Two back-to-back wins has Sarah-Eve Rhéaume's confidence at an all-time high.
The amateur golfer from Quebec City won the Glencoe Invitational in Calgary on June 18 with a tournament-best 65 in the third and final round. Rhéaume then almost duplicated the feat on July 1, firing a tournament-best 66 on the final day of the PGA Women's Championship of Canada.
That victory earned Rhéaume a berth into the CP Women's Open, Canada's national women's golf championship. It will be her first-ever LPGA Tour event.
"I just had a lot of confidence heading into the final day (of the PGA Women's Championship of Canada)," said the 22-year-old Rhéaume. "I've been confident over most of the shots, I'm chipping well around the greens.
"Last round of the Glencoe I played really well to get that going, just seeing the putts rolling in."
Rhéaume finished the PGA Women's Championship of Canada at 12-under 207, three shots ahead of Min-G Kim and eight shots better than Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Markham, Ont., who finished third.
The 22-year-old Rhéaume said Wednesday that she wasn't intimidated by some of the big names at the event.
"There's a bunch of good players everywhere, so I just kind of stay focused on my game plan and do my thing and then see how it goes at the end," said Rhéaume.
She intends to play in the North & South Women's Amateur Championship on July 12 and then the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship the week after that.
EPSON TOUR — Selena Costabile of Thornhill, Ont., tees off in the Twin Bridges Championship in Albany, N.Y., on Friday. Costabile is the top Canadian on the Epson Tour money list, sitting at No. 71. She'll be joined at Pinehaven Country Club by Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., and Bentham.
SCOTTISH OPEN — Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., the top-ranked Canadian on the PGA Tour, is in the field at this week's Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. Conners, No. 35 on the FedEx Cup standings, will be joined by No. 43 Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and No. 114 Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., at the warm-up event for next week's British Open.
BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP — Michael Gligic of Burlington, Ont., will play in the opposite-field event, the Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. Gligic tied for 10th at last week's John Deere Classic, moving him up to 155th on the FedEx Cup rankings. Aaron Cockerill of Stony Mountain, Man., who normally plays on the European-based DP World Tour, will play in his second-ever PGA Tour event. They'll be joined by Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., and Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C.
CHAMPIONS TOUR — Calgary's Stephen Ames is seventh in the Charles Schwab Cup money list heading into this week's Bridgestone Senior Players at Firestone Golf Club in Akron, Ohio. Ames and Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., teed off on Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2022.
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press
