Eileen Park, 15, of Red Deer with her trophy at the 2024 Alberta Women’s Amateur Championship. (Golf Canada)

By rdnewsNOW staff

bright future

Golfer Eileen Park named to NextGen squad for second year

Oct 23, 2024 | 1:22 PM

Red Deer’s Eileen Park has been selected for a second year as a member of the NextGen program run by Golf Canada.

Park, who turned 15 in June, won the NextGen Pacific Championship, the AJGA Junior All-Star tournament, and the Alberta Women’s Amateur Championship earlier this year.

She also placed 5th at the NextGen Selection Camp and tied for 9th at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in 2024.

Park has several other victories to her name since 2022.

Joining Park on the NextGen women’s squad are Anna Huang of Vancouver, Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Clairey Lin of Palos Verdes Estates, California, Clara Ding of White Rock, Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ruihan Wang of Bellevue, Washington, Shauna Liu of Maple, and Swetha Sathish of Oakville.

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“Golf Canada is proud to announce the amateur athletes that will be part of our 2025 Team Canada and Team Canada – NextGen squads and we look forward to supporting their continued development in the journey to competing on the LPGA and PGA TOUR,” said Emily Phoenix, director, high performance, Golf Canada.

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“Our collective heartfelt thanks as well to the generous Golf Canada Foundation donors who continue to support the player development program as well as our corporate partners who play a critical role in allowing Canada’s top golfing athletes to compete at the highest levels of our sport.”

According to Golf Canada, athletes are selected based on results from the previous season (September 2023-August 2024), with the Team Canada – NextGen program also considering performance at Golf Canada’s annual selection camps.