LACHUTE, Que. – Lucas Zhao earned his first NextGen Championship and Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon won her second at the 2026 NextGen Quebec Championship at Club de golf Lachute in Lachute, Que. on Wednesday.

Zhao of Brossard, Que. entered the final round one stroke behind the leader Zack Bourgeois of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. Zhao had a hot start with four bridies on the front nine to sit at 11-under at the turn. Bourgeois birdied hole nos. 3 and 7 but followed with consecutive bogeys to close his first nine at 8-under. Bourgeois made a good push but came up short finishing at 12-under through three rounds.

Zhao added four birdies on the back nine to finish the tournament at 14-under and secure his first NextGen Championship title. He recorded rounds of 67-70-65-202 and carded 18 birdies through three rounds.

Kwon of Vancouver, B.C. entered the final round as the solo leader at 4-under with a three-shot lead. Kwon finished the final round with a 1-under 71 to finish the tournament at 5-under to win by one over Léonie Tavares of Saint Jérôme, Que. Kwon recorded round 70-70-71-211 and carded 10 birdies to secure her second NextGen Championship victory.

Kwon’s previous win on the NextGen Championship circuit came at the 2025 NextGen Western Championship at Trestle Creek Golf Resort in Entwistle, Alta. This season, in addition to her win in Quebec, Kwon has earned two runner-up finishes at the NextGen Pacific and NextGen Western Championships.

A weather delay occurred roughly around 12:20 p.m. due to lightning and resumed at 1:40 p.m.

NextGen Quebec Championship –

Advancing to 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship

Top 8 plus ties qualify    

NextGen Quebec Championship –

Advancing to 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship

Top 8 qualify

The field of 154 players (101 Junor Boys and 53 Junior Girls) teed off Monday with a cut following Tuesday’s second round.

The 2026 NextGen Championship series concludes at Hampton Golf Club Hampton, N.B. for the playing of the NextGen Atlantic Championship. Practice rounds will get underway on Monday, July 13, followed by 54-holes, set to kick off on Tuesday, July 14 and wrap up on Thursday, July 16.

For the final leaderboards from the 2026 NextGen Quebec Championship, please click here.

About the NextGen Championships

The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf series which totals six competitions. From May to July, six championships will take place across Canada where the region’s best junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2026 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.

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June Newsletter

There’s something special about this time of year on the golf course—the courses are buzzing, the sun is shining and golf season is in full swing. It’s the perfect time to get out, enjoy a round and catch up with friends. In our June newsletter, we’re celebrating what’s happening across our golf community from coast-to-coast.

Celebrating Women’s Golf Month

June is Women’s Golf Month—a time to celebrate the continued growth of the women’s game and the incredible community helping drive it forward. Through She Plays Golf, we’ve seen firsthand the impact that growth can have. Golf has a unique way of bringing people together and this month is a chance to recognize the community and connections being built on and off the course. From PGA professionals and longtime players to course operators, coaches, volunteers and those new to the game, women across the country are helping make golf a more welcoming space for everyone.

This month, we encourage you to celebrate by getting out to play, cheering on the women in your golf community and inviting someone new to the game.

At Golf Canada, we’d love to see how you’re celebrating Women’s Golf Month—email us your photos and share how you’re celebrating.

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Women’s Recreational League Spotlight

This season, She Plays Golf is proud to introduce the She Plays Golf Recreational Golf League – a nationwide challenge connecting women’s recreational leagues through fun, friendly competition. The league is designed to create more opportunities for women to play, connect and continue growing the game together.

We’re excited to welcome the following women’s leagues for our pilot season:

• Assiniboine Golf Club (MB)
• Birdies Babes Golf (BC)
• Country Meadows Golf Club (NB)
• Countryview Golf Club (PEI)
• Indian Lake Golf Course (NS)
• Midland Meadows Golf Club (NB)
• Musqueam Golf & Learning Academy (BC)
• Rockwood Park Golf Course (NB)
• Royal Niagara Golf Club (ON)
• Rundle Park Golf Course (AB)
• Seguin Valley (ON)
• St Felix Golf Course (PEI)
• The Legends Golf Course (SK)

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She Plays Golf Championship Series

The She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi, is underway! The series brings together three enhanced 54-hole championships with $60,000 purses—the GOLFBC Group BC Women’s Open (British Columbia), the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada (Ontario) and the Peloton Glencoe Invitational (Alberta), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a $75,000 purse.

