Top juniors head to Niagara to battle for Canadian Junior Boys title
Niagara Falls, Ont. – Canada’s top junior males are headed to Niagara Falls for the 76th playing of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship where players will compete for the Junior Boys national title. This year’s field features a strong contingent of players, including members of the Team Canada Development Squad, provincial champions, and top finishers from all six of the 2014 CN Future Links Championships.
A tournament that has seen the likes of players such as the Web.com Tour’s Nick Taylor, Jim Rutledge of the Champions Tour, and Canadian Golf Hall of Famers George Knudson, Gary Cowan, and more, the Junior Boys Championship continues to stand as a proving ground for young male golfers under 18 years of age. This year, 156 players will vie for the national title over 72 holes of stroke play, with the field being cut to the low-70 players and ties after 36 holes.
“The Junior Boys Championship has seen past champions who have went on to have successful golf careers both as amateurs and professionally,” said Tournament Director Cam Crawford. “This year’s field features the strongest players from across the country, so there’s no doubt that each round will provide excitement, challenges, and close scores.”
Legends on the Niagara’s Battlefield Course, located in Niagara Falls, Ont. and maintained by The Niagara Parks Commission, continues to be recognized as a premier championship course. It has previously played host to the 2004 Canadian Women’s Open, as well as the Canadian Women’s Tour Ontario stops in 2012 and June 2014.
“The Niagara Parks Commission believes that hosting national championships of this caliber demonstrates our efforts to help grow the game of golf across the country,” stated NPC Chair Janice Thomson. “We look forward to hosting this prestigious tournament and to working with Golf Canada to ensure our competitors and their families have the most memorable of experiences when they visit Niagara and Niagara Parks.”
Leading this year’s field is 16-year-old Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont. A member of Team Canada’s Development Squad, Gil sits atop the CN Future Links National Junior Boys Order of Merit and has claimed champion titles in both the 2014 GAO Junior Spring Classic and the 2013 CJGA Canadian International Junior Challenge. Gil is joined by his Development Squad teammates Étienne Papineau, 17, of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., Carter Simon, 18, of Sutton, Ont., and Matt Williams, 18, of Calgary, Alta. Last year’s Junior Boys title was claimed by the fifth member of the Team Canada Development Squad, Kevin Kwon of Pitt Meadows, B.C. At 19 years of age, Kwon will not return to defend his 2013 champion title.
The national field is also highlighted by strong finishers from 2014 provincial championships. Papineau recently claimed the Quebec Junior Boys title for the second year in a row, while Simon finished tied for third in the GAO Junior Boys championship. Tyler Saunders, 18, of Sturgeon County, Alta. took home first place at both the 2014 Alberta Junior Boys Championship and the Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur. Additionally, 18-year-old Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S. took home this year’s CN Future Links Atlantic champion title less than one week after winning the Nova Scotia Junior Championship by 16 strokes.
The Canadian Junior Boys Championship is open to male amateur golfers who have not reached their 19th birthday by the last scheduled day of the Championship, Aug. 1, 2013. Practice rounds will be held Monday, July 28, while championship play will be conducted Tuesday, July 29 through Friday, August 1 with 18 holes of stroke play each day. Any tie after 72 holes will result in a hole-by-hole play-off.
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Doug Roxburgh successfully defends Senior Men’s title
Christina Lake, British Columbia – Doug Roxburgh adds to his collection of titles with a second consecutive win at the British Columbia Golf Men’s Senior Championship on Thursday after shooting -5 at Christina Lake Golf Club; while Gudmund Lindbjerg takes home top honours after a two-hole play-off victory in the Super-Senior Championship and finishing one-under-par.
Midway through the final round of competition it appeared that if the defending champion continued his pace, he would all but secure a victory. He had begun the day with a stroke advantage and after nine holes, with two birdies, was four strokes ahead of the next competitor.
After the turn, however, Roxburgh ran into some trouble getting out of the left bunker on number 10 and double bogeyed for the first time in the Championship. The trouble didn’t end there, a double bogey again on the 12th left the Marine Drive Golf Club member tied at -5 with Lance Lundy.
