Canadian Women's Open

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Canadian Women's Open
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Calgary
Location in Canada
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Calgary
Location in Alberta
Tournament information
LocationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada - varies
Calgary, Alberta (in  2024)
Established 1973, 51 years ago
Course(s) Earl Grey Golf Club (2024)
Par72
Length6,709 yards (6,135 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund US$2.6 million
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Ko Jin-young (2019)
To par−26 Ko Jin-young (2019)
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Coughlin

The Canadian Women's Open (French : Omnium féminin du Canada), currently branded as the CPKC Women's Open for sponsorship reasons, is a women's professional golf tournament managed by Golf Canada. It has been Canada's national championship tournament since its founding in 1973, and is an official event on the LPGA Tour.

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History

Originally a three-round (54-hole) tournament for its first six years; it has been a four-round (72-hole) tournament since 1978. From 1979 through 2000, the event was one of the LPGA Tour's four major championships. In 2001, due to a loss of sponsorship as a result of Canadian law, its status was stripped, and was replaced by the Women's British Open, an existing event which was already a major on the Ladies European Tour. [1] [2]

In 2007 and 2008, it was the final "winner" event of the LPGA season—i.e., an event in which the winner earns an automatic berth in the LPGA season-ending championship, the LPGA Tour Championship. As of 2009, the LPGA no longer uses this system to determine players who qualify for the Tour Championship. From 2007 to 2009, the CWO was the third richest event on the LPGA Tour, behind only the U.S. Women's Open and the Evian Masters in France. The prize fund was reduced in 2010 and 2012, but the $2.25 million purse remains among the highest on the LPGA Tour. [3]

In 2012, amateur Lydia Ko became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA Tour event. At 15 years and four months, she surpassed the record set by Lexi Thompson at 16 years and seven months in September 2011. Ko's win also made her only the fifth amateur to have won an LPGA Tour event, and the first in over 43 years. She successfully defended her win as an amateur in 2013, and won her third in 2015 as a professional.

In 2018 Brooke Henderson became the first Canadian in 45 years, and only the second ever after Jocelyne Bourassa won the inaugural event in 1973, to win Canada's national open. [4]

Title sponsorship

The tournament was first known as La Canadienne, as the event was held in Quebec. In 1974, it was sponsored by Imperial Tobacco Canada, becoming the Peter Jackson Classic until 1984, after which it became the du Maurier Classic; both Peter Jackson and du Maurier are cigarettes within the Imperial Tobacco Canada umbrella.

From 1988, the tournament was officially titled the du Maurier Ltd. Classic due to advertising restrictions that came into force under the federal Tobacco Products Control Act; the sponsorship was officially with du Maurier as a company and not the du Maurier brand, as the law did not restrict manufacturers themselves from sponsoring cultural and sporting events.

In 2000, the tournament was threatened by new regulations prohibiting any tobacco advertising at sports and cultural events, requiring du Maurier to end its sponsorship. Organizers stated that they were having difficulties finding a sponsor, and could not assure that the event would be held again in 2001. Due to this uncertainty, the LPGA Tour stripped the du Maurier of its major status in favour of the Women's British Open. [1] [5] [2]

In November 2000, it was announced that the Bank of Montréal would become the new sponsor under a five-year deal, renaming it the Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open. [6] The bank declined to renew the sponsorship; in 2006, the Canadian National Railway became sponsor, renaming it the CN Canadian Women's Open. [7]

In November 2013, the Canadian Pacific Railway took over title sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open and the event name was changed to Canadian Pacific Women's Open (later shortened to simply the CP Women's Open). Canadian Pacific also increased the purse to US$2.25 million. [8] Canadian Pacific merged with Kansas City Southern Railway in 2023 as Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC); [9] [10] CPKC inherited the sponsorship, and announced an agreement to renew it through at least 2026. The purse further increased to US$2.5 million. [11]

Winners

Brooke Henderson holding the trophy after her victory at the 2018 Canadian Women's Open Brooke Henderson 2018 Canadian Open.jpg
Brooke Henderson holding the trophy after her victory at the 2018 Canadian Women's Open

Winners since 2001; [12] purses are fixed in U.S. dollars.

