CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Team Canada Development Squad member Tony Gil finished with a final-round, 2-under 69 Tuesday to finish alone in fourth place at the 2014 Jr. Orange Bowl.

Overall, the Vaughan, Ont., native finished at 3-under par (72-66-74-69) through four rounds of play at the Biltmore Golf Course. The 16-year-old flew up the leaderboard after Sunday’s second round, which was highlighted by a 5-under performance on the front nine.

Gil, who represented Canada at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China earlier this year, is verbally committed to attend the University of Houston in 2016.

On the girls side, Canada’s Grace St-Germain finished 15th. The 16-year-old Ottawa native came through with a promising finish in her first tournament as a member of Team Canada’s Development Squad after being named to the team last month.

St-Germain, a former Canadian Junior Girls Champion, continues to build on a strong foundation and will look to take her momentum into the new year along with Gil. Her friend, Canadian sensation Brooke Henderson, took home the trophy for the girls a year earlier.

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MADISON, Wis. – Steve Stricker has had surgery on a bulging disk in his lower back to alleviate recurring issues in his hip area.

Mario Tiziani, Stricker’s brother-in-law and agent, says the one-hour surgery Tuesday was successful and that Stricker will be away from golf for at least eight weeks.

The 12-time tour winner won’t be missing much. Stricker already plays a reduced schedule, and he was not likely to play in 2015 until the Florida swing.

The 47-year-old Stricker rested for nearly four months before playing the Hero World Challenge and Franklin Templeton Shootout. While he felt good, tests showed Stricker would continue to have problems with his hip and quadriceps without surgery.

A 103-year-old Florida golfer has made history, becoming the oldest known person to record a hole-in-one.

Gus Andreone, a member of the PGA of America, achieved his special feat December 17th, 2014 at the Palm Aire Country Club in Sarasota.

His friends watched in disbelief as his drive on the 113-yard 14th hole on the Lakes Course rolled into the cup.

“I always hit the ball short with the driver and it rolls up on the green,” he told MyFox Tampa Bay.

The PGA of America said it is likely Andreone is the oldest person to ever sink a hole-in-one. The association’s website said the apparent previous record holder was Elsie McLean who aced a hole in 2007 when she was 102.

Andreone plays golf three times a week. He recorded his first hole-in-one 75 years ago. He now has done it eight times and looks forward to doing it again.

“I am going to to play golf as long as I can,” he said. “As long as I can swing a club, even if I have to play three or four holes, I’m going to play golf.”

Here’s a new tradition unlike any other – the race to see if the Masters can keep its field under 100 players by April.

For the fourth time in the last five years, at least 90 players already have qualified for the Masters at the end of the year with three months of opportunities remaining before the field is set. Each time, Augusta National managed to achieve its objective of keeping the number of competitors in double digits.

By far the smallest field of the four majors, the Masters has not had more than 100 players since 1966.

That’s what Augusta National prefers. Club chairmen have talked about a small field creating a better experience. Remember, the original name of the Masters was the Augusta National Invitation Tournament.

But if the last eight months were any indication, this could be the closest call yet.

Of the 90 players who are eligible and expected to compete, 17 earned invitations by winning PGA Tour events that award full FedEx Cup points. That’s up from 12 a year ago, a reminder not only that winning is difficult for everyone but that the PGA Tour is stronger and deeper than ever.

There are 13 chances for players not already in the Masters to win a full PGA Tour event and get in. And because the Match Play Championship has been moved from its traditional late February slot, top international players such as Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott are not expected to play much (if at all) before the Florida swing.

The other way to qualify is to move into the top 50 in the world ranking published on March 30. Among those on the outside is Canada’s Graham DeLaet (No. 57) and 2013 RBC Canadian Open champion, Brandt Snedeker (No. 58) from the PGA Tour. Tommy Fleetwood (51), Alexander Levy (53),  and Francesco Molinari (55) are also outside the top 50, though they will face some of the European Tour’s stronger fields during the Middle East swing.

Also, the Masters had created a new spot for the winner of the Latin America Amateur Championship, to be played in January in Argentina.

Team Canada’s Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont. earned a spot by virtue of finishing runner up at the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship.

Mike Weir has a lifetime exemption as a past champion.

A year ago, 90 players were eligible after the first cutoff in December. Seven players not already eligible won PGA Tour events, and Stephen Gallacher was added from the world ranking. Then again, one spot was reduced when Tiger Woods had back surgery a week before the Masters.

