Wang’s 64 additionally ties event file to guide each the Junior and Juvenile divisions; Crew British Columbia leads Inter-Provincial Crew Championship by one
SAINTE-MARIE, Que. – Ruihan Kendria Wang shot an 8-under 64 to take a four-shot lead following the opening spherical of the 2025 Canadian Junior Women Championship, introduced by BDO at Membership de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Que.
The 16-year-old Crew Canada NextGen member from Vancouver, B.C. opened her spherical with 4 straight birdies and went on to file 9 on the day en path to setting a brand new ladies’s course file at Membership de golf Sainte-Marie. As well as, Wang’s spherical ties the bottom file in event historical past, initially set by Euna Han of Port Coquitlam, B.C. in 2019 at Lethbridge Nation Membership in Lethbridge, Alta.
“I’m actually honoured by that,” mentioned Wang after discovering out she set a brand new ladies’s course file. “I believed this course can be actually difficult however I simply ended up hitting good pictures right now and maintained little errors. It was nice, I’m very honoured.”
Following a run of birdies to begin, Wang adopted up with two extra on the entrance and added three on the again 9 and credited her driving and her placing for serving to her obtain her personal private greatest spherical.
“I discover when these (driver and putter) are good my spherical finally ends up fairly effectively and truthfully the climate was excellent, there was little or no wind,” added Wang.
The climate sadly took a flip in the course of the afternoon, as winds grew heavy and rain started to fall forcing an hour-long stoppage in play shortly earlier than 2:30 p.m. native time.
Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. is alone in second at 4-under adopted by Carlee Meilleur of Lansdowne, Ont. at 3-under. Defending champion and Crew Canada NextGen member, Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. is presently tied with Crew Canada teammate Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. for fourth at 2-under.
Wang additionally leads the Juvenile division (gamers aged 16 and below) over Zhang. Liu and Lin are tied for third at 2-under with Ceilidh Spare of North Gower, Ont. and Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. tied for fifth at 1-under.
Wang added that can keep on with her sport plan and play the course as she deliberate throughout her apply spherical.
“I do know an 8-under spherical could be very uncommon so no matter I do tomorrow, I received’t be dissatisfied with it,” added Wang.
Within the battle for the Inter-Provincial Crew Championship, Crew British Columbia (B.C.) opened its defence of the Mary Pyke Trophy by capturing a collective 6-over to guide Crew Alberta by one.
Crew B.C. is represented by Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C., Cadence Ko of Richmond, B.C. and Zhehui Yu of Burnaby, B.C. Kral and Ko each posted rounds of 3-over 75 to have their scores depend in the direction of the workforce whole following the opening spherical. Every day, the bottom two of three people 18-hole scores will depend in the direction of the workforce whole.
Crew Alberta sits at 7-over with Crew Ontario (9-over), New Brunswick (16-over) and Manitoba (18-over) rounding out the highest 5 within the inter-provincial workforce competitors.
The 134-player subject can be reduce to the low 70 gamers and ties with the highest ten juvenile and ties following Thursday’s second spherical.
The Canadian Junior Women Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the previous Canadian Women Affiliation (CLGA) till the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Affiliation (now Golf Canada) in 2005.
The Canadian Junior Women Championship has an extended record of distinguished previous champions which have etched their identify on the Brokenshire Trophy. Previous champions embrace, Canadian Golf Corridor of Famers Sandra Submit (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). As well as, LPGA Tour gamers, Alena Sharp (1999), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013). Stollery Household Crew Canada Ladies’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996) can be a previous Canadian Junior Champion.
The 2025 Canadian Junior Women champion will obtain an exemption into the 2026 Canadian Ladies’s Beginner Championship and the 2026 Canadian Junior Women Championship and 2026 U.S. Women’ Junior Championship, if eligible.
For the leaderboard following the opening spherical of the 2025 Canadian Junior Women Championship, introduced by BDO, click on right here.