Click here for the complete field at the 2016 Canadian Pacific Women's Open.
Tour Returns With Top-Ranked Players
After a three-week break, the LPGA Tour returns to action this week at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open where 20 of the top-25 ranked players in the Rolex Rankings are in the field, including world No.1 Lydia Ko, No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn and No.3 Brooke Henderson. Jutanugarn withdrew from the third round of the women’s competition at the Olympic games in Rio due to a left knee injury but is anticipated to compete this week in Canada. Olympic gold medalist Inbee Park moved up to No.4 in the rankings following her victory but is not in the field this week. No.5 Lexi Thompson, who represented the U.S.A in Rio will also not compete in Canada.
Fourth Time's A Charm?
Olympic silver medalist Lydia Ko returns to Canada to defend her title after defeating Stacy Lewis in a playoff last year to capture her third victory at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. Ko’s first two victories came back in 2012 and 2013 when Ko was still an amateur. The world No.1 is a four-time winner in 2016 in addition to silver medalist, who became the youngest medal winner from New Zealand at 19-years-old.
Returning To Canada
Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp return home for this week’s event after representing their country in Rio. Henderson may be disappointed with her performance in the games, where she came up short of the podium with a T-7 finish, but the fans will still have plenty to cheer about in watching the three-time LPGA Tour winner and major champion tee it up on home soil. Sharp finished 30th in Rio at one-over par. Her game has continued to trend upward as the season progresses, with three top-15 finishes in her last six starts on Tour.
Olympic Glory
31 members of the LPGA Tour are making the trip from Rio to Calgary for this week's Canadian Pacific Women's Open, returning to the Tour with an all-new experience under their belt in representing their country on one of the biggest stages in all of golf. The Tour’s newly minted Olympians in the field this week are:
Israel’s Laetitia Beck
Republic of Korea’s In Gee Chun, Sei Young Kim and Amy Yang
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz
China’s Xi Yu Lin
Germany’s Sandra Gal and Caroline Masson
Paraguay’s Julieta Granada
Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp
Great Britain’s Charley Hull and Catriona Matthew
France’s Karine Icher
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn
New Zealand’s silver medalist Lydia Ko
Australia’s Minjee Lee and Su Oh
Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg and Anna Nordqvist
Mexico’s Alejandra Llaneza and Gaby Lopez
Japan’s Haru Nomura
Norway’s Suzann Pettersen
U.S.A’s Gerina Piller and Stacy Lewis
South Africa’s Paula Reto and Ashleigh Simon
Malaysia’s Kelly Tan
Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe
*China's Shanshan Feng, who won the bronze medal in Rio, withdrew Tuesday from the field
You're Invited
15 players including three amateurs received sponsor invites to compete this week in Canada including the country’s own Lorie Kane. The four-time LPGA Tour winner is being inducted this week into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, one of three inductees for 2016. Click here for more about Kane’s induction.
Other invitees include 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Hannah O'Sullivan and Epson Tour's Madelene Sagstrom, who has won twice this season in addition to six top-5 finishes.
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