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This article was published 28/05/2009 (6286 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
GOLF fans are going love the show that’s coming to Winnipeg in 2010.
The Royal Canadian Golf Association announced Wednesday that the CN Canadian Women’s Open will be played next year at St. Charles Country Club, Aug. 26-29.
The purse won’t be confirmed until probably next year, but the 2009 championship to be played at Priddis Greens near Calgary will carry a prize tag of US$2.75 million.
That makes the CN Canadian Women’s Open the third-richest event on the LPGA Tour this year.
And it isn’t just the players who will be winners — among them champion Katherine Hull, Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Suzann Petersen, Se Ri Pak, Michelle Wie, Cristie Kerr, Karrie Webb, Julie Inkster, Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis, Brittany Lincicome and Canadian star Lorie Kane who competed last year in Ottawa.
Our women’s open has established an impressive track record of charitable contributions, mainly to children’s health and wellness causes, and this may well be the Winnipeg host committee’s biggest challenge in staging the 2010 championship.
In 2008, when record-setting crowds exceeded 68,000 at Ottawa Hunt, the event raised $1 million for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation. CN’s commitment to match funds raised in advance of and during tournament week effectively doubled the $500,000 generated locally and then CN upped the ante by donating a further $100,000 to the Annika Sorenstam foundation to honour the contributions of the retired superstar.
That kind of corporate sponsor is not easy to find and CN and the RCGA have already started the process for a possible extension of their deal, which expires at the end of next year.
“We have had a terrific run here, built a wonderful tournament and managed to raise millions of dollars for children across Canada,” CN senior vice-president Stan Jabolinski said in Wednesday’s teleconference to announce the St. Charles tournament.
“These are difficult times and it will be a corporate board decision. We’ll be doing a lot of evaluating and there are a lot of decisions to make, but we’ve had a lot of positive feedback.”
RCGA executive director Scott Simmons and Open tournament director Sean Van Kesteren said Wednesday it’s their intention to see the 2010 championship played on St. Charles’ MacKenzie and Ross nines.
It’s the only Alister MacKenzie design in Canada and is also unique in that it is also home to the work of classic architect Donald Ross.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
