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.  

OTTAWA, Ont. – The National Golf Course Owners Association Canada (NGCOA Canada) board of directors has announced that Chief Operating Officer Nathalie Lavallée will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer, effective Dec. 31, following the retirement of long-time CEO Jeff Calderwood.

Lavallée’s appointment follows a 25-year career with NGCOA Canada, where she has held several senior roles including director of membership, director of communications, and most recently COO. She has overseen day-to-day operations, led a national team, and played a key role in the Association’s growth over the past two and a half decades.

Her professional background includes experience in hotel management and work on Parliament Hill for a federal cabinet minister. Fully bilingual, Lavallée is recognized for her strong leadership skills and broad industry perspective.

“We are thrilled to welcome Nathalie as our next CEO,” said NGCOA Canada president Richard Edmonds. “She is a dynamic, forward-thinking leader whose experience aligns perfectly with our ongoing strategic goals serving Canadian golf course operators from coast to coast.”

Lavallée expressed excitement about her new role.

“I am honoured and energized by the opportunity to lead the NGCOA Canada into its next chapter,” she said. “With the strength of our team, the continued support of our dedicated board, and the foundation built over the past 34 years, I’m confident this will be a smooth and seamless transition

“Having had the privilege of working alongside Jeff Calderwood for the past 25 years, I want to express my sincere appreciation for his visionary leadership and mentorship. His passion and dedication have shaped the NGCOA Canada into what it is today, and I am committed to building on that legacy.”

Lavallée will remain based at the NGCOA Canada head office in Ottawa and will travel as needed to lead its national membership and eight regional chapters.

Nine members of Team Canada program set to join Brooke Henderson, Savannah Grewal, Alena Sharp and Maude-Aimee Leblanc in 13-player Canadian contingent along with other notable exemptions into the field for Canada’s National Open Championship

CPKC Women’s Open to benefit MacKids through CPKC Has Heart program

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) today announced 13 players that have received exemptions to compete in the 51st playing of the CPKC Women’s Open, August 20-24 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont.

Leading the way are nine members of Team Canada, including 15-year-old Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta. Deng made history last month, becoming the first Canadian to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. The win was the third of the year for Deng, having previously won two junior titles earlier this season. Deng was victorious at the 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in April and the 2025 Mizuho Americas Open in May where she played alongside then world no. 1, Nelly Korda. Deng will be making her first appearance at the CPKC Women’s Open and is currently ranked No. 22 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).

Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. earned an exemption as the top ranked Canadian on WAGR at No. 17. Kim will compete in her third consecutive CPKC Women’s Open coming off a strong sophomore season at the University of Texas. Kim captured her second collegiate title at the Betsy Rawls Invitational in March and earned eight top 10 finishes last season. Kim also competed in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) for a second consecutive year, finishing T14 to tie the best-ever Canadian finish at the prestigious championship.

Anna Huang of Vancouver, B.C. will be competing in her second consecutive CPKC Women’s Open. The 16-year-old turned professional in January and earned status to compete on the Ladies European Tour for the 2025 season. Huang has competed in 11 events this season and has earned four top 20 finishes and one additional top 25 finish to date. In 2023, Huang helped Canada win its first-ever World Junior Girls Championship on home soil at Brampton Golf Club, an event where she finished T2 in the individual competition.  

Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont. (No. 42 WAGR) will be competing in her third consecutive CPKC Women’s Open. The 19-year-old recently set the record for the lowest round of stroke play in the 125-year history of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship last week at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Ore. Borovilos also qualified and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open in May. Borovilos recently completed her first year at Texas A&M University, where she earned her first collegiate title at The Chevron Collegiate along with three additional runner-up finishes and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.

The foursome will join several other Team Canada teammates who earned exemptions through the She Plays Golf Championship Series. 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. Tillie Claggett of Calgary, Alta. booked her spot after winning the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada and Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. earned an exemption after finishing atop the Order of Merit standings for the three-tournament series. Cranston will be competing in her fourth consecutive CPKC Women’s Open, while Claggett will be making her debut in Mississauga.

Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. recently earned an exemption for winning the 111th playing of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO. The 17-year-old was the only player under par for the tournament and won the Duchess of Connaught Gold Cup by four shots. Xing will be making her second consecutive appearance in Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship after earning an exemption through the She Plays Golf Championship Series last year.

The nine members of Team Canada will join previously announced, 13-time LPGA Tour winner and the winningest golfer in Canadian history, Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. in the field for the CPKC Women’s Open. Additional Canadian LPGA Tour players competing as part of the 13-player Canadian contingent are Mississauga’s own Savannah Grewal, Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont. and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que.

Joining the Canadian contingent is fellow Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship winner, Yurang Li of Fullerton, Calif., who earned an exemption for winning the Canadian Women’s Amateur title in 2024. Li recently transferred to Baylor University ahead of her junior year after spending the previous two years at the University of Illinois. Li will make her first appearance at the CPKC Women’s Open.

A trio of international rising stars have also accepted tournament exemptions to compete at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club.

Carla Bernat Escuder of Castellón de la Plana, Spain will be making her professional debut at the CPKC Women’s Open. Escuder won the 2025 ANWA by one shot in her third appearance in the prestigious amateur championship. This season, Escuder has competed in four majors on the LPGA Tour and recently finished T58 at the AIG Women’s Open. She also won five collegiate titles and earned 14 top-fives, and 16 top 10 finishes during her time at Kansas State University.

Anna Davis of Spring Valley, Calif. will be making her third appearance in tournament history. Davis competed in both the 2022 and 2024 CPKC Women’s Opens and was the low amateur in both tournaments, finishing T39 and T56, respectively. Davis is entering her junior year at Auburn University where she has already won three collegiate tournaments. In addition, Davis won the 2022 ANWA and competed in the 2023 and 2024 tournaments in Augusta, Ga.

Soomin Oh of Ansan, South Korea will also be competing in Mississauga. The 16-year-old earned her exemption after winning the individual title at the 2024 World Junior Girls Championship at the Credit Valley Golf and Country Club, right next door to Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga. Oh is currently ranked No. 12 on WAGR and has earned three titles in 2025 after winning five times in 2024. Oh won the Kang Min Koo Cup Korean Women’s Amateur in June for the second straight year and competed in her first ANWA in April.

“We are very proud to add these 13 incredibly talented players into our field for the 51st playing of Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship,” said Claire Welsh, Tournament Director, CPKC Women’s Open. “Our field is shaping up to be one of the strongest in recent years and we are excited to offer these Canadian and international rising talents an opportunity to compete alongside the best in the world on the LPGA Tour.”

There are four additional tournament exemptions to be awarded during the CPKC Women’s Open Qualifier on Monday, August 18 at Credit Valley Golf and Country Club.

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.

Tickets for the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open are available here. Children aged 12-and-under get free admission with a ticketed adult.

Canadian golfers were busy racking up numbers this summer — and not just on their scorecards.

July 2025 set a new record for scores entered into the Golf Canada Score Centre, with members logging a whopping 2,082,814 rounds for the month.

That’s a 6.6 per cent jump over the previous July high of 1,953,807 set in 2024. Compared with 2019, July score entries are up more than 44 per cent — a sign that more golfers than ever are tracking their play and keeping their Handicap Index® current.

The mid-summer surge came as golfers across the country took advantage of long daylight hours, prime course conditions and a busy stretch of club, provincial and national events. With the Golf Canada app and web platform making score entry quicker than ever, members are keeping their stats up to date from the clubhouse, the parking lot — even right on the 18th green.

July has traditionally been the biggest month for score posting in Canada, but 2025’s total pushes the benchmark to new heights. The upward trend in recent years shows no signs of slowing, with steady growth in score entries across nearly every province.

With August and September still ahead — and plenty of fairways yet to be played — there’s every chance golfers will post another banner stretch before the season wraps.

