Nine of the world’s top-10 ranked players will make the trip to the Ottawa Hunt Club for this year’s event guaranteeing some compelling and high-quality golf.

It was at this tournament (though not this course) where Lydia Ko stunned the golf world in 2012, winning as a 15-year-old amateur against a field that included 19 of the top-20 players in the world at the time.

Fast forward 10 years and Ko is ranked fourth in the world and will almost unquestionably be among the action late Sunday.

DEFENDING CHAMPION: It’s been a full three years since Jin Young Ko lifted the trophy at Magna Golf Club in Ontario.

Starting the final round tied with Nicole Broch Larsen, Ko fired a stunning eight-under 64 to register a comfortable five shot victory, her fourth of the year.

Local hope Brooke Henderson knows the course well and is in great form of late. PHOTO: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images.

Local favourite Brooke Henderson finished in a share of third alongside Lizette Salas.

COURSE: Ottawa Hunt Club is one of Canada’s more prestigious clubs and the course has hosted several high-profile events in its more than 100 year history.

Originally laid out by two-time Open champion Willi Park Jr, the course underwent a dramatic overhaul in 2013 under the guidance of respected architect Michael Hurdzan.

This year marks the fourth time the Canadian Women’s Open has been played at the club but first since 2017 when Sung Hyun Park added the title to her U.S. Womens Open victory that year.

There are 27 holes at Ottawa Hunt Club with the south and west nines making up the tournament course.

Penal bunkering is a feature of the course and accurate driving to open angles to the sloping greens will be an advantage.

The par-5 6th is a particularly strong hole which played over its par in 2017. A tee shot across water to a fairway that cambers away from the tee.

Historic Ottawa Hunt Club welcomes the LPGA Tour again this week and offers an exciting prospect for keen viewers of the game. PHOTO: Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images.

Long at 547 yards and only in reach for the longest hitters in the field, a narrow entrance to the putting surface rewards only the well executed second shot.

The par-5 finishing hole is less difficult but with birdies aplenty on offer will likely play a role in the tournament outcome.

PRIZEMONEY: US$2,350,000

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PLAYERS TO WATCH: One of the joys of the LPGA – something the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are trying to achieve in the men’s game – is how often the world’s best play against each other every year.

Another tantalising field gathers at Ottawa Hunt Club this week with not only nine of the world’s top-10 on hand but multiple storylines playing out.

Local favourite Brooke Henderson will carry the weight of the nation with her – as she always does when playing at home – but just a month removed for a second major title it seems likely she is up to the task.

An honorary member of the club which is just two hours from her childhood home Henderson is more familiar than most in the field with the intricacies of the course layout and how it plays in different conditions.

She was just outside the top-10 last time the tournament was played here in 2017 and it would be a surprise if she wasn’t in the mix come the weekend.

A list of the usual suspects will also likely occupy the leaderboard, chief among them Nelly Korda fresh off a victory on the Ladies European Tour.

Yet to win in the U.S. in 2022, the former World No.1 was impressive in Spain and should find the venue to her liking this week.

Korda showed with her win at Royal Adelaide in 2019 that she has not only a power game but great imagination and that is a skill that will be tested this week.

Our own Minjee Lee, now the World No.2, has to be considered a legitimate threat in every tournament she plays and the lure of potentially taking the World No.1 spot in the near future will only serve as motivation.

72-HOLE RECORD: 262 (-26, Jin Young Ko, 2019)

PAST AUSSIE WINNERS: Jan Stephenson (1981), Karrie Webb (1999), Katherine Kirk (2008)

AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIELD: Hannah Green, Su Oh, Steph Kyriacou, Minjee Lee, Sarah Kemp and Sarah Jane Smith

TV TIMES*

Round 1: Friday (Fox Sports 505 11.30pm – 2am)
Round 2: Saturday (Fox Sports 505 11.30pm –2.30am)
Round 3: Sunday (Fox Sports 505 4.30am – 7.30am)
Round 4: Monday (Fox Sports 505 2.30am –5.30am)
*AEST, check local guides