Wednesday Preview - Canadian Pacific Women's Open

The ladies of the LPGA Tour head back across the northern border for the Canadian Pacific Women's Open. The tournament used to be a major on the LPGA from 1979 until 2000, and still carries the stigma of a significant tournament, and in fact has one of the richest purses on the LPGA Tour, which is quite hilarious when you consider the last two years the winner has not cashed that large check.

Course: London Hunt & Country Club, which enters the rotation for the first time. This course was absolutely ravished by the winter season, but the club and the greens keepers have done a fantastic job getting the course in tournament shape. Seeing as this is the first time we are seeing this course, I will make no prediction on the final tally.

Strength Of Field: B+. Michelle Wie is the only really significant player missing from the field. The top 5 in the world all return to battle it out once again.

Extra Tidbits: A Canadian has not won this event since the first tournament back in 1973...Two years ago, Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women's Open to become the youngest champion on a major professional golf tour at 15 years old. She returned last year to defend her title...Seven players have won two or more tournaments on the LPGA this season. Stacy Lewis is the leader with three victories. Inbee Park's LPGA Championship victory made her the most recent to double up in 2014. Only Paula Creamer, Lexi Thompson, Lizette Salas, Mo Martin and Mirim Lee have one victory in 2014...Charley Hull, Ariya Jutanugarn, and Stephanie Meadow are among the players receiving sponsor's exemptions this week. Emma Jandal, Jillian Hollis, Elizabeth Tong, and Emme De Groot (I am Groot!) are your Monday qualifiers.

Fantasy Four:

Lydia Ko - I have no reason to pick against her in Canada, especially considering how well she's playing this season. It would be an historic feat if Ko were to pull off the three peat, but if anyone is capable of doing it, I believe she is.

Inbee Park - Best player on Tour for the past three weeks. Her win at the LPGA Championship showed that she has restored confidence in her ability to seal the deal when in a position to win. Was the runner up two years ago, and cashed the first place check when Ko was still an amateur.

Mirim Lee - Consider me a believer after her top 10 performance last week. Might be playing the best golf of anyone not named Inbee over the past three tournaments. I have no reason to believe she can't keep up her strong performances.

Stacy Lewis - Is still the number one player on Tour, though may need another win soon if she wishes to keep that distinction. Backdoored a top 10 last week, which she seems to be doing a lot of lately with strong final rounds. Her middle two rounds have been her downfall, as her strong final rounds occur after she's already out of the tournament. Last week was her first top 10 since her win in Arkansas.

(SLEEPER) Meena Lee - Finished just outside the top 10 at the LPGA Championship, which continues her strong performances this year as she's already notched four top 10's, including the US Women's Open. Hasn't won since 2006, and is extremely overdue. With Inbee and Mirim winning the last two weeks, it may be time for a run of Korean champions.