{"id":21795,"date":"2025-08-21T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/akie-iwai-at-top-cpkc-womens-open-days-after-the-first-lpga-won\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:45:43","slug":"akie-iwai-at-top-cpkc-womens-open-days-after-the-first-lpga-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/akie-iwai-at-top-cpkc-womens-open-days-after-the-first-lpga-won\/","title":{"rendered":"akie iwai at top cpkc women’s open, days after the first LPGA won"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MISSISASUGA, Ontario — Akie Rock returned to the leaderboard for the CPKC Women’s Open on Thursday, four days after a groundbreaking victory at the Portland Classic.<\/p>\n

Iwai concluded the afternoon round with Mississau Gua Golf and Country Club, with a par 4 hole with a 7-under 64 and a two-stroke lead and a birdie on the ninth hole.<\/p>\n

“I won last week, but it’s already in the past, it’s already in the past,” Iwa said.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old Canadian amateur aphrodic Deng came in second with top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul, Leona Maguire, Gaby Lopez and 2023 winner Megan Khang.<\/p>\n

On Sunday in Oregon, Iwa joined Twin Sister Chysat as the winner of the rookie LPGA Tour. The 23-year-old Japanese finished second in Thailand in February, Los Angeles in April, and saw him win in Mexico with his younger sister Mayakoba in May.<\/p>\n

She is playing in Canada for the first time.<\/p>\n

“A truly beautiful course,” said Akie Iwai, a six-time JLPGA Tour winner. “It’s something similar on the Japanese course.”<\/p>\n

Chisat Iwai bogeyed 8th and 9th to shoot 75.<\/p>\n

Den was born in Calgary, Alberta, and her family lived in Montreal before moving to New Jersey for her father’s job. She lives primarily in Orlando, Florida, but is a Canadian citizen and plays for the Golf Canada junior program.<\/p>\n

“We’re just trying to hit each shot and play on the fairway,” Den said.<\/p>\n

Thitikul played her first round since winning the world’s top spot from Nelly Korda.<\/p>\n

“I think I’ll be on another day at work for me,” Chitickle said.<\/p>\n

Corda opened at 69.<\/p>\n

Canadian star Brooke Henderson scored four birdies and four bogeys for 71. The 2018 champion won the final of 13 LPGA Tour titles in January 2023.<\/p>\n

“I’m just grateful that we were able to bring it back evenly,” Henderson said.<\/p>\n

She played alongside Thitikul, who shot 75 and Women’s Scottish Open winner Lottie Woad.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Lauren Cofflin was 74. She won in Calgary last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MISSISASUGA, Ontario — Akie Rock returned to the leaderboard for the CPKC Women’s Open on Thursday, four days after a groundbreaking victory at the Portland Classic. Iwai concluded the afternoon round with Mississau Gua Golf and Country Club, with a par 4 hole with a 7-under 64 and a two-stroke lead and a birdie on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-21795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}