Niagara Falls, Ont. – Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson kept the momentum going after the U.S. Women’s Open by winning the Canadian Women’s Tour stop at Legends on the Niagara’s Battlefield Course in Niagara Falls, Ont.

With six birdies in Wednesday’s round, Henderson fired a bogey-free 6-under 66 to claim her second Canadian Women’s Tour title – she won the Canadian Women’s Tour Quebec stop in 2012 at age 14.

Henderson finished the tournament with a final score of 9-under-par 135, five strokes ahead of Stephanie Connelly after rounds of 69-66.

“Yesterday I was tied for the lead, so I knew I had to get a good round together.” Henderson said. “Coming in through nine I was 3-under and the girl ahead of me was 4-under for the day. I realized I needed to get in gear and was able to get four more birdies on the back nine.”

Henderson, 16, of Smiths Falls, Ont. is coming off of a successful month of play, finishing tied for 10th in the U.S. Women’s Open and claiming the Porter Cup title earlier in June.

Her win at this week’s event earns her an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, taking place at the London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont. in August.

“It’s definitely cool to get the exemption, I know I deserve it now instead of someone just giving me one, which I’m very grateful for too and I’ll take those anytime,” Henderson said. “I’m looking forward to going to the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open and seeing Lorie Kane as well as some other Canadian professionals out there.”

At the end of yesterday’s opening round, Henderson shared first place with Connelly of Fleming Island, Fla. Connelly finished at 4-under-par 140 to claim first place prize money. Simin Feng of Windermere, Fla. finished in solo third at 3-under 141, with Samantha Richdale of Kelowna B.C. at 2-under. Emily Childs finished in a tie for 5th at 1-under 143 with Australia’s Emma de Groot.

SANDWICH, KENT, England – Team Canada’s Anne-Catherine Tanguay and Augusta James have advanced to match play at the Ladies British Amateur, earning one of the top 64 spots.

Tanguay, 23, of Québec City, posted rounds of 73-75 to finish tied for 9th thru two rounds at Royal St. Georges Golf Club. The recent University of Oklahoma graduate will look to continue her momentum when play resumes tomorrow.

Just sneaking past the cutline was Bath, Ont., native Augusta James, who came in at 8-over par (80-76) to finish tied for 60^th.

Laetitia Beck of Israel, a former Monday qualifier at the Canadian Women’s Open, finished at 7-under par to take home medalist honours. The Duke University student posted rounds of 71-70 to win by a two-stroke margin.

Team Canada members Jennifer Ha (Calgary) and Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ont.) could not overcome the difficult conditions at St. Georges, missing the cut at 11 and 12 over par, respectively.

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LANCASTER, Pa. – Five Canadians defeated their opponents on Wednesday to advance to the second round of match play at the Women’s Western National Amateur Championship at Lancaster Country Club.

Among the Canadians to advance were three Team Canada Development Squad members – Naomi Ko of Victoria, Sabrine Garrison of Calgary and Taylor Kim of Surrey, B.C.

Ko, 16, defeated Aurora Kan of Boothwyn, Pa. in 19 holes.

Kim, a sophomore at Kent State University, overcame American Lindsay McGetrick of Spartanburg, S.C., 6&4.

Garrison, who is committed to the University of Minnesota, took down Jennifer Elsholz of Grand Rapids, Mich., 4&2.

Delaney Howson, a Newmarket, Ont. native, defeated Erica Herr of New Pope, Pa., 1up. The senior at Murray State carded a 9-over 153 (73-80) through the two qualifying stroke-play rounds.

Canadian Josée Doyon marks the final Canadian to advance in the championship flight, beating Evelyn Dole of Raleigh, N.C., 5 and 4. Doyon, also a sophomore at Kent State, finished at 3-over par (73-74) to sit in a tie for fourth. She was joined by Development Squad member Valérie Tanguay of St-Hyacinthe, Qué., who later fell in the first round of match play.

In total, there were 17 Canadians in the field at the Women’s Western National Amateur Championship.

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 TOYOTA CITY, Japan – Team Canada dropped one spot on the leaderboard after collectively shooting even par during Tuesday’s second round at Chukyo Golf Club.

Carter Simon, a Sutton, Ont., native, led the Canadians in the second round with a 2-under 69. He was followed by teammate Etienne Papineau of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., who recorded a 1-under 70 on the day. Together, the two Canadians sit tied for 18th on the leaderboard at 1-under thru two rounds.

Calgary’s Matt Williams was the third score to be recorded in the second round for the Canadians – he posted a 3-over 74. Tony Gil, a Vaughan Ont., native, struggled after his opening round 68, carding a 5-over 76. Gil’s score was not counted as the team’s highest tally for the second round.

Collectively, the United States overtook Chile for the sole lead of the boys division. Overall, the Americans sit at 11-under par – nine strokes ahead of Canada.

