Joel Dahmen continues to lead PGA Tour Canada’s Syncrude Boreal Open
(FORT MCMURRAY, Alta) – PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit leader Joel Dahmen took control of the Syncrude Boreal Open presented by AECON Friday, firing a 6-under 66 at Fort McMurray Golf Club to take the 36-hole lead by three shots over Vancouver’s Ryan Williams.
Dahmen, the PC Financial Open champion three weeks ago in Vancouver, rebounded from a bogey at the first hole with seven birdies, finishing at 15-under through 36 holes, three ahead of Williams.
“I’ve made a few putts. When you get in a groove, you just try to keep playing golf and not think about it too much,” said the Clarkston, Washington native of his red-hot play over the first two rounds. “I started to play more aggressively and the putts fell on the back nine for me.”
With a win in his back pocket already this year and the chance to take a strong grip on the top spot on PGA Tour Canada’s Order of Merit, Dahmen said he would be trying to go full speed into the weekend to secure another victory. The 26-year-old is looking to build on experience from last year at the Cape Breton Celtic Classic presented by PC Financial, where he held the 36-hole lead by three before faltering on the weekend to a 7th place finish.
“There’s still a lot of golf left. I did the same thing last year [in Cape Breton] and had a three-shot lead going into the weekend and it didn’t pan out, so there’s still a lot left. I still have to keep the pedal down and keep going,” said Dahmen.
2014 has been a breakout season for the former University of Washington Husky, who claimed two wins on the All-American Gateway Tour this winter and now finds himself in the driver’s seat on PGA Tour Canada, a position he admitted he hasn’t always felt comfortable in but now expects to see each time he tees it up. Dahmen credited a new mental approach crafted with former University of Washington assistant coach Jon Reehoorn, now the head coach at Oregon State, centered around playing aggressively regardless of his position on the leaderboard.
“We were talking about staying aggressive, and keeping the same mentality all the way through the round,” said Dahmen. “I really fought myself hard today, and I’m going to be excited when I text him and tell him that I did it. I fought myself early and I turned it around and played really well.”
With a great chance at another win this weekend, Dahmen said the confidence he gained from his win at the PC Financial Open has helped him play well this week.
“For me to actually win in Vancouver was huge. I know that I can do it, and I feel like I belong. I feel like I’m supposed to be at the top,” said Dahmen.
One shot behind Williams in third was Florida’s Jeff Corr, who shot 65 to finish at 11-under. Two shots behind Corr were Montreal, Quebec’s Beon-Yeong Lee, California’s Sean Shahi and Monday qualifier Kevin Spooner of West Vancouver at 9-under.
Wie sets a standard in Women’s Open at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, N.C. – For all the interest in the men and women playing Pinehurst No. 2 in consecutive weeks, Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson made the U.S. Women’s Open more closely resemble the first LPGA Tour major of the year.
Wie held it together with two key par putts and finished with back-to-back birdies for a 2-under 68. Thompson powered her way out of the sand and weeds and ran off three straight birdies to match Wie for the lowest score Friday.
They were the only players still under par going into the weekend, perhaps setting up a rematch from the first major of the year. Thompson soundly beat Wie in the final round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
“Definitely too early,” Thompson said with a laugh. “Thirty-six holes in a major, that’s a lot of golf to be played, especially at a U.S. Women’s Open.”
For now, Wie had control.
The 24-year-old from Hawaii twice thought her shots were going off the turtleback greens, and twice she relied on her table-top putting stance to make long par saves. She finished with a 6-iron that set up a 12-foot birdie putt, and a 15-foot birdie on the par-5 ninth to reach 4-under 136.
“End of the day yesterday, I was thinking if I just did this again, that would be nice,” Wie said. “Finishing with two birdies is always great. It’s a grind out there. It’s not easy. Really grateful for the par putts that I made and some of the birdie putts that I made. I can’t complain. I’ll take it.”
Just when it looked as if this had the trappings of another runaway – Martin Kaymer led by at least four shots over the final 48 holes to win the U.S. Open – along came Thompson with a shot reminiscent of what Kaymer did last week.
From the sand and bushes left of the fairway on the par-5 fifth hole, Thompson blasted a 5-iron from 195 yards just off the green, setting up two putts for birdie from about 60 feet. Kaymer was in roughly the same spot in the third round when he hit 7-iron from 202 yards to 5 feet, that pin position more toward the front.
