Sophia Popov, Brooke Henderson enjoy perks of playing close to home at LPGA Drive On Championship

For the second time in four months, Sophia Popov and Brooke Henderson get to sleep in their own beds and play golf.

Popov, who lives in Naples, and Henderson, who has had a residence in Miromar Lakes since 2017, enjoy not having to think about hotels and transportation for this week’s LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers, which goes through Saturday.

In November, both played in the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburón Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples.

“There is definitely pros and cons to both,” Henderson said. “Sometimes when you’re staying at home you think, ‘Oh, it’s just an off week, it’s an off-season’, so you’re not maybe as focused, especially early in the week.”

Every other week on tour, they’re living out of a suitcase and either have a courtesy car or are taking shuttles to the course. All of that is different this week.

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