No Canadian's Make the Cut at the CN Canadian Women's Open

News and notes for Friday, September 4th at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club

Calgary (RCGA with files from the LPGA Tour) – Norway’s Suzann Pettersen (65-68) and South Korea’s Song-Hee Kim (71-62) share the top of the leaderboard at 9-under-par 133 following second-round play at the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open.

Pettersen, 28, trailed first-round leader Anna Rawson of Australia following first round action, but capitalized on her second-round, Friday morning tee-time.

“I haven't played late early in a while,” said Pettersen, who had an afternoon tee-time Thursday. “It’s been mostly early late. But I mean when you're on a roll, you kind of keep going, and I had it going for a while.”

Pettersen got off to a superb start with three birdies right off the bat on holes 10 through 12, but faltered with bogeys on holes 13 and 16, which sandwiched a birdie on hole 15.

It looked like she was gearing up for her back nine with three more birdies on holes two, four and five. But, she was a bit shaky on her back-nine and lost the outright lead with bogeys on holes seven and eight, falling to 9-under-par 133.

“I play every week to win,” added Pettersen. “I mean, in this game you lose more than you win. So all I can do is give myself a chance on Sunday.”

CO-LEADER KIM SHATTERS RECORD BOOKS
Song-Hee Kim fired a scorching round of 9-under par, including a string of six consecutive birdies on her opening holes at Priddis Greens en route to a tournament and new course record 62 to grab a share of the lead at 133 (71-62).

Her six consecutive birdies ties a LPGA Tour season record for most consecutive birdies. Her 7-under-par 28 on the front nine is also a Tour season-low mark on a par-35 nine-hole side.

“(After) the first 6 holes, I didn't know I had 6 birdies in a row, so it was awesome,” said Kim. “I mean, it was fantastic.”

Kim’s only bogey came on the par-4, 10th hole, before three more birdies on holes 12, 16 and 17 to card her lowest round in three seasons on the LPGA Tour.

Other players who have made six birdies in a row this season are Natalie Gulbis (LPGA Corning Classic), Ai Miyazato (Evian Masters) and amateur Ana Alicia Malagon (Corona Championship).

DAHLLOF ACES SIXTH HOLE
Eva Dahllof of Sweden carded her second LPGA Tour career hole-in-one during the second round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open. On Priddis Greens’ sixth hole, Dahllof used a 7-iron from 159 yards to land the ace.

Her only other LPGA hole-in-one came during the third round of the 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic.

SCORING AVERAGES TUMBLE FOR SECOND ROUND
Ideal weather conditions Friday resulted in a lower scoring average than Thursday’s first round. First-round scoring average for the course was 72.513 on the par-71, 6,435-yard Priddis Greens layout, while Friday’s scoring average was 71.961. There were 461 eagles scored on both days and 31 more birdies (1762) carded on Friday than Thursday (1731).

CN MIRACLE MATCH UPDATE
For every birdie made on the 18th hole at the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open, CN will donate $500 toward their CN Miracle Match initiative, as well as $5,000 for every eagle.

So far this week, more than $840,000 has been raised for the charity.

SECOND-ROUND CANADIAN SCORES FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4:
This year will mark the first time a Canadian has not make it to weekend play at the Canadian Women’s Open. The cut was made at 1-over par.


---MISSED CUT ---
Alena Sharp, 72-72—144 +2
(a) Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, 71-74—145 +3
(a) Nicole Vandermade, 75-70—145 +3
Adrienne White, 71-75—146 +4
Jessica Shepley, 74-73—147 +5
(a) Jennifer Kirby, 73-76—149 +7
Lorie Kane, 75-76—151 +9
(a) Stephanie Sherlock, 76-78—154 +12
(a) Sue Kim, 79-76—155 +13
A.J. Eathorne, 73-83—156 +14
Kira Meixner, 81-78—159 +17
Ashley Sholer, 84-80—164 +22

DEFENDING CHAMPION MISSES CUT
Defending champion, Katherine Hull, missed the cut at this year’s CN Canadian Women’s Open. Hull is the first defending champion to miss the cut since Colleen Walker did 1997.

