Defending champion Suzann Pettersen is among the 156 players who will tee it up today at the St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg for the start of the $2.25 million (US) 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open. Pettersen, who recorded her sixth LPGA Tour victory last year at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club outside Calgary, has eight top-5 finishes in 13 events this season. Fourteen Canadians are in the field as well as 46 of the top-50 players on the LPGA's Official Money List including number one Ai Miyazato. The first round begins on the 1st and 10th tees at 7 a.m. at St. Charles.

 

 

Charlottetown's Lori Kane, who has won four times on the LPGA Tour, talked about the 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open at St. Charles

 

Michelle Wie practices her putting stroke before the start of the 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open