Two-time defending champion, Shauna Liu leads Canadian Junior Girls division by four

CALEDON, Ont. – Team Ontario fired a collective 3-under on Thursday morning to capture the Inter-Provincial Team title at the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in Caledon, Ont.

Sunny skies replaced the dark clouds and rain of Wednesday allowing the field to complete their second rounds shortly before 12 p.m. Team Ontario was led by Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. who shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday morning along with teammate Avery Nordman of Ottawa, Ont. who carded a 1-over 72 to propel Ontario to a combined score of 4-over to top first round leaders, Team Alberta by nine. Andrea Lai of St. Thomas, Ont. finished her round with a 5-over 76. The win gives Team Ontario three inter-provincial team titles in the past five years at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship.

“It feels amazing, knowing I was able to represent Ontario at the national level feels awesome. We’ve played together many times, we’re very good friends, so being able to do this with them feels very special,” said Nordman on winning the team title alongside her close friends.

Lai added, “it’s amazing that we got to represent Ontario with the girls and knowing that we took home the win and being behind, it feels amazing.”

Card echoed her teammates “it’s really special, to come out and feel comfortable around these girls and to do it together, it’s amazing.”

Card was on pace for a bogey free second round, with five birdies before dropping a stroke on no. 18 to close with a 4-under and put her within two of round two solo leader and two-time defending champion Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont.

Liu resumed her second round early on Thursday and grabbed seven birdies to also close with a 4-under 67. Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. who won the national championship in 2023 moved into a tie for third with Evelyn Ma of Markham, Ont. at 3-under.

The third round began at 1:30 p.m. with 74 players advancing to the final two rounds following a cutline of 15-over.

Liu was in the final grouping and after a birdie, bogey start, she recorded six consecutive pars before heading to nine where an impressive run began. Liu birdied to close her front nine and went onto record six birdies through seven holes, including four consecutive from no. 12 through 15.

“I started my round struggling with my shots and found it on nine and then as I made my birdies and I had that momentum going,” said Liu. “I was striping the ball pretty nicely, hit quite a few close approach shots today and sunk quite a few putts.”

Liu closed with three straight pars to finish with a 6-under 65 to move to 12-under for the championship, four ahead of her playing partner, Card.

Liu returned to the course early Thursday morning to finish her second round with 12 holes remaining. She added with her experience she is able to adjust and ensure she doesn’t tire herself out when having to play more than 18 holes in a day during tournaments.

Liu enters Friday’s final round in the lead and in pursuit of a third consecutive Canadian Junior Girls Championship, a feat that has only been accomplished three times. If she were to emerge victorious on Friday, Liu would join Canadian Golf Hall of Famers, Sandra Post (1964-66) and Gail Harvey Moore (1958-60) as well as Heather Kuzmich (1982-84) as the only players to three-peat in tournament history.

Liu entered the final round in 2024 as co-leader and chased the lead in 2025, while she will begin play as the leader, it will not change her approach in pursuit of a third consecutive national championship.

“Stick to what I’ve been doing. I said I can still do better, and I still believe in that, and I still think that I could do better than I did today,” added Liu.

Right behind Liu is Card also enjoyed a strong back nine with five birdies including two consecutive to close her round with a 4-under 67 to move to 8-under for the tournament.

Evelyn Ma of Markham, Ont. put together another solid round finishing the day with a 2-under 69 to sit alone in third at 5-under.

In the Juvenile division, Card holds a three-shot lead over Ma in the race of the Florence Harvey Trophy. Players in the field under the age of 17 as of August 1, 2026 are eligible to compete in the Juvenile division.

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 Lisa Meldrum (2000), Alena Sharp (1999), Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). LPGA Tour players Maude-Aimée Leblanc (2006), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013) also lifted the Brokenshire Trophy. Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996, 1998) is also a past Canadian Junior Girls Champion.

The 2026 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 113th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and both the 2027 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2027 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the current leaderboards at the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Tiger Xie also ties course record 7-under 65 on Thursday

REGINA, Sask. – Michael Vivone of Ottawa, Ont. holds the solo lead at 16-under through three rounds at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at Wascana Country Club, in Regina, Sask. following play on Thursday.

Vivone entered the third round with a one-shot lead and shot a bogey free 7-under 65 carding one eagle and five birdies to tie the course record. Along with tying the course record, Vivone increased his lead to two strokes heading into the final round on Friday.

