Red Deer's Eileen Park ties for 7th at Canadian Junior Girls golf event
Central Alberta junior golfers had mixed results at national championships this week, with one Red Deer player earning a spot in a upcoming LPGA Tour stop.
Red Deer's Eileen Park tied for seventh at the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship at TPC Toronto, finishing at even par after rounds of 70-69-73-72. Park slipped three spots on the final day and ended up 11 strokes off the lead.
Other central Alberta golfers in the field included Rocky Mountain House's Saylar May, who finished +13 and tied for 24th, and Sylvan Lake's Coryn Tardif, who finished +21 and tied for 43rd. Raylee Denton shot +27 to tie for 60th overall, a result that also placed her tied for 39th on the separate Juvenile Girls leaderboard.
Park's performance qualifies her for the CPKC Canadian Women's Open, set to be played in Edmonton from Aug. 20-23.
Meanwhile, at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Regina, Red Deer's Bennett Love was the top local finisher but missed the cut at +8, four strokes off the cutline. Love opened with an 82 but rebounded with a second-round 70, making him the only player who missed the cut to shoot under par that round.
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