Brampton Golf Club set to host the 11th playing of the world championship,
featuring 24 teams and 72 competitors
BRAMPTON, Ont. – The final field is set for the 11th playing of the World Junior Girls Golf Championship, presented by BFL CANADA featuring 23 countries and 72 players competing at Brampton Golf Club in Brampton, Ont.
In total, 24 teams will battle for the global team championship while also competing for individual honours, with the individual winner earning an exemption into the 2027 CPKC Women’s Open, taking place at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Que., August 18-22, 2027.
Golf Canada previously announced the six competitors that will represent Team Canada at the tournament. Team Canada I will be represented by Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. (no. 45 WAGR), Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. (no. 55 WAGR) and Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. (no. 412 WAGR). Both Lin and Liu were part of Team Canada I the past two years, earning silver medals with the team. Individually, Lin finished T3 in 2025 and T16 in 2024 and Liu has a pair of individual top 10s, finishing T9 (2025) and T7 (2024). Park will be making her second appearance in the championship, she finished T18 individually in 2024. Park claimed her spot on Team Canada I after winning the 2026 Team Canada – NextGen Selection Camp. Team Canada I will be led by Team Canada – NextGen Girls Head Coach, Jeff MacDonald of Chester, N.S.
Team Canada II will feature Jodie Han of Vancouver, B.C. (no. 163 WAGR), Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. (no. 467 WAGR) and Ruihan Kendria Wang of Markham, Ont. (no. 674 WAGR). Han will be making her first appearance this year. Park will be making her fourth appearance and last year along with Wang was part of Team Canada II’s best finish in tournament history (6th). Wang also finished T28 individually last year and will be making her second championship appearance. Team Canada II will be led by Team Canada – NextGen Girls Assistant Coach, Katie White of Stratford, P.E.I.
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
(team – individual winner)
2025 – Republic of Korea – Charlotte Naughton (England)
2024 – Republic of Korea – Soomin Oh (Korea)
2023 – Team Canada I – Denisa Vodickova (Czechia)
2022 – Spain – Cayetana Fernández (Spain)
2019 – Republic of Korea – Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand)
2018 – Italy – Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand)
2017 – Spain – Seo-Yun Kwon (Korea)
2016 – Philippines – Yuka Saso (Philippines)
2015 – Republic of Korea – Hye-Jin Choi (Korea)
2014 – United States – Mika Liu (USA)
MEET THE TEAMS
This year’s tournament marks the return of the Philippines for the first time since 2017 as well as New Zealand who will compete for the first time since the inaugural championship in 2014. In addition, after a one-year absence Hong Kong, China and Ireland both return to the field in Brampton.
In the 10-year history of the tournament, aside from Canada as the host nation, five other countries have participated in every tournament including: England, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Sweden.
ARGENTINA
Appearances – 1
Best Finish – 23rd (2025)
Argentina returns for the second time in tournament history led by returning players Ana Giuliano who is currently ranked no. 225 on WAGR and Mia Yaya (no. 621 WAGR) who is committed to attend Michigan.
AUSTRIA
Appearances – 3
Best Finish – T16 (2025)
Austria will compete in its fourth tournament led by 13-year-old Samira Petek who is Austria’s lowest ranked player at no. 729 on WAGR.
BELGIUM
Appearances – 7
Best Finish – 7th (tied in 2014 and solo in 2023)
Belgium will make its eighth appearance with an entirely new line-up this year led by Laetitia Vandeplas (no. 799 WAGR).
TEAM CANADA I
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 1st (2023)
Team Canada I have enjoyed a successful run over the past three years earning a gold medal and two silvers in that time. Canada I will see Shauna Liu (no. 55 WAGR) and Clairey Lin (no. 45 WAGR) return from the 2024 and 2025 squads that finished second both years. Nobelle Park (no. 412 WAGR) returns this year after competing in 2024.
