EDMONTON, Alta. – Four amateurs have earned the final four exemptions into the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open field through Monday’s Final Qualifier at Edmonton Petroleum Golf & Country Club in Edmonton, Alta.

Ein Kim of Irvine, Calif. led the field firing a 4-under 68, carding five birdies. Kim has earned seven top 20 finishes on the AJGA this season including a runner-up finish at the K.J. Choi Foundation California Junior Championship.

Kelly Zhang of Hillsborough, Calif. grabbed the second spot finishing with a 3-under 69. Zhang has enjoyed a successful season on the AJGA, winning the Kathy Whitworth Invitational and adding four additional top 10 finishes.

Honorine Ferry of Flower Mound, Texas and Grace Lee of Bellevue, Wash. carded 1-under 71’s to take the final two spots. Ferry earned two top 10s and two top 25 finishes on the AJGA this season. Lee, recently finished her senior year at Gonzaga University, earning 10 top 10 finishes including one top 5.

All four will be making their CPKC Women’s Open debuts at Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

Monday’s Final Qualifier saw a field of 29 golfers competing featuring a mix of professional and amateurs. For the final standings, please click here.

BRANTFORD, Ont. – The field is set for the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid Amateur Championship, presented by BDO, from August 17-21 at Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ont.

The field of 156 competitors features players aged 25 and over and from Canada and the United States. Additionally, all 10 provinces, and the territory of Yukon will be represented in Brantford.

The Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship is a 72-hole stroke play event, with a 36-hole cut to the low 70 players and ties. The national championship was first contested in 1987 and includes an inter-provincial team competition held over the first 36 holes. The Mid-Amateur division will run concurrently with the Mid-Master division for players 40 and older.

“We are very excited to be hosting the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, at Brantford Golf & Country Club. The staff have worked extremely hard to ensure the event is successful for all the players and volunteers involved,” said Connor Doyle, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “This year’s field features a mix of past national champions, and many top mid-amateur golfers.”

There are three past Canadian Mid-Amateur champions including Cam Burke of Kitchener, Ont., Garrett Rank of Waterloo, Ont. and Rob Couture of Celina, Texas. Burke won the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2024 along with winning the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2008 and 2009. Rank is a three-time Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur champion in 2014, 2015, and 2016, he also won the Canadian College / University Individual Championship in 2012. Couture won in 2011. The final former Canadian national champion in the field is Don Martone of Sault Ste Marie, Ont. who won the 2025 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship.

For nearly 150 years, Brantford has been one of Canada’s most noted, and celebrated, member golf clubs. The current golf course is situated on land that housed nine holes that opened in 1906. It was the Thompson brothers who are the visionaries behind the foundation of the modern course, refining the existing work and adding another nine holes. Brantford is built on a rolling, rambling property, it’s a course that continues to be a joy to play. With holes overlooking the valley housing the Grand River, while others slink up hillsides towards near-perfect greensides, it takes a lifetime of play to sort out the course’s challenges.

“It’s a tremendous privilege for Brantford Golf & Country Club to host the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship. We are incredibly proud to welcome 156 of the finest amateur golfers from across Canada and the United States to experience our Club, our golf course and our community,” said Dave Newsome, General Manager, Brantford Golf & Country Club. “Championships of this calibre are special, and we are excited for the opportunity to showcase BGCC on a national stage. Most importantly, we look forward to seeing our members, volunteers and staff come together to provide the warm hospitality our Club is known for and make this a memorable championship for everyone involved.”

Practice rounds are scheduled for Monday, August 17, before the 72-hole stroke play competition begins Tuesday, August 18 and runs through to Friday, August 21.

To view the full player field, live leaderboards, and up to date tee times throughout the tournament, please click here.

Xie joins 12 other players to win both the Junior Boys and Juvenile Boys division in the same year

REGINA, Sask. – Tiger Xie rallied from behind to secure the victory in both divisions at the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Sask. on Friday.

Xie of Surrey, B.C. entered the final round two shots back of the leader Michael Vivone of Ottawa, Ont. Vivone held the lead throughout the first 11 holes, it was not until hole no. 12 when Xie birdied to sit in a tie for first. Xie eventually took the lead on hole no. 15 and extended it to a two-shot lead and the win with a birdie on hole no. 18.

“It means a lot, it’s nice to see my name up there with some very good players, it feels like my hard work finally paid off this time,” said Xie on what it means to become a national champion.

“I didn’t really try and do anything different, I was mostly just trying to make smart choices approaching the green,” added Xie. “It was kind of a grind today, I didn’t have my best stuff, but I am glad I was able to close it out.

“On hole ten I pushed it and hit the tree right in front of the tee box and it landed on the front of the tee box like ten yards up,” he added. “I really should have stayed focused and not let myself get away and spiral, I guess.

“I think the best part of my game was off the tee today, I really only had two bad shots but everything else was pretty solid.”

Xie closed out the final round with a 2-under 70 finishing the tournament at 16-under. Xie earned his first national championship win with rounds of 71-66-65-70-272, carding two eagles and 20 birdies throughout the week. Vivone shot a 2-over 74 to finish at 14-under with rounds of 68-67-65-74-274.