Team Italy shot up the leaderboard with the low round of the day (208) – they currently sit in second place, two strokes back of the United States.

The third round of action begins Thursday at 8am, UTC.

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TOYOTA CITY, Japan – Canada sits tied for 9th after collectively recording a total of 2-under par during Tuesday’s opening round at the 2014 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup.

This year marks the 22^nd running of the international event, featuring an expanded field of 15 countries for 2014. The format remains the same, with the top-three scores from each team being recorded for the daily total.

The Canadian contingent is made up of four Team Canada Development Squad members, accompanied by Lead Coach Robert Ratcliffe.

Sixteen-year-old Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont. led the Canadians, shooting a 3-under 68 to sit tied for 10th. He was followed by St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué. native, Etienne Papineau, who carded an even-par 71 to sit tied for 22nd. Carter Simon of Sutton, Ont., was the final score recorded by the Canadians – he shot a 1-over 72.

Calgary’s Matt Williams shot a 3-over 74 – which was discounted as the team’s highest score for the day.

Canada currently trails leading Chile by seven strokes. The United States and defending Venezuelan squad are tied for second, one-shot off the lead.

Simon, Papineau and Gil are all new to the Development Squad in 2014, making this an memorable experience for the team. You can catch a glimpse of the boys in the team introduction video below at the 43 second mark.

The boys also participated in the festivities leading up to play at the Chukyo Golf Club’s Ishino Course, with Carter Simon taking home third place honours at the long-drive contest.

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PINEHURST, N.C. – There’s no doubting Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson knows how to rise to the occasion.

She’s won major amateur events like the Porter Cup and the Spirit Invitational. She’s the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf title. And now, in perhaps her biggest feat to date, the 16-year-old Smiths Falls, Ont. native captured low amateur honours at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2 – where she finished tied for 10th at 5-over 285 on the devious track.

“There’s a lot of great amateurs here that qualified this week,” said Henderson following her round Sunday in North Carolina. “It’s very exciting, that’s for sure. The best players in the world are here and to know that I’m right up there, it’s really awesome. I still have a long way to go to where I want to be in the next couple years, but it’s really exciting to know that I have the potential and it was a great finish here this week.”

Henderson, who had her sister Brittany as her caddie this week, improved on the tie for 59th she recorded in her first Women’s U.S. Open last year at Southampton, N.Y. She credited her ball striking in the final round for part of the improvement.

“Ball striking was really big for me today,” she added. “I made two mistakes off the tee which cost me a double and a bogey, but other than that, I was hitting it really well and had a couple tap-in birdies, which is really nice.”

She had five birdies, two bogeys and a double on Sunday to be exact for a 69, her lowest round of the week. A round she likely didn’t see coming a week ago.

“When I first got here I was like, wow, this is an extremely tough course and it’s going to take four really solid rounds to even make the cut and then to climb up the leaderboard like I did,” Henderson admitted. “But I was almost intimidated the first couple days and then as I got playing and I started to hit the ball really well, I knew where to hit it on the fairways and where to hit it on the greens and I became much more confident. And today, right now, I sort of wish there was another round to go back out there, but I’ll have to wait until next year.”

Thanks to her finish at Pinehurst, Henderson automatically qualifies for the 2015 U.S Women’s Open being contested at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pa.

Henderson outlasted the world’s top women’s amateur golfer in Australia’s Minjee Lee, who finished 3-shots back of Henderson at 8-over 288, to claim the low amateur title.

“Well, Minjee is an amazing player,” explained Henderson. “She’s ranked No. 1 in the world as amateurs and she’s been at a lot of pro events and she always plays really well. Coming in that (winning low amateur) wasn’t necessarily my goal, but it’s nice that it happened.”

Brooke and Brittany will have little time to relish in the moment. The pair headed north Sunday evening as they will face off against each other, and others, at the Canadian Women’s Tour event at Legends on the Niagara’s Battlefield Course in Niagara Falls, Ont. which gets underway Tuesday. For more details on that event – which offers an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open – and the Canadian Women’s Tour, click here.

And, click here to watch an interview with Brooke following her final round at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — In a back-and-forth affair, Taylor Pendrith defeated Team Canada teammates Garrett Rank and Adam Svensson to capture the 74th annual Monroe Invitational Championship (MIC).

 Pendrith, 23, traded birdies with Rank (26) all the way until the final 72nd hole. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native pulled ahead late in Saturday’s final round thanks in part to his eagle on the par-5 12^th. He finished at 11-under par, having finished each round in the 60s (67-67-66-69).

This could very well be the biggest win of Pendrith’s amateur career – he also won the prestigious Porter Cup in 2013. With the win, the recent Kent State graduate continues a very successful season that saw him earn Co-Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year honours in addition to shooting up the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), where he currently sits at No. 46.