The series serves as a meaningful pathway for professional and elite amateurs, with the top finisher in each event earning an exemption into the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, Alberta.

The first stop took place June 11-13 at Nicklaus North Golf Course in Whistler, BC, where Team Canada member Tillie Claggett captured the title at 3-under par carding 68-71-71-210. Congratulations to Tillie on the win and we look forward to cheering her on as she competes on the national stage at the CPKC Women’s Open this August! The next stop for the She Plays Golf Championships Series, presented by Audi is the Peloton Glencoe Invitational in Calgary, Alberta from June 18-20.

Recap of GOLFBC Group BC Women’s Open

Leaderboard of Peloton Glencoe Invitational

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Canadian Drew Nesbitt captured the biggest victory of his career Sunday, closing with a 5-under 66 to win the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS for his first Korn Ferry Tour title.

The 31-year-old from Horseshoe Valley, Ont., finished at 26 under par after opening the tournament with a course record-tying 11-under 60 at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield, Ill. He carried a one-shot lead into the final round after a third-round 65 and held off the field to secure the win.

“I can’t even describe it, just unbelievable,” Nesbitt said. “A loss for words. Really, really happy.”

Despite leading for much of the week, Nesbitt said he focused on execution rather than the leaderboard.

“I just managed my game really well,” he said. “You don’t have to do as much as you think, but you’ve got to go out there and execute and do the right things.”

The victory comes after Nesbitt missed three cuts in his previous four starts, though he maintained confidence in his game.

“I haven’t played bad golf, I haven’t scored well,” he said. “I know I can win. I know the quality of my good golf and I just believed in it.”

The breakthrough victory continues an impressive rise for the Canadian, who earned Korn Ferry Tour status after a late-season win on PGA TOUR Americas in 2025. This week’s triumph marks another significant milestone as he converts a career-best performance into his first victory on the PGA TOUR’s primary development circuit. He rises to 22nd in the season-long points race.

“I’m just really proud of myself,” Nesbitt said. “It’s pretty special to be able to say I’m a Korn Ferry Tour winner. No one can take it away from you.”

CHASKA, Minn. – Brooke Henderson recorded her best finish of the 2026 LPGA Tour season on Sunday, tying for third at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship as South Korea’s Haeran Ryu captured her first major championship.

Henderson closed with an even-par 72 at Hazeltine National Golf Club to finish at 10-under 278, three shots behind Ryu and one back of runner-up Ina Yoon.

The tie for third marks Henderson’s second top-10 finish of the season and her first in six months. It also came on the 10th anniversary of the Smiths Falls, Ont., native claiming her first major title at the 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Henderson opened the week with rounds of 69, 68 and 69 before posting an even-par final round. It marked the first time this season she opened a tournament with three consecutive rounds in the 60s while extending one of the LPGA Tour’s longest active streaks of making the cut at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Ryu completed a remarkable comeback after opening the championship with a one-over 73 that left her 10 shots off the lead. The 25-year-old recovered from three bogeys over her first five holes on Sunday before playing the remainder of the round bogey-free, closing with a 2-under 70 to finish at 13 under and secure a two-shot victory. It was the first major championship of Ryu’s career and made her the first player in 60 years to overcome a double-digit first-round deficit to win a major championship.

Yoon, who opened the tournament with a championship-record 9-under 63, birdied the final hole to finish alone in second at 11 under for her fifth top-10 finish of the season.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda finished in a four-way tie for eighth at 6 under, falling short in her bid to become just the third player to win the season’s first three LPGA Tour major championships.

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See Henderson compete at the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open in Edmonton, August 19-23 at Royal Mayfair Golf Club. Tickets are available at www.cpkcwomensopen.com/tickets.

TOYOTA, AICHI, Japan – Team Canada NextGen athletes finished strongly, with the Boys team finishing T2 and the Girls team seventh at the 2026 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Toyota, Aichi, Japan on Friday.

Team Canada NextGen Boys finished tied at 22-under with Japan and the United States (U.S.) but the team title was awarded to Japan on tiebreaker, with the sum of non-counting scores over the four rounds being the deciding factor. As a result, Canada finished tied for second with the U.S. with Thailand close behind in fourth at 21-under.

