Eileen Park of the Red Deer Golf & Country Club (Alberta Golf)

By rdnewsNOW Staff

Golf

Red Deer’s Eileen Park competing at Canadian Junior Girls Championship

Jul 26, 2022 | 4:15 PM

Red Deer golfer Eileen Parks is among those teeing it up at the 67^th Canadian Junior Girls Championship at the Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa, ON, this week.

Parks, from the Red Deer Golf & Country Club and recently named the U19 Alberta Junior Girls Champion, is coming off an appearance at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Kitchener, ON, last week. She is among 137 players competing at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship from July 26-29, 2022.

Tournament officials describe the event as a good look at the future of Canadian women’s golf.

Five of Team Canada’s National Junior Squad members will be in the field this week: Anne-Léa Lavoie (Québec, Qué.); Ella Weber (Burlington, Ont.); Luna Lu (Burnaby, B.C.); Martina Yu (Coquitlam, B.C.); and Yeji Kwon (Port Coquitlam, B.C.).

Also in the field are three top-10 finishers from last week’s Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship: Alissa Xu (Richmond Hill, Ont.), who finished in 2^nd place, as well as Kelly Zhao (Richmond Hill, Ont.) and Vanessa Borovilos (Etobicoke, Ont.) who recorded T5 finishes.

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Returning this year is the inter-provincial team competition. Officials say the inter-provincial championship will be played in conjunction with the first 36 holes of the competition, with three-player teams vying for the team title. In rounds one and two, the best two scores of the three golfers from each provincial team count towards the team’s score. The lowest aggregate score over rounds one and two determines the champion.

Team British Columbia – composed of Angela Zhang, Cindy Koira and Erin Lee – are the reigning champions from 2019.

The Juvenile division remains in place this year and will run concurrently with the Junior division through the 72-hole competition. The Juvenile division is for girls 16 and under. Luna Lu, of Burnaby, B.C., was the runner-up in the Juvenile division last year and will be in the field this week.

New to this year’s tournament is a purse payout. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian Women’s Junior Championship will now compete for a purse of $8,000 CAD. Amateur golfers may accept prize money up to a maximum of $1,200 CAD, and payouts will be awarded to the top-10 finishers and ties.

The winner also receives an exemption into the 2023 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax, N.S., as well as the 2023 U.S. Junior Girls Championship.

Previous winners of the Canadian Junior Girls Championship include Brooke Henderson (2012), Alena Sharp (1999), and Sandra Post (1964-66).

For more information on the 2022 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, click here.

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