Megan Khang is going to be seeing a lot of her own face at the next two LPGA Tour stops.

This week, Khang is back in Canada where she captured her first career win on Tour in 2023 and next week she returns to her native Massachusetts where she serves as an unofficial tournament host at the FM Championship. Both tournaments have utilized images of Khang in their promotional materials. Khang knew these two weeks would mean a lot to her personally and professionally, so she took the past two weeks off to get rested and refreshed to take on all that these two weeks entail.

“It's always nerve-wracking coming back to a tournament you have won. Obviously, you would like to do it again,” Khang said about seeing her face being used on the tournament signage in Canada. “It's definitely a little cool coming in and still seeing some spots where my face is. Still catches me off guard.”

Thursday at the CPKC Women’s Open Khang handled any pressure she might have been feeling that she needed to perform well again in Canada when she opened with a five-under par, 66 in the morning wave to grab a share of the early lead. Khang went out in 34 and gave up a single bogey on the front nine before finding a spark on the back when she reached the par three, 10th hole which has been designated as “the rink” hole and designed to emulate a hockey rink where fans like to gather.

“Kind of started on 10 making a pretty good birdie putt. It's the ice rink hole this week, so like to give people a little something to cheer for,” Khang said about what started her back-nine charge. “I would've loved to make it [for birdie] on 18 but just wasn't high enough. Pretty happy with the 5-under.”

Giving the fans something to cheer for gave Khang a boost as she posted a bogey-free, 32 on her inward nine. Khang missed just two fairways and four greens and recorded 27 putts to get off to a solid start on day one at Mississauga Country Club.

“Obviously seeing Aphrodite kind of crushing it, at 15 you say, it's a little more motivation to want to do well,” Khang said about 15-year old amateur Aphrodite Deng’s hot start to the morning. “But just stayed in my own bubble and really just kind of stayed patient. Was able to hit some pretty good wedge shots on the par-5s, and thankfully capitalized and made a few longer putts as well.”

Khang’s two weeks off wasn’t all about rest. She recently purchased a house and put in time making her house more of a home. She also put in some work with her father, Lee, who has long coached his daughter and often travels with her week-to-week on Tour. The duo focused on getting her game ready for two intense weeks on Tour.

“Really kind of just working on the mechanics with my dad, just kind of reiterating to myself like, hey, there is no need to press,” Khang said about what she worked on during her two weeks off. “Just kind of a little more course management in a sense of don't make silly mistakes. Bogeys are going to happen. Try to limit them in a sense of some bogeys are okay; don't make the silly ones.”

Khang managed to keep her silly mistakes at a minimum on Thursday in Canada. Her goal is to keep that consistency and solid play going through the rest of this week and into next week’s trip to TPC Boston where she got in a practice round ahead of next week’s tournament. But that’s still a week away, and Khang is doing her best to keep her sights set on the CPKC Women’s Open.

“Really just kind of didn't want to overdo it because I knew coming in for these next two it was going to be a challenge of trying to grind on the golf course and hopefully doing well for a hometown event,” Khang said about her busy back-to-back weeks. “Really excited for that. Right now, trying to focus on the Canadian Open.”

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