MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) together with the LPGA Tour have announced the final field of competitors set to compete in the 51st playing of the CPKC Women’s Open, August 20-24 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont.
The list of commitments features a world class field with six of the current top 10 and 19 of the top 25 in the Rolex World Golf Rankings. The field also includes eight of the top 10 and 19 of the top 25 on the 2025 Race to the CME Globe Standings.
Thirteen-time LPGA Tour winner and the winningest golfer in Canadian history, Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., will lead a field that includes current world no. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, world no. 2 Nelly Korda, three-time CPKC Women’s Open champion and 2024 Olympic Gold medalist Lydia Ko (world no. 3). Other notables include Minjee Lee (world no. 4), Haeran Ryu (world no. 9) and Hannah Green (world no. 15), along with rising stars Lottie Woad (world no. 19), Lilia Vu (world no. 20) and Rose Zhang (world no. 56). For the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open final field, click here.
The 156-player field will be competing at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club for the first time in tournament history. This marks the 21st time the province of Ontario will host the CPKC Women’s Open and first since 2022. Mississaugua Golf and Country Club will become the eighth club to host Golf Canada’s four premier events: CPKC Women’s Open, RBC Canadian Open, Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.
The field will be competing for the $2.75 million USD purse with the champion taking home $412,500.
The CPKC Women’s Open through CPKC Has Heart will once again leave a meaningful impact in the host community of Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship. For 2025, CPKC has selected MacKids, the arm of Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation dedicated to fundraising for McMaster Children’s Hospital, as the primary charity partner with a goal to raise more than $2.8 million in support of pediatric cardiac care initiatives from newborn to adolescent. In addition, Trillium Health Partners will be the community charity partner with CPKC generously matching donations up to $250,000 in support of Trillium Health Partners cardiac program equipment needs, with up to $500,000 expected to be raised.
“We are very excited to begin play next week with a world class field of talent at the historic Mississaugua Golf and Country Club for one of Canada’s signature women’s sporting events,” said Claire Welsh, Tournament Director, CPKC Women’s Open. “Led by Brooke Henderson and many of the top ranked players in the world, golf fans across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area are in for a special championship that will leave a major charitable impact in our host community.”
Last year, CPKC helped raise $4.3 million for heart health with donations of $3.8 million to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and $507,000 to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. Since 2014, this tournament, which is the marquee event of the CPKC Has Heart community investment program, has helped raise over $23 million in support of children’s heart health in North America.
Defending champion Lauren Coughlin is among eight past CPKC Women’s Open champions competing for Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship including Megan Khang (2023), Paula Reto (2022), Jin Young Ko (2019), Brooke Henderson (2018), Sung Hyun Park (2017), Ariya Jutanugarn (2016) and Lydia Ko (2015, 2013, 2012) who will be chasing a record fourth CPKC Women’s Open title.
Mississaugua Golf and Country Club will welcome 18 LPGA Tour in-year winners and four in-year major championship winners, including A Lim Kim (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Yealimi Noh (Founders Cup), Angel Yin (Honda LPGA Thailand), Lydia Ko (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Rio Takeda (Blue Bay LPGA), Madelene Sagstrom (T-Mobile Match Play), Mao Saigo (The Chevron Championship), Haeran Ryu (Black Desert Championship), Jeeno Thitikul (Mizuho Americas Open), Chisato Iwai (MEXICO Riviera Maya Open), Maja Stark (U.S. Women’s Open), Jennifer Kupcho (ShopRite LPGA Classic), Carlota Ciganda (Meijer LPGA Classic), Minjee Lee (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Somi Lee and Jun Hee Im (Dow Championship), Grace Kim (The Amundi Evian Championship), and Lottie Woad (Women’s Scottish Open).
Henderson, a CPKC Ambassador, made history at the Wascana Country Club in Regina in 2018 becoming the first Canadian since the late Jocelyne Bourassa won Canada’s National Women’s Open 45 years earlier. Henderson will lead a 13-player Canadian contingent, joined by fellow Canadians with LPGA Tour status, Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont., and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que.
As previously announced, Team Canada members receiving exemptions include, Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta., Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., Anna Huang of Vancouver, B.C., Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont., Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C., Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., Tillie Claggett of Calgary, Alta., Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. and Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. In addition, Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J. has also accepted an exemption into the field. Ganne won the 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur last week at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore. Ganne has also competed in five consecutive Augusta National Women’s Amateur’s and was part of Standford’s 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship winning team.
The 2025 CPKC Women’s Open will take place on the Treaty 22 territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN), on lands that were once home to the Credit River Mission Village. During tournament week, MCFN will share their culture, history, and enduring connection to the land through ceremony, storytelling, and educational elements on-site. This engagement is part of a broader effort to ensure the tournament honours the history of the territory and creates space for learning, reflection, and meaningful community connection.
One of Canada’s premier annual sporting events, the CPKC Women’s Open is riding continued momentum from being named as the Gold Driver Award recipient for Best Volunteer Appreciation at the LPGA 2024 Gold Driver Awards. In addition, the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open was named Sport Tourism Canada’s International Sport Event of the Year at the 2025 Sport Tourism Canada PRESTIGE Awards.
