Valeria Pacheco 13 year old phenom

[RandallT]

It was probably too easy to use Ko as an example of a young successful golfer.

There is a Canadian golfer that played in the same 2012 Canadian Women's Open that Ko won.

Unfortunately she was 9 over after two days and didn't make the cut.

Earlier in 2012 she won a PGA Canada Women's Tour event in Quebec. She won by two strokes with a score of 3 under par. The course played to 6,164 yards.

That win granted her entry into the Canadian Women's Open.

She was an amateur like Ko.

In between those two events she won the Canadian Junior Girl Championship where she was competing against 18 year olds.

She was 14 in 2012.

I bet most of you haven't heard of her.

Her name is Brooke Henderson.

Just pointing out that there are many other 13 and 14 year old girls that can successfully compete with much older players on courses set up for professionals.

And currently the world #1 female Am.

Expect to see Brooke at 2015 LPGA Q school...she originally said she wanted to go to a D1 school.....but there's lots of media rumour that she'll likely bypass school and go pro....especially if she's successful at Q school.

There's misinformation that Lydia is the youngest female to win a pro event....in fact Brooke beat Lydia by a few days.

Good call. A dominant 8 stroke victory on the LPGA this weekend.

[DrvFrShow]

Brooke was denied entrance into Q school because of her age. Now because Henderson has won 10 events and has earned $661,818 because she was invited to play in those events by her sponsors, she is assured of finishing the season ranked in the top 40, and she will earn her tour card for 2016 and bypass Q school altogether. Strike while the iron is hot.