By rdnewsNOW staff

Mississauga, Ont.

Red Deer’s Park finishes competition at World Junior Golf Championship

Oct 7, 2024 | 4:53 PM

Red Deer’s Eileen Park was among three golfers on one of Canada’s two teams competing at the 2024 World Junior Golf Championship held in Ontario last week.

Team Canada 2 finished tied for 12th with Italy at 13-over. In addition to the 15-year-old Park, Team Canada 2 was represented by 14-year-old Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont., and 17-year-old Lindsay McGrath, also of Oakville, Ont.

However, it was the Republic of Korea that won the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship for the third time in tournament history, beating Team Canada 1 on a tiebreaker at the Credit Valley Golf & Country Club in Mississauga, Ont. on Saturday.

This marked the second consecutive year that Korea and Canada battled right to the very end, with Canada winning by one last year in Brampton, Ont.

The win gives Korea’s it’s third team title, which is the most in the nine-year history of the world championship.

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Team Canada 1 earned a podium finish for the second consecutive year and was a completely new team this year.

The following are the final standings following the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship:

1 Republic of Korea -19*

2 Canada 1 -19

3 United States -9

T4 France +2

T4 Denmark +2

T6 Hong Kong, China +3

T6 Chinese Taipei +3

T8 Mexico +5

T8 Sweden +5

10 Germany +9

11 Czechia +11

T12 Canada 2 +13

T12 Italy +13

14 Belgium +15

15 Colombia +16

16 England +19

17 Spain +20

18 Switzerland +21

19 Iceland +23

20 Ireland +25

21 Poland +32

22 Finland +34

23 Peru +49

24 Morocco +66

*Team Champions by way of Tie-Break

Click here for the final team leaderboard following the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship.

Click here for the final individual leaderboard following the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship.

This year marked the largest field in tournament history, with a total of 72 athletes comprising 24 teams and representing 23 countries competing for the team and individual titles.

The 2025 World Junior Girls Golf Championship will be played at St. Catharines Golf and Country Club, in St. Catharines, Ont., September 15 – 20. The 2026 tournament will be held at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Que., September 28 – October 3, 2026.

(With files from Golf Canada)

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