This year? Stay tuned. It starts with the Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, a field that includes four players who won before last year’s Masters – Scott Stallings, Matt Every, Steven Bowditch and Matt Jones – and are not yet eligible at Augusta.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Team Canada’s Adam Svensson finished one-stroke back of champion Gabriel Lench to capture runner-up honours at the South Beach International Amateur Monday.

Svensson, a Surrey, B.C. native, carded 21 birdies through four days of play en route to finishing at 10-under par (68-67-70-68–273). All rounds were played at the Miami Beach Golf Club—except for the second round—which was played at Normandy Shore Golf Club.

Svensson traded shots back-and-forth with Lench in a nail-biting affair that came down to the final holes. Despite birdying No. 18, the 20-year-old couldn’t catch the leading American. Lench, a native of Lake Mary, Fla., secured the win with a bogey-free final round 67. The American also won the Florida Amateur Championship earlier in the year, and will surely improve upon his No. 399 standing in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).

Now in his junior year at Barry University, Svensson continues to build his stellar resume. He is coming off a NCAA win earlier in the year (Guy Harvey Invitational) prior to the strong finish at South Beach. The year earlier, Svensson captured seven NCAA events on his way to winning the Jack Nicklaus award, given to the most outstanding golfer in NCAA Division I, II and III.

Fellow Team Canada teammate Corey Conners was also in action at South Beach. The 22-year-old Listowel, Ont. native finished tied for 12th at 1-under par (69-71-72-70–282). Development Squad member Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont. came in at 1-over par to finish T27.

In addition to Team Canada’s athletes, Francis Berthiaume of Valleyfield, Que. tied for 24th at even-par, while Francis Elliott Whitley of Hamilton, Ont. finished tied for 71st at 9-over par.

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GOLD COAST, Australia – Former Masters champion Adam Scott has picked Mike Kerr to be his next caddie.

Kerr worked the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship for Scott, and then was offered the job. Scott had been trying out different caddies since parting with Steve Williams at the end of the FedEx Cup.

Scott had received more than 100 offers. That is not surprising given that he is a top player with a congenial personality and limited schedule.

Kerr is from Zimbabwe. He previously worked for Ernie Els, Lee Westwood and most recently Thorbjorn Olesen.

Scott is not expected to play again until the Honda Classic in late February of 2015.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – India’s Arjun Atwal won the Asian Tour’s season-ending Dubai Open on Sunday, rallying on the final hole to beat 19-year-old South Korean player Wang Jeung-hun by a stroke.

A shot behind entering the par-5 18th, Atwal closed with a birdie and Wang made a bogey.

The 41-year-old Atwal won for the first time since the PGA Tour’s 2010 Wyndham Championship. He finished with a 6-under 66 for a 16-under 272 total at The Els Club Dubai.

“This one feels really special,” Atwal said. “I’ve gone through some really tough times the last few years with injuries and losing my card on the PGA Tour and all that stuff. It was at a point where I almost wanted to quit. Thanks to a few of my family and friends, I didn’t, and here we are.”

Wang had a 67.

“I had a lot of pressure,” Wang said. “I just tried my best. I don’t have any regret. I think I did my best. I just tried to play my game, but I cannot do that because of the pressure.”

Scotland’s Simon Yates was third at 13 under after a 68.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – South Africa’s Jbe Kruger had a hole-in-one and shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the Asian Tour’s season-ending Dubai Open.

Kruger used a 7-iron for the ace on the second hole.

Indian’s Arjun Atwal and Shiv Kapur and South Korea’s Wang Jeung-hun matched Kruger at 10-under 206 at The Els Club Dubai. Atwal and Wang shot 68, and Kapur had a 69.

Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke topped the group at 9 under after a 64.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – India’s Shiv Kapur holed out from the fairway for eagle on the par-4 first hole and finished with a 6-under 66 on Friday for a share of Dubai Open lead.

The Dubai-based Kapur also had five birdies and a bogey to match Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert at 7-under 137 in the Asian Tour’s season-ending event. Pavit had a 70 at The Els Club Dubai.

India’s Arjun Atwal (65) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (69) were a stroke back along with Scotland’s Simon Yates (67) and South Korea’s Wang Jeung-hun (67). Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke was six shots behind after a 71.