The CPKC Women’s Open will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on the LPGA Tour starting Thursday at Earl Grey Golf Club in Alberta, Canada. The former major event has one of the largest fields for the 50th CPKC Women’s Open and a lot at stake as well. In addition to the $2.6 million prize money, the players will have a chance to win another prestigious award.

This year, the CPKC Women’s Open introduced the Audi Precision Award. The recipient of the award will get a $25,000 check based on the need of the event and a matched amount of $25,000 will be donated to First Tee Alberta. But who will receive the award? Will it be the CPKC Women’s Open winner?

Surprisingly, the champion of the event will not be getting the Audi Precision Award. However, Golf Canada, in collaboration with Audi, will present the award to the player who hits the most greens in regulation over the four days of competition. It will boost the golfer’s season earnings and also contribute to youth development in the game of golf through First Tee – Alberta.

The LPGA Tour has been involved in many fundraisers, one of which is the CME Group Cares Challenge—Score 1 for St. Jude, where $20,000 gets donated to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for every hole-in-one. The Audi Precision Award will become another incredible tradition on the LPGA Tour and may be followed for years to come. Seeing the progress in women’s golf, even the defending champion loved the idea of the new Audi Precision Award.

Megan Khang supports the Audi Precision Award 

In the 2023 season, Megan Khang won the CPKC Women’s Open, her maiden victory in her 191st start on the LPGA Tour. The previous edition was held at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, where Khang defeated former world no. 1 Jin Young Ko in the first playoff after making a par and earning her first LPGA Tour title. The Audi Precision Award was not part of the event, but now that it has been, the defending champion finds it “definitely cool.”

Speaking at the pre-tournament press conference, Khang explained what the Audi Precision Award meant to her. The 1-time LPGA Tour winner explained that even though Audi Canada and Golf Canada didn’t have to take such an initiative, they still did and posed a challenge for the field. She added, “Not only that but matching the award money to another charity, it speaks volumes to like how companies are getting involved and how golf not only is our career but also benefits the communities around it.” 

The philanthropic move by the LPGA Tour and its partners will help shape the careers of future golfers and thus, prove that golf is not just a sport; “it’s for a much bigger picture,” said Khang. The event will start in just a few hours, with 156 pros waiting to either win the trophy or the Audi Precision Award or maybe both.