Canadian golfers claim second at Women's World Amateur Team Championship

KARUIZAWA, Japan – Canada’s women’s golf team captured second place at the 2014 women’s world amateur championships on Saturday.

The Canadians led on each of the first three days and had their first victory in history in their sights before Australia came from seven strokes back to steal the victory.

“We did our absolute best out there today and it was just a little bit short,” said Canada’s captain Liz Hoffman. “I look at that leaderboard and I think about what we’ve done the last four days and I am so proud of our girls. They’ve been fantastic and so wonderful to work with.”

Brooke Henderson, a 16-year-old from Smith Falls, Ont., won the individual title at 19 under, closing with a 68. Ranked second in the world, she was the low amateur at the U.S. Women’s Open and the U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up.

“Australia had a great round today, I was really impressed,” Henderson said. “They have very skilled players, including two in the top 10 in the world rankings, which is unbelievable. It’s a little disappointing to finish second but overall we had a really great week and played really well as a team.”