Svensson, a Surrey B.C. native, made his move up the leaderboard with a 66 on Saturday to climb into second place, sneaking past Team Canada teammate Rank. Svensson continues to impress after winning this year’s Jack Nickalus award for the most outstanding golfer in NCAA Div II golf for his remarkable seven-win season at Barry University.

Hailing from Elmira, Ont., Rank carded rounds of 66-66-68-72 to finish at 8-under for the tournament, dropping slightly to a tie for third after Saturday’s final round. The University of Waterloo graduate is playing great golf as of late – he won the National Golf Club Invitational one week earlier.

Chris Hemmerich of Kitchener, Ont., also cracked the top 10. The Guelph University graduate demonstrated strong consistency with rounds of 70-68-66-69 to come in at 7-under in a tie for fifth. The 21-year-old showed great poise after experiencing the tough competition at PGA Tour Canada’s PC Financial Open two weeks ago – his first professional event.

Listowel, Ont. native Corey Conners rounded out the National Amateur team, finishing at a very respectable T17 in the strong field at the MIC, one of the more prestigious amateur golf events. The 22-year-old finished at 2-under – he also shares Co-Mid-American Golfer of the Year honours with Pendrith.

Canadians Josh Whalen (Napanee, Ont.) and Kevin Kwon (Maple Ridge, B.C.) also teed-it-up at the MIC, finishing T33 and 75, respectively.

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Team Canada is officially on fire after coming out of last week’s training camps on home soil. The women’s squad mirrored the success of the men in New York at the Porter Cup, where Brooke Henderson took the field by storm to win with a final round 62. All members of the women’s squad landed inside the top 20 at the event, as well.

Brooke Henderson rallied back from a nine-stroke deficit firing a 9-under 62 on Friday afternoon to win the Porter Cup at Niagara Falls Country Club in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. carded two eagles and five birdies during her final round to win by three strokes over Calgary’s Jennifer Ha. The Team Canada member finished at 205 for the championship after rounds of 75-68-62 and was the only player to post a sub-70 round on the final day.

Brooke Henderson – 2014 Porter Cup Champion

The 16-year-old has been on an impressive run in 2014 having already won the Spirit Invitational and the South Atlantic Amateur. She also finished tied for 26^th at the LPGA’s Kraft Nabisco Championship and T45 at the LPGA Manulife Financial Classic. She will play in the U.S. Women’s Open next week at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina after making it through qualifying in May. Henderson finished tied for 59^th at the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Ha of Calgary finished in a tie for second with Princess Superal of the Philippines after a final round 74, while Augusta James of Bath, Ont. and Brittany Marchand of Orangeville, Ont. ended the tournament in fourth place with a 211 total.

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The accolades keep rolling in for Team Canada’s Adam Svensson who recently captured his second straight NCAA Division II Team Championship with the Barry University Buccaneers.

On Sunday, the Surrey, B.C. native was awarded the Jack Nicklaus Award, which is presented to the top NCAA Division, I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA players of the year.

On the golf course this season, Svensson captured seven titles and finished no worse than 14^th place in his 12 starts as a sophomore. His seven wins matched a record set by Stanford’s Tiger Woods in 1996 and Abilene Christian’s Alex Carpenter in 2001. This spring Svensson also set a new school scoring record when he fired a round of 61 at the Buccaneer Invitational. He also finished the season with a 70.05 stroke average

The Surrey, B.C. native was also recently named Barry University’s Male Athlete of the Year and is the first Buccaneer to receive the Jack Nicklaus Award.

Svensson joins an elite list of Jack Nicklaus Award winners that includes players such as, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan, Luke Donald, David Duval, Bill Haas, Ryan Moore. Canada’s Matt Hill and Eugene Wong are the only other two Canadians to receive collegiate golf’s highest honour.

The latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) has all five members of Canada’s National Women’s Amateur team inside the top 100 for the first time in program history.

No. 3 – Brooke Henderson (Smiths Falls, Ont.)

No. 64 – Jennifer Ha (Calgary)

No. 80 – Anne-Catherine Tanguay (Québec City, Qué.)

No. 84 – Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ont.)

No. 90 – Augusta James (Bath, Ont.)

Women’s Head Coach, Tristan Mullally, could not be more proud of the hard work that each player has put in, along with the dedication of the coaching staff.

“This is a validation of work that’s being done both in the background and with the players – it’s a testament to the effort put forth by Golf Canada and the entire supporting staff,” said Mullally. “In year’s past the target has been to get one or two players into the top 100 – to have all five is an accomplishment we are all proud of. The goal now is to keep going and get all the girls into the top 50 and so on”.

Reluctant to take any credit, Mullally did go on to express the pride that the coaching staff feels from such an achievement.

“When I came on board to the program, I was certainly taking over from some unbelievably good work,” he said. “Things have continued to grow and I am very proud, but more than that I am truly proud of the players because it comes down to their performance in the end. We (the coaches) work incredibly hard to impact the lives of these players. It’s a very important job and we take it very seriously.”