In addition, Canada also earned a bronze medal in the tournament’s inaugural year. Anna Huang (2023) and Aphrodite Deng (2024) both have the highest respective individual finish in tournament history, finishing as runner-up to earn silver for Team Canada I.
TEAM CANADA II
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 6th (2025)
Eileen Park (no. 467 WAGR) and Ruihan Kendria Wang (no. 674 WAGR) return for Team Canada II coming off the team’s best finish in tournament history last year in St. Catharines. Park will be competing in her fourth WJG Championship.
CHINESE TAIPEI
Appearances – 7
Best Finish – 3rd (2022)
Chinese Taipei will make its eighth consecutive appearance with all three players having experience in the championship. Jie-En Lin (no. 119 WAGR) will be making her third straight appearance while Annika Chen (no. 454 WAGR) returns for her second year. Ping-Hua Hsieh (no. 484 WAGR) will compete for the second time having previously played for Chinese Taipei in 2024.
COLOMBIA
Appearances – 6
Best Finish – 4th (2022)
Colombia is coming off a top 10 finish last year and will have all three players returning in Maria Isabella Errichetto (no. 284 WAGR), Valeria Rubio (no. 301 WAGR) and Luciana Medina (no. 389 WAGR).
In 2022, María José Marin earned a second-place finish individually. Earlier this year, Marin won the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and is currently ranked no. 5 on WAGR.
ENGLAND
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – T4 (2019 and 2025)
England returns two players in Lauren Crump (no. 219 WAGR) and Ellie Lichtenhein (no. 830 WAGR) from the team that tied for England’s best finish in tournament history last year. Crump will be making her third appearance at the world championship and is coming off a personal best finish of T22. Annabel Peaford (no. 328 WAGR) finished T5 individually and helped England finish T4 at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championship and will make her tournament debut this year.
Last year Charlotte Naughton won the individual title for England, finishing -10 under to hold off Clara Ding (Team Canada II) by one.
FRANCE
Appearances – 8
Best Finish – 4th (2015, 2017, 2024, 2025)
France have never finished outside of the top 10 in tournament history and are coming off back-to-back T4 finishes the past two years. An entirely new roster will compete in Brampton led by Axelle Guillemard (no. 700 WAGR).
GERMANY
Appearances – 7
Best Finish – 5th (2022)
Germany will be making it’s eighth appearance coming off a 12th place finish last year in St. Catharines. Germany returns one player from that team, Sofìa Maier-Borst (no. 415 WAGR) who will be making her third appearance in tournament history. Last year Maier-Borst finished a personal best, T28.
HONG KONG, CHINA
Appearances – 1
Best Finish – T6 (2024)
Hong Kong, China return for only the second time in tournament history after finishing T6 in their debut in 2024. Arianna Lau led the way in Mississauga, finishing third individually.
Hong Kong, China are led by two players inside the top 300 in Sabrina Wong (no. 154 WAGR) who returns after competing in 2024 and Elin Wang (no. 273 WAGR).
ICELAND
Appearances – 3
Best Finish – T16 (2025)
Iceland will make it’s fourth consecutive appearance at the championship and is coming off its best finish (T16). Iceland are led by Lilja Maren Jonsdottir (no. 714 WAGR) and the lone returnee, Bryndis Eva Agustsdottir (no. 902 WAGR) from last year.
IRELAND
Appearances – 6
Best Finish – T7 (2014)
Ireland returns after a two-year absence having finished 20th in 2024. Ireland is led by Olivia Costello (no. 754 WAGR), who finished T39 in 2024.
ITALY
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 1st (2018)
Italy returns following an 8th place finish last year but with a new roster. Italy are led by Maria Sole Albini (no. 629 WAGR).
In addition to winning in 2018, Italy finished third in 2019. Alessia Nobilio earned two runner-up finishes individually, losing in a playoff in 2017. She added a third-place finish in 2019. Caterina Don also earned a third-place finish for Italy in 2016.
