The historic Rivermead Golf Club
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) unveiled the schedule for the 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Tour today and one regional golf club will play a key role.
Celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, Gatineau’s (Aylmer) Rivermead Golf Club (Club de golf Rivermead), will host the third leg of the Developmental Tour. The Rivermead CN Canadian Women’s Tour event will be played on July 11-13th, 2010 and feature a practice round, 9-hole Pro-Am, and 36 holes of stroke play competition.
The Rivermead event will follow the playing of tournaments at Quilchena Golf & Country Club in Richmond, B.C. on May 5-7 and at Blue Springs Golf Club, in Acton, Ontario on June 27-29.
Although the tour has a pared down schedule for 2010, it has some enhancements that should attract quality fields and public attention. Each purse for the three tournaments will be $60,000 with $10,000 going to the winner. In addition the top three players on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour season-ending order of merit will be awarded direct entry and entry fees paid into both LPGA Tour Sectional Qualifying Tournaments (a $5,000 value each). As well, the champion of each CN Canadian Women’s Tour event is eligible to compete in Duramed Futures Tour events for the remainder of the 2010 season.
“This year the CN Canadian Women’s Tour season is going to be one of our best yet,” said Richard Kuypers, Tournament Coordinator for the CN Canadian Women’s Open. “The top three players on the order of merit will receive their fees into the LPGA Tour Sectional Qualifying Tournaments. This important enhancement to our Tour will undoubtedly help to attract the best possible field of competitors to our championships.”
The winner from each of the three Tour events will receive an exemption directly into the CN Canadian Women’s Open with the additional three exemptions being awarded based on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour Order of Merit standings.
Rivermead is a storied venue, having not only been a past host of the CN Canadian Women’s Tour but also the Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girl’s Championship, Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, and the 1920 Canadian Open.
For more information on the tour and the Rivermead tournament you can visit: www.cncanadianwomenstour.com.