The CPKC Women’s Open also earned the LPGA Tour’s Tournament of the Year award in back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023. The 2023 tournament also won additional awards for Best Sponsorship Activation and Best Volunteer Appreciation at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver. Golf Canada and CPKC also received Gold Driver Awards for Best Sponsor Activation in 2019, 2022 and 2023 as well as Best Community and Charity Engagement in 2017, 2019 and 2022.
CPKC WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT RETURNS
Golf Canada and CPKC will host the eighth annual CPKC Women’s Leadership Summit on Tuesday, August 19 as part of the weeklong excitement of the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open. The summit will be held at the Boulevard Club in Toronto, Ont., and be hosted by TSN’s Lindsay Hamilton. The day will bring together like-minded business leaders from across the country for a day of networking, empowerment and philanthropy. For more information, click here.
HALL OF FAME DAY SET FOR TUESDAY OF TOURNAMENT WEEK
Golf Canada will host Hall of Fame Day on Tuesday, August 19. Accomplished amateur golfer, Richard Scott, former professional golfer Jerry Anderson (posthumous) and renowned course architect Charles Blair Macdonald (posthumous) will be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. For more information on the honoured members, click here. In addition, Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont. will be inducted into Golf Ontario’s Hall of Fame during the ceremony after previously being announced in March.
“THE RINK” HOLE AND THE FARE WAY FEATURING THE KEG FAN EXPERIENCE RETURNS
Fans of all ages will once again be able to experience the week-long celebration of golf highlighted by The Rink on the 10th hole at Mississaugua, and a variety of food and patio experiences in The Fare Way featuring the Keg.
CPKC WOMEN’S OPEN – MEDIA GUIDE & PLAYER PERFORMANCE GUIDE
Below are links to the CPKC Women’s Open Media Guide as well as the all-time Player Performance Guide:
CPKC Women’s Open Player Performance Guide
KIDS 12-AND-UNDER GET IN FREE
As part of the championship’s commitment to junior golf, admission all week is free for youth aged 12-and-under. General admission tickets provide access to the golf course and enjoy fan activations throughout the property and experience the thrill of major professional golf.
MOBILE APP EXPERIENCE
Experience the CPKC Women’s Open like never before by downloading the Golf Canada Mobile App on your iOS or Android device. Essential features include a live map, leaderboard & pairings, tickets, breaking news, and special events. Plus, use the Golf Canada Mobile App to enhance your experience while playing! Find golf courses, track your game, set up matches against friends, access GPS yardages and more. Click here to download.
ABOUT CPKC
With its global headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Canada, CPKC is the first and only single-line transnational railway linking Canada, the United States and México, with unrivaled access to major ports from Vancouver to Atlantic Canada to the Gulf Coast to Lázaro Cárdenas, México. Stretching approximately 20,000 route miles and employing 20,000 railroaders, CPKC provides North American customers unparalleled rail service and network reach to key markets across the continent. CPKC is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpkcr.com to learn more about the rail advantages of CPKC.
ABOUT CPKC HAS HEART
At CPKC, we know that a railroad may serve as the arteries of a nation, but at its heart is community. That’s why, through CPKC Has Heart, we’ve already helped raise more than $55 million to help improve the heart health of adults and children across North America. And along the way, we’re showing heart whenever we can. Find out more on www.CPKCHasHeart.ca.
ABOUT MACKIDS
MacKids, as part of Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation, provides vital funding to enable the best possible patient care at McMaster Children’s Hospital, including Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre and McMaster University Medical Centre. MacKids inspires and motivates gifts that fund medical equipment and patient amenities, innovative research initiatives, essential redevelopment of clinical care spaces, and the education and training of health care providers. McMaster Children’s Hospital is the second largest provider of inpatient pediatric services in Ontario. The Hospital is home to Canada’s largest neonatal intensive care unit including supportive maternal care, the largest pediatric mental health program in Canada, and the only inpatient pediatric cancer program in south-central Ontario.
ABOUT THE CPKC WOMEN’S OPEN
The stars of the LPGA Tour will challenge for the CPKC Women’s Open from August 20-24, 2025, at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont. Through its CPKC Has Heart program, title sponsor CPKC will once again make a significant contribution to pediatric cardiac care in the host community of Canada’s National Open Golf Championship. The 2025 CPKC Women’s Open is proudly sponsored by CPKC, BDO, Audi, RBC, theScore Bet, Levelwear, Golf Town, Hilton, Johnsonville, Sleeman, Humi, The Keg, Connect Hearing, Cottage Springs, Stalk&Barrel, Matt & Steve’s, Cub Cadet, Cayman Islands, WM, Copper Rose, YETI, Coke, Avis, Rolex and is supported by Visit Mississauga and the Province of Ontario. For information visit www.cpkcwomensopen.com/.
ABOUT GOLF CANADA
Golf Canada is the National Sports Federation and governing body for golf in Canada representing over 360,000 golfers and 1,522 member clubs across the country. A proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Golf Canada’s mission is to increase Canadian participation and excellence in golf. By investing in the growth of the sport and introducing more participants of all ages to the game, our vision is to be a world leader in golf. For more information about what Golf Canada is doing to support golf in your community, visit www.golfcanada.ca/.
Media Contact:
Dan Pino
Sr. Director, Communications
Golf Canada
416-434-5525
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