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LPGA - CN Canadian Women's Open Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, August 26th through Sunday, August 29th |
| SITE: St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Tom Bendelow (1904), Donald Ross (1919), |
| Alister MacKenzie (1929) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 390 Yds | 10 - Par 4 338 Yds | |
| 2 - Par 4 403 Yds | 11 - Par 3 190 Yds | |
| 3 - Par 4 294 Yds | 12 - Par 4 438 Yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 398 Yds | 13 - Par 5 488 Yds | |
| 5 - Par 5 503 Yds | 14 - Par 5 530 Yds | |
| 6 - Par 3 127 Yds | 15 - Par 3 167 Yds | |
| 7 - Par 4 378 Yds | 16 - Par 4 395 Yds | |
| 8 - Par 3 188 Yds | 17 - Par 4 365 Yds | |
| 9 - Par 5 560 Yds | 18 - Par 4 420 Yds | |
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| 36 3,241 Yds | 36 3,331 Yds | |
| Annual: | 10th on LPGA Tour |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Friday/Saturday -- 12-2 a.m. (et) - taped, |
| | - Saturday -- 3-6 p.m. (et), |
| | - Sunday -- 2-6 p.m. (et) |
| Defending Champion: | Suzann Pettersen |
| Runner-Up: | Momoko Ueda, Morgan Pressel, Ai Miyazato, Angela Stanford, |
| | Karrie Webb |
| Tournament Record: | 268 (Lorena Ochoa, 2007) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 199 (Lorena Ochoa, 2007; Suzann Pettersen, 2009) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 133 (Suzann Pettersen, Song-Hee Kim, 2009) |
| 18-Hole Record: | 62 (Song-Hee Kim, 2009 - Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club) |
| Total Purse: | $2,250,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $337,500; 2nd Place - $205,481; 3rd Place - $149,062 |
| 2009 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Suzann Pettersen | 269 | Karrie Webb | 274 |
| Momoko Ueda | 274 | In-Kyung Kim | 275 |
| Morgan Pressel | 274 | Anna Nordqvist | 276 |
| Ai Miyazato | 274 | Vicky Hurst | 276 |
| Angela Stanford | 274 | Six players at | 277 |
| Past CN Canadian Women's Open Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2009 | Suzann Pettersen (269) -- Momoko Ueda, Morgan Pressel, Ai Miyazato, |
| Angela Stanford, Karrie Webb |
| 2008 | Katherine Hull (277) -- Se Ri Pak |
| 2007 | Lorena Ochoa (268) -- Paula Creamer |
| 2006 | Cristie Kerr (276) -- Angela Stanford |
| 2005 | Meena Lee (279) -- Katherine Hull |
| 2004 | Meg Mallon (270) -- Beth Daniel |
| 2003 | Beth Daniel (275) -- Juli Inkster |
| 2002 | Meg Mallon (284) -- Michele Redman, Michelle Ellis, Catriona Matthew |
| 2001 | Annika Sorenstam (272) -- Kelly Robbins |
| 2000 | Meg Mallon (282) -- Rosie Jones |
| 1999 | Karrie Webb (277) -- Laura Davies |
| 1998 | Brandie Burton (270) -- Annika Sorenstam |
| 1997 | Colleen Walker (278) -- Liselotte Neumann |
| 1996 | Laura Davies (277) -- Nancy Lopez, Karrie Webb |
| 1995 | Jenny Lidback (280) -- Liselotte Neumann |
| 1994 | Martha Nause (279) -- Michelle McGann |
| 1993 | *Brandie Burton (277) -- Betsy King |
| 1992 | Sherri Steinhauer (277) -- Judy Dickinson |
| 1991 | Nancy Scranton (279) -- Debbie Massey |
| 1990 | Cathy Johnston (276) -- Patty Sheehan |
| 1989 | Tammie Green (279) -- Pat Bradley, Betsy King |
| 1988 | Sally Little (279) -- Laura Davies |
| 1987 | Jody Anschutz (272) -- Ayako Okamoto |
| 1986 | *Pat Bradley (276) -- Ayako Okamoto |
| 1985 | Pat Bradley (278) -- Jane Geddes |
| 1984 | Juli Inkster (279) -- Ayako Okamoto |
| 1983 | Hollis Stacy (277) -- JoAnne Carner, Alice Miller |
| 1982 | Sandra Haynie (280) -- Beth Daniel |
| 1981 | Jan Stephenson (278) -- Nancy Lopez, Pat Bradley |
| 1980 | Pat Bradley (277) -- JoAnne Carner |
| 1979 | Amy Alcott (285) -- Nancy Lopez |
| 1978 | JoAnne Carner (278) -- Hollis Stacy |
| 1977 | Judy Rankin (214) -- Pat Meyers, Sandra Palmer |
| 1976 | *Donna Caponi (212) -- Judy Rankin |
| 1975 | *JoAnne Carner (214) -- Carol Mann |
| 1974 | Carole Jo Callison (208) -- JoAnne Carner |
| 1973 | *Jocelyne Bourassa (214) -- Sandra Haynie, Judy Rankin |
| 1972 | Not Held |
| 1971 | Not Held |
| 1970 | Not Held |
| 1969 | Sandra Haynie (216) -- Marilynn Smith, Kathy Whitworth |
| 1968 | Carol Mann (213) -- Judy Kimball |
| 1967 | Carol Mann (210) -- Margie Masters |
| 1966 | Kathy Whitworth (213) -- Mickey Wright |
| Note:Previously known as Ladies' Supertest Open (1966-69), La Canadienne |
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(1973), Peter Jackson Classic (1974-83), du Maurier Classic (1984-2000),
Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open (2001-02), BMO Financial Group
Canadian Women's Open (2003-05).