The Boys team was represented by Austin Krahn of Christina Lake, B.C., Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. and Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. Individually, Krahn finished T3 at 11-under, firing all four rounds under par, 69-66-69-69-273 to finish three shots back of the individual winner, Tomas Restrepo of Colombia at 14-under. Rouleau finished T5 at 10-under with all four of his rounds also coming under par (68-66-70-70), while Gu finished 19th at even with rounds of 68-72-71-73.

The Girls team finished the tournament in seventh at 4-under. The Girls team was represented by Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta., Jodie Han of Vancouver, B.C., and Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. Eileen Park was the low Canadian finishing in ninth at 2-under (70-72-71-73), Han finished T11 at even (70-71-73-74) and Nobelle Park finished 22nd at 8-over (74-70-77-75). South Korea won the Girls team competition at 31-under, followed by Thailand and Japan in a tie for second at 25-under. Anna Iwanaga of Japan won the Girls individual competition, finishing at 18-under, two shots clear of Seojin Park of South Korea.

The 2026 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup was played on the Chukyo Golf Club, Ishino Course in Toyota, Aichi, Japan from June 23-26. The course played to a Par 71 for the boys and 72 for the girls competing. Many top PGA and LPGA Tour professionals have competed in the Toyota Junior World Cup of Golf since the tournament began in 1992, with the women’s competition being added in 2014.

Canada won gold in the Boys competition in 2022 and were represented by Félix Bouchard (Otterburn Park, Que.), Ethan Wilson (St. Albert, Alta.), Cooper Humphreys (Vernon, B.C.) and Eric Zhao (North York, Ont.). The Girls team also found success that same year, earning the bronze medal and were represented by Nicole Gal (Oakville, Ont.), Michelle Liu (Vancouver, B.C.) and Yeji Kwon (Port Coquitlam, B.C.). In addition, Canada has won two individual gold medals in tournament history with Rob McMillan (1994) and Corey Conners (2009).

For the final team leaderboards, click here. For the final individual leaderboards, click here.

LACHUTE, Que.—The road to the 2026 Canadian junior championships continues with the NextGen Quebec Championship set June 29 – July 1 at Lachute Club de golf in Lachute, Quebec.

The 54-hole stroke play competition gets underway with a practice round on Sunday, June 28, and championship rounds beginning on Monday, June 29. After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the top 45 Junior Boys and 24 Junior Girls, including ties. For the final round which wraps up on Wednesday, July 1.

The top eight players in the Junior Boys division of the NextGen Quebec Championship will earn exemptions into the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, August 10-14, at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Saskatchewan. The top eight players (including ties) in the Junior Girls division of the NextGen Quebec Championship will earn exemptions into the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, August 10-14, at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in Caledon, Ontario.

The top three players (including ties) per division in the 2026 NextGen Quebec Championship will earn exemptions into the 2026 Canadian U15 Championship, August 24-27, at Loyalist Country Club in Bath, Ontario, if age eligible.

The Thompson Course at Lachute is one of the few Thompson Courses still in operation in the Province of Quebec. It is considered one of the most improved courses in Quebec over the past ten years or so. Over the past decade, a methodical restoration project has been underway. Changes include tree cutting, altering the mowing lines of fairways, expansion of short grass areas and especially approaches into the green. It is a golf course which is quite exciting to play with its 6 par 5s, 6 par 4s and 6 par 3s. This makes for an excellent tournament environment, where many tournaments are decided on the last three holes. The tournament marks the second consecutive year that Lachute Club de golf has hosted a Golf Canada championship, following the 2025 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship last August.

“The Thompson course is in great shape to start the season. I think that the juniors competing in this year’s event will enjoy the course routing and the 6 par 5’s on the Thompson Course,” said Bill Dandy, Club Captain, Lachute Club de golf. “We are always happy to host amateur events. This year is no different as members have already signed up to be volunteers and are looking forward to supporting all the juniors from around the country!”

To follow the live leaderboard of the NextGen Quebec Championship, click here.

About the NextGen Championships  

The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf series which totals six competitions. From May to July, six championships will take place across Canada where the region’s best junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2026 national junior championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.

CROMWELL, Conn. — Tiger Woods said the objective was to create the best version of the PGA TOUR. The answer Tuesday was a major shakeup to its model that effectively creates two tours, expanding the field for the elite tier and cutting in half prize money for the secondary tier.

The new system is to start in 2028, and the Future Competition Committee that Woods leads still has work left on key details. Chief among them is which of the roughly 15 tournaments will be part of the “Championship Series,” and the 20 events on the lesser “Challenger Series.”