MEXICO
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 5th (2023)
Mexico is coming off three consecutive top 10 finishes, following up a fifth place in 2023 with a T8 and 7th. All three players from last year are returning giving Mexico one of the more experienced teams in the tournament. Regina Jiménez Jardon (no. 286 WAGR) is the lowest ranked player on the team, with Alejandra Botaya making her second appearance and Alexis Yanet Lamadrid making her third.
MOROCCO
Appearances – 2
Best Finish – 20th (2025)
Morocco will make its third consecutive appearance in Brampton with one player returning from last year in Noha Ghadi.
NEW ZEALAND
Appearances – 1
Best Finish – 15th (2014)
New Zealand returns for the first time since the inaugural championship in 2014 and brings three players within the top 550 on WAGR including Teresa Wang (no. 150), Amy Tang (no. 416) and Juwon Kim (no. 532).
NORWAY
Appearances – 4
Best Finish – 12th (2015)
Norway returned in 2025 after last competing in 2016 and earned a top 15 finish. Like Colombia and Mexico, Norway will see all three players from last season return to compete in Brampton including Marie Sandtorv Lussand, Ella Ingebretsen and Nora Sophie Johnsen.
PHILIPPINES
Appearances – 2
Best Finish – 1st (2016)
The 2016 champions will return for the first time since 2017. In 2016 Yuka Saso (now representing Japan) led the way winning the individual competition by six shots and helped the Philippines win team honours. Saso has since went on to win the U.S. Women’s Open twice (2021, 2024) and has two additional wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour during her professional career.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Appearances – 7
Best Finish – 1st (2015, 2019, 2024, 2025)
Korea enter as defending champions, after becoming the first team in tournament history to win back-to-back championships.
In seven appearances, Korea has never finished outside of the top two. In addition to four team championships (2015, 2019, 2024, 2025), Korea earned runner-up finishes in 2016, 2017 and 2023. Korea enters this year’s tournament with an entirely new roster in search of more history as no team has won three consecutive championships. All three players are currently ranked inside the top 100 on WAGR including, Seoah Kim (no. 39), Gyuri Yoon (no. 81) and Seoyeon Kang (no. 86).
Three members of Korea have won individual honours including Hye-jin Choi (2015), Seo-yun Kwon (2017) and Soomin Oh (2024). Oh had an additional third place finish in 2023.
SPAIN
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 1st (2017, 2022)
The two-time champions found their way back to the podium last year finishing T2 with Team Canada I. Spain will be led by Adriana Garcia Terol (no. 222 WAGR) who is the lone returning player having finished T3 individually last year.
Terol became the second Spanish player to earn the bronze medal joining Bianca Fernández in 2017. Cayetana Fernández won individual honours in 2022, helping to lead Spain to its second team gold medal.
SWEDEN
Appearances – 10
Best Finish – 2nd (2014, 2022)
Sweden returns following four consecutive top 10 finishes since 2022. Olivia Holmberg returns for her second tournament and is Sweden’s lowest ranked player at no. 377 on WAGR.
In addition to two silver medals, Sweden finished third in 2015 and 2017. Individually, Emma Svensson (2014), Filippa Moork (2015) and Meja Örtengren (2022) have all earned bronze medals.
SWITZERLAND
Appearances – 7
Best Finish – 10th (2017)
Switzerland will have two returning players who helped drive them to their best finish (T14) last year since 2019. Axelle Martin (no. 542 WAGR) will be making her third appearance at the championship and has finished inside the top 40 individually back-to-back years. Also returning is Anahie Lohner Hutzli for her second appearance. Lana Guyot joins the team this year and is currently ranked no. 347 on WAGR.
UNITED STATES
Appearances – 8
Best Finish – 1st (2014)
The U.S. will send a strong squad to Brampton with two players in the top 100 on WAGR in Amelie Zalsman (no. 25) and Anna Fang (no. 51). Zalsman, the lowest ranked player in the field this year finished as runner-up to Clairey Lin at the 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship (5&4). Mia Clausen (no. 234 WAGR) joins the Zalsman and Fang for an entirely new team for the U.S.
The 2014 champions have a second place (2018) and two third place (2016, 2024) finishes in tournament history. Mika Liu won the gold medal in 2014; 2023 CPKC Women’s Open winner Megan Khang (2014) and Jennifer Chang (2016) have earned silver for the U.S. and Zoe Campos took home a bronze in 2018.
THE PLAYERS
The field features seven players inside the top 100, 15 players in the top 250 and 29 in the top 500 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of September 17.
No. 25 – Amelie Zalsman (United States)
No. 39 – Seoah Kim (Republic of Korea)
No. 45 – Clairey Lin (Team Canada I)
No. 51 – Anna Fang (United States)
No. 55 – Shauna Liu (Team Canada I)
No. 81 – Gyuri Yoon (Republic of Korea)
No. 86 – Seoyeon Kang (Republic of Korea)
No. 119 – Jie-En Lin (Chinese Taipei)
No. 150 – Teresa Wang (New Zealand)
No. 154 – Sabrina Wong (Hong Kong, China)
No. 163 – Jodie Han (Team Canada I)
No. 219 – Lauren Crump (England)
No. 222 – Adriana Garcia Terol (Spain)
No. 225 – Ana Giuliano (Argentina)
No. 234 – Mia Clausen (United States)
A total of 26 players are returning to the field this year with nine players competing in their third championship and one player, Eileen Park (Canada II) competing in her fourth championship.
For the full player roster, please click here.
THE COURSE
Brampton Golf Club will host the World Junior Girls Golf Championship for a second time, having previously hosted the event in 2023.
That year marked Team Canada I’s thrilling gold medal finish following a three-way battle with the Republic of Korea and the United States. Team Canada I, led by coach Jeff MacDonald, was represented that year by Vanessa Borovilos (Etobicoke, Ont.), Anna Huang (Vancouver, B.C.) and Vanessa Zhang (Vancouver, B.C.).
Denisa Vodickova of the Czech Republic won the individual title and tied the Brampton Golf Club women’s competitive course record with a 5-under 66 during the third round. The record was previously set by Brooke Henderson during the 2014 Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship.
In hosting this year’s championship, Brampton becomes the third club to host multiple World Junior Girls Golf Championships, joining The Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa, Ont. (2015, 2017) and Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont. (2014, 2019, 2022).
The prestigious Brampton Golf Club has hosted several high-profile provincial and national championships. Brampton Golf Club was named the Club Management Association of Canada (CMAC) Club of the Year in 2023 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The 72-player field will compete over 72 holes of stroke play in both team and individual competitions. Each day, the two lowest scores of three will count towards the team’s total score with an individual competition running concurrently.
Practice rounds will take place on Monday, September 28 with opening ceremonies on Tuesday, September 29. Tournament play will begin on Wednesday, September 30 and conclude with the final round on Saturday, October 3.
The individual winner will earn an exemption into the field for the 2027 CPKC Women’s Open, taking place at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Que., August 18-22, 2027.
PAST PARTICIPANTS
Several players who have competed in the World Junior Girls Golf Championship have gone on to great success on the LPGA Tour. Canadian Brooke Henderson, a 14-time LPGA Tour winner and Canada’s winningest professional golfer, finished fourth in the individual competition at the inaugural championship in 2014. Other notable competitors who went on to become LPGA Tour winners include current World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, who won back-to-back World Junior titles in 2018 and 2019, as well as Yuka Saso (competed for the Philippines), who won the 2016 World Junior title.
2023 CPKC Women’s Open winner, Megan Khang was part of the United States inaugural championship win in 2014 and finished second individually. Other former World Junior competitors who have gone on to win on the LPGA Tour include Hannah Green of Australia and Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden. Hye-Jin Choi from the Republic of Korea won both the 2015 team and individual championship at the World Junior Girls Golf Championship and has earned several top five finishes on the LPGA Tour.
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