That was her third straight birdie, and she closed with four pars to reach 139.
Pinehurst No. 2 wasn’t in much of a giving mood on another warm day in the North Carolina sandhills, with a brief shower in the middle of the afternoon that didn’t do much to soften a dry, crusty golf course.
Stacy Lewis, the No. 1 player in women’s golf who opened with a bogey-free 67, picked up a bogey on her first hole in a wild round of six bogeys, three birdies and a tough 73. A two-time major champion, she saw the big picture.
“I hung around, and that’s what you’ve got to do at this tournament,” said Lewis, at even-par with Amy Yang (69) and Minjee Lee, the 18-year-old amateur from Australia who played bogey-free on the back nine to salvage a 71.
Lucy Li, the precocious 11-year-old and youngest qualifier in the history of the U.S. Women’s Open, isn’t leaving town until Monday. She just won’t be playing any more golf. The sixth-grader from the Bay Area started with a double bogey for the second straight day and shot another 78 to miss the cut.
Well inside that cut line were Canada’s Sue Kim and 16-year-old amateur Brooke Henderson – both members of Team Canada. The pair are 4-over and tied for 14th heading into moving day.
The three other Canadians in the field – Jessica Wallace (+12, 144); Rebecca Lee-Bentham (+15, 155); and amateur Elizabeth Tong (+16, 156) did not slip by the cut at 9-over 149.
No one was conceding anything to Wie or Thompson. What last week showed was a Pinehurst No. 2 that played about the same all four days, instead of some U.S. Opens where scores are thrown in reverse on the weekend. There’s still plenty of time for players to chip away at par, and equal opportunity to lose even more ground.
“When you think seven shots, you think that’s a lot,” Karrie Webb said after battling for a 73, leaving her seven shots behind. “But really at the U.S. Open, I don’t think that’s too far out.”
Na Yeon Choi had a 70 and was at 1-over 141, followed by a Paula Creamer (72) at 2-over 142. The group at 143 included Webb and So Yeon Ryu, who saved her hopes with three straight birdies on the front nine, and narrowly missing a fourth. All of them are former Women’s Open champions.
This is a different Wie they are chasing.
She is in contention on the weekend in her second straight major. The last time that happened was when she was 16 and had a chance in three of them. Wie already has won this year in Hawaii, and she has eight top 10s and is No. 2 on the LPGA money list.
Attribute that to a putting stroke that she owns, no matter how peculiar it looks with her back bent severely, almost parallel to the ground. And she has learned to play the shot – she has a full allotment – instead of worrying about her score or her position on the leaderboard.
“I think you look at the way Michelle has played the last six months and you look at her differently,” Lewis said. “I think she’s become one of the best ball-strikers on tour. She hits it really consistent. She knows where the ball’s going. And she’s figuring out how to win. That’s the big thing.”
Scott Langley leads Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. – Scott Langley is being careful not to get too far ahead of himself in the Travelers Championship. That’s the mistake he said he made three weeks ago at the Memorial Tournament when he shot a 79 in the final round to drop into a tie for 28th.
Winless in two seasons on the PGA Tour, the 25-year-old Langley took the second-round lead in the Travelers on Friday, following his opening 64 with a 65 to reach 11 under 129. He had eight birdies, a double bogey and a bogey in the second round at TPC River Highlands.
“I’ve been in contention. I played in the final group on Sunday at Memorial,” Langley said. “This weekend, I’m not going to think about possibilities. I’m not going to think about what it means to win. I’m not going to think about any of that stuff. I’m just going to keep my head down and play my game.”
Michael Putnam, Harris English and K.J. Choi were a stroke back. Putnam shot 63, matching the best round of the day. English had a 64, and Choi shot 65.
Langley was 11 under after 10 holes Friday, but an errant approach shot on the 342-yard, par-4 second hole led to a double bogey.
“I was ticked off because it was such an easy mistake, a simple wedge shot,” said Langley, trying to become the fifth straight first-time PGA Tour winner in the event.
Langley birdied the next hole.
I’ve given myself a lot of short birdie opportunities the first two days. Those are nice,” Langley said. “When you start adding up three, four and five almost tap-in birdies, that just really kind of boosts you up.”
