Henry Dao recorded rounds of 68, 72 and 69 to win third-straight title while Alexis Card emerged from a tight battle to secure a playoff victory. 

MANOTICK, Ont. – Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. fired the lowest round of the day to overcome a five-stroke deficit and defend his title for a second consecutive year, while Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. needed extra holes to claim a win of her own to cap off an entertaining finish to the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship at Rideau View Golf Club in Manotick, Ont.  

Five different players held a share of the lead on Saturday to emphasize the tight battle for the Junior Boys division title, yet it was Dao – who started his final round in a three-way tie for third – that stormed back with a strong back nine and secure his third consecutive NextGen Quebec Championship.  

Mixing in a birdie with eight bogey-free holes to start his round, the reigning champion made his move on a packed field atop the leaderboard with an eagle at the par-5 10th to get to seven-under par. Dao continued his climb, adding crucial birdies at Nos. 14 and 16 as players ahead of him fell out of contention to open the door wide open to retain his title.  

Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. held the 36-hole lead at nine-under par but a pair of double bogeys at Nos. eight and 15 gave life to several chasers including Dao and Thomas Robert of Levis, Que. Both Dao and Robert sat atop the leaderboard on the final hole, but a double bogey left Robert in a tie with Thomas Grenier of Thetford Mines, Que. for second and Dao all alone in a familiar spot atop the rest of the field.  

“I was just trying to play some good golf and make some shots and that’s what I did,” said Dao. “I just proved to myself that when my game is good, I can beat anyone out here,” he added.  

Card, who started her final round Saturday leading Amelia McFarlane of Carleton Place, Ont. by three strokes, stalled on the front nine to allow her closest chaser to gain ground. Bogeys at the second and fifth holes trimmed her advantage to just a single stroke before a double bogey at the seventh propelled McFarlane into her first lead of the tournament.  

The two continued their fight on the back nine, where a double bogey at the par-4 13th briefly returned McFarlane into a deadlock with Card at four-over par. The 36-hole leader was able to capitalize however, wiping away a bogey at the par-5 16th with a clutch birdie on the final hole to claw her way into a playoff.  

It only took Card one extra hole to defeat McFarlane, who recorded a par while the former rolled in a four-foot putt for birdie to put the finishing touches on her maiden win on the NextGen Championship circuit and secure her place in this year’s Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Club de golf Sainte-Marie in Sainte Marie, Que.  

“It feels great and gives me a lot of confidence going into an event like that that I can compete against these girls and have a good chance to win,” commented Card following her round. 

NextGen Quebec Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship  

*Top 6 qualify   

NextGen Quebec Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship  

*Top 6 plus ties qualify   

*Won on 1st playoff hole 

The NextGen Championship circuit will embark on its final stop July 14-17 for the playing of the 2025 NextGen Atlantic Championship at Oakfield Golf & Country Club in Enfield, N.S. The 54-hole event will be the last opportunity for players to punch their tickets to each of the national championships for the Junior Boys and Junior Girls divisions.  

To view the final leaderboards from the 2025 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 2024 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.     

Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).

Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.

Étienne Dumas, Kanawaki Golf Club, Hole #3 & Hole #9

Congratulations to Étienne Dumas, who pulled off something so rare and remarkable tonight (July 10, 2025), it’s almost beyond belief.

Playing a quick evening round with Tristan Vandette, Etienne kicked things off with a hole-in-one on #3 — his second ace of the year.

Word of the feat spread fast, and by the time he reached #9, a group of friends on the verandah, still buzzing from the earlier celebration, joked about staging a fake cheer just in case he hit another great shot. The plan? Light-hearted trolling.

Instead, Etienne turned the tables on us all — his tee shot on #9 took one bounce and dropped straight into the cup. Another ace. Two holes-in-one. In a single 9-hole round.

Statistically? That’s a 1-in-156 million occurrence.

He wrapped up the round with a sizzling 32, then headed into the clubhouse, where the cheers were anything but fake.

– Written by Club de golf Kanawaki and shared by Jacques Nols, former president of Golf Canada.

Sawyer Morrow, Hampton Cove, Hole #6

My six year old son recorded his first hole in one on June 14, 2025 while competing in the CJGA BC Linkster Series at Hampton Cove (The Links) in Ladner, BC. Sawyer played a PW to the 60 yard par 3, hole #6. The course was very busy and fortunately there were many golfers, caddys, parents, and golf course personnel in the area to witness the hole in one! Sawyer proceeded to win the event carding a -1 (28).

