Team Alberta leads the Inter-Provincial Team Championship by four shots over Team Ontario
Victoria, B.C. – Cloudy and overcast weather conditions made for an outstanding start at Royal Colwood Golf Club as the opening round of the 110th Canadian Women’s Amateur presented by BDO officially began on Tuesday. The leaderboard fluctuated throughout the day, but Australia’s Momo Sugiyama shot a 6-under 66, positioning herself as the leader by one shot after the opening round.
Sugiyama of Gold Coast, Australia, carded a total of seven birdies. After an opening nine of 1-under 35, she birdied holes 10, 12, and 14 before back-to-back on 16 and 17 to come home in 5-under 31 as she paces the field into round two.
“It feels great. I played solid today and made lots of putts, I am happy with that and obviously this is a big tournament and I played it last year and enjoyed it so it’s a huge honour to be the leader,” said Sugiyama. “I am going to try to do the same thing for round two as there is a lot of golf left and keep hitting fairways and making as many putts as I can.”
Caitlin Peirce from Adelaide, Australia carded a total of seven birdies firing a 5-under 67 to sit in second place, only one stroke back of Sugiyama after the opening round.
“I was hitting it pretty close so I had a lot of short birdie putts but these greens are pretty slick so if you are in the wrong spot, it can be pretty tricky,” said Peirce. “Hopefully I play tomorrow like I did today, keep holing some putts, hit it good and see how it goes.”
Casey Weidenfeld (Pembroke Pines Fla.) and Ashley Kozlowski (Littleton, Colo.) are both heading into the second round tied for third place following rounds of 4-under 68.
Six Canadians ended their round inside the top-10. Team Canada NextGen member, Anna Huang of Vancouver sits in a tie for fifth with Ashleen Kaur of Cypress, Texas, three shots back of the lead following rounds of 3-under 69. Reigning Canadian Junior Girls champion and Team Canada NextGen member Shauna Liu (Maple, Ont.) is currently in a six-way tie for seventh after shooting 2-under 70. Team Canada member and defending champion Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. is one of those tied with Liu after carding five birdies, to also sit at 2-under 70. Team Canada NextGen member Swetha Sathish of Oakville, Ont. is also among those tied for with Liu and Kim at 2-under.
Team Alberta, consisting of Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta., Jenna Bruggeman of Edmonton, and Grace Bell of Calgary lead the Inter-Provincial team competition at even par. Team Ontario, looking to defend their national title currently sit four strokes back of Alberta at 4-over.
The 2024 champion of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship will earn direct exemption into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club.
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