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Field of 144 will compete for the Brokenshire Trophy in La Belle Province; Inter-Provincial Team Championship to be contested over first 36 holes

Sainte-Marie, Que. – The top junior female golfers from across North America are set to compete at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que. for the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO from August 13-16.

This year’s field features 141 of Canada’s top golfers from the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) are included in the 144-player field along with three international competitors.

The field is led by defending champion, Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. Last year the Team Canada NextGen member fired a 2-under to win the national championship by three shots. Liu has already earned four wins in 2025, including the Peloton Glencoe Invitational, where she earned an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open as part of the She Plays Golf Championship Series. Liu also earned two wins on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and one NXXT Epson Tour Qualifier. Liu is currently ranked No. 118 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).

Joining Liu is fellow Team Canada NextGen member and 2023 Canadian Junior Girls champion Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. Eileen will be joined by teammates Ruihan Kendria Wang of Vancouver, B.C., Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C., and Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. Lin has earned one win this year competing on AJGA, while Park has earned six victories this season, including the NextGen Ontario Championship, the Ontario Junior Players Invitational and four wins from AJGA competitions.

In addition to Park, there are three additional 2025 NextGen Championship winners including, Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. (NextGen Quebec), Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon of Vancouver, B.C. (NextGen Western), and Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. (NextGen Prairie).

“We have a strong field of Canadian and international talents ready to compete for our prestigious national championship. We are proud and excited to begin play at the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at the beautiful Club de Golf Sainte-Marie,” said Golf Canada Tournament Director Connor Doyle. “We would like to thank the incredible staff and volunteers for all the work in the lead up to ensure those competing this week are treated to a memorable experience.

Prior to the start of the tournament, a practice round will be held on Tuesday, August 12, with championship rounds beginning on Wednesday, August 13. Following the first two rounds of play, the field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties with the top ten juvenile and ties included in the final two rounds. An inter-provincial team competition will take place over the first two rounds. Each day, the lowest two of three individuals 18-hole scores will count towards the team total. The lowest aggregate score over rounds one and two determines the inter-provincial team champions, who will claim the Mary Pyke Trophy.

Last year, Team British Columbia, consisting of Ha Young Chang (Surrey, B.C.), Amy Seung Hyun Lee (Langley, B.C.) and Chelsea Truong (Victoria, B.C.) were victorious in Vancouver to finish at 1-over, eight shots clear of Team Manitoba.

Founded in 1962, the Sainte-Marie Golf Club is set in a stunning landscape with mature trees and views of the Beauce Valley; the Sainte-Marie Golf Club offers greens and fairways of unmatched quality. Thanks to the partnership of two visionary businessmen, Mr. Benoît Vachon and Mr. Roland Lacroix, land located on Rang St-Étienne in Sainte-Marie caught their attention due to its proximity, terrain, and vegetation. Together, Mr. Vachon and Mr. Lacroix fully committed to realizing this great dream, investing their time and generously contributing significant financial support. From 1968 to 1969, under the supervision of architect Howard Watson, a series of major works were carried out to expand and improve the original nine-hole course.

The Beauce Golf Club of Sainte-Marie has also had the privilege of hosting prestigious events, including the Canadian Junior Championship in 1982 and the Québec District Junior Final in 2009, along with numerous amateur golf tournaments held annually. Over the years, the leadership of Golf de Beauce has ensured the best facilities for its visitors, including the expansion of the clubhouse and improvements to the golf course.

“Being selected to host a national-level event is a deeply meaning recognition. It reflects the quality of our course, the professionalism of our team and above all, the warm welcome for which the people of the Beauce region are known,” said Daniel Drouin, President, Club de Golf Sainte-Marie. “It is a great source of pride for our members to see their club shine on the Canadian stage. This championship is an opportunity to showcase the expertise of our organization, but also the celebrate the talent and determination of these young golfers who represent the future of the sport. To all participants, welcome to our home. May your stay in Sainte-Marie be filled with great performances and last memories. Wishing you all a great championship.”

The 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 full player field competing in the 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.