First-round leader Brendan Steele had a 69 and to top the group at 9 under. He made three bogeys on his first nine holes, but rallied with four straight birdies on Nos. 3-6.
Patrick Rodgers, the former Stanford star making his pro debut, was 5 under after a 69. Cameron Wilson, Rodgers’ college teammate who also was making his pro debut, missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 75.
Defending champion Ken Duke was 3 under after a 72.
Masters champion Bubba Watson, the 2010 Travelers winner for his first PGA Tour title, followed his opening 67 with a 72 to make the cut by a stroke.
Putnam has finished in the top 25 once in 22 events this season. He matched his season best with a 67 in the first round and bettered it significantly Friday with the 63.
“It was a perfect day for scoring. It left myself in some good spots and made a couple putts,” Putnam said. “I actually three-putted 13 for par so it could have been even better.”
Defending champion Ken Duke was 3 under after a 72.
“I hit a lot of bad shots and I have no excuse for it, but yeah, it’s good to finish strong and be here for the weekend,” Duke said. “That’s what you always want to do.”
Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient who tied for second Sunday in the U.S. Open, missed the cut. He had a 69 in the second round to finish at 3 over.
Also missing the cut was Brad Fritsch. The Ottawa native opened with a 65 Thursday, but faltered with a 76 during round 2.
Weyburn, Sask.’s Graham DeLaet will play the weekend. He’s 2-under for a 68 on Friday.
Tom Lehman takes Champions Tour lead
GLENVIEW, Ill. – Tom Lehman birdied four straight holes and finished with a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead Friday in the Champions Tour’s Encompass Championship.
Finishing on the front nine, Lehman birdied Nos. 4-7 and closed with two pars at North Shore Country Club. The 55-year-old Minnesotan nearly holed out for an eagle on the par-5 sixth, leaving a 6-inch putt, and ran in a 15-footer on the par-3 seventh.
He has struggled with his putting since winning the last of his seven senior titles in 2012.
“I’ve been living in this zone of second-guessing my reads, second-guessing my stroke because I misread so many putts,” said Lehman, whose best finish this season is a tie for third at the Tradition. “Then I become less committed to the putt and start putting bad strokes on them. It’s kind of a cycle. It’s been a very frustrating last couple of years in that way.”
Of his seven birdie putts, the longest were three from about 15 feet.
Doug Garwood and England’s Roger Chapman were a stroke back at 66, and Mark O’Meara, Sandy Lyle, Jeff Sluman, Michael Allen, Bart Bryant, Kirk Triplett and John Inman shot 67.
Chapman made four straight birdies early in his round, then birdied the 11th and 14th holes en route to his best score of the season. He switched caddies this week, using veteran Angel Monguzzi.
“I felt totally in control,” Chapman said. “There have been times this year I’ve been anxious. Today, I was very relaxed going around with Angel. He seemed to be saying the right things at the right time.”
Garwood, a playoff loser this month in the Principal Charity Classic in Iowa, chipped in from the rough on the 13th for one of his eight birdies.
“It gave me a boost as far as being comfortable with all the players,” Garwood said about the second-place finish in Iowa.
Canada’s Rod Spittle opened with a 68 and was tied for 11th heading into the weekend. The other Canadian in the field, Jim Rutledge, carded a 75.
Colin Montgomerie, the Senior PGA Championship winner in his last tour start, had a 69.
Charles Schwab Cup points leader Bernhard Langer shot 71. He had a double-bogey 7 on No. 6.
Defending champion Craig Stadler opened with a 73.
Nike welcomes Patrick Rodgers to its athlete roster
TORONTO – Nike Golf announced that former Stanford athlete and former No.1-ranked amateur in the world Patrick Rodgers has joined the brand, signing a multi-year agreement to represent the Swoosh head-to-toe.
The 21-year-old, who was recently named the winner of the 2014 Haskins Award – given to the outstanding collegiate male golfer of the year – in addition to this year’s Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award, will use Nike Golf clubs, ball, footwear, glove, bag, apparel, headwear and accessories. Rodgers will make his professional debut as a Nike Golf Athlete at the Travelers Championship June 19-22 in Cromwell, Conn. He joins an elite group of fellow Nike Athletes who are also Haskins Award winners, including Tiger Woods, Kevin Chappell, David Duval, Russell Henley, Jamie Lovemark and Bob Tway.
