Liu becomes the ninth multi-time winner of the Brokenshire Trophy and first back-to-back winner since Heather Kuzmich in 1982

SAINTE-MARIE, Que. – Shauna Liu came from behind to win her second consecutive Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO on Saturday and tied a couple records along the way at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que.

Liu of Maple, Ont. tied a women’s course record, previously set by 54-hole leader Ruihan Kendria Wang on Wednesday and tied a personal best, as well as the lowest round in tournament history with an 8-under 64, to finish at 10-under and win by four shots. Liu posted rounds of 70-70-74-64=278 to win her fifth title of the year.

“It means so much being able to defend my title. I know it’s not something that happens very often and definitely gives me more confidence,” said Liu after receiving the Brokenshire Trophy for a second consecutive year.

“Playing alongside my teammates and friends the past few days it’s been so fun and on this beautiful course, it’s just been a really good week.”

The Team Canada NextGen teammates battled neck and neck on Saturday making for a thrilling final round in Sainte-Marie. Wang of Vancouver, B.C. opened the day with a one-shot lead on Liu and three on fellow teammate Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C.

Wang pulled further ahead with a birdie on No. 4. Her lead increased again after Liu bogeyed the fifth, giving Wang a three-shot lead. Liu told herself to keep playing her own game.

“I missed a couple putts on the first few holes, and I think I was trying to focus too much on the score so I told myself focus on your own game and play the best you can.”

Liu responded with three birdies on her final four holes of the front nine to pull back to within a shot of Wang, who also recorded birdie on nine.

Liu said she felt the turning point in her round came at the eighth hole where she faced a lengthy look at birdie.

“I sunk a 24-footer there and it was the first putt I actually made,” Liu said with a laugh. “After that putt, on nine, I had a 15-footer, and I was able to sink that too so that gave me a little more confidence that I really needed.”

The battle continued as both players carded birdies on the par-3 11th, before Wang’s bogey on No. 12 evened things with both players sitting at 5-under with six holes to play.

On No, 13 Liu hit her approach shot within 10-feet of the cup but faced a big downhill break for a birdie.

“On that hole, I was mostly trying to get my speed for my putting. I realized throughout this week and on this round a lot of the times I was missing was because of my distance control. So, I was focusing on that and luckily it went in.”

The birdie put Liu ahead and she did not look back, grabbing another on No. 15 to take a two-shot lead. Liu knew that “Wang had an advantage heading to No. 17 and 18 with her length from the tee” so she had to keep pushing forward.

On No. 17 Liu was able to chip close and make the putt for another birdie and opened a three-shot lead with one to play. On 18, Liu slammed the door shut sinking a 21-footer for eagle and the win.

Wang carded a birdie on 18 to post a 3-under 69 and finish as runner-up at 6-under. Lin shot a 1-under 71 to finish third at 1-under for the tournament, marking another impressive finish at the national championship as Lin finished runner-up to Liu in 2024 at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver. Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. finished in fourth at 1-over and Ann-Sophie Bourgault of Gatineau, Que. finished fifth at 3-over.

Liu also claimed the Florence Harvey Trophy (Juvenile division title) for the second consecutive year, with the leaderboard mirroring the Junior division, minus Bourgault who was over the age of eligibility for the Juvenile division.

In addition to winning the national championship, Liu will receive an exemption into the 2026 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

Liu becomes the ninth multi-time winner of the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, the fifth two-time winner and the first player to win back-to-back titles since Heather Kuzmich won four in a row from 1981 to 1984. Past multi-time winners also include Canadian Golf Hall of Famers and three-time winners, Sandra Post (1964 – 66) and Gail Harvey Moore (1958-60). Stacey West also won three times (1974, 1976 and 1977). Liu also joins Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996, 1998) as a two-time champion.

Liu will also be competing in the CPKC Women’s Open next week in Mississauga, Ont. having earned an exemption by winning The Peloton Glencoe Invitational as part of the She Plays Golf Championship Series in Calgary, Alta. in June. The 16-year-old will be making her first LPGA Tour start in Mississauga.

“It’s such an honour to play along side the best in the world, I’m really excited and looking forward to a great week,” said Liu.

On Thursday, Team B.C. won its second consecutive Mary Pyke Trophy, finishing a collective 9-over, four shots ahead of Team Ontario in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship. Team B.C. was represented by Cadence Ko of Richmond, B.C., Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C., and Zhehui Yu of Burnaby, B.C.

Ko led Team B.C. over the two days posting scores of 75-72. Kral’s round of 75 counted on Wednesday, while Yu’s identical score of 75 counted on Thursday making it a total team effort.