“There was a lot of thoughts, I was kind of nervous obviously, but I was also just trying to stay present,” said Xie on what was going through his head standing over the final putt on hole no. 18.

With Xie’s win he becomes the 13th player to win both the Junior Boys and Juvenile Boys division in the same year. The Juvenile Boys division is for players 16 and under and has run concurrently since 1970 with the Junior Boys Championship. The last player to win both divisions in the same year was 2026 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. who did it in 2025.

“That’s crazy, I never really expected this coming into this week, but it feels really nice having my name there,” said Xie.

Along with Xie’s Junior Boys championship title, he has also received an exemption into the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship if eligible, and the 122nd Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. Xie will also be exempt to try and defend his title at the 2027 Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Team Canada NextGen member Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. finished the tournament in third place at 11-under with rounds of 75-67-66-69-277. Rouleau’s teammates Chase Jerome of Ottawa, Ont. finished in fifth place at 9-under with rounds of 70-67-71-71-279 and Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. finished T13 at 5-under with rounds of 70-69-72-72-283.

On Wednesday, Team Alberta won their first Inter-Provincial Team Championship since 2018, beating three teams tied for second by four strokes. Team Alberta was represented by Chase Strang (Airdrie, Alta.), Brae Rogalczyk (Innisfail, Alta.) and Jeevin Dhaliwal (Calgary, Alta.).

Team Alberta finished with a score of 11-under through two rounds while Team Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec all tied for second at 7-under.

To view the final leaderboard from the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

Liu becomes fourth player to win three straight titles in tournament history

Karrisa Yuehan Zhao wins Juvenile division and ties course record in the process

Team Ontario took home Inter-Provincial Team crown on Thursday

CALEDON, Ont. – Shauna Liu has further cemented her name in the history books of Canadian golf, securing the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in Caledon, Ont. on Friday for the third year in a row.

Liu closed with a 1-over 72, finishing the tournament at 11-under (69-67-65-72-273) to win the Brokenshire Trophy by three over Kirra St-Laurent of Australia.

“It feels awesome. Coming back to the Canadian Junior is something I am familiar with and the players here are people I’ve played with before and especially playing in my hometown feels super nice to win it here.

“It’s always such an honour to play at the national level and playing at the Canadian Junior with all my teammates and my coaches watching, it’s always really special,” said Liu on the 18th green shortly after being doused by jugs of water courtesy of her Team Canada teammates.

The three-peat puts Liu into impressive company with Canadian Golf Hall of Famers, Sandra Post (1964-66) and Gail Harvey Moore (1958-60) as well as four-time winner Heather Kuzmich (1981-84) as the only players to three-peat in tournament history. Liu also becomes the fifth player to win the national championship three times. Stacey West won three non-consecutive titles in 1974, 1976 and 1977.

“Honestly, it hasn’t sunk in yet, but it is really special and really cool for me to be able to do that and it’s definitely not something that happens every year,” she said with a smile when asked about joining such an accomplished group.

Liu was grouped with Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. and Evelyn Ma of Markham, Ont. for the second straight day and began with a four-shot lead on Card.

The lead changed from three to four strokes during the front nine until Liu grabbed her second birdie of the day on nine to pull five ahead of Card at the turn. It remained that way through no. 13 as both Liu and Card dropped a stroke. The lead was then cut to four after another bogey from Liu on 15.

In front of the lead group plenty of noise was being made as a pair of players were on pace for a course record.

Karrisa Yuehan Zhao of West Vancouver, B.C. dropped a birdie putt on 18 to secure a personal best score of 8-under 63 and moved her to 7-under for the tournament and the clubhouse leader for the Juvenile division.

Shortly after Zhao, first round co-leader, St-Laurent narrowly missed her birdie attempt on 18 to also close with a personal best score of 8-under 63 and moved her into solo second in the Junior division.

Zhao and St-Laurent tied the women’s competitive course record at Heathlands which was set by Team Canada member, Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. during the 2024 PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

As the final group approached the 18th tee, Liu, coming off back-to-back pars while holding a three-shot lead. Her drive was placed perfectly in the middle of the fairway followed by a chip on and two-putt to the secure the national championship.

“I feel like I definitely didn’t play great golf today, but the important part was that I held on even though it wasn’t great golf and I was able to sink some putts and that really helped me,” added Liu.

On no. 18, Card recorded a bogey and Ma narrowly missed to birdie to give the Florence Harvey Trophy (Juvenile division) to Zhao who patiently watched greenside.

“It’s still a lot to take in right now, I am really excited that I was able to win and I am really grateful to everyone whose supported me for this tournament,” said Zhao.

“I am really happy to play well on the last day especially and this is my new personal best on a really difficult course. I’ve improved a lot and tried my hardest this week,” she added.

Team Canada NextGen member, Ruihan Kendria Wang of Vancouver, B.C. also enjoyed a successful final round carding a 7-under 64 to finish T7 at even par.

On Thursday, Team Ontario fired a collective 3-under to capture the Inter-Provincial Team title, for the host province’s third team title in five years at the national championship. Team Ontario was represented by Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont., Avery Nordman of Ottawa, Ont. and Andrea Lai of St. Thomas, Ont.

In addition to the national championship, Liu 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.

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.

For the final leaderboards from the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

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.

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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.