“It feels great, I played really well today and did not make a lot of mistakes,” said Vivone. “I felt really calm, composed, just sticking to my plan that I had for this course, and I ended up executing it really well.”

Vivone was unaware that he tied the course record until being asked, “I did not know that, that’s pretty cool, I wish I could have gotten one more to beat the course record, but I’ll take the tie.”

Vivone plans to continue to execute his game plan he had coming into this tournament, which is staying calm, hitting to the large parts of the green and being aggressive with his putts heading into the final round of the national championship.

“I am also going to go figure out my driver on the range, my driver was a little all over the place today, but my putting ended up saving me,” he added.

Along with Vivone, Tiger Xie of Surrey, B.C. also tied the course record on Thursday. Xie shot a bogey free 7-under 65 carding one eagle and five birdies to sit at 14-under currently in second place. Xie is also the solo leader in the Juvenile Boys division, which he leads by six strokes.

“I think overall I just hit it really well, I hit it good off the tee and hit a lot of greens, I think I hit 16 greens,” said Xie. “I left a couple putts out there but obviously you can’t make everything.

“I’m just going to try and do the same thing I’ve been doing all week and try to stay out my own way on the mental side,” said Xie on how he plans to approach the final round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Heading into the final 18 holes of the national championship on Friday, both Vivone and Xie are looking forward to what potentially is ahead of them.

“It would mean a lot, that’s definitely a really cool title, and to be able to be up there with some really insane names would mean a lot if I could get it done tomorrow,” said Vivone.

“It would mean a lot obviously, it would be a huge achievement and accomplishment for me, just to see my hard work finally pay off,” said Xie.

Team Canada NextGen members Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. and Chase Jerome of Ottawa, Ont. both are T4 at 8-under through three rounds. Rouleau entered the third round at 2-under and shot a 6-under 66 carding seven birdies to improve his position. Jerome shot a 1-under 71 with five birdies. Rouleau and Jerome’s Team Canada NextGen teammate Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. shot even par 72 and sits T12 at 5-under through three rounds.

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.

The Canadian Junior Boys champion will receive an exemption into the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship if eligible, and the 2027 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. The winner will also be exempt into the 2027 Canadian Junior Boys Championship to defend their title, if eligible.

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

14-time LPGA Tour winner and two-time CPKC Women’s Open champion leads 15-player Canadian contingent competing alongside world no. 1 Nelly Korda, three-time winner Lydia Ko and fellow world-top 10 players Hyo Joo Kim, Miyu Yamashita, Ruoning Yin, Hannah Green and Minjee Lee for the 52^nd playing of Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship

CPKC Women In Leadership Summit to kick off tournament week on Tuesday, August 18

CPKC Has Heart campaign to benefit official charity partner Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation along with community charity beneficiaries Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and CK Hui Heart Centre

EDMONTON, Alta. – Golf Canada in partnership with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the LPGA Tour announced today the field of competitors scheduled to compete in the 52nd playing of the CPKC Women’s Open, August 19 – 23 at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, Alta.

The list of commitments features a world class field with six of the current top 10 and 14 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 on the 2026 Race to the CME Globe Standings.

Defending champion and 14-time LPGA Tour winner, Brooke Henderson (world no. 11) 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. 12). Other notables include Hyo Joo Kim (world no. 4), Miyu Yamashita (world no. 7), Ruoning Yin (world no. 8), Hannah Green (world no. 9) and 2025 runner-up Minjee Lee (world no. 13).

Other notables and fan favourites set to compete at Royal Mayfair include Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang and Leona Maguire.

Two-time winner and defending champion Brooke Henderson is among six past CPKC Women’s Open champions competing for Canada’s Women’s National Open Championship including Megan Khang (2023), Paula Reto (2022), Jin Young Ko (2019), Ariya Jutanugarn (2016) and Lydia Ko (2015, 2013, 2012) who will be chasing a record fourth CPKC Women’s Open title.

Last August, Henderson won her second CPKC Women’s Open title at the Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont. Henderson fired a 4-under 67 to beat Lee by one stroke to claim her 14th career LPGA title and further strengthen herself as Canada’s all-time winningest professional golfer.