Since switching to Nike Golf equipment earlier this year, Rodgers has won five out of his last seven college tournaments.
“Nike has always been behind the most elite players in every sport. To be joining the Nike stable is exciting because I know I am joining the best,” said Rodgers. “I was thrilled with the immediate impact the Nike equipment had on my game and I am excited for the future knowing I am aligning with the premier company in sport and golf.”
A three-time NCAA Division I All-American and 2014 PAC-12 Player of the Year at Stanford University, Rodgers broke the school record for lowest career stroke average of 71.1 set by Woods, with a 70.33 average score, and tied Woods’ all-time wins school record with 11 victories. A member of the 2011 and 2013 U.S. Walker Cup teams, the Avon, Ind. native also set a single-season scoring record this year of 69.4.
“Patrick’s phenomenal college career and outstanding achievements as an amateur make us excited and proud to welcome him to the Nike Golf family,” said Mark Thaxton, Senior Director of Global Sports Marketing Operations. “He is a tremendous athlete with a passion for sport and the Nike Brand, and we look forward to being a part of his continued success as a professional.”
Tiger announces he’ll return to competitive golf
Tiger Woods says he is rusty but ready to return to competition.
Woods announced Friday on his Facebook page that he will play next week at Congressional in the Quicken Loans National. This is the first year for a new title sponsor at the PGA Tour event that donates the charity money to the Tiger Woods Foundation.
Woods last played on March 9 at Doral, where he played with pain in his lower back and closed with a 78 to tie for 25th. He had back surgery on March 31, causing him to miss the Masters for the first time. He also missed the U.S. Open.
He says he is just starting to hit full shots and wants to play his way into competitive shape.
Ilonen opens up 2-shot lead at Irish Open
CORK, Ireland – Mikko Ilonen opened up a two-stroke lead at the Irish Open at the end of the second round as Rory McIlroy failed to make the cut by one shot.
Ilonen added a 2-under 68 to his opening round course record of 64 to move to 10 under on the Fota Island Resort course.
The 34-year old Finn birdied his opening hole but then stalled with eight straight pars ahead of an inward half that included four birdies.
Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell (66), England’s Robert Rock (66) and Frenchman Romain Wattel (65) share second place on 8 under.
McIlroy’s second round 68 was a mix of a 10th hole eagle, six birdies and a double bogey at No. 4.
Henry Brunton’s High Performance Golf now available in Chinese

TORONTO – Henry Brunton is now paving a pathway to performance excellence for thousands of aspiring young Chinese golfers and their families.
His Canadian best-seller, High Performance Golf, The Serious Golfer’s Guide to Effective Training, has been translated into Chinese and is now selling in softcover throughout China’s main book distribution channels, including major online and physical bookstores, and junior golf associations and networks.
While it may not end up making the top-sellers list in China, young Chinese golfers, their families and coaches have an unique opportunity to learn from Canadian golf guru Henry Brunton.
“Golf is growing more rapidly in China than any other country in the world, so to have a chance to connect with Chinese people who share a passion for golf like I do is a tremendous honour,” says Brunton, a PGA of Canada Master Professional and Golf Canada’s Men’s National Team coach for 13 years. “With golf being reintroduced to the Olympic Games for the first time in more than 100 years in 2016, the sport is going through a fundamental shift as many countries that have not paid a lot of attention to golf now put it on their radar including China.”
High Performance Golf identifies scientifically-proven tour-tested training strategies used by the game’s elite players. In it, Brunton shares a wealth of personal knowledge and the key ingredients: coaching, skill assessment, goal setting, scheduling, deliberate practice, choosing proper equipment, fitness and developing mental toughness – as a game plan for success. “Hopefully they can take what I have learned over the last couple of decades and use this information to move the sport forward in China,” he says.
“High Performance Golf is the first book that will introduce the idea of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) to China’s young golfers and their parents and coaches,” Wanli Ma says. Ma owns and operates Vision Golf in Beijing and contacted Brunton to get the book published in China. “We want to be able to provide the best information available to those youngsters who are interested in becoming serious golfers.”
