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Henderson was originally expecting the year's
second major would cap an already-busy four-week stretch of golf
for her but added another event to her schedule in late May
after pulling out of the previous week's tournament due to
illness.
The 25-year-old Canadian admitted the busy spell has not been
without its challenges but wanted to get in the competitive reps
in a bid to rediscover the form that saw her collect her 13th
LPGA Tour victory in January.
"Playing a lot of golf, it does weigh on you a little bit, both
physically and mentally," Henderson told reporters at Baltusrol
Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey.
"But I feel like I've been just trying to build energy and
trying to get stronger every single week leading up into this
week here."
Henderson will be one of 10 former champions in the 156-player
field this week at Baltusrol where she will be seeking her third
career major title and first since last year's triumph in
Evian-les-Bains, France.
With four majors left in the season and her national open,
Henderson is hardly losing sleep over her results over the last
few months and feels her game is not far away.
"This is definitely a time to start peaking and start to be on
the up, so hopefully that happens," said Henderson.
"I feel like, yeah, starting off the year on such a high has
been a little bit down the last few months, but I feel like the
game is right around the corner, and just staying patient to see
the results."
Henderson will play the opening two rounds this week in the
company of American world number four Lilia Vu and No. 13
Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
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