Lauren Kim plays a shot from a bunker on the 16th hole during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga., Thursday, June 24, 2021. Kim of Surrey, B.C., headlines Golf Canada's two squads for the upcoming World Amateur Team Championships. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., headlines Golf Canada’s two squads for the upcoming World Amateur Team Championships.
Kim will be competing for the Espirito Santo Trophy along with Monet Chun of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. The team will be led by women’s head coach, Salimah Mussani.
Piercen Hunt of Hartland, Wis., Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont., and Brady McKinlay, 22, of Lacombe, Alta., will compete for the men’s Eisenhower Trophy. That team will be led by men’s assistant coach Benoit Lemieux.
The tournament is being held at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.
The men will compete from Oct. 18 to 21 and the women’s tournament will run from Oct. 25 to 28.
Canada has won 11 medals in the women’s and men’s tournaments.
The women’s team has won four silver medals in tournament history (2014, 2004, 1978, 1966). The men’s side has won one gold medal (1986), five silver medals (2014, 2006, 1978, 1964, 1962) and one bronze (1986).
The biennial international amateur competition is conducted by the International Golf Federation, which comprises the national governing bodies of golf in 149 countries. Each team will feature three players and will compete over 72-holes of stroke play. In each round, the two lowest scores will count toward the team’s score for the day.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2023.