With a significant false front and pond short of the green, Sawyer decided to hit a smooth PW to ensure he had enough club to land comfortably on the top shelf of the green. The ball never left the pin, landed just short of the pin and bounced once and disappeared in the cup!

• Written by Sawyer’s father

Gerry Kelly, Lowville Golf Club, Hole #13

It certainly was a very special day – memories for a lifetime as we like to say. It was hole #13 at Lowville Golf Club on a 135 yard, par 3. I used an eight iron.

My group that day was: Mike Ricotonne, Don Welham, John Hall and myself, Gerry Kelly.

The guys all signed the scorecard and then later the actual golf ball. I think I will get them framed as a very fond and special memory of a terrific day. 

I rarely drink on a golf course but the lads ordered a small shooter to commemorate this special achievement, so we all had one in celebration.

Ryan Carter, Woodington Lake Golf Club, Hole #16

I was playing with my buddy Brandon Koel and we were paired with two additional guys (Julian and Simon) at Woodington Lakes Legend track from the blue tees.

We were at hole #16. It was reading 161 yards on our range finder, slight cross wind coming from our back. Using my Taylormade P790 8 iron and TP5 ball, hit my iron pure, bounced once and rolled in for my first ever hole-in-one after 30+ years playing golf. It was a surreal moment!

Todd Stones, Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto, Hole #16

My hole-in-one was made on Monday, June 16th on the GTA Am Tour at their event at Ladies Golf Club of Toronto (fourth hole).

I play in the B Fight. Link to the results of the day: https://gtaamtour.com/events/ladies-golf-club-of-toronto-1/results.

As for that day, I started off really well with par, par, then birdie on a par 5. Being in my 60’s that made me feel like my game from decades ago. Then on hole #4, I decided on a three-quarter swing 8 iron for the 139 yard par 3. I hit down on it nicely and it appeared to be tracking nicely towards the green.

One of my competitors said it was on line for the green perfectly. Not having the best eye sight I did not see my ball land or finish. As we approached the green we saw two of the three balls and tried to figure out which players’ ball was missing from the group. As I wandered back towards the bunker one of my playing competitors said, “check the hole.” That was so funny to hear as I have heard that many times in the past and it was never there. This time, it was. I let out a happy yell and the group following us playing the previous hole yelled out for us to confirm one of us made and hole-it-one, which we informed them I did.

They let out a cheer of congratulations. One of the things I love about playing on the GTA Am Tour, everyone is so friendly. The other two in my group were also happy for me with high-fives and congratulations.

We use live scoring on the Tour and in the fairway of the next hole, one of the committee members congratulated me on my accomplishment and took the photo of me holding up one finger. He also reminded me I should take that hole-in-one ball out of play and keep it for a keep sake. Which I did when I finished that hole.

Once our scorecards were signed, we went back to the prize area where many of the B Flight were waiting for the awards to be handed out and they all congratulated me on my first hole-in-one. It was an amazing day as I also got the win with my first hole-in-one.

Paul Parsons, Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hole #15

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, a little on the cool side and the winds a bit gusty. I was playing with Rob Turski, Jim Longman and Kyle Norton. We have a friendly competitive group that plays every Sunday of about 12 to 16 golfers and we draw for partners before the round.

Hole #15 at Sleepy Hollow is the shortest par 3 on the course, but the surrounding trees can hide the true effect of the swirling winds. I must have got the yardage and club selection right. The back tees were playing 125 yards but I thought it would play about 130. I hit an eight iron straight at the pin. It pitched about five yards short and rolled slowly straight to the cup. Pretty exciting. From the back tees, you can see the green so I got a great view.

Monica Cosgrove, OslerBrook Golf & Country Club Inc., Hole #7

I was golfing with my regular ladies: Jayne, Susie and Karen. We were all complaining on how slow the men were in front of us. I was teeing up and was using my 5 hybrid, the hole was 119 yards and I saw it go over the water and roll, then saw it drop in the hole. I didn’t say anything until Jayne said, “Monica I think you got a hole-in-one. As we were leaving the tee box Susie says, “I’m going to look.” She confirmed that it was in the hole. It was my first and I have only been golfing for 8 years so I was very excited.

