27 boys and 20 girls invited to selection camps running concurrently with Canadian Collegiate Invitational tournaments
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Golf Canada has announced today that it has invited 47 players (27 boys and 20 girls) to attend its Team Canada – NextGen Selection Camps that will run concurrently with the Men’s and Women’s Canadian Collegiate Invitational tournaments later this month.
“We are excited to announce the 47 players that will be participating in our Team Canada – NextGen Selection Camps running concurrently with our Canadian Collegiate Invitational tournaments, said Emily Phoenix, Director, High Performance, Golf Canada. “These camps are an incredible developmental opportunity for players to compete and showcase their talents in front of Golf Canada high performance staff as well as NCAA coaches.”
Players participating in the Selection Camps will also be competing for one secured spot each (boys and girls) on the 2026 Team Canada – NextGen roster. The Men’s Canadian Collegiate Invitational (CCI) runs September 14-16 at Öviinbyrd in MacTier, Ont. and the Women’s CCI runs September 22-23 at Beacon Hall Golf Club in Aurora, Ont.
On the boy’s side current NextGen team members, Austin Krahn of Christina Lake, B.C. and Jager Pain of Woodbridge, Ont. are among those that will at the camp. Krahn has enjoyed a successful 2025, having won individual and team gold medals at the Canada Summer Games last month in St. John’s, Nfld. Krahn also won the British Columbia Amateur and Junior Championship this summer. Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. has also received an invitation. Last month, Lew won the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship and became the 12th player in tournament history to capture both the Junior and Juvenile division titles.
On the girl’s side, six current NextGen team members will be participating in the camp including Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C., Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C., Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta., Kendria Wang of Vancouver, B.C., Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont., and Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. Five of the six will be wrapping up play at the 2025 World Junior Girls Golf Championship in St. Catharines, Ont. prior to joining the camp. Liu recently won her second consecutive Canadian Junior Girls Championship last month, coming from behind to win the Brokenshire Trophy. Liu has four additional wins this season, including The Peloton Glencoe Invitational as part of the She Plays Golf Championship Series, the Junior Orange Bowl International, the NXXT Epson Tour Qualifier at LPGA INTL and The Nelly Invitational on the AJGA.
Lin has one win this season, at the AJGA Thunderbird Heather Farr Classic along with a pair of runner-up finishes and a third-place finish at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship last month. The 14-year-old Ding has two wins this season including the GolfBC Group BC Women’s Open as part of the She Plays Golf Championship Series and the Women’s Orlando International Amateur Championship. Wang recently finished as runner-up at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship and won three times last season. Park (Nobelle) has earned four titles on the AJGA and one provincial title this season after winning ten times in 2024.
Also joining the current NextGen Boys team members are a number of in-season winners including: 2025 Canadian Junior Boys champion, Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. and NextGen Championship winners, Cole Stewart of Enfield, N.S. (Atlantic), Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. (Quebec), Chase Lassman of Parkland County, Alta. (Prairie and Western) and Maxim McKenzie of Chilliwack, B.C. (Pacific).
Joining the current NextGen Girls team members are U15 Championship winner Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C., Zhang also won the NextGen Prairie Championship in June. Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. who won the NextGen Quebec Championship and 2025 Canada Summer Games individual gold medal winner, Leonie Tavares of Saint-Jerome, Que. will also be at the camp.
The full selection camp roster can be found here:
