Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO

Marine Drive Golf Club

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History

With over 60 years of history, the Canadian Junior Girls Championship continues to produce top calibre players who contend years later for amateur and professional titles. Top Canadian golfers like Sandra Post, Marilyn Palmer (O’Connor), Gayle Hitchins (Borthwick), Alena Sharp, Maude-Aimée LeBlanc, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, and Brooke Henderson all saw early success at this coveted championship.

Heather Kuzmich remains the top name in the Canadian Junior Girls Championship record books by boasting four consecutive championship wins from 1981 to 1984. Kuzmich, Lisa Meldrum and the legendary Mabel Thompson are the only three women to ever accomplish a ‘four-peat’ in Canadian Women’s amateur golf history. (Mabel Thompson earned four amateur titles while Meldrum won a single junior and three amateur titles).

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship has been conducted since 1955 and has also been referred to as the CLGA National Junior Championship.

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Format and Eligibility

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship is a 72-hole stroke play championship:

  • Junior and Juvenile Division: These competitions will run concurrently through completion of 72 holes.
  • Inter-Provincial Team Competition: This competition will run concurrently through completion of the first 36 holes. Each day, the lowest two out of three individual 18-hole scores will count towards the team score.

Eligibility 

  • Junior: This competition is open to female amateur golfers who have not reached their 19th birthday by the first day of the month that the competition is taking place on.
  • Juvenile: This competition is open to female amateur golfers who have not reached their 17th birthday first day of the month that the competition is taking place on.
  • Handicap Index must be 17.4 or less on the date of the application filing and at the registration deadline. It is the player’s responsibility to ensure their Handicap Index is up to date before the registration deadline.

National Partners

Exemptions

The champion of the Canadian Junior Girls Championship earns an exemption into the following events:

Past Winners

YearJunior WinnerJuvenile WinnerHost Club
2024Shauna LiuShauna LiuMarine Drive Golf Club
2023Eileen ParkEileen ParkHampton Golf Club
2022Yeji KwonYeji KwonThe Marshes Golf Club
2021Nicole GalNicole GalLeduc Golf & Country Club
2020No Championship due to COVID-19
2019Emily ZhuEmily ZhuLethbridge Country Club
2018Céleste DaoEmily ZhuBeach Grove Golf Club
2017Susan XiaoSusan XiaoCamelot Golf & Country Club
2016Naomi KoChloe CurrieThe Links at Penn Hills
2015Michelle KimHannah LeeDeer Park Golf Course
2014Grace St-GermainGrace St-GermainThornhill Golf & Country Club
2013Maddie SzerykBrooke HendersonCherry Downs Golf & Country Club
2012Brooke HendersonBrooke HendersonRiver Spirit Golf Club
2011Jennifer YangJisoo KeelQuilchena Golf & Country Club
2010Rebecca Lee-BenthamTaylor KimSawmill Creek Golf Resort
2009Jennifer KirbyJennifer YangHampton Golf Club
2008SooBin KimSoobin KimSt. Charles Country Club
2007Laura BlancoLaura BlancoSunningdale Golf Club
2006Maude-Aimée LeblancN/AGowan Brae Golf & Country Club
2005Lindsay CalijouwN/AArbutus Ridge Golf & Country Club
2004Inah ParkN/AHillcrest Sports Centre
2003Anita Gahir*N/AClub de golf Royal Quebec
2002Eom-Ji ParkN/AMill River Golf Club
2001Christine BoucherN/ASouthwood Golf & Country Club
2000Lisa MeldrumN/AFredricton Golf & Country Club
1999Alena SharpN/AStony Plain Golf Club
1998Salimah MussaniN/AYork Downs Golf & Country Club
1997Karen EnglandN/AKamloops Golf & Country Club
1996Salimah MussaniN/AMelfort Golf & Country Club
1995Karen EnglandN/AClub de Golf de Lorette
1994Anna-Jane EathorneN/ABlonidon Golf & Country Club
1993Brionie BrownN/ACanmore Golf & Country Club
1992Dana KiddN/AGowan Brae Golf & Country Cub
1991Cheryl MackintoshN/APine Ridge Golf Club
1990Marie-Josee DesbiensN/ACredit Valley Golf & Country Club
1989Sandra HainesN/AAbercrombie Country Club
1988Kelly DoohanN/AMarine Drive Golf Club
1987Marie-Josee RouleauN/ARoyal Québec Golf Club
1986Jackie TwamleyN/ANorth Battleford Country Club
1985Audrey BendickN/AKen-Wo Country Club
1984Heather KuzmichN/AEarl Grey Golf Club
1983Heather KuzmichN/APoint Grey Golf & Country Club
1982Heather KuzmichN/ABelvedere Golf & Winter Club
1981Heather KuzmichN/ARossmere Country Club
1980Audrey BendickN/ASunningdale Country Club
1979Rebecca StarkN/ABlomidon Country Club
1978Michele GuilbaultN/AFredericton Golf Club
1977Stacey WestN/ACarleton-Rideau Golf & Yacht Club
1976Stacey WestN/ARegina Golf Club
1975Pam JonesN/ABrightwood Golf & Country Club
1974Stacey WestN/AHighlands Golf Club
1973Valerie WhiteN/ABrundenell Golf & Country Club
1972Valerie WhiteN/ARossmere Country Club
1971Louise LarochelleN/ARoyal Colwood Golf & Country Club
1970Holly BothamN/ASummit Golf & Country Club
1969Lisa KingN/AMoncton Golf Club
1968Lynda DevineN/AElm Ridge Country Club
1967Coreen BurnhamN/ARiverside Country Club
1966Sandra PostN/ABrightwood Golf & Country Club
1965Sandra PostN/AWestmount Golf & Country Club
1964Sandra PostN/AEarl Grey Golf Club
1963Cathy GalushaN/ARivermead Golf Club
1962Sue HiltonN/ASouthwood Golf & Country Club
1961Gayle HitchensN/AMarine Drive Golf Club
1960Gail HarveyN/ARiverside Golf & Country Club
1959Gail HarveyN/ASt. George’s Golf & Country Club
1958Gail HarveyN/ASaskatoon Golf & Country Club
1957Judy DarlingN/ARoyal Montréal Golf Club
1956Betty StanhopeN/ANiakwa Country Club
1955Noreen LaingN/ARoyal Colwood Golf Club