“I was playing quite well, very comfortable on the front nine and then hit a couple of sloppy shots on the back nine starting on the 10th hole and just let Lance and some others right back into it,” said Roxburgh.
“I just had to work hard to make some pars coming in. That’s golf, I’m fortunate to get away with that one, I think.”
The veteran competitor showed his composure after the glitches, making par for the remainder of his round. His equanimity combined with a little bit of luck allowed him to capture the top spot.
Lundy made a surge for the title and even briefly led after he capitalized on Roxburgh’s struggles with a birdie on 11, but unfortunately would concede his lead with two bogeys late in the round finishing second at a four-under-par 212.
Jim Shaw, of Mission, was also briefly tied with Roxburgh and Lundy at -5 with only a few holes left to play. Shaw was one-under at the turn and played strong and consistently making par for nine holes in a row until closing out his round with back-to-back bogeys. Shaw finished at -3 in third.
The trio will represent British Columbia at the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship at Capilano Golf and Country Club in West Vancouver on August 26 – 29, 2014.
The Super-Senior Championship came down to a play off for the title after four-time back-to-back BC Senior Men’s Champion, Lindbjerg, and tournament low scorer, Kent Brown, each finished at one-under.
The pair both made par on 18 and headed to number 10 for the second hole of the play off. Each made straight shots down the fairway from the tee, but Brown’s second shot found the left bunker and he ultimately bogeyed the hole. Lindbjerg made two putts for par and the win.
“I just take it shot by shot and play [a play off] like an ordinary game because if you start getting into your mind and think ‘don’t hit it there, hit it there’, you’re in trouble right there,” said Lindbjerg.
“Kent smoked his drive probably a hundred yards past me on the first hole and I had to hit a rescue in and he hit a six iron so it was a little intimidating, I knew I had to whop one on ten.”
Ray Henry finished behind Brown in third, as the only competitor under par for the day, with his best showing of the Championship a one-under-par 71, finishing +2 (218).
Henderson in front at Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
Woodstock, Ont. – Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson carded a 4-under 67 at Craigowan Golf and Country Club to jump into the lead at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday.
Henderson opened her second round with a 3-under 32 and followed it with back-nine birdies on the par-5 13th and par-4 17th holes to grab the outright lead at 5-under 137. The 16-year-old has played near flawless golf since opening the tournament with an over-par front-nine on Tuesday.
“It was a tough start yesterday being 3-over through eight holes but then I went 4-under the rest of the way which was really huge,” said Henderson, the defending champion. “I had a couple of moments yesterday that really saved my round and I think that really saved my tournament. Going into today I knew I had momentum and I just wanted to keep that going.”
With that momentum the Smiths Falls, Ont. native currently sits one-stroke clear of her teammate Augusta James of Bath, Ont. and Liz Breen of Waynesboro, Pa., who share second place at 4-under 138 at the conclusion of Wednesday’s windy second round.
“It was much tougher today, we were here bright and early and it was quite a bit colder from past days so the ball wasn’t quite flying as far,” Henderson continued. “The wind also really picked up especially in the middle of my round, I was hitting four clubs more than what I normally do.”
James battled back during her closing nine, carding birdies on her final two holes to finish with an even-par 71. Breed held the outright lead for a short time on the back-nine before bogeying two of her last six holes to finish tied with James.
Australia’s Su-Hyun Oh posted a 2-over 73 to finish in solo fourth at 2-under 140, while Megan Osland of Kelowna, B.C. and California’s Betty Chen share fifth place at 1-under par.
In the Inter-Provincial Team competition, the Team Ontario contingent of Henderson, James and Brittany Marchand of Orangeville, Ont., soared away from the field to capture the team title. The squad fired a 5-under 137 to finish 15 strokes ahead of Team Alberta in the 36-hole competition at 10-under par.