Team Ontario, winners in 2022 and 2023, finished as runner-up at 13-over. Team Alberta finished third at 19-over, while Manitoba and Quebec rounded out the top five in the team competition.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the former Canadian Ladies Association (CLGA) until the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 2005.

For the final leaderboard following the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Team Canada NextGen teammates battle on Friday with
defending champion Shauna Liu now one back of the lead

SAINTE-MARIE, Que. –Ruihan Kendria Wang and Shauna Liu each held the individual lead following the opening rounds of the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO. It seemed as if the duo would enter Saturday as co-leaders, but a birdie on No. 18 put Wang ahead by one heading into the final round at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que.

The Team Canada NextGen teammates were tied through most of the day at 2-under, until Wang pulled ahead by birding the par-5 closing hole to take a one-shot advantage over the defending champion. Wang of Vancouver, B.C. finished the day with an even par 72, while Liu of Maple, Ont. finished with a 2-over 74. Right behind them is fellow Team Canada NextGen teammate, Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. who sits even par for the tournament following a 72 on Friday. The trio will be playing together again on Saturday.

“I love playing with them. I love them, they’re so great,” said Wang of her teammates. “I was more focused on my own score and how to get myself lower, but hopefully they drop a little more tomorrow, maybe give myself shorter birdie putts, but I am excited and looking forward to it.”

Liu echoed Wang’s view of being grouped together again alongside her teammates.

“It’s awesome and an honour to be playing with your teammates. We’re such good friends and so close. Even though I’m playing against her, I still want the best for her. It’s really fun and still really competitive but playing with your friends, you’re able to be more relaxed in a way and I am excited for tomorrow.”

Liu began the day with a one-shot lead on Wang and both players traded opening birdies on Friday. Wang dropped a shot on No. 3 before responding with a birdie the very next hole. After Liu double bogeyed the fifth hole, Wang took a two-shot lead but ended up tied with Liu heading into nine following consecutive bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8. Wang would respond yet again, carding a birdie on nine to re-take the lead by one as Liu closed the front nine with four straight pars.

Liu’s run of consecutive pars extended to 11 holes in total on Friday as both players opened their back nine with seven straight pars. On the par-4 17th both Wang and Liu recorded bogey remaining tied until Wang took the lead on 18 to close play.

“Bogey on 17 was really disappointing. I only had 55 yards in, and it was not a great shot from there but I’m really glad I hit a good drive, then got just short of the green to get up and down for birdie on 18,” said the 54-hole leader Wang.

Lin remains in solo third after and up-and-down round with four birdies and four bogeys on Friday. Ann-Sophie Bourgault of Gatineau, Que. is alone in fourth at 2-over while Team Canada NextGen member, Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. and Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. are tied for fifth at 4-over. The Juvenile division standings mirror the Junior Championship division, minus Bourgault who is over the age of eligibility in the Juvenile division.

Saturday’s final round will begin at 8 a.m. local time with the final group of Wang, Liu and Lin teeing off at 10:01 a.m.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the former Canadian Ladies Association (CLGA) until the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 2005.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship has a long list of distinguished past champions that have etched their name on the Brokenshire Trophy. Past champions include, Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). In addition, LPGA Tour players, Alena Sharp (1999), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013). Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996) is also a past Canadian Junior Champion.

The 2025 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 2026 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the leaderboard following the third round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Dawson Lew fired a 2-under 68 on Friday to claim titles in Junior Boys Championship and Juvenile Boys Championship; Team Ontario wins Inter-Provincial Team Championship  

BATHURST, N.B. – Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. became the 12th player to ever capture both the Junior and Juvenile Boys Championship title on Friday to sweep the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, and add an historic close to a thrilling 72-holes of golf at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, N.B. 

The 54-hole leader finished his final round in red figures for the third time this week, with a 2-under 68 to close the tournament with rounds of 66-65-70-68=269, finishing11-under and securing both the Silver Cup (Junior Boys trophy) and Jack Bailey Trophy (Juvenile Boys trophy). Lew is the first player to accomplish the brace since Alex Zhang of Richmond, B.C. in 2023 at North Bay Golf and Country Club in North Bay, Ont. 

“To be etched on both trophies forever it’s a true honour,” said Lew following his round. “Not many people have done this before, and I think it’s a true privilege to have done it this week.” 

His only major setback in the week came on holes 12 and 13, combining to shoot 4-over during his final two rounds to lose ground on the field and allow Oakley Mayner of Kelowna, B.C. to move into contention on both occasions. Following the third round, Lew admitted to straying away from his full commitment to each one of his shots on the two holes, but was able to quickly mitigate the damage with birdies at Nos. 14 and 18 to end his round at even par.  

