Goodbye, hello and welcome home: Generations of Canadian golfers converge in Ottawa

It takes a lot to wear a Maple Leafs jersey in Ottawa and get cheered for it.

But that's exactly what happened when Lorie Kane pulled on the blue-and-white sweater on the 17th hole, dubbed "the rink" at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Friday at the CP Women's Open.

Kane, 57, was in the midst of hitting the final shots of her iconic career at the tournament, which started in 1991 and was about to come to its official close.

Then, as the Charlottetown native headed down the 18th fairway, she snuck a glimpse to her right.

"I was catching Brooke [Henderson] going down 16, so I was focusing on the leaderboard and trying to get a glimpse of how she did it. So it was special," Kane said.

In front of Kane were two grandstand's worth of people, plus many more lining the outside of the green, waiting to cheer on the Canadian golf legend.

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Meanwhile, back on the 10th, 12-year-old Lucy Lin was just preparing to begin her second round, with an outside shot at making the cut.

A total of 19 Canadians converged in the country's capital for the 2022 national open, where the past met both the present and the future.

"I think there's a lot of really positive things happening in young women's golf here in this country," Kane, who missed the cut, said after her round on Friday.

"And again, it's because we're putting money, pardon the expression, where our mouth is and getting what support needs to be gotten or given to young golfers."

Henderson is the star people came to see in Ottawa — unfortunately, on Thursday, it was only those in attendance who could see her, as none of her round made it to live TV in Canada.

By Friday, the issue was rectified, as TSN aired Henderson's entire round.

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