Defending champion Eileen Park grabs share of the lead following a 5-under 67 on Wednesday
Vancouver, B.C. – The leaderboard experienced numerous shifts, as the top players traded positions in a battle for the lead at the third round of the 2024 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday.
Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta., Addison Kartusch of Winnipeg, Man., Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., and Swetha Sathish of Oakville, Ont., all sit atop of the leaderboard tied at 1-under heading into tomorrow’s final round.
Team Canada NextGen member Park, who is the defending champion, played an impressive bogey free opening nine carding three birdies on the front. She also carded three birdies on the back nine, shooting her lowest round of the tournament with a 5-under 67 on Wednesday.
“Everything in my game went really well, it was really easy for me to hit the ball today and I don’t think there was anything hard in my game today, maybe making more putts,” said Park. “Tomorrow I will try not to get too excited, just be calm like last year and just play my game the right way.”
Fellow Team Canada NextGen member, Sathish also made a few birdies on the day. After two birdies to start her opening nine on holes two and four, Sathish made a pair of bogeys but bounced back down the stretch closing out with two birdies on the back nine.
Kartusch of Winnipeg, Man. carried on her momentum with another strong showing in round three. Kartusch who was tied for fourth place after yesterday’s second round, made a major comeback – rolling in four birdies on the way to a 2-under 70.
Team Canada NextGen member Liu who carried the lead through the second round now finds herself in a four-way tie for the lead, following a 2-over 74 on Wednesday.
“I think the best part of my game today was my tee shot with my driver and hitting a lot of fairways,” said Liu. “For tomorrow, I am just going to focus on hitting the fairways and greens and then hopefully will make some putts.”
Going into the final round there is a three-way tie for fourth place, Ruihan Kendria Wang (Bellevue, Wash.), Ha Young Chang (Surrey, B.C.), and Clairey Lin (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) are all three shots back of the leaders sitting at 2-over.
Park and Liu are tied for the lead in the Juvenile division. The Juvenile division is contested by girls 16 and under.
The 2024 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and 2025 U.S Girls Junior Championship, if eligible. In addition, the winner will receive $1,200 CAD.
For the leaderboard following Wednesday’s third round of the 2024 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, please click here.
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