There is a good chance that China will produce many more stellar amateurs like Guan Tianlang who played in the 2013 Masters where he made the cut and finished 58th. Copies of the Chinese version of High Performance Golf, The Serious Golfer’s Guide to Effective Training, are also available through Brunton’s web site – henrybrunton.com – for $24.95, plus shipping and taxes.
Islington Golf Club rebuilds greens, bunkers and practice facilities in storm aftermath
TORONTO – There’s something about turning a negative into a positive that strikes architect Ian Andrew’s fancy.
Actually it is two negatives – the summer flood from 2013 and the coldest winter in decades in 2014 – that wreaked havoc on the course that Stanley Thompson designed for Islington Golf Club in 1922 and many others in Ontario.
While it’s easy to blame the double-whammy on Mother Nature’s mean streak, it’s the membership’s positive and timely response to the adversity that energizes the noted Canadian golf course architect when it comes to the renovations and repairs that have taken place and that will continue throughout the summer.
“These are challenging situations for memberships to deal with, nobody wants to lose their golf course for an entire summer, but in this case the membership has planned for the long-term viability of the golf club,” says Andrew, who was disheartened by the dramatic winterkill when he first saw the course in April.
In December, a winter storm first covered Islington GC with a blanket of four to six inches of ice that didn’t melt until well into March. Extensive amounts of turf on its poa annua greens and fairways died due to the harsh winter conditions that included three freeze/thaw cycles. In response, on May 26th, the membership voted 86 per cent in favour of rebuilding all greens to USGA standards, renovating the majority of the green side bunkers and revamping the practice area to include a netted practice range and short game area with two bunkers and two greens.
The one green that isn’t being rebuilt this spring, No. 11, was rebuilt with Luminary creeping bentgrass last summer after the flood. It came through the winter with barely a scratch, said Superintendent Ian McQueen. Reconstruction of the greens and bunkers started the day after the vote and Andrew expects to have all greens rebuilt and seeded by July 31st. The clubhouse remains open for business, but the range is also closed for renovations until at least the fall, while members continue to play golf on temporary greens. The renovated course is slated to open for play in May 2015.
As a very early Thompson layout, Andrew says the original routing of the course demonstrates Thompson’s innate ability to make the most of the land and its features, but overall it was understated – with little drama when it came to bunkers. Over time, several architects left their finger prints on the course adding bunkers and altering tees and greens here and there. As a result, the work Andrew is doing at the club is not purely a restoration of Thompson’s original design. It’s a renovation that preserves some of Thompson’s original work and also builds upon the various evolutions of the golf course over the years.
“When push comes to shove, you must solve issues of ice and drainage and that too has brought about a few alterations designed to protect the club from going through this again,” says Andrew, who has been the Club’s consulting architect since 2010. “There is some pure restoration, but with nine greens previously renovated by other architects and superintendents, there are also some changes being made to have those greens become more appropriate for a Thompson course.”
Last summer, Islington GC was ravaged by a July rainstorm that dumped five inches of water throughout the course in the span of two hours. It devastated the course and Andrew was enlisted to rebuild the 11th green after half of it went missing. He also rebuilt the greenside bunkers on holes No. 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11 as a result of severe washouts and contamination. The Club also approved rebuilding the par-3, 15th hole. This spring they moved the green 30 yards away from Kipling Avenue and raised it into a better growing environment. The result is a striking new hole that will add more challenge to the closing stretch of holes. That work was completed in mid-June and No. 15 will reopened this fall.
When it comes to greenside bunkers, Andrew is taking out a total of three on No. 1, No. 2 and No. 6; he’s adding two on No. 5 and renovating 16 others. It’s interesting to note that there are no bunkers whatsoever on the three closing holes at Islington and that’s the way Andrew will leave it.
Over a two-to-three week period Andrew spent an excessive amount of time sketching in his office or doodling on his front porch to find a solution for the troubling sixth green. In the end, after 11 doodles and three fully worked out concept designs, an out of the box answer he had never dreamed of in the beginning of the process finally came. “Every once in a while a solution comes and you can say to yourself, “That was clever, I earned my keep today.” and that’s what happened with No. 6 when I drew it without the left front bunker,” Andrew says.
Creating something exciting, new and positive out of two game-changing blows from Mother Nature reenergizes the Club for growth and renewal. As one of the premier private Club’s in the Greater Toronto Area, Islington is charging forward as a confident membership continues to foster a solid foundation upon the gem Thompson first designed over 90 years ago.