The 28-year-old will lead 15-player Canadian contingent looking to earn their National Open Championship, a feat only accomplished by herself and the legendary Jocelyne Bourassa who won the (former) La Canadienne in 1973.

Henderson will be joined by fellow Canadians with LPGA Tour status, Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., Leah John of Vancouver, B.C. and Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont. as well as Alena Sharp, a 2026 inductee into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame who will compete in her 21st CPKC Women’s Open.

In addition, Aphrodite Deng (Calgary, Alta.) and Anna Huang (Vancouver, B.C.) have earned exemptions into the field. Last year, the then 15-year-old Team Canada – NextGen member, Deng won the Marlene Stewart Streit medal for finishing as the low amateur in a tie for 20th. Huang is currently in her second season competing on the Ladies European Tour, where she has won four titles since turning professional last year at the age of 16. Huang won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and the La Sella Open in her first season along with the Lalla Meryem Cup this past May in Morocco and last week’s PIF London Championship.

Other Team Canada members receiving previously announced tournament exemptions include Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont., Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C., Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., Tillie Claggett of Calgary, Alta., Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont., and Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. has also received an exemption into the field and replaces Lauren Zaretsky in the field. Xing will be competing in her third consecutive CPKC Women’s Open before heading to begin her collegiate career with the UCLA Bruins.

Several notable international amateur players have also accepted exemptions to compete including the world’s no. 1 ranked amateur, Kiara Romero of San Jose, Calif.

Romero has been awarded an exemption into the field and will be making her professional debut in Edmonton after earning her LPGA Tour card through the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway. Romero has been the no. 1 ranked player on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) since July 2025 and was recently awarded the Mark H. McCormack Medal for the second consecutive year. Romero’s decorated collegiate career at the University of Oregon concludes with six collegiate titles, seven runner-up finishes and 22 top 10s. In addition, she became the first three-time First Team All-American in Oregon’s golf history. This year, Romero competed in her second U.S. Women’s Open, where she earned Low Amateur honours, finishing T6. She also competed in three additional majors on the LPGA including the Chevron Championship, Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women’s Open. The 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion will be making her second appearance at the CPKC Women’s Open, having finished T36 in 2025.

Other notable international amateurs include 2026 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion Rina Kawasaki of Japan, and 2025 Women’s Canadian Collegiate Invitational winner Veronika Kedroňová of Czechia and Charlotte Naughton of England won the individual title at the 2025 World Junior Girls Championship.

There are four additional exemptions to be awarded by Golf Canada and CPKC during the CPKC Women’s Open Qualifier on Monday, August 17 at Edmonton Petroleum Golf & Country Club in Edmonton, Alta.

Royal Mayfair Golf Club will welcome seven in-year winners including, four-time winner Nelly Korda (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, The Chevron Championship, Riviera May Open, U.S. Women’s Open), Hannah Green (HSBC Women’s World Championship, JM Eagle LA Championship), Mi Hyang Lee (Blue Bay LPGA), Hyo Joo Kim (Fortinet Founders Cup, Ford Championship), Gina Kim (Dow Championship), Yana Wilson (Dow Championship) and Miyu Yamashita (Meijer LPGA Classic).

The 2026 tournament returns to Royal Mayfair for the third time and first since LPGA Tour star and three-time CPKC Women’s Open champion Lydia Ko won the 2013 event as a 15-year-old amateur. Ko won back-to-back events as an amateur in 2012 and 2013 and would go on to win her third Canadian title in 2015. Royal Mayfair also hosted the championship in 2007, an event won by LPGA Tour legend Lorena Ochoa. For more than a century, Royal Mayfair has been recognized as one of Western Canada’s premier golf facilities. The club celebrated its centennial in 2022 and is one of 17 clubs to have hosted both the Women’s and Men’s National Open Championship.

One of Canada’s premier annual sporting events and a signature stop on the LPGA Tour, the CPKC Women’s Open earned the LPGA Tour’s Tournament of the Year award in back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023. The tournament also won additional LPGA Gold Driver Awards on multiple occasions for Best Sponsorship Activation, Best Volunteer Appreciation as well as Best Community and Charity Engagement. 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 field will be competing for the $2.75 million USD purse with the champion taking home $412,500.