Cody Yaremovich, Eagle Rock Golf Course, Hole #8

Pretty crazy to get a second hole-in-one in less than two years, especially when two individuals who witnessed the first one were playing with me this time around.

Playing partners were Jon, Jamie, Chris and Herc. Yardage was 184, and I used a 6 iron.

Well, if you want the full story, my play this season hasn’t been up to snuff and I’ve really struggled with my tempo. On this given day, I decided to take a ladies rental set out in hopes the softer flex would help me sort the issues I was having. What are the odds, that I got a hole-in-one with them. Crazy!

Dean Prentice, Surrey Golf Club, Hole #3

I was playing with three buddies of mine, John Markic, Ken Baker and Phil Kotyk. The hole was playing 169 yards and I hit my 5 hybrid. It had a baby fade on it and it was turning right towards the pin. The ball bounced twice and rolled about five to eight feet and then the ball just disappeared. I couldn’t believe it, it was my first ever hole-in-one.

Iain Gardiner, Ladies’ Golf Club Of Toronto, Hole #2

I had a distance of 142 yards on the second hole at the Ladies’ Golf Club Of Toronto. I used my PING 8 iron, saw two bounces and a short trickle before I saw it drop into the hole, it was a joy to watch.

That day I played with David MacLachlan and Pete Chan, both of them saw it drop much to my very pleasant surprise.

Greg Pesic, Oakville Executive, Hole #13

My friend Michael and I met for one of our usual rounds and we were paired with two others, Joe and Tony. The foursome clicked from the beginning!

Hole #13 at Mystic Ridge had a front pin placement at 120 yards guarded by a bunker. The plan was to carry an 8 iron to the front of the green and let it roll to the back. Instead, it hit the flag stick and dropped in. The sound of the flagstick and rattle of the hole out is unforgettable. We called my wife over the phone and all celebrated together on the green!

My main swing feel is Moe Norman’s favourite line, “I shake hands with the flagstick, I shake hands with the flagstick.” Moe always wanted to move at the target. I’ve also been playing golf for only one year, starting in late May 2024. If I could give one takeaway that will help anyone’s game, I’d say the same thing as Moe, study mental game. The second thing I’d say is study mental game.

Mac Turnbull, Barcovan Golf Club, Hole #2

Barcovan Golf Club is family owned who treat their members as family. It is eight kilometres east of my home in Brighton, Ontario. On Friday, May 30th, we were playing our regular team game. Hole #2 was uphill with the pin at the back and was playing about 170 yards. Initially I chose a 4 iron but my playing partner Randy Clark, talked me into a 3 hybrid. Thank you Randy.  As it rolled up the hill i was thinking birdie, until it dropped in.

MANOTICK, Ont. – The NextGen Championship season returns to eastern Ontario July 2-5 for the playing of the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship at Rideau View Golf Club in Manotick, Ont.  

The 54-hole event is the second last stop on the 2025 NextGen circuit and features 156 of the nation’s best junior players – 114 Junior Boys and 42 Junior Girls – battle for a limited number of spots in their respective national championships later this summer.  

The field will be trimmed to the top 51 Junior Boys and top 19 Junior Girls on Friday before the final round gets underway on Saturday and a champion is crowned.   

The top eight finishers – including the low medalist – in the Junior Boys division will punch their ticket to the Canadian Junior Boys Championship set for August 11-15 at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, N.B. As for the Junior Girls division, the top eight players – including ties – following Saturday’s final round will earn exemption into this year’s Canadian Junior Girls Championship taking place August 12 – 16 at Club de golf Sainte-Marie in Sainte Marie, Que. 

Henry Dao of Laprairie, Que. will look to keep the NextGen Quebec Championship title in his possession for a third-straight year after winning the tournament in 2022 and 2023. Bode Stephen of Kingston, Ont. will look to rival Dao’s bid at broadening his tournament dominance and use his winning experience at last year’s NextGen Atlantic Championship to do so as another notable name competing this week in the Junior Boys division.  

Kate Guo of Knowlton, Que. and Amelia McFarlane of Carleton Place, Ont. will headline the field competing in the Junior Girls Division this week, with both players coming off T6 performances at last season’s event in Joly, Que. 

“Rideau View Golf Club has a long history of supporting junior golf and is proud to host the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship from July 2 to July 5.  Since its opening in 1957, our golf club has fostered an inclusive and relaxed atmosphere while also embracing the challenge of competitive golf.  We are excited to welcome these elite junior golfers,” said Tournament Chair, Dan Warren.  

What originated as nine holes in 1957 before its completion with a back nine in 1962, the Rideau View Golf Club has since become a prominent escape for those who descend the 180-plus acres of its undulating property. Burrowed away from neighborhoods and rowdy traffic, the private course cements its communal value by being a leader in its field for equality as well as social and environmental responsibility.  

Featuring six sets of tee boxes and a yardage playing more than 6,500 yards, Rideau View Golf Club presents a fair yet challenging experience for players of all abilities. The course plays its best defence by physically challenging players’ endurance and length off the tee, most notably on two of the final three holes on its back nine. Both the 16th and 18th offer the greatest length on the property and combine for a 1,137-yard test for players looking to finish their rounds in red figures.  

“It is a parkland style course with generous fairways,” continued Warren. “It challenges players with its extensive bunkering, small greens and length of its par four holes.  A well-played approach shot is often required to carry green side bunkers.” 

The club also boasts a newly renovated practice facility which includes a 10,000 square foot putting green, as well as a short-range area featuring a trio of greens along with two bunkers.  

To follow the live leaderboard of the NextGen Quebec Championship throughout the week, as well as find tee times and additional tournament information, 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 2025 national junior championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf. 

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Two-time LPGA major champion Brooke Henderson has some advice for fellow Canadian Savannah Grewal as she prepares for a hometown start at the CPKC Women’s Open: Have fun with it.

The 23-year-old Mississauga native will tee it up at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club when the national women’s championship comes to town next month.

Henderson knows the pressure of playing close to home, having twice competed in the national women’s championship at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, about an hour from her hometown of Smiths Falls, Ont.

“She’s a great player and she has been playing well on tour,” Henderson said Monday at a press conference to promote the 51st edition of the CPKC Women’s Open, Aug. 21-24. “It will be fun for her.

“But it is really different playing at this tournament so close to home. I was about an hour away, and Savannah will be even closer. But it’s such an amazing opportunity to have your friends and family out there, to feel the crowd and the energy as the hometown person. It’s really, really special.”

The 27-year-old Henderson claimed the 2018 CPKC Women’s Open, the first Canadian to accomplish the feat since Jocelyne Bourassa won in 1973. 

Henderson’s results at Ottawa Hunt were mixed, with a tie for 12th in 2017 and a tie for 49th in 2022.

“(Playing at home) definitely comes with you wanting to perform well, there’s a little bit extra pressure and things like that. But if (Grewal) can really soak it in, really enjoy the moment, and focus on what she’s really trying to accomplish, I think that’ll help.”

Grewal, 23, is in her second season on the LPGA Tour. She’s currently ranked 289th in the world, while Henderson has slipped to No. 44 after years as a perennial top-10 performer.

Henderson has made the cut in 10 of 14 events this season, with just one top-10 finish — back in early April — and hasn’t won since January 2023.

She’s also still adjusting to life after eye surgery last fall. Henderson now wears contact lenses instead of glasses on the course.

The 13-time LPGA Tour winner has 83 career top-10 finishes but has slipped to 57th on the LPGA money list.

She hopes to save her season with significant results at the final two majors of the season in the next five weeks at the Evian Championship in Switzerland and AIG Women’s Open in Wales.

Henderson also has her past experiences in Canada to look forward to next month.

“That trophy is special to hold, and I’d like to do it again,” the three-time Canadian Olympian said.

Golf Canada also announced that world No. 1 Nelly Korda will be part of the tournament field, as will three-time champion Lydia Ko.

Ko and Henderson performed and won this event as teenagers. There will be two Canadian teenagers making their LPGA debuts in Clara Ding, 14, of White Rock, B.C., and Shauna Liu, 16, of Maple Ont.

The two youngsters won She Plays Golf Championship series events to qualify.

Mississaugua will become the 17th course to host both the men’s and women’s Canadian Opens, having staged the men’s championship six times.

Like the RBC Canadian Open, there will be a hockey-themed rink-hole. Will Henderson dare to wear an Ottawa Senators jersey to show her colours?

“I might sneak it in,” she said.

