The fans at the CPKC Women鈥檚 Open don鈥檛 care, Brooke Henderson is still their favourite.

Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was greeted with cheers or chants at every hole around Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Sunday as she put together a 4-under 68 round to improve her overall score at the Canadian women鈥檚 championship to 2 under.

Disappointed with her performance at the only LPGA Tour event in Canada, Henderson said she was buoyed by the chants of 鈥淟et鈥檚 go Brooke!鈥� or the impromptu renditions of 鈥淥 Canada!鈥� that followed her around the course.

鈥淚t鈥檚 91原创enal. Just the love, support, all the people that came out to watch,鈥� said a smiling Henderson. 鈥淭hey didn鈥檛 really care what I was shooting, which was also really nice, they were just happy to be out here watching.鈥�

Henderson finished the Women鈥檚 Open 75-68-75-68, an up-and-down scorecard that was a microcosm of her roller-coaster year. She was the low Canadian in Vancouver, tying for 13th at 2 under.

She started the LPGA Tour season with a victory at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Jan. 19 and has had three top-20 finishes since. That includes a tie for 15th at the KPMG Women鈥檚 PGA Championship on June 22, a 12th-place finish at the U.S Women鈥檚 Open on July 6 and second at The Amundi Evian Championship on July 27.

But she missed the cut at the other three events in July and August that led up to this week in Vancouver.

鈥淚 think overall when things start to slip a little bit you can panic, and I feel like I鈥檝e done that a little bit this year,鈥� said Henderson, who entered the week 11th in the Race to CME Globe standings, but is projected to move up to eighth on the LPGA Tour rankings on Monday.

鈥淚鈥檓 trending in the right direction 鈥� I鈥檝e been saying that a lot, too, 鈥� but I really am.鈥�

Hamilton鈥檚 Alena Sharp, the other Canadian who made the cut, had her best round of the tournament on Sunday. She shot a 4-under 68 in her fourth round to finish tied for 36th at 3 over.

鈥淚鈥檝e still got to keep learning as a veteran, and today I went out and just wanted to have fun,鈥� said Sharp, who competed in the national championship for the 18th time. 鈥淵esterday I walked off and I know I didn鈥檛 have a lot of fun. I let the golf course get to me.鈥�

Sharp has spent most of her season on the Epson Tour and sits ninth on the second-tier circuit鈥檚 money list. Sharp said it鈥檚 encouraging that she can still compete with the best the LPGA Tour has to offer as she targets a return to the highest level of women鈥檚 golf next season.

鈥淚 know I still have it to play out here,鈥� said the 42-year-old Sharp. 鈥淎 sloppy two rounds, but two really good rounds on a really tough golf course.

鈥淟ooking forward to a week off and then five weeks in a row to hopefully get my LPGA Tour card.鈥�

Henderson and Sharp were two of the 15 Canadians entered in the Women鈥檚 Open, with 10 of those players still amateurs. Although most of them missed the cut, Golf Canada chief sport officer Kevin Blue said it was an opportunity for the next generation of Canadian players to challenge themselves.

鈥淏eing uncomfortable is good,鈥� said Blue on Wednesday. 鈥淎sk somebody trying to win a tournament down the stretch. They鈥檙e not comfortable. The whole point is to get uncomfortable in golf.

鈥淥ur players are definitely going to experience the good parts of that in the next couple of days.鈥�

As for the overall results, took 19 holes for Megan Khang to win her first-ever LPGA Tour title.

The American beat South Korea鈥檚 Jin Young Ko in a one-hole playoff on Sunday at the CPKC Women鈥檚 Open.

Khang had a three-shot lead heading into the fourth round but her 2-over day and Ko鈥檚 3-under round led to a playoff with both players at 9 under.

Ko鈥檚 drive went wide left and into deep rough to start the playoff, with marshals having to part hundreds of spectators so she could have a clear path out of the woods. Her punch out landed in a greenside bunker, while Khang moved straight up the 18th fairway.

Although Khang鈥檚 chip onto the green rolled to the edge, she made her long par putt while Ko double bogeyed the hole.

Sunday鈥檚 final round was the third-straight day with an air quality advisory in the metro Vancouver area. Smoke from ongoing wildfires in British Columbia鈥檚 Interior region hung over Vancouver, obscuring views of nearby mountains.

That advisory included the area surrounding Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club but its course remained relatively clear of smoke due to strong winds off the nearby Fraser River.

Calgary鈥檚 Earl Grey Golf Club will host the July 22-28 CPKC Women鈥檚 Open next year.