“We are very extremely excited to begin play next week with two-time winner and Canadian icon Brooke Henderson leading a tremendous field of competitors to Royal Mayfair for the 52^nd playing of Canada’s National Open Championship,” said CPKC Women’s Open Tournament Director Brian Newton. “The CPKC Women’s Open is one of Canada’s signature women’s sporting events and there is incredible momentum in the Edmonton market as fans get set to welcome a special championship that will leave a major charitable impact in our host community.”

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 2026, CPKC has selected Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, as the primary charity partner with a goal to raise more than $3.9 million in support of the advancement of their world-renowned pediatric cardiac program by providing state-of-the-art equipment including ultrasound echocardiography machines and neuromonitoring systems. In addition, the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and the CK Hui Heart Centre will be the community charity partners with CPKC generously matching donations up to $250,000.

Last year, CPKC helped raise $4.5 million for heart health with donations of $4 million to MacKids and $502,000 to Trillium Heath Partners. Since 2014, this tournament, which is the marquee event of the CPKC Has Heart community investment program, has helped raise over $27 million in support of children’s heart health in North America.

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 as ticket holders enjoy fan activations throughout the property and experience the thrill of major professional golf.

For information about tickets, corporate hospitality or volunteer opportunities, please visit www.cpkcwomensopen.com.

CPKC Women in Leadership Summit returns…
Golf Canada and CPKC will host the ninth annual CPKC Women in Leadership summit on Tuesday, August 18 as part of the weeklong excitement of the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open. The summit will be held at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton and will 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.

“The Rink” Hole and The Fare Way fan experience return…
Fans of all ages will once again be able to experience the week-long celebration of golf highlighted by The Rink Hole on the 17th hole at Royal Mayfair, and a variety of food and patio experiences in The Fare Way.

Experience the tournament with the No. 1 golf app in the country…
Experience the CPKC Women’s Open like never before by downloading the Golf Canada 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 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.

Media Guide and Player Performance Guide
For tournament facts and history along with all-time player results, please visit the CPKC Women’s Open Media Guide along with the CPKC Women’s Open Player Performance Guide.

Michael Vivone leads in Junior Boys division; Chase Strang and Tiger Xie co-lead Juvenile Boys division.

REGINA, Sask. – Team Alberta secured the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Sask. on Wednesday.

Team Alberta was represented by Chase Strang of Airdrie, Alta., Brae Rogalczyk of Innisfail, Alta. and Jeevin Dhaliwal of Calgary, Alta. who finished with a combined score of 11-under to win their first inter-provincial title since 2018. In the final round of the Inter-Provincial Championship, Strang shot 3-under 69, Rogalczyk shot an even par 72 to count towards the team score, and Dhaliwal shot 2-over 74.

“It feels great to be able to represent our province and show them that we are great players and that we are here to compete,” said Strang on what it means to win the Inter-Provincial Team Championship.

Although the Team Alberta teammates have competed against one another throughout their amateur careers this is the first time they have been able play together as a team.

“We always play together back home in Alberta, like last year and this year we played in the U19 together, but its really fun playing with these guys and competing against them as well,” said Dhaliwal.

The team aspect was very prevalent throughout the start of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship for Team Alberta, as the trio provided each other with support and positivity throughout the first two rounds tournament.

“I mean these first two days is all about the team and its good if we play well individually but we are here for the team and we are here to represent the province of Alberta,” said Rogaczyk. “It was just positive vibes all around, lots of fist bumps and high fives whenever we see each other, just rooting for each other.”

Throughout the second round Hongzhao (Thomas) Xu of Vancouver, B.C. and Strang were neck and neck exchanging the lead. Xu and Strang both finished their second round with a 3-under 69 leaving Xu at 8-under and Strang at 7-under through two rounds. It was not until they both finished that Michael Vivone of Ottawa, Ont. climbed the leaderboard to sit alone as the new solo leader.

Vivone entered the second round at 4-under, one shot back of Xu and shot a 5-under 67 to move to 9-under for the championship heading into Thursday. Vivone carded seven birdies on Wednesday, with three of those coming consecutively on hole nos. 12 through 14.

“I hit a good shot on hole 12 the par three and made a down hill 20-footer which was nice, then on the 13 I hit it left but was able to hit a great recovery shot and a good chip to 10 feet, then made the putt. Then on 14 I hit a good tee shot in the left rough and a really good flop shot to four feet and managed to make that putt as well,” said Vivone.

