Yuka Saso, of Japan, makes a birdie putt on the seventh hole during the first round at the LPGA CPKC Canadian Women's Open golf tournament, in Vancouver, on Thursday, August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
VANCOUVER – Japan’s Yuka Saso the clubhouse leaders at the CPKC Women’s Open.
She shot a 6-under 66 in the morning wave of the first round of the Canadian women’s golf championship.
Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club is hosting the event.
The course was originally supposed to host the event in 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed it by three years.
Top-ranked Canadian Brooke Henderson teed off in the afternoon wave.
There are 15 Canadians in the field at the only LPGA Tour event north of the border.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 24, 2023.
