Shauna Liu wins Canadian Junior Girls Championship by three strokes

VANCOUVER — Shauna Liu shot a final-round 71 to win the Canadian Junior Girls Championship on Thursday.

The golfer from Maple, Ont., finished the national tournament a combined 2-under par, three strokes better than Clairey Lin of the United States.

Liu’s win comes with an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship taking place next week in Victoria, B.C.

The 15-year-old also received an exemption into the 2025 U.S. Girls Junior Championship.

After a bogey to start her opening nine, Liu bounced back by making a birdie on the par-5 second.

She then played a bogey-free back nine, rolling in back-to-back birdies to finish the week with scores of 70, 71, 74 and 71.

“It feels great,” Liu said in Golf Canada press release. “Winning this tournament is something I have always wanted and it’s really great to be here.

“My family and I will probably go out and get some ice cream after this one.”

Liu also won the juvenile division, which ran concurrently for girls aged 16 and under, ahead of Lin.

Liu joins a list of notable Canadian golfers to capture the tournament, including LPGA Tour player and Olympian Brooke Henderson (2012).

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 26, 2024.

The Canadian Press