“Just staying committed to my plan on this course, making sure I pick the right clubs off the tee, and I had a few putts drop today, same as yesterday which was nice to see,” added Vivone. “My putter worked really well, and then just sticking good targets into greens definitely went well.”

Along with winning the team title on Wednesday Strang finds himself two shots back of the lead in the Junior Boys division while leading the Juvenile division. Strang looks to become the 13th player to win both the Canadian Junior Boys Championship and the Juvenile division. The last player to win both was 2026 Canadian Men’s Amateur champion Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. who won both titles in 2025.

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.

The winner of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship will receive exemption into the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship if eligible, and the 2027 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. The winner will also be exempt into the 2027 Canadian Junior Boys Championship to defend their title, if eligible.

For the individual and inter-provincial team leaderboards following the second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. Thursday with third round to begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT

CALEDON, Ont. – The second round of the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO was suspended twice on Wednesday due to inclement weather, before being called for the day at 5:40 p.m. EDT. Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in Caledon, Ont.

The horn sounded at 1:12 p.m. due to lightning in the area. Play was able to resume over two hours later at 3:30 p.m. before being called again at 5:40 p.m. with 75 players being able to finish their round from the morning wave. The final groups of the day were unable to complete their first hole leaving the inter-provincial team championship to be awarded on Thursday.

Co-leader Evelyn Ma of Markham, Ont. was able to finish her second round, carding a 1-under 70 to move to 3-under for the tournament. Ma was sitting at 3-under for her round before closing with a pair of bogeys to finish with a 70.

Two-time defending champion Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. is currently 1-under through three holes as is Zixuan Tan of Montreal, Que. to both sit 3-under for the tournament, tied with Ma for the lead.

In the Juvenile division, Ma and Tan remain tied at 3-under in the race of the Florence Harvey Trophy. Players in the field under the age of 17 as of August 1, 2026 are eligible to compete in the Juvenile division.

Team Alberta remains in the lead for the Mary Pyke Trophy, sitting at 3-over through three holes and 6-over overall, with Team Ontario currently at even par through three holes and 7-over for the championship.

The third round is expected to begin at 1:30 p.m. following the conclusion of round two and the cut being made.

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 Lisa Meldrum (2000), Alena Sharp (1999), Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). LPGA Tour players Maude-Aimée Leblanc (2006), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013) also lifted the Brokenshire Trophy. Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996, 1998) is also a past Canadian Junior Girls Champion.

The 2026 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 113th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and both the 2027 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2027 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the current leaderboards at the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

VICTORIA — Whether working behind the scenes at a national competition or championing opportunities for Indigenous golfers, T’esóts’en (Patrick Kelly) has spent years using golf to bring communities together.

That meaningful work is part of a broader record of public and community service that has earned Patrick a deserving appointment to the Order of British Columbia, the province’s highest honour.

A member of Leq’á First Nation, he will be invested into the Order at Government House in Victoria on Sept. 24.

His contributions to the sport with B.C. Golf and Golf Canada as a longtime volunteer have taken him from the boardroom to some of the country’s biggest tournaments. A past president of B.C. Golf and former director at large with Golf Canada, he has served on numerous committees over the past decade helping to advance the sport.

Patrick was tournament chair for the 2023 CPKC Women’s Open at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, the 2022 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and a 2021 U.S. Open qualifier.

One of his most meaningful assignments came in 2022, when he chaired a reconciliation golf event at the Royal Ottawa Golf and Country Club in partnership with the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.

A member at Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria, Patrick’s path into golf leadership began with a phone call.

While serving as an adviser to former lieutenant-governor Steven Point, he began thinking about what Indigenous participation in golf could look like if the right structure and support were in place.

He helped establish the BC Aboriginal Golf Association and contacted then-B.C. Golf CEO Kris Jonasson to propose working together. Patrick did not know that the association’s board had passed a resolution the previous evening committing to greater Indigenous participation in the sport.

Patrick went on to join the B.C. Golf board of directors and was elected president in 2016. He is now a past president of the association and founder and chair of the BC Indigenous Golf Association.

Those early conversations eventually helped lead to the BC Indigenous Championship at Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf Course.

Organized by BC Golf, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Osoyoos Indian Band, the inaugural championship welcomed 114 golfers representing 80 Nations. The competitors ranged in age from 14 to 80.

