Golf Canada confirmed the final 72-player field for the 11th World Junior Girls Golf Championship, with 24 teams from 23 countries at Brampton Golf Club and the individual winner earning an exemption into the 2027 CPKC Women's Open. Practice rounds run today with the first of four rounds Wednesday; Korea defends as the only back-to-back team champion.
Defending champion Brandon Holtz was beaten 2 and 1 by No. 50 seed Jonathan Fricke and 2025 runner-up Jeg Coughlin III fell in 19 holes to Ben Greve as the Round of 64 trimmed the field at Sand Valley. Medalist Bobby Massa and three-time champion Stewart Hagestad both advanced, with the Round of 32 starting Tuesday morning and the Round of 16 to follow in the afternoon.
Three-time champion Lara Tennant, a Portland native, survived a 23-hole marathon against Brenda Kuehn to reach the Round of 32 at Portland Golf Club. She now faces seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port in the standout match of the day.
