Following her breakthrough win at the Cambia Portland Classic, 17-year-old Brooke Henderson has decided to petition the LPGA for a waiver of its rule requiring all members to be at least 18 years old.
Henderson's agent, Kevin Hopkins, told GolfChannel.com's Randall Mell that the Canadian phenom will ask commissioner Mike Whan to waive the rule, which would allow her to become a full-fledged LPGA member immediately. Similar waivers have been granted to Lexi Thompson and Lydia Ko when they won before turning 18, and Mell reports that the family expects Whan to rule favorably on the waiver as quickly as Tuesday.