The event has continued to grow. It now includes senior and junior divisions, a youth clinic delivered with the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council and First Tee – Canada, and an Indigenous Challenge Cup between British Columbia and Ontario.

Patrick will captain Team B.C. at this year’s Challenge Cup at Bear Mountain Golf Resort. The matches will be played during the same week he receives the Order of British Columbia.

His appointment also reflects decades of work outside golf.

Patrick helped facilitate discussions during the Clayoquot Sound conflict and later facilitated the founding meeting of Coastal First Nations. He served as the organization’s board chair for more than 18 years as its member Nations advanced conservation, stewardship and economic initiatives throughout the Great Bear Rainforest.

He also helped negotiate an agreement protecting Indigenous burial sites at Grace Islet on Salt Spring Island.

Patrick’s public service has included roles with the Law Society of British Columbia, the B.C. Provincial Judicial Council and the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. As chair of the Victoria Foundation, he became the first Indigenous person to lead a community foundation in Canada.

In 2024, he received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his work advancing reconciliation. Golf Canada congratulates Patrick Kelly on his deserving appointment and his many years of service to the game.

Team Alberta Leads in the Inter-Provincial Championship; Charly Pinel cards an albatross on hole no. 12

REGINA, Sask. – Hongzhao (Thomas) Xu holds the solo lead following the opening round of the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, on Tuesday at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Sask.

Xu, of Vancouver, B.C. opened with a 5-under 67 carding seven birdies. Four came consecutively on hole nos. 3 through 6, giving him a one-shot lead heading into the second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

“I stuck the first one, then after that I putted pretty well and made a couple 12 to 15 footers,” said Xu. “I think overall my putter was the best part of my game today, I made some pretty good par saves.

“I think continue the momentum and keep doing what I was doing today because I know what I did today is working,” added Xu on what he can do to continue success throughout the tournament.

There are a total of 11 players within two shots of Xu. One of those is Charly Pinel of Beaumont, Que. who carded an albatross on hole no. 12. Along with an albatross, Pinel added four birdies to shoot a 3-under 69 and sit two shots back of the leader.

“I just wanted to put it close, but it ended up in the hole, I had 124 in with wind to my back, so I hit a 54-degree wedge and the ball landed right behind the pin and spun back,” said Pinel. “I was surprised, I had no words, I just put my hands in the air and looked at my dad who was clapping.”

Team Canada NextGen members Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. and Chase Jerome of Ottawa, Ont. both sit T13 at 2-under. Jerome carded four birdies and Gu carded three to remain in the hunt at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

“Honestly, I was feeling very neutral,” said Gu. “I was playing just like I practice and going with the flow, kind of play the way the game is moving you.

“My driver worked really well today, I was not expecting that based on the performance on the practice range, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well I was hitting it out there, so driver definitely set me up well for a lot of holes,” said Gu on what the best part of his game was today.

Gu and Jerome’s Team Canada NextGen teammate Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. shot a 3-over 75 in his first round on Tuesday.

Team Alberta sits at the top of the Inter-Provincial Championship leaderboard at 8-under. Brae Rogalczyk of Innisfail, Alta and Chase Strang of Airdrie, Alta. both shot 4-under 68 to count towards the team score on Tuesday. Teammate Jeevin Dhaliwal of Calgary, Alta. shot 2-over 74.

Trailing Team Alberta is Team Nova Scotia at 6-under and Team British Columbia at 5-under. The Inter-Provincial Championship will conclude following tomorrow’s second round where the winning province will be presented the Inter-Provincial Championship trophy.

There are three players tied for the lead at 4-under for the 16-and under Juvenile division leader, including Chase Strang of Airdrie, Alta., Jeevyn Lotay of Burnaby, B.C. and Luke MacDougall of Fall River, N.S.

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. Only 12 players have ever claimed both the Juvenile and Junior championship in the same year, with Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. winning both last year.

The winner of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship will receive exemption into the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship if eligible, and the 2027 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. The winner will also be exempt into the 2027 Canadian Junior Boys Championship to defend their title, if eligible.

For the individual and inter-provincial team leaderboards following the opening round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

Team Alberta leads Inter-Provincial Team Championship by three over Team British Columbia

CALEDON, Ont. – There is a familiar name atop the leaderboard, as two-time defending champion Shauna Liu is among four players tied for the lead at the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands) in Caledon, Ont.