On Friday, Lew held a four-stroke lead over Mayner approaching the 12th hole, parlaying birdies on Nos. 1, 8 and 10 with eight par putts to get to 12-under. Consecutive bogeys at the par-4 12th and 13th resulted in a three-shot swing against the leader, with Mayner pulling to within one stroke of Lew after converting on his birdie attempt at the 13th.  

Similar to how he responded to adversity on Thursday, Lew rolled in a birdie of his own at the par-five 14th to answer back, gaining another stroke on Mayner after the B.C. native dropped a shot to fall three shots back at 8-under. Another bogey from Mayner at the par-4 16th extended Lew’s advantage to four, with the latter staying in control by rallying four-straight parrs on his way out to claim the first national championship of his career.  

“Going into today, my goal was to be committed to every shot and take every shot with one hundred per cent effort, I think I did a good job of that today,” praised Lew following his round. “After 12 and 13 I just reminded myself to keep playing. I know what my abilities are, and I know I can make a couple birdies coming down the stretch.” 

Lew joins a list of accomplished winners at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, including Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg (1950 Champion), George Knudson (1955 Champion), Gary Cowan (1956 Champion) and Doug Roxburgh (1970 Champion), as well as current PGA TOUR stars Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson who each won the tournament in 2006 and 2012 respectively.   

“It’s really special. I know those guys started out here and started out small, gradually became bigger and that’s my goal. To be mentioned in the same sentence as both TOUR winners, I think is really special,” said Lew.  

Friday’s victory secures Lew a spot in both the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and 121st Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2026. The Toronto native placed fifth individually at the 120th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in July and will have the opportunity to make his third appearance at Canada’s oldest amateur sporting event next summer.  

The win also marks Lew’s second domestic title of 2025 and first since edging out his provincial teammate Spencer Shropshire of Ramara, Ont. by a single stroke at the Junior Boys Spring Classic in May. Both victories add to an impressive year from Lew that includes four other individual titles in the United States in addition to capturing both a Willingdon Cup and Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship trophy for Team Ontario at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and Canadian Junior Boys Championship respectively.  

Lew’s rounds of 66 and 65 throughout the opening 36 holes of this week’s Inter-Provincial Team Championship helped clinch Team Ontario a four-stroke win over Team British Columbia (B.C.) and land their third title in as many years. The squad was represented by Lew, Shropshire and Andy Dai of Markham, Ont., with the trio nabbing their Inter-Provincial Team Championship on Thursday afternoon after inclement weather delayed the second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.  

To view the final leaderboard at the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.   

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two-time champion Brooke Henderson birdied all four par-5 holes for a 7-under 65 on Thursday in The Standard Portland Classic, leaving the slumping Canadian a stroke behind first-round leader Adela Cernousek.

Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., won the first of her 13 LPGA Tour titles in 2015 by eight strokes at Columbia Edgewater at age 17, and successfully defended the following year. Now 27, she’s winless since January 2023 and has dipped to 52nd in the world.

“I love coming back to this place,” Henderson said. “I do have a lot of the great memories. A lot of good things happened to me here.”

She opened her morning round with four straight birdies, two on par 5s. On her second nine, she birdied the par-5 fifth and seventh and the par-4 ninth.

“It’s really important to hit a bunch of fairways this week,” Henderson said. “You want to be hitting it really straight. I think I only missed two fairways today, so that was good. Hopefully, hit them all tomorrow.”

Next week, Henderson will be back home in Canada for the CPKC Women’s Open in Mississauga, Ont. She won the national championship in 2018.

Savannah Grewal, from Mississauga, shot 69 on Thursday, while Hamilton’s Alena Sharp had a 73 and Vancouver’s Kaylee Chung had a 76. 

Cernousek shot a 65 in the final group of the day off the 10th tee. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman played her final nine holes in 7-under 29 — highlighted by an eagle on No. 7.

“I was hitting the ball very well,” Cernousek said.

Sung Hyun Park was a stroke back with Henderson, Jeongeun Lee5, Gurleen Kaur and Miranda Wang. Park had eight birdies and a bogey in her afternoon round on the tree-lined course. The 31-year-old South Korean player won the last of her seven tour titles in 2019.

“As of late, my ball-striking and putting are starting to feel quite comfortable and that’s exactly what happened today,” Park said. “I was able to make confident swings and also feel great about the strokes I made on the greens.”

Haeran Ryu two strokes back at 66 with Perrine Delacour, Arpichaya Yubol, Ashleigh Buhai and Linn Grant. Ryu, at No. 9 in the world, and No. 7 Angel Yin — who shot a 72 — are the only players from the top 10 in the world ranking in the field.

