Team Ontario wins back-to-back Inter-Provincial Team Championships by two strokes over Team Alberta and Team British Columbia
Victoria, B.C – Team Ontario has won the Inter-Provincial Team Championship after finishing with a combined score of 4-over at the 2024 Canadian Women’s championship, presented by BDO at Royal Colwood Golf Club on Tuesday.
Entering the second day of competition at Royal Colwood Golf Club, Team Ontario consisting of Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont., Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., and Julia Alexander-Carew of Oakville, Ont., trailed Team Alberta by four strokes. Reigning Canadian Junior Girls champion and Team Canada NextGen member Shauna Liu helped to lead the charge for Ontario, firing rounds of 70 and 77, while Park’s 1-under 71 and Alexander-Carew’s 1-over 73 helped to secure Ontario’s second consecutive inter-provincial team title at the Canadian Women’s Amateur.
“It feels great, I feel like all three of us worked really hard for this and we all played really good these past few days, so I am really proud of all of us,” said Liu.
After a close battle coming down the stretch, Team Alberta and Team British Columbia both placed second in the inter-provincial team competition at 7-over par.
In the individual competition, Momo Sugiyama of Gold Coast, Australia, who fired an opening round 66, continues to hold her spot atop of the leaderboard after a second round 2-under 70 to sit at 8-under par through 36 holes and holds a one-shot lead heading into Thursday.
Caitlin Peirce from Adelaide, Australia and Ashley Kozlowski of Littleton, Colo. are tied for second place at 7-under par. Yurang Li from Fullerton Calif. is fourth place alone at 5-under for the tournament. Li fired the low round of the day with a bogey free, 4-under 68.
Team Canada NextGen member Anna Huang currently sits in fifth place at 4-under following a 1-under 71. Defending champion and Team Canada member Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. is in a three-way tie for sixth place with Sydney Sung of Palo Alto, Calif. and Lauren Gomez of Murrieta Calif. at 3-under.
Following the conclusion of second round play, a cut was made with the low 71 players at 9-over or better moving on to play the final two rounds of the national championship.
The 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion will receive an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship taking place August 5-11 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. In addition, the winner will receive an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open, taking place August 18-25 at Mississaugua Golf Club in Mississauga, Ont.
For the full leaderboard, following Wednesday’s second round of the 110th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, click here.
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