Liu, of Maple, Ont. got off to a tough start in Tuesday’s opening round with three consecutive bogeys through holes two through five. Liu made the turn at 2-over but carded four birdies on the back nine including one at no. 18 to finish with a 2-under 69.

“I didn’t start off too great, but I was able to figure it out with my shots and sink quite a few putts coming in,” said Liu following her round. Liu added that her ball striking and putting “saved her” on Tuesday.

The two-time defending champion and Team Canada NextGen member is in familiar territory, and while she has won this event before, she still approaches every tournament the same way.

“I have a sense of I know I can do this, I know I have done this. Then again there are different people competing this year and the course is different and everything is a little different, so you never really know, but we’re just here to play good golf and see what happens.”

One of her playing partners on Tuesday was Kirra St-Laurent of Australia who also finished with a 2-under 69 and like Liu, got off to a difficult start but was able to rebound and close her day with a birdie on 18.

“My putting was really good today, I didn’t really miss too many putts, I two putted really easily and I made a lot of putts under 15-feet for birdie so that was nice,” said St-Laurent who credits her short game as her strength.

“It’s always been so consistent for a few years now, I don’t really lose any shots on short game and that’s pretty much the same every tournament so that’s the best part and most consistent.”

St-Laurent, who considers Quebec City, Que. to be home recently completed her freshman year at SMU (Southern Methodist University) in Dallas, Texas where she earned a top 5, top 10 and two top 20s after only joining in the spring.

Evelyn Ma of Markham, Ont. is also tied with the group at 2-under. Ma held the solo lead at 4-under through 15 holes before a double bogey on no. 16 brought her back into the co-lead. Ma later narrowly missed a chance to retake the solo lead on 18, just putting her birdie attempt past the hole.

Ma has enjoyed a successful run over the past couple weeks, having won two AJGA tournaments and is riding that momentum into the national championship this week.

“It really shows me what I am capable of, and it motivates me to keep working hard to be in positions like that,” said Ma on her recent run of success.

Zixuan Tan of Montreal, Que. is also co-leader at 2-under after carding four birdies during her round on Tuesday. The group hold a one-shot lead over 2023 Canadian Junior Girls champion and Team Canada NextGen member, Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. and Ceilidh Spare of North Gower, Ont. who both sit at T5 following rounds of 1-under 70. The leaderboard beyond six players under par is crowded with 18 players currently within four shots of the co-leaders.

In the Juvenile division, Tan and Ma are tied for the lead at 2-under in the race of the Florence Harvey Trophy. Players in the field under the age of 17 as of August 1, 2026 are eligible to compete in the Juvenile division.

Team Alberta has finished the opening round atop the leaderboard in the battle for the Mary Pyke Trophy at a combined 3-over to lead the defending champions from British Columbia (B.C.). Coryn Tardif of Sylvan Lake, Alta. shot a 1-over 72 and Saylar May of Rocky Mountain House, Alta. added a 2-over 73 to count towards the team score on Tuesday. Teammate Raylee Denton of Red Deer, Alta. finished with a 3-over 74.

Team B.C. has one returning player from the winning team last year, Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C. who finished the day at 7-over 78. Teammates Anna Wu (Victoria, B.C.) led the way with a 2-over 73 and Charlotte Tam (Burnaby, B.C.) added a 4-over 75 to count towards the combined team score of 6-over. Team Ontario currently sits third at 7-over. The inter-provincial team competition is contested over the first two rounds, featuring teams from all 10 provinces. Each day, the lowest two of three individuals 18-hole scores count towards the team total. Following Wednesday’s second round, the field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties.

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 Lisa Meldrum (2000), Alena Sharp (1999), Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). LPGA Tour players Maude-Aimée Leblanc (2006), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013) also lifted the Brokenshire Trophy. Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996, 1998) is also a past Canadian Junior Girls Champion.

The 2026 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 113th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and both the 2027 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2027 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the leaderboards following the opening round of the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

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.

Idriss Zarrouk, Club Sports Belvedere, Hole #9

Idriss, a Golf Canada staff member, hit his second hole-in-one on hole #9 at Club Sports Belvedere. Idriss thought he hit the ball long and spent 15 minutes looking for his ball, only to realize it was in the cup! Despite playing solo, Idriss was able to celebrate on the phone with a longtime friend who just happened to call when he discovered his feat. The distance was 173 yards and he used a 9 iron.

