Foundation receives $800K

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THE Children’s Hospital Foundation received a cheque for $800,000 on Sunday through a combination of private donations matched by CN.

“In my 10 years in this job this is the largest donation from an event,” said foundation executive director Lesia Sianchuk. “Money was raised all summer and CN matched money from bake sales and all sorts of initiatives.”

The money will go towards pediatric research and education at the hospital.

Tough teacher

EXPERIENCE is often one of the best instructors but it can also provide difficult lessons. Red Deer’s Adrienne White walked off the 18th hole on Sunday richer for experience at the Open but dragging a bit after a plus-5 tournament total.

“I learned a lot but it’s a fight. I still don’t have my tour card and I need to win all the money I can to get it,” said White. “I didn’t help myself very much in that aspect.”

Pettersen peters out

DEFENDING champ Suzann Pettersen fired a final round 69 to finish tied for second, three strokes back of the winner.

“I had my chances coming in. It was disappointing,” said Pettersen. “I was hoping to have a better chance on 16. I just bombed the driver to try and get it in with a scoring club and just didn’t hit that wedge anywhere good. But I’m trying. That’s all I can do. And even when I don’t feel that confident with my game I’m still competitive.”

Pettersen enjoyed her time in Winnipeg.

“It’s been a great week. It’s always great coming here to Canada,” she said. “I tried my best to defend my title and I came up a little bit short.”

No clutch for Creamer

PAULA Creamer carded a valiant two-under on Saturday while fighting a stomach bug. She got to three-under on Sunday and minus-7 for the tournament before fatigue kicked in and she slid back to par and finished at four-under.

“I’m exhausted. I haven’t been sick since last night. But it was tough. I was pretty weak, but tried to come out and just get through one more day of golf,” said Creamer. “You could see the last five holes or so I was struggling, just not enough energy, and that’s going to be expected.”

Food poisoning was the early diagnosis but not the correct one.

“They said it was that 24-hour bug. But my dad’s still really sick, so between the two of us we’re not doing so good,” said Creamer. “The fans out here, gosh, they were great. I can’t say enough about them. It was a great week.”

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