Brooke Henderson's Canadian Open title defence highlights a busy golf week

It's an interesting time in golf as the Canadian Women's Open tees off tomorrow in Edmonton while the men's FedEx Cup playoffs continue in St. Louis and the rebel LIV league enters perhaps its final days of existence. Here's what to know:

Canadian Women's Open

Currently branded as the CPKC Women’s Open, the lone Canadian stop on the LPGA Tour returns to Edmonton's Royal Mayfair for the first time since 2013.

The $2.75-million US tournament ($412K to the winner) features six of the world's top 10 golfers, including No. 1-ranked Nelly Korda of the United States, who won two of the five major championships this season. The absentees include third-ranked Haeran Ryu of South Korea, who also captured two majors; No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand; and popular Englishwomen Lottie Woad and Charley Hull, ranked fifth and sixth, respectively.

No. 12 Lydia Ko of New Zealand is back to chase a record-breaking fourth Canadian Open trophy. One of her wins came at Royal Mayfair in 2013, when she successfully defended the title she captured the previous year in Vancouver as a 15-year-old amateur. Ko went on to win three majors and three consecutive Olympic medals, culminating with a gold in 2024 in Paris.

But the fan favourite, as usual, will be Canada's Brooke Henderson, who won this event for the second time last year in Mississauga, Ont. Henderson's first LPGA Tour win in 2½ years gave her 14 for her career — the most ever by a Canadian woman or man on a major tour — including a pair of major titles.

Brooke Henderson looking to defend CPKC Women's Open title

Now ranked 11th in the world, the 28-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., is still looking for her first victory of 2026, though she was right in the hunt at back-to-back majors