Jeeno Thitikul, Minjee Lee, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang and defending champion Lauren Coughlin join Henderson, Korda and Ko in the field for the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open

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

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Golf Canada and the LPGA Tour today announced the early commitments scheduled 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 early commitments features six of the current top 10 and 15 of the top 25 in the Rolex World Golf Rankings. The field also includes six of the top 10, 15 of the top 25 and 66 of the top 100 players on the 2025 Race to the CME Globe Standings. The final field will be announced on Friday, August 15.

Thirteen-time LPGA Tour winner and the winningest golfer in Canadian history, Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., will lead a field of 156 golfers that includes current world no. 1 Nelly Korda, three-time CPKC Women’s Open champion and 2024 Olympic Gold medalist Lydia Ko (world no. 3), and current leader in the Race to the CME Globe, Jeeno Thitikul (world no. 2). Other notables include Ruoning Yin (world no. 4), Haeran Ryu (world no. 5) and Hannah Green (world no. 8), along with rising stars Lilia Vu (world no. 11) and Rose Zhang (world no. 44). Minjee Lee (world no. 24) has also committed to compete in Mississauga. Lee recently won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, earning her 11th career win and third major championship.

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 MacMaster 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.

“The growth and impact of this incredible event, which continues to attract the world’s top golfers, is undeniable,” said Keith Creel, CPKC President & Chief Executive Officer. “Our ultimate goal with the CPKC Women’s Open has been, and always will be, to help the youngest hearts across Canada. We are excited for the community to come together to raise millions of dollars for MacKids.”

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 six past CPKC Women’s Open champions competing for Canada’s Women’s National Open Championship including Megan Khang (2023), Jin Young Ko (2019), Brooke Henderson (2018), Brittany Lincicome (2011) 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 eight LPGA Tour in-year winners, including Yealimi Noh (Founders Cup), Lydia Ko (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Madelene Sagstrom (T-Mobile Match Play), Haeran Ryu (Black Desert Championship), Jeeno Thitikul (Mizuho Americas Open), Jennifer Kupcho (ShopRite LPGA Classic), Carlota Ciganda (Meijer LPGA Classic) and Minjee Lee (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship).

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 be 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.

In addition, an important pathway to the CPKC Women’s Open is through the She Plays Golf Championship Series, a three-stop circuit that offers competitive opportunities for elite Canadian players with exemptions into the tournament available. Two Team Canada athletes have claimed the first two exemptions as 14-year-old Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C. won the Golf BC Group BC Women’s Open and 16-year-old Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., won The Peloton Glencoe Invitational. Both Ding and Liu will be making their first starts in an LPGA tour event. The final stop in the series will take place at the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada at Burlington Golf and Country Club, July 7-10. One additional exemption will be awarded to the player ranked highest on the order of merit for the series, if not already qualified. For more information, click here.

“We are excited to announce the early commitments led by Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko for the 51st playing of our National Women’s Open Championship. The CPKC Women’s Open draws one of the strongest fields on the LPGA Tour and we look forward to watching these incredible athletes compete in Mississauga,” said Claire Welsh, Tournament Director, CPKC Women’s Open. “We have welcomed nearly 1,000 volunteer registrations, highlighting the excitement to be part of this special tournament. The CPKC Women’s Open is one of the top yearly women’s sporting events in Canada and fans are in store for a very memorable week this August.”

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.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT RETURNS

Golf Canada and CPKC will host the eighth annual CPKC Women’s Leadership summit on Tuesday, August 19 as part of the weeklong excitement of the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open. The summit will be held at the Boulevard Club in Toronto, Ont., and be hosted by TSN’s Lindsay Hamilton. The day will bring together like-minded business leaders from across the country for a day of networking, empowerment and philanthropy. For more information, click here.

HALL OF FAME DAY SET FOR TUESDAY OF TOURNAMENT WEEK
Golf Canada will host Hall of Fame Day on Tuesday, August 19. Accomplished amateur golfer, Richard Scott, former professional golfer Jerry Anderson (posthumous) and renowned course architect Charles Blair Macdonald (posthumous) will be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. For more information on the honoured members, click here. In addition, Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont. will be inducted into Golf Ontario’s Hall of Fame during the ceremony after previously being announced in March.