Amateur Kiara Romero had a 67. The University of Oregon star won the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior and 2025 Big Ten title.

“Everything was rolling pretty smoothly,” Romero said. “I was a little bit nervous on the first tee, but still played pretty good.”

Juli Inkster, the 65-year-old Hall of Famer who won the 1999 event, birdied three of the par 5s in a 69.

“I actually thought I putted really well today,” Inkster said. “Hit a lot of good irons and I drove the ball well. I was happy with that.”

She played alongside 2017 champion Stacy Lewis and 2019 winner Hannah Green, who each shot 73. Defending champion Moriya Jutanugarn also had a 73.

Defending champion Shauna Liu posts second consecutive round of 70 to take lead in both the Junior and Juvenile divisions into Friday

SAINTE-MARIE, Que. – Team British Columbia (B.C.) took the lead yesterday and didn’t look back, retaining the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que.

Team B.C. won its second consecutive Mary Pyke Trophy, finishing a collective 9-over, four shots ahead of Team Ontario. Team B.C. was represented by Cadence Ko of Richmond, B.C., Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C., and Zhehui Yu of Burnaby, B.C.

“It means a lot to represent B.C. and win the Inter-Provincial Team Championship, we bonded a lot as a team and got closer and really supported each other through the rounds,” said Ko.

Ko led Team B.C. over the two days posting scores of 75-72 and sits at 3-over in a tie for seventh in the individual standings. Kral’s round of 75 counted on Wednesday, while Yu’s identical score of 75 counted on Thursday making it a total team effort. All members of the team pointed to their strong bond that helped them push through to retain the team title.

“My teammates were encouraging and so supportive. The biggest thing was our perseverance through all the challenges, and we got through it together as a team,” said Ko.

“A sense of camaraderie, a sense of partnership and relationship that I’ve never felt before and it definitely feels like a team, and it feels really great to represent my hometown on a bigger stage and it’s a great experience,” added Yu.

“It means a lot to represent Team B.C. and be the champions this week,” said Kral. “Being in such a big field with many amazing players and to have a team bonding experience and all the memories we have as a team is a really fun experience.”

Team Ontario, winners in 2022 and 2023, finished as runner-up at 13-over. Team Alberta finished third at 19-over, while Manitoba and Quebec rounded out the top five in the team competition.

In the battle for both the Brokenshire Trophy and the Juvenile division a familiar name is back atop the leaderboard as defending champion and Team Canada NextGen member, Shauna Liu fired a 2-under 70 to take the lead on Thursday.

Liu of Maple, Ont. moved to 4-under for the tournament following back-to-back rounds of 70 and leads Team Canada NextGen teammate, Ruihan Kendria Wang by one. Wang dropped to solo second following a 5-over 77 and now makes for a crowded leaderboard heading into Friday. Liu credited her driving and her approach shots for another solid round. The 2025 season has been a successful one thus far for the defending champion, having won four times already.

“I’ve really worked on my short game and my putting in the off-season and this season, so that’s been a lot better for me and it’s been a lot of fun,” said Liu after her round on Thursday.

Team Canada NextGen members, Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. and Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. are tied for third at even par. Park was the only played in the field to get into red figures on Thursday, firing a 1-under 71, while Lin finished with a 2-over 74.

2023 champion and Team Canada NextGen member, Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. and Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. are tied for fifth at 2-over. The 134-player field has now been cut to the low 70 players and ties ahead of the third round.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the former Canadian Ladies Association (CLGA) until the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 2005.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship has a long list of distinguished past champions that have etched their name on the Brokenshire Trophy. Past champions include, Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). In addition, LPGA Tour players, Alena Sharp (1999), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013). Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996) is also a past Canadian Junior Champion.

The 2025 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 2026 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the leaderboard following the second round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Oakley Mayner and Alexis Rouleau each recorded rounds of 64 to tie course record at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club 

BATHURST, N.B. – Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. carded a 65 and 70 in his second and third round respectively on Thursday to lead both divisions at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, and helped Team Ontario repeat as champions of the tournament’s Inter-Provincial Team Championship. 

Both the second and third round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship took place on Thursday after play was suspended Wednesday due to inclement weather at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, N.B. Play resumed at 7:00 a.m. local time and wrapped up at approximately 1:00 p.m. with Team Ontario claiming their third-straight Inter-Provincial Team Championship.  

“It feels great. Anytime you get to represent your home province, it’s a pretty big honour,” said Lew following his second round on Thursday. “We’re always just right there making a couple birdies and trying to avoid bogeys… it’s pretty hard to catch up when the leader is not making any bogeys,” he added.  

The Inter-Provincial Team Championship win is the second triumph Lew has been a part of this summer, having helped Team Ontario claim the Willingdon Cup through a 4-under 66 in the second round of the 120th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.   

