LPGA Injury Update: ‘Unfortunate’ Brooke Henderson Takes a Resilient Step in Pursuit of $11M After Concerning Recovery
Brooke Henderson and her glasses have been an instance since last year in July. For the 2024 season, she has been spotted wearing them throughout. The Canadian pro had a great start this season in her first eight finishes. However, things started falling for her in May after a T45 at the Cognizant Founders Cup. She was last seen in the LOTTE Championship where she was T18.
“It was kind of interesting year,” Henderson said. “I started the year well. I had a lot of really great top finishes and was in contention a lot, which felt nice, and then kind of cooled off there in the summer months, which was a bit unfortunate, but I feel like I’m on my way back.”
After a terrible finish at the TOTO Japan Classic, she finally climbed back to the top 20 again. However, she was not a part of the field at the prestigious ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge.
Despite being a star-studded field, what made the Canadian professional miss the event at the Pelican? As it turns out, Brooke Henderson underwent a small surgery on her right eye, earlier this fall. After the AIG Women’s Open in August, she appeared in the field after two months for the BMW Championship in October. She took the time off the course to recover from the surgery.
“It’s been healing well,” she recently shared.
And now after resting for another two weeks, the player ranked fourteenth in the Race to CME Globe is all set to make her tenth appearance at the 2024 Tour Championship for a purse of a whopping $11 million.
What makes her decision to compete in the season’s finale resilient is the fact that her eye has not yet healed completely. How she fares in the event remains to be seen.
Adam Stanley took to his official X account and reported the same, writing, “Brooke Henderson tells me she had a small surgical procedure on her right eye earlier this fall and did some recovery during her recent two-month break from play.”
Brooke Henderson has always made sure that she keeps a rather good care of her eyes. According to her, clear visibility is the most important thing when it comes to the game of golf, and she wants to make no compromise regarding it. She even celebrated her glasses anniversary a few months ago in July.
Brooke Henderson reveals why she started wearing glasses
Brooke Henderson earlier wore glasses just off the course. But a year and a half ago, she said, “But it was just time that I wanted to be able to see things a little bit better and maybe not depend on Brit so much,” at the post-round presser of the 2023 CPKC Women’s Open.
After a year at the same event, she was asked if wearing the glasses had indeed brought about a change in her game. To which she replied, “Yeah, so it’s one year since I started wearing them, and it’s nice to be able to see where your ball goes, especially off the tee and into the greens.”
Earlier in one of her interviews she also stated that she could never really see the ball land ever since she started playing professional golf. However, being an intuitive player, it was not much of a problem for her.
She would often ask her sister, who is also her caddie if the ball landed on the green on the apron. However, things have changed ever since she started wearing glasses. She has been more comfortable when it comes to long putts or chips.