“THE RINK” HOLE AND THE FARE WAY FEATURING THE KEG FAN EXPERIENCE RETURNS

Fans of all ages will once again be able to experience the week-long celebration of golf highlighted by The Rink on the 10th hole at Mississaugua, and a variety of food and patio experiences in The Fare Way featuring the Keg.

KIDS 12-AND-UNDER GET IN FREE

As part of the championship’s commitment to junior golf, admission all week is free for youth aged 12-and-under. General admission tickets provide access to the golf course and enjoy fan activations throughout the property and experience the thrill of major professional golf.

MOBILE APP EXPERIENCE

Experience the CPKC Women’s Open like never before by downloading the Golf Canada Mobile App on your iOS or Android device. Essential features include a live map, leaderboard & pairings, tickets, breaking news, and special events. Plus, use the Golf Canada Mobile App to enhance your experience while playing! Find golf courses, track your game, set up matches against friends, access GPS yardages and more. Click here to download.

Myles Creighton had such a good week he almost forgot about the hole-in-one.

Creighton, from Digby, N.S., had an ace on a par-3 hole in Friday’s second round, followed it up with an 11-under 59 in the third round, and then had a 2-under 68 on Sunday to win the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open. 

His first victory on the Korn Ferry Tour and catapulted him 58 spots up to 16th on the second-tier circuit’s points list.

“Just kind of processing it all still,” said Creighton as he travelled to the Memorial Health Championship in Springfield, Ill. “I think it’ll take a little while to set in but we another tournament and all so it kind of on to the next one, trying to prepare.

“But I am, you know, trying to enjoy this one, and we’ll do that for at least a couple weeks.”

Creighton wasn’t even sure he’d be able to play the weekend at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, but he had two eagles on Friday — the hole-in-one on the par-3 12th and a hole out on the par-4 15th as he shot 30 on the back nine  — to make the cut with a round of a 2-under 68.

That set up Creighton’s Saturday, where he had 12 birdies and one bogey to move to the top of the leaderboard. He then held on to that lead in the final round for the victory. 

Creighton became just the third player in Korn Ferry Tour history to win an event after carding a sub-60 round the same week.

“It was just such a crazy week,” Creighton said with a chuckle. “All the things that happened, just to give myself a chance to play on Saturday and then 59 on Saturday and then win the golf tournament.”

He is the second Canadian to win on the Korn Ferry Tour after Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Mississauga, Ont., was victorious at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on Jan. 22.

Derek Ingram, the head coach of Golf Canada’s men’s team, was at Crestview Country Club last week to support Creighton and the other Canadians in the field at the Wichita Open. He said Creighton’s impressive week was a result of consistent hard work.

“The message with Myles for the last two or three months has been to be patient, keep working the plan, and if you do the right things long enough, we will get rewarded,” said Ingram on Tuesday. “But it’s tough for a guy to be patient when they’re not getting rewarded but we knew good things were going to happen.

“I wasn’t expecting, you know, a hole-in-one, a 30 on the back nine on Friday to make the cut, a 59, and then to win the tournament. We were just expecting great results, whether it’s the top five or some consistent results coming down the pipeline, but that was fantastic and a dream come true for Myles.”

Creighton and Yellamaraju are both in the field at this week’s Memorial Health Championship. Yellamaraju is 18th on the points list.

They’ll be joined at Panther Creek Country Club by Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald (34th), Matthew Anderson (55th) of Mississauga, Roger Sloan (130th) of Merritt, B.C., and Etienne Papineau (141st) of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.

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PGA TOUR — Amateur Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont., will be in the field at this week’s Rocket Classic on a sponsors exemption. He’ll be joining regular PGA Tour players Adam Hadwin (ranked 112th on the FedEx Cup standings) of Abbotsford, B.C., Ben Silverman (166th) of Thornhill, Ont., and Adam Svensson (167th) of Surrey, B.C., in the field at Detroit Golf Club.

DP WORLD TOUR — Aaron Cockerill of Stony Mountain, Man., is the lone Canadian teeing off at the Italian Open this week. He’s 116th on the European-based tour’s Race to Dubai points list heading into play at Argentario Golf Club in Monte Argentario, Italy.

CHAMPIONS TOUR — Calgary’s Stephen Ames, Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., and Dave Bunker of Richmond Hill, Ont., are in this week’s U.S. Senior Open Championship. Ames is 35th on the Schwab Cup points list and Weir is 70th heading into play at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bunker hasn’t played on the Champions Tour since 2016.