Other details involve bringing a form of match play to the postseason and creating a rotation of prestigious courses instead of going to East Lake in Atlanta every year.

“This work was never about any one player or person,” Woods said in his first public appearance since his arrest on a DUI charges on March 27. “It was about bringing together different perspectives, having honest, hard conversations, and thinking boldly about what is best for the game that we all love.”

The PGA TOUR boards on Monday afternoon approved the recommendations. Woods jumped back into his role as chairman the last several weeks upon his return from seeking treatment out of the country since his arrest.

“It’s great to see him back,” PGA TOUR CEO Brian Rolapp said. “Tiger has been involved throughout the process. He’s contributed meaningfully. It’s awesome to see him back and in great form.”

Rolapp preached “scarcity, simplicity and parity” when he took over last summer, and those pillars have become more clear. The season will be shorter — approximately February through August with some scheduled weeks off — without taking away playing opportunities.

The $20 million signature events for 72 players now will be part of the Championship Series and expanded to 120 players on average. Players are not required to play them all and those tournaments will not have sponsor invitations or an alternate list. There will be a 36-hole cut.

“When fans tune into the PGA TOUR Championship Series, they know they will see the best players in the world competing head-to-head,” Rolapp said. He said it was important to credibility not to have sponsor exemptions because sponsors in other sports don’t determine who plays.

The Challenger Series will be a path for players to earn their way to the top level. Those fields will be about 144 players, and Rolapp said purses would be at least $4 million. This year, all but three regular non-signature events had prize funds of at least $9 million.

Except for about seven times during the season, the Championship and Challenger Series tournaments will be held the same week. Rolapp said on the occasion of a week off for the elite circuit, the Challenger Series event would be elevated.

Rory McIlroy last week referred to the secondary tier as a “glorified Korn Ferry event,” referring to the tour’s developmental circuit.

“I just think there’s going to be certain events that might lose their status if a sponsor doesn’t pony up $30 million,” McIlroy said.

Rolapp said he spoke to McIlroy on Tuesday — the Masters champion is skipping the Travelers Championship, the third signature event he has missed this year — and said the new model will serve the same player and offer a similar number of tournaments. Korn Ferry purses are $1 million.

“We’ve just organized the same tour into a much more interesting and competitive system,” Rolapp said. “If you look at the Challenger Series events, they’ll be at venues you recognize. They’ll be for healthy purses. They’ll include a subset of the same 200 and change players that we have today. That is much different than what the Korn Ferry Tour is today.”

Each tour will have a separate points standings and there is no plan for players to move up to the Championship Series during the season unless they were to win twice.

The Championship Series eligibility would be determined by the top 90 players from the previous year, the top 20 players from the Challenger Series and other exemption categories for tournament winners, injuries or career milestones.

Missing from the announcement was any mention of the FedEx Corp., the financial muscle behind the PGA TOUR postseason since it began in 2007. The most recent FedEx deal ends in 2027.

“Our hope is to create more value for FedEx and everybody else. We’re in an existing contract, and we’re going to honor that,” Rolapp said.

As for the fall, the PGA TOUR is moving toward a separate series of four to six tournaments in which top performers can earn their way back to the Championship Series. The tour said it still has plans for the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Americas and the PGA TOUR University ranking system that creates places for top college players.

Finishing in August would give the elite players time to consider playing overseas, such as premier European tour events or the Australian Open. The PGA TOUR recently became partners with Golf Australia without co-sanctioning the century-old event.

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The PGA TOUR has yet to determine which tournaments will make up the Championship Series, leaving the status of events such as the RBC Canadian Open to be decided as the new structure takes shape.

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NEEPAWA, Man. – Ryan Mosher won his second NextGen Championship of the season and Serin Girard battled from behind to win at the 2026 NextGen Prairie Championship at Neepawa Golf and Country Club in Neepawa, Man. on Sunday.

Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask. entered the final round tied for first with Luke Bernakevitch of Victoria, B.C. Mosher was leading by two stokes through 15 holes. Bernakevitch birdied no. 16 and 18 to force a playoff. On the first playoff hole Mosher birdied to secure the win.