Represented by Spencer Shropshire of Ramara, Ont. Andy Dai of Markham, Ont. and Lew, the Ontarians failed to relinquish their two-stroke lead over Team British Columbia (B.C.) at the start of Thursday’s second round to pull well ahead of their opposition. A bogey-free 3-under front nine from Lew helped steer Team Ontario to a four-stroke win over Team B.C. and finish the tournament 9-under with a total score of 135-136=271 over 36 holes.  

Team B.C. wrapped up the Inter-Provincial Team Championship as runner-up to Team Ontario for the third consecutive year, collectively shooting 5-under and accumulating a score of 137-138=275. Team Quebec finished one stroke behind and in third at 4-under with a combined score of 142-134=276. Quebec shot the lowest round of any province on Thursday following a 6-under 64 performance from Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. to tie the course record at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club.  

As for the second round of the Junior and Juvenile Boys competitions, a two-player race emerged to set up a pivotal third round later in the day. Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. rushed out to a hot start with birdies at the eighth and ninth holes to make the turn 2-under on his round. A pivotal scoring stretch at Nos. 13, 14, 15 sent the three-time NextGen Quebec Championship winner into the clubhouse with the lead as birdies at all three holes allowed him to temporarily set the pace at 8-under.  

Dao carded a 5-under 65 in his second round to admittedly post his lowest-ever score in tournament competition and secure a place in the final group later in the day. He would quickly get paired alongside Lew however and begin Thursday’s third round in second after a bogey-free 5-under 66 perched the Toronto native atop both the Junior and Juvenile Boys division leaderboards at 9-under and six shots clear of the remaining field.  

The two kicked off their third rounds at 3:00 p.m. local time and traded blows all throughout the first nine holes, with Lew making the turn leading an idling Dao by a pair of strokes after rolling in consecutive birdies on holes four and five. His progress stalled out on the early stages of the back nine however, dropping three-straight shots on Nos. 11, 12 and 13 while his playing partner found similar trouble double bogeying the par-4 12th to fall into a tie with Oakley Mayner of Kelowna, B.C. for second at 5-under.  

Mayner started his third round on Thursday in a tie for 18th and stitched together the second 64 of the day to soar into contention. His lone blemish at the par-4 11th was remedied by seven birdies, his last coming at the hardest-ranked hole on the property at 17 to tie the course record and pull him within two shots of Lew as he entered the clubhouse.  

“I was just really patient with my putter, the first two rounds I didn’t make as many putts as I wanted to but eventually putts had to start dropping and they did today,” commented Mayner following his record-tying round. The B.C. native is no stranger to flirting with course records, doing so at his home course, Kelowna Golf & Country Club, with an unofficial 61.  

“It feels amazing,” continued Mayner. “Especially at a big tournament like this is very good for my confidence and huge for my future.” Mayner will tee off alongside Lew in Friday’s final pairing after the 36-hole leader birdied the 14th and 18th to stop his run of bogeys and lead both the Junior and Juvenile Boys Championships at 9-under.  

Only 11 players have ever claimed both the Juvenile and Junior championship in the same year, with Alex Zhang of Richmond, B.C. being the last to accomplish the feat in 2023. Lew will begin his bid to be the 12th player to do so while possessing a four and six stroke lead in his respective Junior and Juvenile divisions when he tees off at 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday.  

“I think tomorrow I just need to be more committed and engrained in the process,” commented Lew following his third round. “If I put a hundred per cent into every shot and am a hundred per cent committed to every shot, there’s nothing more I can really do and I’ll take whatever result that it leads me to,” he added.  

The winner of the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship will earn coveted exemptions into both the U.S. Junior Amateur and 121st Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2026.   

To view the 54-hole leaderboards, as well as final round tee times at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.  

Wang’s 64 also ties tournament record to lead both the Junior and Juvenile divisions; Team British Columbia leads Inter-Provincial Team Championship by one

SAINTE-MARIE, Que. – Ruihan Kendria Wang shot an 8-under 64 to take a four-shot lead following the opening round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que.

The 16-year-old Team Canada NextGen member from Vancouver, B.C. opened her round with four straight birdies and went on to record nine on the day en route to setting a new women’s course record at Club de golf Sainte-Marie. In addition, Wang’s round ties the lowest record in tournament history, originally set by Euna Han of Port Coquitlam, B.C. in 2019 at Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alta.

“I’m really honoured by that,” said Wang after finding out she set a new women’s course record. “I thought this course would be really challenging but I just ended up hitting good shots today and maintained little mistakes. It was great, I am very honoured.”

Following a run of birdies to start, Wang followed up with two more on the front and added three on the back nine and credited her driving and her putting for helping her achieve her own personal best round.

“I find when those (driver and putter) are good my round ends up pretty well and honestly the weather was perfect, there was very little wind,” added Wang.

The weather unfortunately took a turn during the afternoon, as winds grew heavy and rain began to fall forcing an hour-long stoppage in play shortly before 2:30 p.m. local time.

Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. is alone in second at 4-under followed by Carlee Meilleur of Lansdowne, Ont. at 3-under. Defending champion and Team Canada NextGen member, Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. is currently tied with Team Canada teammate Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. for fourth at 2-under.

Wang also leads the Juvenile division (players aged 16 and under) over Zhang. Liu and Lin are tied for third at 2-under with Ceilidh Spare of North Gower, Ont. and Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. tied for fifth at 1-under.

Wang added that will stick to her game plan and play the course as she planned during her practice round.

“I know an 8-under round is very rare so whatever I do tomorrow, I won’t be disappointed with it,” added Wang.

In the battle for the Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Team British Columbia (B.C.) opened its defence of the Mary Pyke Trophy by shooting a collective 6-over to lead Team Alberta by one.

Team B.C. is represented by Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C., Cadence Ko of Richmond, B.C. and Zhehui Yu of Burnaby, B.C. Kral and Ko both posted rounds of 3-over 75 to have their scores count towards the team total following the opening round. Each day, the lowest two of three individuals 18-hole scores will count towards the team total.

Team Alberta sits at 7-over with Team Ontario (9-over), New Brunswick (16-over) and Manitoba (18-over) rounding out the top five in the inter-provincial team competition.

The 134-player field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties with the top ten juvenile and ties following Thursday’s second round.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the former Canadian Ladies Association (CLGA) until the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 2005.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship has a long list of distinguished past champions that have etched their name on the Brokenshire Trophy. Past champions include, Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). In addition, LPGA Tour players, Alena Sharp (1999), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013). Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996) is also a past Canadian Junior Champion.

The 2025 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 2026 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the leaderboard following the opening round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Dawson Lew, William Bellavance and Austin Krahn continue to lead at 4-under. Second round will resume on Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 a.m. local time 

BATHURST, N.B. – The second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, was suspended on Wednesday due to inclement weather at Gowan Brae Golf Club in Bathurst, N.B.  

Play was suspended at 2:20 p.m. local time just moments after first round co-leader Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. teed off on the first hole. Lew did not complete the hole and his fellow co-leaders William Bellavance of I‘Isle-Verte, Que. and Austin Krahn of Christina Lakes, B.C. didn’t start their second round prior to the suspension of play.  

Players who teed off in the morning were able to complete their rounds on Wednesday as the entire morning wave wrapped up before weather disrupted play. Carter O’Brien of Spencerville, Ont. highlighted the limited action by pocketing four birdies through his opening ten holes to shoot a 2-under 68 and pull into a tie for fourth with Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. at 3-under.  

Sixteen players were able to get their second round into red figures ahead of the weather delay, with O’Brien tying Nathan Le-Nguyen of Toronto, Ont. and Evan Hall of Elmira, Ont. for the low round of the day at 2-under. Additionally, Oscar Ricketts of Pointe Claire, Que. was able to climb towards the top of the Juvenile Boys Championship with a 1-under 69 to pull within two strokes of Lew and sit alone in second at 2-under.  

Team Ontario and Team British Columbia (B.C.) were unable to get any action in ahead of the delay, resulting in Team Ontario continuing to lead Team B.C. by a pair of strokes at 5-under. The leaders are represented by Spencer Shropshire of Ramara, Ont. Andy Dai of Markham, Ont. and Lew. Maxim McKenzie of Chilliwack, B.C., Oakley Mayner of Kelowna, B.C. and Krahn will tee off for Team B.C. on Thursday to formulate a comeback.  

The second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, will resume Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 a.m. local time. 78 players were either affected or unable to begin play due to the weather delay and will resume play onThursday morning.  

To view the current leaderboard at the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.  

13-time LPGA Tour winner, Brooke Henderson leads 13-player Canadian contingent competing with world no. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee and defending champion Lauren Coughlin for the 51^st playing of Canada’s National Women’s Open

CPKC Women’s Leadership Summit to kick off tournament week on Tuesday, August 19

CPKC Has Heart campaign to benefit official charity partner MacKids along with community charity beneficiary Trillium Health Partners

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) together with the LPGA Tour have announced the final field of competitors set to compete in the 51st playing of the CPKC Women’s Open, August 20-24 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont.

The list of commitments features a world class field with six of the current top 10 and 19 of the top 25 in the Rolex World Golf Rankings. The field also includes eight of the top 10 and 19 of the top 25 on the 2025 Race to the CME Globe Standings.

Thirteen-time LPGA Tour winner and the winningest golfer in Canadian history, Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., will lead a field that includes current world no. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, world no. 2 Nelly Korda, three-time CPKC Women’s Open champion and 2024 Olympic Gold medalist Lydia Ko (world no. 3). Other notables include Minjee Lee (world no. 4), Haeran Ryu (world no. 9) and Hannah Green (world no. 15), along with rising stars Lottie Woad (world no. 19), Lilia Vu (world no. 20) and Rose Zhang (world no. 56). For the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open final field, click here.

The 156-player field will be competing at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club for the first time in tournament history. This marks the 21st time the province of Ontario will host the CPKC Women’s Open and first since 2022. Mississaugua Golf and Country Club will become the eighth club to host Golf Canada’s four premier events: CPKC Women’s Open, RBC Canadian Open, Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.

The field will be competing for the $2.75 million USD purse with the champion taking home $412,500.

The CPKC Women’s Open through CPKC Has Heart will once again leave a meaningful impact in the host community of Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship. For 2025, CPKC has selected MacKids, the arm of Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation dedicated to fundraising for McMaster Children’s Hospital, as the primary charity partner with a goal to raise more than $2.8 million in support of pediatric cardiac care initiatives from newborn to adolescent. In addition, Trillium Health Partners will be the community charity partner with CPKC generously matching donations up to $250,000 in support of Trillium Health Partners cardiac program equipment needs, with up to $500,000 expected to be raised.

“We are very excited to begin play next week with a world class field of talent at the historic Mississaugua Golf and Country Club for one of Canada’s signature women’s sporting events,” said Claire Welsh, Tournament Director, CPKC Women’s Open. “Led by Brooke Henderson and many of the top ranked players in the world, golf fans across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area are in for a special championship that will leave a major charitable impact in our host community.”

Last year, CPKC helped raise $4.3 million for heart health with donations of $3.8 million to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and $507,000 to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. Since 2014, this tournament, which is the marquee event of the CPKC Has Heart community investment program, has helped raise over $23 million in support of children’s heart health in North America.

Defending champion Lauren Coughlin is among eight past CPKC Women’s Open champions competing for Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship including Megan Khang (2023), Paula Reto (2022), Jin Young Ko (2019), Brooke Henderson (2018), Sung Hyun Park (2017), Ariya Jutanugarn (2016) and Lydia Ko (2015, 2013, 2012) who will be chasing a record fourth CPKC Women’s Open title.

Mississaugua Golf and Country Club will welcome 18 LPGA Tour in-year winners and four in-year major championship winners, including A Lim Kim (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Yealimi Noh (Founders Cup), Angel Yin (Honda LPGA Thailand), Lydia Ko (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Rio Takeda (Blue Bay LPGA), Madelene Sagstrom (T-Mobile Match Play), Mao Saigo (The Chevron Championship), Haeran Ryu (Black Desert Championship), Jeeno Thitikul (Mizuho Americas Open), Chisato Iwai (MEXICO Riviera Maya Open), Maja Stark (U.S. Women’s Open), Jennifer Kupcho (ShopRite LPGA Classic), Carlota Ciganda (Meijer LPGA Classic), Minjee Lee (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Somi Lee and Jun Hee Im (Dow Championship), Grace Kim (The Amundi Evian Championship), and Lottie Woad (Women’s Scottish Open).

Henderson, a CPKC Ambassador, made history at the Wascana Country Club in Regina in 2018 becoming the first Canadian since the late Jocelyne Bourassa won Canada’s National Women’s Open 45 years earlier. Henderson will lead a 13-player Canadian contingent, joined by fellow Canadians with LPGA Tour status, Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont., and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que.

As previously announced, Team Canada members receiving exemptions include, Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta., Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., Anna Huang of Vancouver, B.C., Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont., Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C., Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., Tillie Claggett of Calgary, Alta., Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. and Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. In addition, Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J. has also accepted an exemption into the field. Ganne won the 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur last week at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore. Ganne has also competed in five consecutive Augusta National Women’s Amateur’s and was part of Standford’s 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship winning team.

The 2025 CPKC Women’s Open will take place on the Treaty 22 territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN), on lands that were once home to the Credit River Mission Village. During tournament week, MCFN will share their culture, history, and enduring connection to the land through ceremony, storytelling, and educational elements on-site. This engagement is part of a broader effort to ensure the tournament honours the history of the territory and creates space for learning, reflection, and meaningful community connection.

