CPKC Women's Open

2026 CPKC Women's Open

The 2026 CPKC Women's Open raised a record $4.95 million to support heart healthcare in Alberta. CPKC presented a cheque for $4.4 million to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, while helping raise $550,000 for the tournament’s community partner Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation benefiting the CK Hui Heart Centre.

Meet Maverick

Maverick was born with a serious heart condition and treated at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Now, he’s the 2026 CPKC Women's Open charity ambassador, sharing his story and raising funds to help more kids like him.

Watch Maverick's story.

The Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

The CPKC Women's Open is more than world-class golf. It is about standing behind the families, physicians, nurses, specialists and care teams who make life-saving work possible.

Watch to learn more about how The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation will use the funds raised at this year’s tournament to help little hearts across Alberta.

About the CPKC Women's Open

Globally recognized and named LPGA Tournament of the Year in 2022 and 2023, the annual CPKC Women’s Open showcases the brightest stars of the LPGA Tour.

Since 2014, CPKC has helped raise more than $31 million for children’s heart health as the title sponsor of the CPKC Women’s Open.

In 2027, the CPKC Women's Open will be played at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club. Learn more about the 2027 event, here.

Meet our ambassadors

Brooke Henderson, Canada's winningest golfer

The Canadian prodigy, born in Smiths Falls, Ontario, has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including both the 2018 and 2025 CPKC Women’s Open Tournaments. Henderson is also a graduate of Golf Canada’s National Amateur Squad and Young Pro Squad supported by CPKC, which marked the beginning of her relationship with the railway. In June of 2019, when Henderson claimed her 9th LPGA Tour win, she set a Canadian record for most wins on either the PGA or LPGA Tours. She was named “Best Female Golfer” at the 2019 ESPY’s and was named the Canadian Press Bobbie Rosenfeld Award on two occasions; named Ottawa’s The Athletic Person of the Year; and awarded Postmedia’s Female Athlete of the Year, among many other awards.

Lorie Kane, Canadian golf legend

As a CPKC Ambassador, she supports women’s golf through the CPKC Women’s Open and helps raise money and awareness for heart health with CPKC Has Heart. She is a talented golfer with 4 LPGA Tour victories, 99 top-10 finishes, she has represented Canada internationally at events like the Commonwealth Games, the Canadian World Amateur Team, and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. She was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2016 to honor her contributions to Canadian golf. She has also won the Heather Farr Player Award for showing determination and hard work, as well as the William and Mousie Powell Award for showing great spirit and values. She is a member of the Order of Canada, which is one of the highest honors for merit in Canada.

Maverick Vanderzwaag, heart warrior

Doctors from a small town in Manitoba quickly noticed newborn Maverick was in trouble. He was airlifted to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton where seven-day-old Maverick faced a complex, lifesaving open-heart surgery to repair his heart. After the 11-hour operation, Maverick’s heart stopped, requiring life support, 43 minutes of CPR, and 33 days on ECMO. He endured multiple organ failures, amputations, strokes, infections, and 34 surgeries. Despite grim odds, he spent nine months in hospital before going home. After another heart crisis at age one, his family relocated to Edmonton. Today, Maverick is monitored by specialists and continues to defy the odds.