Canada’s Nationwide Girls’s Open returns to the province of Quebec for the primary time since 2011
CPKC Has Coronary heart to depart significant group legacy in help of pediatric coronary heart well being
GATINEAU, Que. (Might 25, 2026) – Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas Metropolis (CPKC) introduced in the present day that The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership in Gatineau, Que. will host the 2027 CPKC Girls’s Open August 18-22, 2027.
The 2027 match, the 53rd taking part in of Canada’s Nationwide Girls’s Open championship, returns the occasion to The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership for the second time and the primary since 2000. That yr, Meg Mallon gained her first of three nationwide Girls’s Open titles by one shot over Rosie Jones. This would be the match’s sixth look within the Ottawa-Gatineau area, the final being in 2022.
The 2027 CPKC Girls’s Open will mark the 14th time that the occasion has been contested within the province of Quebec and the primary since 2011 at Hillsdale Golf and Nation Membership in Mirabel, Que.
“In partnership with CPKC, we’re more than happy to announce that the CPKC Girls’s Open will return to The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership in 2027,” mentioned Garrett Ball, Chief Working Officer, Golf Canada. “Gatineau is a passionate golf group, and we’re excited to return to the province of Quebec and the Nationwide Capital Area for the CPKC Girls’s Open. The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership have been unbelievable companions to Golf Canada over time, and we lengthen our honest due to the membership and employees. We’re equally proud to companion with Ville de Gatineau, Tourism Outaouais, the Metropolis of Ottawa and Ottawa Tourism as we work collectively to ship a memorable expertise in 2027.”
The CPKC Girls’s Open will as soon as once more will depart a significant legacy within the host group. Since 2014, CPKC has helped increase greater than $27 million for kids’s coronary heart well being within the communities which have hosted the CPKC Girls’s Open by way of the corporate’s match sponsorship and the CPKC Has Coronary heart program.
“The Nationwide Capital Area traditionally has been an incredible host to the CPKC Girls’s Open with great followers popping out in large numbers for this unbelievable occasion and its vital mission supporting native coronary heart charities that make such a distinction of their communities,” mentioned CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel. “We look ahead to returning in 2027 to lift cash for an additional worthy trigger that may depart a long-lasting charitable legacy within the Ottawa-Gatineau space and province of Quebec by way of CPKC Has Coronary heart.”
The CPKC Has Coronary heart group charity companion will probably be introduced in early 2027.
The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership, one of many oldest golf equipment in North America, was based in 1891 by a gaggle of civic and enterprise leaders keen to advertise the “wholesome and satisfying recreation” of golf. Initially named the Ottawa Golf Membership, it earned its “Royal” designation in 1912 by permission of King George V. The membership’s first course was a modest nine-hole structure in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, the place the primary Canadian Novice Championship was held in 1895. In 1896, the Membership moved to their first Quebec house on the Chelsea Highway. Then, in 1903, bought the McVeity Farm on the Aylmer Highway, now the membership’s everlasting house, and opened their 18-hole course and luxurious clubhouse in Might of 1904. At the moment, The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership continues to honour its heritage, providing regal environment and difficult 18-hole and 9-hole programs that mirror its storied previous.
The principle course structure is designed based on the ‘Scottish precept’ with emphasis on the pure structure of the land, fairly than artificially created hazards. The hills and dales, varied tee positions, small and quick greens will provide a good problem to the LPGA Tour’s finest.
The historic membership additionally holds the report for internet hosting probably the most Canadian Novice Championships, most just lately internet hosting the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship, offered by BDO, this previous July, marking the 14th Novice Championship hosted. The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership can also be one in every of solely eight golf equipment in Canada to host Golf Canada’s 4 premier occasions: RBC Canadian Open, CPKC Girls’s Open, Canadian Males’s Novice Championship and Canadian Girls’s Novice Championship.
“The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership and its Board of Administrators are thrilled to be internet hosting the highest girls golfers on the earth in 2027. Our championship golf course, maintained to the very best requirements, historic clubhouse and accessible location in Gatineau, Quebec, only a quick par 5 away from Ottawa are prepared to point out off what our members get pleasure from day-after-day to the world,” mentioned Greg Richardson, Common Supervisor, The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership. “The Senior Administration group and I look ahead to working with the various volunteers who will make this occasion successful. With the help of the Ottawa Valley golf group, we purpose not solely to host a memorable championship but in addition to lift impactful funds for native charities by way of the CPKC Has Coronary heart program.”
This previous August, Canada’s personal Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. gained her second CPKC Girls’s Open title on the Mississaugua Golf and Nation Membership in Mississauga, Ont. Henderson fired a 4-under 67 to beat Minjee Lee by one stroke to assert her 14th profession LPGA title and additional strengthen herself as Canada’s all-time winningest skilled golfer. Fifteen-year-old Crew Canada – NextGen member, Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta., gained the Marlene Stewart Streit medal for ending because the low newbie in a tie for twentieth.
Considered one of Canada’s premier annual sporting occasions and a signature cease on the LPGA Tour, the CPKC Girls’s Open has been named Sport Tourism Canada’s Worldwide Sport Occasion of the 12 months (2024) and is a two-time current winner of the LPGA Tour’s Match of the 12 months (2022-2023)
The 2026 CPKC Girls’s Open will happen August 19-23, 2026, on the Royal Mayfair Golf Membership in Edmonton, Alta. Tickets are actually on sale. To buy or for details about volunteer alternatives or company hospitality, please go to www.cpkcwomensopen.com/.
ADDITIONAL QUOTES
“Gatineau is proud to host the 2027 CPKC Girls’s Open and to welcome such excellent expertise to our group. That is the sort of occasion that showcases our metropolis, generates momentum, and highlights the necessary place girls’s sport deserves.” – Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette
“We’re proud to welcome the CPKC Girls’s Open again to the Nationwide Capital Area and to showcase our vacation spot on a world stage. Working intently with companions on either side of the Ottawa River, we’re excited to assist ship a seamless, world‑class expertise for athletes, followers and companions, and to welcome golf followers from all over the world to our area.” – Michael Crockatt, President and CEO of Ottawa Tourism