Islington GC Superintendent Ian McQueen and architect Ian Andrew check out the new green on No. 15 at Islington GC. (Brent Long)
Canadian Women’s Tour heads to Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The Canadian Women’s Tour makes its second stop of the season in Niagara Falls, Ont. at the Battlefield Course at Legends on the Niagara, June 23-25.
Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson, No. 3 ranked amateur in the world, headlines the field of 90 players. Joining Henderson will be recent Canadian Women’s Tour B.C. champion, Michelle Piyapattra of Corona, Calif., 2013 Canadian Women’s Tour Ontario champion, Emily Childs of Alameda, Calif. and Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., the 2013 Jocelyne Bourassa Player of the Year.
In Niagara Falls, Henderson of Smith Falls, Ont. will aim to continue a stellar 2014 campaign that has seen her capture the South Atlantic Amateur Championship. On the professional stage, the 16-year-old recently finished T26 at the LPGA’s Kraft Nabisco Championship and tied for 45th at the LPGA Manulife Financial Classic.
“It’s a very strong field at the Tour’s second stop of the season, ” said Tournament Director Cam Crawford. “With another Canadian Pacific Women’s Open exemption on the line it should be an exciting two days of play and the course will definitely test the players in Niagara Falls.”
The event marks the second of three Canadian Women’s Tour events conducted annually across the country, featuring top amateur and professional players – from Canada and abroad – competing in a two-day 36-hole stroke play competition for a $60,000 purse.
A number of notable players will also join the field including Canadians Natalie Gleadall of Stratford, Ont., Danielle Mills of Pointe-Claire, Que., Erica Rivard of Tecumseh, Ont. and Ashley Sholer of Hamilton, Ont. Lauren Mielbrecht of Gulf Stream, Fla., who finished runner-up at the season’s first Tour stop is also in the field.
The par-72 Battlefield course at Legends on the Niagara played host to the 2004 Canadian Women’s Open. Designed by golf architect Douglas Carrick it should prove to be a challenge for the strong field.
“As the site of the successful 2004 Canadian Women’s Open, as well as a 2012 Canadian Women’s tour event, The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) is proud to be building a rich tradition of hosting some of this world’s finest golfers here at our Legends on the Niagara Golf Complex,” stated NPC Chair Janice Thomson. “We look forward to working with Golf Canada to ensure our competitors and guests will have the most memorable of experiences, when they visit Niagara and Niagara Parks this summer.”
Four exemptions into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, an LPGA Tour event held August 18-24 at London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont. are currently available to competitors. Exemptions are given to the winners of each of the three Canadian Women’s Tour events with two additional exemptions reserved for the top two competitors (not otherwise exempt) on the season-ending Canadian Women’s Tour Order of Merit. Michelle Piyapattra claimed the season’s first exemption with her win at Canadian Women’s Tour B.C.
In addition, the top five (previously the top 3) players on the Canadian Women’s Tour season-ending Order of Merit will be awarded direct entry into LPGA Stage-2 Qualifying.
The Tour’s final stop is scheduled July 29-31 at Firerock Golf Club in Komoka, Ont. for the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada presented by Nike Golf. It will count as the third and final stop on the Canadian Women’s Tour. Points will also be awarded toward the Jocelyne Bourassa Player of the Year at the conclusion of the championship.
Total season prize money for the 2014 season is $180,000 (CDN) for three events, which includes the PGA of Canada’s PGA Women’s Championship presented by Nike Golf. Each 36-hole championship purse will be $60,000 with the champion being awarded a $10,000 winners’ cheque.
Conducted since 2002, many of Canada’s elite female golfers have used the Canadian Women’s Tour to hone their skills and develop as athletes both on and off the course. Canadian Women’s Tour alumnae Lorie Kane, Alena Sharp, Jessica Shepley, Isabelle Beisiegel, Stephanie Sherlock, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Sue Kim, Jennifer Kirby, Sara Maude-Juneau and Maude-Aimée LeBlanc have all used their experiences as Canadians on the Canadian development circuit as a catalyst to future successes. Other Canadian Women’s Tour graduates include LPGA notables Yani Tseng, Ryann O’Toole, Candace Schepperle, Sara Brown and Katy Harris.
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