Mosher finished the tournament at 7-under to secure his third NextGen Championship title. He recorded rounds of 70-68-71-209 and carded one eagle and 12 birdies through three rounds. Mosher’s previous wins on the NextGen Championship circuit came at the 2026 NextGen Western Championship at Wolf Creek Golf Resort in Ponoka, Alta. and the 2024 NextGen Prairie Championship at the Whitewater Golf Club in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Girard of Richmond, B.C. entered the final round at 7-over and10 shots back of the leader Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon, Sask. Girard shot a 3-over 75 to tie Odnokon at 10-over and force a playoff. On the first playoff hole Girard’s par secured the Girls division title. Girard recorded rounds of 77-74-75-226 and carded five birdies through three rounds to earn her first win on the NextGen circuit.

NextGen Prairie Championship –

Advancing to 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship

Top 6 plus ties qualify    

* Won in playoff

NextGen Prairie Championship –

Advancing to 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship

Top 6 qualify

*Won in playoff

The field of 111 players (91 Junor Boys and 20 Junior Girls) teed off Friday with a cut following Saturday’s second round.

The NextGen Championship series continues June 29-July 1 at Lachute (Club de golf) in Lachute, Que. for the playing of the NextGen Quebec Championship. Practice rounds will get underway on Sunday, June 28, followed by 54-holes, set to kick off on Monday, June 29 and wrap up on Wednesday, July 1.

For the final leaderboards from the 2026 NextGen Prairie Championship, please click here.

About the NextGen Championships

The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf series which totals six competitions. From May to July, six championships will take place across Canada where the region’s best junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2026 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.

Cranston earns exemption for third consecutive year through the
She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi

CALGARY, Alta. – Katie Cranston pulled away on the back nine and held on to finish at 3-under to win the 2026 Peloton Glencoe Invitational as part of the She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi at The Glencoe Golf & Country Club in Calgary on Saturday.

The win marks the third consecutive year that the Team Canada member has earned an exemption into the CPKC Women’s Open through the She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi. In 2024, Cranston finished runner-up in the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada and last year as the She Plays Golf Order of Merit winner.

Cranston of Oakville, Ont. entered the day one shot behind 36-hole leader and fellow Team Canada member Lauren Zaretsky of Thornhill, Ont. The teammates battled on the front nine and following a bogey on No. 3 from Zaretsky, the pair were tied at 1-under. Cranston pulled ahead with a bird on six; both women added birdies on No. 8, with Zaretsky closing her front nine with another birdie to sit tied at 3-under.

Zaretsky’s back nine started with two consecutive bogeys, putting Cranston ahead by two shots through 11. The pair both carded birdies on No. 14, before another bogey on 15 by Zaretsky put Cranston ahead by three. Cranston ran into some trouble late with a double bogey on 17 that cut her lead to just one. However, on No. 18 Cranston added another birdie to secure victory by three over Zaretsky.

Cranston finished the tournament with rounds of 71-72-70-213 and was awarded the Audi Precision Award for carding the most birdies during the tournament with 15.

Cranston will be making her fifth consecutive appearance at the CPKC Women’s Open, with her best finish coming last year at the Mississaugua Golf and Country Club when she finished T71.

With stops around the country, the She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi provides an enhanced national qualifying path for players to punch their ticket into the CPKC Women’s Open. Anchored In three regions by a $60,000 CAD purse at two stops and $75,000 CAD at the Peloton Glencoe Invitational, each championship field features 60 professional and elite amateurs vying for an exemption into Canadia’s National Women’s Open.

The series successfully debuted as part of the Glencoe Invitational in 2023. The final stop for the 2026 She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi will be the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada, taking place at Smiths Falls Golf and Country Club in Smith Falls, Ont. from July 14-16.

Players who compete in the circuit accumulate points from their finishes that are put towards a season-long standings. The top finisher on the season-long point standings, who does not already have an exemption through winning a She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi event, also receives an exemption to the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open.

For the final leaderboard and purse distribution from The Peloton Glencoe Invitational, please click here.

For more information on the She Plays Golf Championship Series, presented by Audi or to register for the tournaments, please click here.

Thomas Giroux wins men’s division at Peloton Glencoe Invitational

Thomas Giroux of Georgetown, Ont. fired a final round 2-under 70 to win in the men’s division of the 2026 Peloton Glencoe Invitational on Saturday.

Giroux was atop the leaderboard all three days on his way to the title, finishing with rounds of 70-69-70-209 to win by two shots over Team Canada member, Noah Steele of Kingston, Ont. and Lawren Roe of Victoria, B.C.