LPGA TOUR — Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., leads the Canadian contingent into this week’s Dow Championship. Grewal is 131st in the Race to CME Globe standings heading into play at Midland Country Club in Midland, Mich. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp (141st) and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (156th) of Sherbrooke, Que., are also in the field.

EPSON TOUR — Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., is the top ranked Canadian on the second-tier Epson Tour heading into the Otter Creek Championship on Friday. She’s 40th in the Race for the Card standings heading into play at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind. There are nine Canadians in the field including Brooke Rivers (56th) of Brampton, Ont., Josee Doyon (63rd) of Saint-Georges, Que., Monet Chun (69th) of Richmond Hill, Ont., Mary Parsons (104th) of Delta, B.C., Yeji Kwon (126th) of Port Coquitlam, B.C., Vancouver’s Leah John (138th), Brigitte Thibault (146th) of Rosemere, Que., and Toronto’s Ashley Chow (unranked).

Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., won the Wichita Open on Sunday, a day after shooting an 11-under 59, closing with a 2-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico.

Creighton won his first Korn Ferry Tour title, finishing at 17-under 263 at Crestview Country Club.

On Saturday, he became the 15th player in PGA TOUR history to shoot a sub-60 round and the second of the week.

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Gonzalez finished with a 66.

Adrien Dumont de Chassart of Belgium opened with a 59. He closed with a 65 to tie for fifth at 13 under.

Creighton is the second Canadian to win on the Korn Ferry Tour this year, joining Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Mississauga, Ont. Both are now inside the top 20 on the points list, which would secure them a PGA TOUR card at the end of the season.

Creighton seemed like an unlikely winner after making the cut on the number after a second straight round of 68 on Friday, which included five bogeys but two eagles with a hole-in-one.

Stuart Macdonald notched his second top-10 finish of the season, both coming in his last five starts. The Vancouver native shot 68 Sunday to finish at 11 under.

Chase Lassman fired a one-under 71 to claim his second NextGen Championship while Zhang stitched together a bogey-free 66 to win NextGen Prairie Championship. 

WARMAN, Sask. – Chase Lassman of Parkland County, Alta. picked up his second win of the month while Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. fired a six-under 66 in her final round to each claim titles in the Junior Boys and Junior Girls division respectively at the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship.  

Both Lassman and Zhang kicked off their final round at The Legends Golf Club in Warman, Sask. atop the leaderboards and didn’t take long to find separation from their closest chasers on Sunday.  

Zhang, who started her morning with a three-stroke lead over 2025 NextGen Western Championship winner Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon of Vancouver, B.C., blitzed the front nine to make the turn at six-under par and lead Kwon by eight strokes.  

Birdies at the first, sixth and seventh-holes highlighted Zhang’s hot start to pull away from the pack despite her success on that stretch of the golf course helping carve out her advantage leading up to Sunday’s final round. Zhang played the front nine of The Legends Golf Club at seven-under par throughout the week, a score collectively better than any other player in the field over that stretch.  

Zhang added back-to-back birdies at holes 12 and 13 before entering the clubhouse with another birdie at the 17th to put the finishing touches on a bogey-free 66 and claim her maiden win on the NextGen Championship series.  

“I’m very happy to be the champion of this event and very glad to see that all my hard worked paid off,” commented Zhang following her win Sunday. “The front nine is easier than the back nine, the tee shots gave me more space, the fairways were wider, so I didn’t have to worry about going in the fescue,” she added.   

Teeing off later in the morning with a share of the lead in the Junior Boys division, Lassman rallied around a hot start to take his second title of the month after coming out victorious in a three-player playoff at the NextGen Western Championship in Entwistle, Alta. two weeks ago.  

Lassman grabbed sole possession of the lead on Sunday after rolling in birdie putts on the first, fifth and sixth holes to get nine-under par.  

Consecutive bogeys on 14 and 15 stalled his momentum but failed to bump him from the top spot. Lassman finished the final three holes of his round at even par while his closest chaser, reigning NextGen Prairie Championship winner Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask., played his final six holes at three-over par to finish his title defence three strokes off the pace.  

