Teen star Anna Huang returns to CPKC Women's Open in Edmonton with new confidence
Vancouver's Anna Huang, now the youngest golfer to win four Ladies European Tour titles, tees off at Royal Mayfair Golf Club with a very different résumé than last year's rookie debut.
Anna Huang's first CPKC Women's Open ended in a missed cut in Mississauga last year, when the then-16-year-old was struggling with her game and unsure of her path forward. She spent that weekend working with coach Sean Burke on her putting and alignment, a session she credits for turning her season around. Within a month she had won back-to-back Ladies European Tour events, and this year she added a title in Morocco and a win at the PIF London Championship on Aug. 9, where she beat world No. 6 Charley Hull. At 17 years, 9 months and 10 days old, Huang became the youngest player to capture four LET titles, surpassing a record previously held by Lydia Ko.
The US$2.75-million CPKC Women's Open begins Thursday at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club, where Ko won as an amateur in 2013. Huang said she returns this year with far more experience, having played six majors and numerous LPGA events since her rookie season.
Huang is part of a group of young Canadian golfers drawing attention on tour, including Calgary's Aphrodite Deng, who tied for 20th as the low amateur in last year's event and has since won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship and defended her Mizuho Americas Open title. Both Huang and Deng, along with 16-year-old Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C., received sponsor exemptions into this year's field.
Defending champion Brooke Henderson will also compete, alongside Canadian LPGA players Maude-Aimee Leblanc and Savannah Grewal, plus several sponsor invites and amateurs including Red Deer's Eileen Park.
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