One of Canada’s premier annual sporting events, the CPKC Women’s Open is riding continued momentum from being named as the Gold Driver Award recipient for Best Volunteer Appreciation at the LPGA 2024 Gold Driver Awards. In addition, the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open was named Sport Tourism Canada’s International Sport Event of the Year at the 2025 Sport Tourism Canada PRESTIGE Awards.

The CPKC Women’s Open also earned the LPGA Tour’s Tournament of the Year award in back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023. The 2023 tournament also won additional awards for Best Sponsorship Activation and Best Volunteer Appreciation at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver. Golf Canada and CPKC also received Gold Driver Awards for Best Sponsor Activation in 2019, 2022 and 2023 as well as Best Community and Charity Engagement in 2017, 2019 and 2022.

Co-leader Dawson Lew sits atop the Juvenile Boys division at 4-under; Team Ontario leads Inter-Provincial Team Championship by two strokes at 5-under  

BATHURST, N.B. – Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont., William Bellavance of I‘Isle-Verte, Que. and Austin Krahn of Christina Lakes, B.C. all carded rounds of 66 at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, N.B. on Tuesday to each share the first round lead at the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO. 

The trio capitalized on cooler morning conditions to each enter the clubhouse with the 18-hole lead on Tuesday, overtaking Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. who originally set the pace at 3-under. Dao, who claimed the NextGen Quebec Championship in July, sits one stroke back of the leaders in fourth and will tee off in the afternoon on Wednesday. Zaiden Dennis of Calgary, Alta. fired a 3-under 67 as well to end his opening round in a tie with Dao.  

Bellavance was the first of the three leaders to get to 4-underand entered the final two holes of his round with a three-stroke lead on the rest of the field before consecutive bogeys Nos. 17 and 18 reeled him back.  

A 5-under front nine, including three-straight birdies on holes four, five and six, powered Bellavance atop the leaderboard on Tuesday to get him in the mix entering Wednesday’s second round.  

His ability to capitalize with the flatstick was the key separator for Bellavance throughout his opening round, admittedly feeling less stress while avoiding dropped shots on the greens. Still, the Quebec native’s perspective remains unchanged with the bulk of the tournament still ahead of him, opting to stick with his preparation and process ahead of Wednesday to attain similar results later in the week.  

“I’ve just played 18 holes and I’ve got 54 more to go, so I hope to be at the same position after 72,” commented Bellavance following his round. “Just going to keep doing my routines, keep getting my process in the right spot and just don’t think about the score too much.” 

Teeing off at the same time as Bellavance, albeit on the tenth hole rather than the first, Lew was able to work around the only blemish of his round at the par-4 12th to get atop the leaderboard through 18 holes. His four birdies and 12 pars the rest of the way highlighted an impressive response from the Torontonian, helping Team Ontario grab the early lead in the process at the Inter-Provincial Team Championship.  

Team British Columbia (B.C.) sits two shots behind and largely through the help of their Team Canada NextGen star Krahn. Starting his round in the morning with four consecutive pars, Krahn finally got into red figures with birdies on Nos. 14 and 16 to begin his climb up the leaderboard.  

The putts continued to fall as Krahn worked through his back nine as well, adding back-to-back birdies at the fourth and fifth before entering the clubhouse on a high with a birdie at the ninth to co-lead the tournament for a second year in a row. His only dropped shot on Tuesday came on the par-4 seventh hole and kept Krahn in the hunt to nab his fourth victory of the year come Friday.  

Krahn pocketed a trio of provincial victories in July to highlight a memorable first year as part of the Team Canada NextGen program, including wins at the British Columbia Junior Championship, British Columbia Amateur and British Columbia Indigenous Championship.  

In the Juvenile Boys Championship, Lew holds a two-shot lead over Bode Stephen of Kingston, Ont. and Bosheng (Dylan) Zhang of Tsawwassen, B.C. Stephen parlayed a bogey-free 2-under front nine with an even back to get within two stokes of Lew, who will look to become the 12th player in the tournament’s history to claim both the Juvenile and Junior Championship in the same year.  

Since 1938, the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has brought together the top junior talent in the country for four rounds of entertaining competition. Those to have previously claimed the Silver Cup have gone on to serve memorable careers in the game of golf, including Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg (1950), George Knudson (1955), Gary Cowan (1956) and Doug Roxburgh (1970), as well as current PGA TOUR stars Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson who each won the tournament in 2006 and 2012 respectively.   

The 16-and-under Juvenile Championship runs concurrently with the Junior Championship and has featured in the tournament since 1970, with the winner receiving the Jack Bailey Trophy. 

To view the full leaderboard in each of the two divisions as well as the Inter-Provincial Team Competition following the opening round of the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO please click here.