THIRD ROUND TEES OFF SATURDAY
Canada’s only LPGA event officially continues Saturday with round three teeing off at 8:48 a.m. MDT off the 1st and 10th tees at Priddis Greens. Pairings, start times and second-round scores are available on-line at www.cncanadianwomensopen.com and www.lpga.com.

Seventy-four players of 156 at the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open carded 1-over-par (143) or better to advance to weekend play.

TELEVISION AND WEB BROADCAST TIMES
The Royal Canadian Golf Association and CN are proud to have CBC as the official broadcast partner of the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open. In addition to being broadcast on CBC and CBC bold, the event will also be streamed online at www.cbcsports.ca. The Golf Channel will also broadcast weekend television coverage. Below are broadcast times for the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open.

CBC Television
Saturday, Sept. 5 2 p.m. ET LIVE Round Three
Sunday, Sept. 6 3 p.m. ET LIVE Final Round

CBCSports.ca
Saturday, Sept. 5 2 p.m. ET LIVE Round Three
Sunday, Sept. 6 3 p.m. ET LIVE Final Round

Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 5 11:30 p.m. ET TAPED Round Three
Sunday, Sept. 6 9:30 p.m. ET TAPED Final Round

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIDDIS GREENS SUPERINTENDENT JAMES BEEBE
As part of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association’s (CGSA) National Tournament Program, the CGSA made a special presentation to Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club superintendent James Beebe on Friday, September 4 in the CN Canadian Women’s Open media centre.

MEDIA CENTRE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTS
Friday interview audio and/or video transcripts of Priddis Greens superintendent James Beebe, Suzann Pettersen, Song-Hee Kim, M.J. Hur, Lorie Kane, Katherine Hull, Lorena Ochoa, Angela Stanford, Alena Sharp and Catriona Matthew, are available online at www.cncanadianwomensopen.com.

CN MIRACLE MATCH SUPPORTS ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation has been designated as the official charity of the 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open. To date, the CN Canadian Women’s Open has raised almost $2 million towards children’s charities since CN began its title sponsorship of the event in 2006.

KIDS 15 AND UNDER GET IN FREE ALL WEEK
The 2009 CN Canadian Women’s Open will once again feature a week’s worth of family entertainment with kids age 15 and under admitted free all week with a ticketed adult. Juniors will also have the opportunity to take part in golf clinics and activities onsite through CN Future Links, Canada’s junior golf program. Additionally, tickets are still available for all remaining championship rounds.

ABOUT THE 2009 CN CANADIAN WOMEN’S OPEN
Stars of the LPGA Tour will be featured at the US$2.75 million CN Canadian Women’s Open from August 31 to September 6 at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club in Calgary. The CN Canadian Women’s Open is proudly sponsored by the Canadian National Railway Company along with event partners CVS Controls Ltd., TaylorMade adidas Golf, Corona Extra, The Globe and Mail, CE Franklin Ltd., Calgary Sport Tourism Authority, Safeway, Mexico Tourism, CBC, The Glenlivet, Bell, Reader’s Digest and local media partners Calgary Herald, Corus Entertainment and Global Calgary. For updated corporate hospitality, sponsorship opportunities, daily tickets, and volunteer information please visit www.cncanadianwomensopen.com.

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ABOUT THE ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation raises funds for excellence in child health and family centred care. Through the generosity of donors, the Foundation provides funding for innovative family centred programs, state of the art equipment, advanced medical training and internationally recognized pediatric research. For more information please visit www.childrenshospital.ab.ca.

ABOUT THE ROYAL CANADIAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) is the governing body of golf in Canada, representing 377,000 members at 1,600 clubs across the country. Recognized by Sport Canada as the National Sports Organization (NSO) for golf in this country, the RCGA’s mission is to grow participation in and passion for the sport while upholding the integrity and traditions of the game. The RCGA conducts programs and services to help shape the future of golf in Canada. High performance athlete development, CN Future Links, Canada’s national junior golf program, turfgrass and environmental research, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, Rules of Golf and amateur status, handicapping and course rating are only some of the initiatives the association leads for golf in Canada. In addition, the RCGA conducts Canada’s most prestigious golf championships. The RBC Canadian Open and CN Canadian Women’s Open attract the best professional golfers in the world, while regional junior and national amateur championships showcase the best in Canadian golf.

For further information on what the RCGA is doing to support golf in your community please visit http://www.rcga.org/.