History will be made Thursday when the U.S. Women’s Open Championship kicks off at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, a week after Martin Kaymer captured the men’s championship on the same venue. This will mark the first time men and women have played a golf major at the same venue on back-to-back weeks.
The top female players in the world will take the spotlight at the par-70 6,649 yard championship course including five Canadians who will look to bring home Canada’s first U.S. Women’s Open Championship title.
Get to know the Canadians in the field…
Rebecca Lee-Bentham, 22, Toronto, Ont. (@RLeebentham)
- Ranked No. 231 in the Rolex Rankings
- Finished T11 at the 2013 Evian Championship
- 2014 LPGA Tour member
- A member of Team Canada’s Young Pro Squad
Brooke Henderson, 16, Smiths Falls, Ont.
- No. 3 ranked amateur in the world, No. 308 in the Rolex Rankings
- Finished T26 at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
- Finished T59 at the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open
- Has won five straight amateur titles (Porter Cup, Scott Robertson Memorial, Sally Amateur, Spirit Invitational and Junior Orange Bowl)
- A member of Team Canada’s National Amateur Team
Sue Kim, 23, Langley, B.C. (@TheSueKim)
- Ranked No. 388 in the Rolex Rankings
- Finished T35 at the 2014 LPGA Manulife Financial Classic
- 2014 LPGA Tour member
- A member of Team Canada’s Young Pro Squad
Jessica Wallace, 23, Langley, B.C. (@JessWGolf)
- Past Canadian Women’s Tour Ontario Champion (2011)
- Member of the LPGA’s Symetra Tour
- Former member of Team Canada’s National Amateur Squad
Elizabeth Tong, 21, Thornhill, Ont. (@lizabeth_tong)
- Senior at Indiana University (Division I NCAA)
- Winner of two NCAA titles during sophomore season at Indiana
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