour since 2019, five years removed from her lone major victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.