Golf Canada Press Releases

Sunday, August 25th

JIN YOUNG KO SETS TOURNAMENT SCORING RECORD TO CAPTURE 2019 CP WOMEN’S OPEN

-Brooke Henderson earns Sandra Post Medal as low Canadian –

-News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Sunday, August 25th –

AURORA, Ont. – Jin Young Ko played flawless golf again Sunday at the CP Women’s Open to capture her fourth LPGA Tour title of the 2019 season.

Ko, who shot an 8-under-par 64 Sunday at Magna Golf Club, has now gone 106 holes without a bogey. She beat Nicole Broch Larsen, whose runner-up was her best career LPGA Tour finish, by five shots.

Lizette Salas and Brooke Henderson tied for third at 19-under.

Jin Young Ko’s winning score of 262 (-26) is a new CP Women’s Open tournament scoring record. She beat the prior record – held jointly by Ariya Juanugarn in 2016 and So Yeon Ryu in 2014 (265, -23) – by three shots.

“It was (an) incredible crowd out here, and then lots of fans here and Koreans, too,” said Ko of the final round, where she was grouped with Broch Larsen and Henderson.

BROOKE HENDERSON’S BACK-NINE CHARGE LEAVES HER WITH
GREAT CHANCE TO DEFEND CP WOMEN’S OPEN TITLE

– News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Saturday, August 24th –

AURORA, Ont. – After a sizzling Saturday 65 that included a back-nine 29, Brooke Henderson is just two shots back heading into the final round of the CP Women’s Open at Magna Golf Club, as she looks to defend her title.
Henderson will be in Sunday’s final group with South Korea’s Jin Young Ko, the No.1 player in the world, and 54-hole leader Nicole Broch Larsen.

Henderson had a tough start to her third round, as the 2018 CP Women’s Open champion was 2-over through six holes. She made three birdies in a row on holes 8 thru 10 to get back into red figures on moving day before going full steam ahead after receiving a high five from a young fan.

“It was a little bit of a struggle there,” Henderson said. “I felt like I was playing decent golf. Just wasn’t really going my way. Then on the seventh green a little boy gave me a high five and then he continued the rest of the round. At the time he did kind of cheer me up a little bit. I think I tried to get back to even on the front nine. Going to the eighth tee, I was trying to just make two birdies, get it back to even and then see if I could go really low on the back, which I did.”

BROOKE HENDERSON WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AT CP WOMEN’S OPEN

– News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Friday, August 23rd –

AURORA, Ont. – Defending champion Brooke Henderson shot a 3-under-par 69 Friday and heads into the weekend tied for third at the CP Women’s Open at Magna Golf Club.

Henderson, who is looking for her third LPGA Tour win of 2019, trails Nicole Broch Larsen by three shots, who leads at 12-under through two rounds.

Larsen has a one-shot lead over world No. 1 Jin Young Ko. Ko already has three victories this season and has a sizable lead in the Rolex Player of the Year race.

Henderson made two birdies on her first nine holes Friday and added another on the back-nine. She didn’t have as clean a day off the tee as Thursday when she shot a 6-under 66 – hitting only eight of 14 fairways.

CANADIANS HENDERSON AND TANGUAY TRAIL AMERICAN PARK AFTER OPENING-ROUND OF CP WOMEN’S OPEN

– News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Thursday, August 22nd –

AURORA, Ont. – Annie Park leads the CP Women’s Open after the first round thanks to a 7-under-par 65, tied for her lowest opening-round score in relation to par on the LPGA Tour this season.

Park, from Levittown, New York – and who has a Canadian coach and trainer – made seven birdies and an eagle Thursday at Magna Golf Club. The winner of the 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer said she was trying to break her own personal record of 9-under, but made a late bogey on the par-3 17th to drop down to 7-under for the day.

GOLF CANADA AND LPGA TOUR SHARE EXCITEMENT HEADING INTO
2019 CP WOMEN’S OPEN

– News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Wednesday, August 21st –

AURORA, Ont. – Golf Canada’s CEO, Laurence Applebaum, is already thrilled with how tournament week has unfolded at Magna Golf Club and the 2019 CP Women’s Open hasn’t even officially begun.

On Wednesday, Applebaum and LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan spoke with media, and the pair were full of praise for Canadian golf fans and tournament partners, so far this week.

CHAMPIONSHIP PRO-AM TEE TIMES SET FOR 2019 CP WOMEN’S OPEN

– News and notes from Magna Golf Club for Tuesday, August 20 –

AURORA, Ont. – With the opening-round of the $2.25 million (US) CP Women’s Open less than two days away, tournament week at Magna Golf Club continues to showcase the finest in women’s professional golf.

Wednesday, August 21st is Championship Pro-Am Day. The event will see professional golfers take to the course to entertain a field of amateurs as part of the LPGA Tour’s ‘Nine and Nine’ Pro-Am format, where amateur participants will play nine holes each with a pair of LPGA Tour professionals.

SEVEN PLAYERS ADDED TO FIELD FOR 2019 CP WOMEN’S OPEN

Fifteen Canadians to compete at Magna Golf Club when Canada’s National Women’s Open gets underway Thursday, August 22

AURORA, Ont. – Kelly Tan’s 7-under-par 65 led the way at the 2019 CP Women’s Open Monday Qualifier at Scarboro Golf and Country Club. Tan, of Malaysia, was the medalist Monday by five shots.

Tan is a full-time member of the Symetra Tour who has played four times on the LPGA Tour in 2019. She also represented Malaysia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. This will be Tan’s fifth appearance at the CP Women’s Open.