Duramed FUTURES Tour -- The Goal For 25 Canadians

Behind the United States, Canada is the nation with the most players (22) and six those are from Brfitish Columbia.

Heading the BC contingent is reigning Amateur title holder, Kira Meixner, a veteran member of the Royal Canadian Golf Association's National Women's Amateur Team, who intends to remain as an amateur through the 2009 season regardless of this week's outcome.

There are 10 players from Ontario, five from Alberta and four from Quebec.

South Korea will be represented by 19 players, three seven are from Sweden and Australia and Japan each have six representatives. Of the U.S. states, Florida has 34 residents in the field, followed by California with 23 players, Texas with 15 and North Carolina with 10 players. Two nations not typically represented in the field will be Egypt and Kenya.

The four-day tournament will be contested at Cleveland Heights Golf Course, Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club and Imperial Lakes Country Club, all in the Greater Lakeland area, with the fourth and final round played at Cleveland Heights.

CANADIAN PLAYERS Entered
Marie-Pierre Bernier, (a) (St. Sebastien, Quebec)
Stacey Bieber, (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Emma Calderone, (Unionville, Ontario)
Jennifer Cornford, (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Lindsey Edmunds, (London, Ontario)
Claudine Foong, (Aurora, Ontario)
Heather Fudge, (a) (Charlottetown, PEI)
Natalia Ghilzon, (a) (Windsor, Ontario)
Cuyler Hedley, (Cobourg, Ontario)
Tiarra Honce, (Kelowna, British Columbia)
Katrina Leckovic, (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Kira Meixner, (a) (Richmond, British Columbia)
Jacklynn Miller, (North Bay, Ontario)
Danielle Mills, (a) (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)
Susan Nam, (Edmonton, Alberta)
Eom Ji Park, (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Inah Park, (Kaleden, British Columbia)
Candace Pasechnik, (Calgary, Alberta)
Raman Saran, (Calgary, Alberta)
Ashley Sholer, (a) (Hamilton, Ontario)
Maggie Steciuk, (London, Ontario)
Victoria Thompson, (a) (Akwesasne, Ontario)
Erin Thorne, (Bracebridge, Ontario)
Adrienne White, (Red Deer, Alberta)
Jillian Wyne, (Calgary, Alberta)