“I’m a preserver,” commented Lassman on what he learned of himself after his winning form in the month of June. “I learned that I can compete at the national level day in and day out with my B game and with my A game,” he added. Lassman believes the playoff victory at Trestle Creek Golf Resort earlier in the month boosted his confidence and equipped him with the same trait he credited to helping put the finishing touches on his win Sunday at the NextGen Prairie.  

Lassman fired rounds of 70, 68 and 71 to get his hands on another NextGen Championship, while Zhang negated an opening-round 74 with rounds of 67 and 66 to claim her title. Both will compete in the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship set for August 27-29 at Pitt Meadows Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, B.C., as well as their respective Junior Championships later this summer.  

NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship 

*Top 6 qualify  

NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship 

*Top 6 plus ties qualify  

With two more stops left on the circuit, the 2025 NextGen Championship season will roll into eastern Ontario for the playing of the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship set to take place July 3-5 at the Rideau View Golf Club in Manotick, Ont. The 54-hole event will be preceded by a practice round on Wednesday, July 2 and will crown a winner on Saturday, July 5.  

To view the final leaderboards from the 2025 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 2024 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.    

OAKMONT, Pa. – Canadian golfer Corey Conners has withdrawn from the final round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club due to a right wrist injury.

The 33-year-old from Listowel, Ont., sustained the injury during the first round on Thursday when his club struck a television cable while playing from a bunker. Despite the setback, Conners completed rounds of 72, 74 and 72, positioning himself within the top 15 heading into Sunday’s final round. 

On Saturday, the injury worsened, prompting Conners to seek medical treatment and undergo imaging. He attempted to warm up on Sunday morning but was unable to continue, leading to his withdrawal just hours before his scheduled tee time alongside Ryan Fox, who recently won the RBC Canadian Open.

Conners has had a consistent season on the PGA TOUR, making 14 cuts in 15 events and securing five top-10 finishes. He was ranked ninth in the FedEx Cup standings entering the U.S. Open. His best major result this year was a tie for eighth at the Masters. 

The extent of Conners’ injury and its impact on his participation in upcoming tournaments, including the $20 million Travelers Championship, remains uncertain. 

Liu recorded rounds of 78-67-66 to overcome a five-stroke deficit and win the 2025 Peloton Glencoe Invitational  

CALGARY, Alta. – Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. fired a bogey-free 66 in her final round to claim a come-from-behind victory at the 2025 Peloton Glencoe Invitational in Calgary, Alta. and become the second Team Canada NextGen member in as many weeks to do so on the She Plays Golf Championship Series.  

The win marks Liu’s fourth in 2025 and earns her a spot in the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open later this summer. The 16-year-old joins her Team Canada NextGen teammate Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C. in the field set to descend on Mississaugua Golf and Country Club, August 20 – 24 after the latter picked up a narrow win in last week’s She Plays Golf Championship Series opener in Whistler, B.C.  

Liu followed an opening-round 78 with rounds of 67 and 66 – both the lowest scores in the second and third round respectively – to finish 5-under and win by two over Team Canada member, Ellie Vorster of London, Ont. She picked up momentum late in her second round on Friday to negate a slow start to the tournament by carding four birdies through holes 14 and 17 to get to one-over par and climb within five strokes of 36-hole leader Vanessa Zhang of Vancouver, B.C.  

Six birdies and a blemish-free scorecard later – the only player in the field to avoid dropping a shot on Saturday – and Liu claimed the tournament she once trailed by four strokes. Birdies at holes one, eight, nine and 10 got her to three-under par and propelled her atop the leaderboard after Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. exited with double-bogey at the par-four fourth to drop to two-under.  

Holding onto her first lead of the week, Liu failed to take her foot off the gas throughout the rest of Saturday’s back nine, adding birdies at holes 14 and 16 to build a three-stroke cushion over Cranston and take the clubhouse lead at five-under par.  

The insurance proved to be more than enough to secure Liu victory with Cranston playing her final nine holes at one-over par. Despite finishing third, Cranston – who is also a member of the Team Canada program – nabbed 800 points to add to her lead (1,650 points) in the season-long standings.  

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 event, also receives an exemption to the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open with Cranston leading the field of non-winners entering the final leg of the series.  

For the final standings, leaderboards and purse distribution from the 2025 Peloton Glencoe Invitational, please click here. 

With stops around the country, the She Plays Golf Championship Series 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, 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 of the She Plays Golf Championship Series will be the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada, taking place at Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ont. from July 7-10. 

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