Out of the Rough: CPKC Women's Open (2026)

The LPGA Tour heads from the Pacific Northwest to Canada, for this week’s CPKC Women’s Open.

This event serves as the national championship for Canada and has since its inception in 1973.

It held LPGA Tour major status between 1979 and 2000, eventually being replaced by the AIG Women’s Open.

The CPKC Women’s Open, like its male counterpart (RBC Canadian Open,) is a nomadic event.

Since 2018, a different golf course has played host.

This year, the Royal Mayfair Golf Club will host for the first time since 2007. 

The Field

Although this event hasn’t held major status in well over three-decades, it still draws a star-studded field.

It will be led by World No. 1 Nelly Korda who will be looking to claim her first CPKC Women’s Open Title.

Hyo Joo Kim (No. 4,) Miyu Yamashita (No. 7,) Ruoning Yin (No. 8,) Hannah Green (No. 9) and Sei Young Kim (No. 10) join Korda as those within the top-ten of the Rolex Women’s World Gold Rankings.

Canada’s Brooke Henderson won her national open for the second time, topping Minjee Lee by a stroke at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club a season ago. Henderson also won in 2018 at the Wascana Country Club.

Other former winners of this event playing this week include Megan Khang (2023,) Paula Reto (2022,) Jin Young Ko (2019,) Ariya Jutanugarn (2016) and Lydia Ko (2012, 2013 and 2015.)

The Course

Royal Mayfair Golf Club is in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

It earned its ‘Royal’ designation in 2005 by the Queen during Alberta’s centenary celebrations. It is one of just seven courses in Canada to have a ‘Royal’ designation. 

Tucked away in Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley, this Stanley Thompson design opened in 1922.

It is set as a par-70, playing at 6,452 yards.

Royal Mayfair Golf Club is a parkland design, routed through thick woods. This offers a serene view staring down these heavily tree-lined fairways.

Mature trees frame the fairways, demanding for an accurate approach off-the-tee.

Bunkers are strategically placed to be brought into play on nearly every shot this week.

The greens here at Royal Mayfair Golf Club are known to run fast and true. They feature tricky undulations and subtle breaks along with challenging pin placements.

The greens are guarded by steep front bunkers that are set to penalize any errant approach shot.

The Weather

As of the time of writing this, Thursday calls for just a five-percent chance of precipitation as Friday calls for a 20-percent chance. Saturday is calling for a 15–percent chance of precipitation and Sunday a 25-percent chance. Temperatures are set for highs of 77-degrees on Thursday and 80-degrees for both Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will return to 77-degrees on Sunday. Winds will be a near non-problem on Thursday and Friday before ticking to upwards of ten miles-per-hour on Saturday. Winds will finish the week at ten miles-per-hour on Sunday. 

Key Stats

• Strokes Gained: Approach (SG: APP)

• Ball Striking

• Driving Accuracy Percentage

• Strokes Gained: Around the Green (SG: ATG)

• Sand Saves Percentage

• Scrambling

• Strokes Gained: Putting (SG: PUTT)

• Par 4 Scoring Average

Betting Card

Lydia Ko (+2000)

Ko lines up statistically well to this venue, comes in on great form and has played great golf in Canada across the last four seasons. She placed 20th in her latest outing at the AIG Women’s Open, seventh at The Amundi Evian Championship and 15th at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Although at different courses, she placed fifth at this event a season ago, eighth in 2024, 71st in 2023 and fourth in 2022. Ko is currently fourth on Tour in par-four average scoring, fifth in scrambling, 11th in SG: PUTT, 15th in SG: ATG, 30th in sand saves percentage, 38th in ball striking, 57th in driving accuracy percentage and 60th in SG: APP.

Somi Lee (+3800)

Lee has seemed to have refound her form with a tenth place finish last week at The Standard Portland Classic. Prior to that she did miss the cut at the AIG Women’s Open and withdrew from the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open but was in amazing form prior to those two events. She placed tenth at The Amundi Evian Championship, 19th at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, tenth at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, third at the Dow Championship, 40th at the U.S. Women’s Open and fourth at the ShopRite LPGA Classic powered by Wakefern. She is currently ninth on Tour in par-four average scoring, 12th in driving accuracy percentage, 15th in scrambling, 18th in ball striking, 50th in SG: PUTT, 65th in SG: ATG and 93rd in both SG: APP and sand saves percentage. She placed 15th in Canada last season as well.

Chizzy Iwai (+7400)

This is a big number for someone of Iwai’s caliber. She is currently 13th on Tour in driving accuracy percentage, 27th in ball striking, 32nd in par-four average scoring, 35th in scrambling, 56th in SG: ATG, 65th in SG: APP, 67th in sand saves percentage and 78th in SG: PUTT. She placed 25th last week at The Standard Portland Classic, 29th at the AIG Women’s Open and 31st at the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open. She does have some missed cuts mixed into her form prior to that run of events but does have other recent results such as a 12th at the Meijer LPGA Classic for SimplyGive and fourth at the ShopRite LPGA Classic powered by Wakefern.

Erika Hara (+8000)

Hara has been someone I’ve played a bit in these longer prices across this season. She is currently sixth on Tour in ball striking, 25th in SG: PUTT, 31st in scrambling, 42nd in SG: APP, 44th in driving accuracy percentage, 60th in par-four average scoring, 83rd in sand saves percentage and 122nd in SG: ATG. She placed 14th last week at The Standard Portland Classic, missed the cut at the AIG Women’s Open, placed eighth at the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open and 14th at The Amundi Evian Championship. She’ll be making her tournament debut this week.