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Suzann Pettersen | --- | --- | --- | mc | --- | --- | T-10 | 7th | Won | |
| Angela Stanford | mc | --- | --- | T-37 | T-3 | 2nd | T-10 | T-17 | T-2 | |
| Karrie Webb | T-15 | 14th | T-16 | --- | --- | --- | T-18 | T-17 | T-2 | |
| Morgan Pressel | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-37 | T-13 | T-32 | T-2 | |
| Ai Miyazato | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | mc | T-2 | |
| Momoko Ueda | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-2 | |
| In-Kyung Kim | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-43 | T-17 | 7th | |
| Anna Nordqvist | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-8 | |
| Song-Hee Kim | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-4 | T-10 | |
| Juli Inkster | T-56 | --- | 2nd | --- | --- | --- | T-13 | T-32 | T-10 | |
| Jiyai Shin | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-10 | |
| M.J. Hur | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-16 | |
| Cristie Kerr | 5th | T-15 | --- | T-21 | --- | Won | T-50 | T-21 | T-18 | |
| Na Yeon Choi | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-32 | T-24 | |
| Paula Creamer | --- | --- | --- | T-18 | --- | --- | 2nd | T-8 | T-28 | |
| Yani Tseng | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-6 | 3rd | T-33 | |
| Se Ri Pak | T-3 | 5th | 5th | T-31 | --- | T-20 | mc | 2nd | T-40 | |
| Meena Lee | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | 4th | T-58 | T-10 | T-55 | |
| Brittany Lincicome | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-22 | T-50 | T-39 | T-38 | 63rd | |
| Katherine Hull | --- | --- | --- | T-40 | 2nd | mc | mc | Won | mc | |
| Michelle Wie | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-12 | mc | |
| Lorie Kane | T-3 | T-8 | mc | T-5 | T-27 | T-16 | mc | T-38 | mc | |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Na Yeon Choi |
| Darkhorse - In-Kyung Kim |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Cristie Kerr) - Finished tied for 2nd |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (M.J. Hur) - Missed the cut |
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| NOTES: |
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The LPGA moves north of the border to Canada this week for the 10th annual CN
Canadian Women's Open. The Canadian women are led by Lorie Kane and Alena
Sharp. The top-15 players in the world rankings are expected to compete this
week, led by world No. 1 Ai Miyazato, who has won five times in 2010 and leads
the money list. She is joined by world No. 2 and 2006 champion Cristie Kerr
and world No. 3 and defending champion Suzann Pettersen.
Last year, Pettersen won for the first time since 2007, as she finished at 15-
under-par 269 for a five-stroke victory over Angela Stanford, Karrie Webb,
Morgan Pressel, Miyazato and Momoko Ueda.
In 2008, Katherine Hull closed with a three-under 69 in the final round to
break through for her first win on the LPGA Tour. Hull finished at 11-under-
par 277, one stroke clear of Se Ri Pak.
In 2007, Lorena Ochoa pulled away with the victory, winning by three over
Paula Creamer. Ochoa, who collected her first major title at the Women's
British Open two weeks prior, shot rounds of 70-65-64-69. She finished off the
victory at 16-under-par 268. That number established a new tournament record,
besting Meg Mallon's mark from 2004 by two.
In 2006, Kerr fired a seven-under 65 in the final round and won by a shot when
Stanford bogeyed her last two holes. Eight shots behind Stanford entering the
final round, Kerr pulled off a huge comeback with a bogey-free round.
In 2004, Mallon won by four strokes. Mallon became the first person to win the
U.S. Women's Open and the Canadian Women's Open in the same season, doing it
in consecutive weeks. She also became the first player since Annika Sorenstam
to follow up a win in a major with a victory the following week. Sorenstam did
that in 2001 when she ran off four straight wins, including the Kraft Nabisco
Championship. Mallon became the fourth player to win the U.S. Open and the
event immediately following, and the first since Pak in 1998.
In 2003, Beth Daniel carded four rounds in the 60s to become the oldest
champion on the LPGA Tour at 46 years, eight months and 29 days.
This is the first year that the tournament will be held at St. Charles Country
Club. Angus Glen Country Club hosted this event in 2001; Summerlea Golf and
Country Club was the venue in 2002; Point Grey Golf & Country Club in 2003;
the Battlefield Course at Legends of Niagara in 2004; Glen Arbour Golf Club in
2005; London Hunt and Country Club in 2006; Royal Mayfair Golf Club in 2007;
Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club hosted the event in 2008; Priddis Greens Golf &
Country Club hosted the event in 2009.
This is the 38th year that the LPGA has played in Canada. The first time the
tour played north of the border was in 1973 for the LaCanadienne, which later
became the Peter Jackson Classic and the du Maurier Classic. Of the 43
previous events staged in Canada, 21 have been won by current or future LPGA
Tour Hall of Famers. Kane, Sharp and the remaining Canadian contingent will be
attempting to become only the second Canadian to win an LPGA event on home
soil. In 1973, Jocelyne Bourassa captured the LaCanadienne Golf Championship.
Rogers, Arkansas will host the next LPGA Tour event in two weeks, as Jiyai
Shin defends her title at the P&G NW Arkansas Championship.
08/24 19:13:31 ET
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As of August 24, 2010, at 07:13 PM ET
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