– Submitted on behalf of a Golf Canada colleague

Abbie Wisener, Mill River Golf Club, Hole #5

The hole-in-one happened during the PGA Atlantic Dormie Women’s Pro-Am at Mill River Resort. I was playing alongside Alicia Kenny, Candace Allinotte, Melika LeBlanc and Ali Dolan, members of Moncton Golf Club whom I had the pleasure of meeting after starting there as the Head Golf Professional in the fall.

The shot was 97 yards, I hit a 54° wedge and made my first-ever hole-in-one. It was one of those picture-perfect golf holes, playing downhill over the water with a perfect view of the cup. To top it all off, our team went on to win the tournament that day. What I’ll remember most, though, is who I got to share that memory with. I couldn’t have picked a better group of people to experience that moment alongside and I’d argue they were even more excited than I was. The shot was great, but the memory I’ll carry forever is all of us jumping up and down on the tee box together like a group of kids.

Growing up, I was often the only junior girl at my golf club, so I never had the chance to share moments like that with a group of girlfriends. I had no idea what I was missing. That’s why this memory means more than the hole-in-one itself. Getting to celebrate with an incredible group of women during a women’s event is something I’ll cherish forever and never take for granted.

Bev Wiebe, Evergreen Golf Centre, Hole #17

I played with my husband Gord. First game of the season, first hole, first swing. I used my new TaylorMade hybrid that I had just bought the season before, but hadn’t used much. I just thought this was the year I’m going to love my hybrid. Took a practice swing and then hit it beautifully. Landed on the green then I lost sight of it. I was happy because I thought I could birdie it but when I got to the green and looked for my ball, I couldn’t find it until I finally looked in the hole. That was so exciting!

Catherine Rosso, Crosswinds Golf & Country Club, Hole #5

I am 65 years old and have been golfing since I was ten years old. I took a bit of hiatus during my child rearing years! The hole-in-one was on a short par 3 measuring 87 yards. I used my gap wedge to make the shot. The sad part is we didn’t actually see it go in the hole because there is a slight berm at the front of the green so we didn’t realize till we walked up but we knew it was a close shot. I was playing with three girls in my regular golf group, Jane Gair, Donna Stark and Deb Haggart.

Jeremiah Jesin-Neuberger, Oakdale Golf & Country Club, Hole #11

I was playing alone that day but when I arrived at hole #11, there was a foursome on the tee box who allowed me to play through after they all teed off. I played the blue tees and jarred it from 165 with a 7 iron. Truth be told, I caught it a little thin and the low liner hit the front edge and rolled across the green before it dropped into the cup. Lucky for me there are no pictures on the score card and I had plenty of witnesses for the occasion even though I was playing alone most of the day. There were also foursomes on the greens of hole #6 and hole #8, who all had a view of the special moment. Funny thing is we had a men’s league the next day with a closest to the pin event on that hole and I knocked one into heavy wind from the same tee with a 6 iron, about as sweet as I could hit it, into about 12 inches. I won the closest to the pin and closed out the birdie to make a total of 3 strokes on that hole over the span of two days! Our old pro, Canadian golf hall of Fame member, Wilf Homenuik, used to say they come in bunches and it turns out he wasn’t kidding!

Braden Dembowski, Granite Hills Golf Club, Hole #17

Let me preface this by saying that I am what I would consider to be a slightly below average golfer. I’m currently a 21 handicap and usually shoot anywhere from 90 – 95 at Granite Hills Golf Club (one of Manitoba’s most challenging courses).

Something must have been in the water yesterday because I flushed my 6 iron on hole #17 with a great line towards the pin. I commented out loud to my girlfriend, “huh, that looks pretty good,” as it was tracking towards the pin. Then it bounced on the front edge of the green and started rolling, still on line and I remarked, “go in!” Sure enough, it dropped and my girlfriend and I looked at each other in pure shock.

Following a brief celebration and a few pictures, it took a monumental effort to try and focus on still playing quality golf. I managed to score a respectable bogey on hole #18, bringing my total for the round to 88, my first time ever breaking 90 at Granite Hills Golf Course. Hopefully, this is not the last time!