Canadian captures her 2nd tournament victory this season
The Associated Press Posted: Oct 01, 2017 7:44 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 01, 2017 9:09 PM ET

Brooke Henderson shot a 3-under 69 in the final round to win the New Zealand Women's Open.
Brooke Henderson shot a 3-under 69 in the final round to win the New Zealand Women's Open. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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Brooke Henderson won the weather-delayed New Zealand Women's Open on Monday, finishing off a 3-under 69 for a five-stroke victory.

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The 20-year-old Canadian led by four shots after six holes when the final round was suspended Sunday after a day of heavy rain, high wind and threatened lightning strikes. She returned Monday morning to the Windross Farm course east of Auckland and easily held off China's Jing Yan for her second LPGA Tour victory of the season and fifth overall.

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Henderson finished at 17-under 271. She also won the Meijer LPGA Classic in June in Michigan.

"I was feeling pretty comfortable out there and I was just trying to keep it at minus 17 as long as I could," Henderson said after receiving the trophy, $195,000 US winner's check and a ceremonial feather cloak presented by indigenous Maori. "I had a couple of bogeys but made a lot of birdies and it was probably some of the best golf I've played in a while.

"I'm super excited to win outside North America for the first time and glad it could be here in New Zealand."

Henderson weathers tough conditions

The weather remained troublesome Monday with strong wind making low scoring difficult. Henderson mastered the conditions, birdieing three of the first five holes and turning for home five shots clear.

Henderson had an early bogey Monday on the par-4 eighth hole, then parred the next four and got to 17 with a birdie on the par-3 13th. By the 14th, the wind had picked up and was making it hard to hit the narrow fairways at the newly established Windross Farm course, built on farmland east of Auckland.

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Henderson overcame less than ideal weather conditions. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

The wetlands layout featured bristling rough and water off the fairways but Henderson, with sister Brittany on her bag, was able to stay out of trouble and to maintain a lead that peaked at six shots. She bogeyed the tricky par-4 16th and finished a birdie on the par-5 18th.

Hamilton's Alena Sharp tied for 13th at 7 under.

Yan shot a 71. South Korea's Hee Young Park was third at 11 under after a 69.

Tough finish for Ko