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Tournament
location		Purse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)
2024 Jul 25–28 Lauren Coughlin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 275−132 strokes Earl Grey Golf Club (Calgary, AB)2,600,000390,000
2023 Aug 24–27 Megan Khang Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9Playoff Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club (Vancouver, BC)2,500,000375,000
2022 Aug 25–28 Paula Reto Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 265−191 stroke Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Ottawa, ON)2,350,000352,500
2020, 2021: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
2019 Aug 22–25 Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 262−265 strokesMagna Golf Club (Aurora, ON)2,250,000337,500
2018 Aug 23–26 Brooke Henderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 267−214 strokesWascana Country Club (Regina, SK)2,250,000337,500
2017 Aug 24–27 Park Sung-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 271−132 strokes Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Ottawa, ON)2,250,000337,500
2016 Aug 25–28 Ariya Jutanugarn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 265−234 strokes Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club (Calgary, AB)2,250,000337,500
2015 Aug 20–23 Lydia Ko (3)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 276−12Playoff Vancouver Golf Club, (Coquitlam, BC)2,250,000337,500
2014 Aug 21–24 Ryu So-yeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 265−232 strokesLondon Hunt and Country Club (London, ON)2,250,000337,500
2013 Aug 22–25Lydia Ko (a) (2)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 265−155 strokesRoyal Mayfair Golf Club, (Edmonton, AB)2,000,000300,000^
2012 Aug 23–26Lydia Ko (a)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 275−133 strokesVancouver Golf Club, (Coquitlam, BC) [14] 2,000,000300,000^
2011 Aug 25–28 Brittany Lincicome Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 275−131 strokeHillsdale Golf & Country Club, (Mirabel, QC) [15] 2,250,000337,500
2010 Aug 26–29 Michelle Wie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276−123 strokes St. Charles Country Club, (Winnipeg, MB)2,250,000337,500
2009 Sep 3–6 Suzann Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 269−155 strokesPriddis Greens Golf & Country Club (Calgary, AB)2,750,000412,500
2008 Aug 14–17 Katherine Hull Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 277−111 strokeOttawa Hunt and Golf Club (Ottawa, ON)2,250,000337,500
2007 Aug 16–19 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 268−163 strokesRoyal Mayfair Golf Club (Edmonton, AB)2,250,000337,500
2006 Aug 10–13 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276−121 strokeLondon Hunt and Country Club (London, ON)1,700,000255,000
2005 Jul 14–17 Meena Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 279−91 strokeGlen Arbour Golf Course (Halifax, NS)1,300,000195,000
2004 Jul 8–11 Meg Mallon (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 270−184 strokesLegends on the Niagara (Niagara Falls, ON)1,300,000195,000
2003 Jul 10–13 Beth Daniel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276−131 strokePoint Grey Golf & Country Club (Vancouver, BC)1,300,000195,000
2002 Aug 15–18Meg Mallon (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 284−43 strokesSummerlea Golf and Country Club (Montreal, QC)1,200,000180,000
2001 Aug 16–19 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 272−162 strokes Angus Glen Golf Club (Markham, ON)1,200,000180,000

^ Since Ko was an amateur, runners-up Inbee Park in 2012 and Karine Icher in 2013 won the $300,000 winner's share.
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Winners when the event was a major, from 1979 to 2000

YearChampionCountryScoreTo parTournament
Location
2000 Meg Mallon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 282−6 Royal Ottawa Golf Club (Gatineau, QC)
1999 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 277−11 Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club (Calgary, AB)
1998 Brandie Burton (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 270−18 Essex Golf & Country Club (Windsor, ON)
1997 Colleen Walker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278−14 Glen Abbey Golf Course (Oakville, ON)
1996 Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England 277−11Edmonton Country Club (Edmonton, AB)
1995 Jenny Lidback Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		280−8Beaconsfield Golf Club (Beaconsfield, QC)
1994 Martha Nause Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9 Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Ottawa, ON)
1993 Brandie BurtonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 277−11POLondon Hunt Club (London, ON)
1992 Sherri Steinhauer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 277−11 St. Charles Country Club (Winnipeg, MB)
1991 Nancy Scranton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9 Vancouver Golf Club (Coquitlam, BC)
1990 Cathy Johnston Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276−16 Westmount Golf and Country Club (Kitchener, ON)
1989 Tammie Green Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9Beaconsfield Golf Club (Beaconsfield, QC)
1988 Sally Little Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9Vancouver Golf Club (Coquitlam, BC)
1987 Jody Rosenthal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 272−16Islesmere Golf Club (Laval, QC)
1986 Pat Bradley (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276−12POBoard of Trade Country Club (Woodbridge, ON)
1985 Pat Bradley (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278−10Beaconsfield Golf Club (Beaconsfield, QC)
1984 Juli Inkster Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279−9 St. George's Golf and Country Club (Toronto, ON)
1983 Hollis Stacy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 277−11Beaconsfield Golf Club (Beaconsfield, QC)
1982 Sandra Haynie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 280−8St. George's Golf and Country Club (Toronto, ON)
1981 Jan Stephenson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 278−10Summerlea Golf & Country Club (Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC)
1980 Pat BradleyFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 277−15St. George's Golf and Country Club (Toronto, ON)
1979 Amy Alcott Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 285−7 Richelieu Valley Golf Club (Sainte-Julie, QC)

Winners before the event became a major in 1979

YearChampionCountryScoreTo parTournament
Location
1978 JoAnne Carner (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278−14 St. George's Golf and Country Club
1977 Judy Rankin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212−4Lachute Golf Club
1976 Donna Caponi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212−4PO Cedar Brae Golf & Country Club
1975 JoAnne CarnerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 214−5PO St. George's Golf and Country Club
1974 Carole Jo Skala Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 208−11Candiac Golf Club
1973 Jocelyne Bourassa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 214−5POMontreal Municipal Golf Club

Multiple champions

Multiple winners as a major championship (1979–2000)

Grand Slam winners ‡
ChampionCountryTotalYears
Pat Bradley ‡Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 31980, 1985, 1986
Brandie Burton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 21993, 1998

Multiple winners of the event since 1973

ChampionCountryTotalYears
Pat Bradley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 31980, 1985, 1986
Meg Mallon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 32000, 2002, 2004
Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32012(a), 2013(a), 2015
JoAnne Carner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 21975, 1978
Brandie Burton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 21993, 1998

(a) - denotes won tournaments as an amateur.

Champions by nationality

NationalityWins as majorOverall wins
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1831
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 111
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 112
Flag of England.svg  England 11
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 01
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 03
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 03
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 02
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 01
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 01
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 01

1 - 1995 du Maurier winner Jenny Lidback had dual citizenship (Peru and Sweden) at the time of her win.

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