In the Mid-Amateur division (25+), Christina Proteau of Port Alberni, B.C. posted a 6-over 77 to card a two-round total of 153. Proteau currently sits three strokes ahead of Helene Chartrand of Pincourt, Que. In the Mid-Master division, Chartrand, the defending champion, fired a second round 1-under 70 and currently sits one-stroke ahead of Marion Reid of Etobicoke, Ont. at 11-over 153.
The champion of the 101st Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship receives an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open and also the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
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Four tied after opening round of Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
Woodstock, Ont. – Liz Breed of Waynesboro, Pa., Augusta James of Bath, Ont., Mexico’s Gabriela Lopez and Su-Hyun Oh of Australia fired 4-under 67’s to share top spot on the leaderboard after the opening round of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Craigowan Golf and Country Club.
During Tuesday’s afternoon draw, Team Canada’s Augusta James closed with a back-nine 3-under 32 to share the clubhouse lead alongside Liz Breed who posted the low round of the morning flight.
“I’m excited to have shot a number like this and basically I always try to tell myself at every tournament try to shoot one better each day,” James said. “That’s my goal for the rest of the week and hopefully I come out on top.”
Playing a few groups behind James, Lopez and Oh’s pairing finished tied for the lead after rolling in par putts on the par-3 9th hole. Lopez, last year’s third place finisher, held the outright lead for the majority of her closing nine before a late bogey on her 17th hole, the par-4 8th.
“It’s always fun to come to a tournament where you’ve played well and you know that you’re expectations are high and you have the chance to win,” said Lopez, the No. 11 ranked amateur in the world. “It feels very good being tied for the lead and I just need to keep believing in myself and trusting my golf shots and my swing.”
Kelowna, B.C. native Megan Osland also posted a strong opening round after a bogey-free 3-under 68 on Tuesday morning. Osland currently sits in solo fifth, while defending champion Brooke Henderson, 16, of Smiths Falls, Ont. posted a 1-under 70 to share seventh place.
Team Canada’s Henderson rebounded from a 2-over front-nine with a 3-under 32 closing nine that was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 4th hole.
In the Inter-Provincial Team Competition that is conducted over the first 36 holes of the championship, Team Ontario’s contingent of Team Canada’s James, Henderson and Brittany Marchand of Orangeville, Ont. sit seven strokes ahead of Team Alberta at 5-under par. In the Mid-Amateur division (25+), Christina Proteau of Port Alberni, B.C. will look to pick up her fourth consecutive title after opening with a 2-over 73. Proteau currently leads by five strokes over Marion Reid of Etobicoke, Ont. who holds a three-stroke lead in the Mid-Master (40+) division after a 7-over 78.
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Bill Burns wins the 2014 MCT Insurance Mid-Amateur at Abercrombie
Bill Burns of Sydney, NS claimed his first major title at the MCT Insurance Mid-amateur this weekend, and in doing so accomplished a lifelong goal.
“It really feels incredible,” he said. “I have been playing these events since I was 24 hoping I could win one and to win one today at 62 is simply awesome.”
Burns, entered the day with a one stroke lead over Aaron Nickerson, and never relinquished his hold on first place on his way to a four stroke win Sunday at Abercrombie Golf and Country Club.
Burns battled a challenging course and was admittedly nervous playing against experienced golfers like Aaron Nickerson, but said he was happy with how he handled himself.
“I was really nervous on the last few holes,” he added. “Aaron’s a great player and he has experience in these situations and won titles before, but I am really happy with how I kept my composure to win”.
Along with an impressive mental game, his play never hinted at the fact he is coming off a recent hip surgery, one that will unfortunately mean he will have to miss the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championships this year.
Burns, an accomplished athlete, was inducted into the Cape Breton Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, but this latest win may be his new career highlight.
“When I won the Four Ball a few years back at Lingan that was my proudest moment, but now this has to be it,” he explained.
Second place was a 3-way tie at +10 between Nickerson, Steven Ward, and Glenn Robinson. Nickerson, Robinson, Paul Coulson, and Chad Hoffman will represent Nova Scotia at the National Championships in Barrie, Ontario.
Bill intends to defend his latest title next year when the Mid-Amater will be held at the Lingan Golf and Country Club.
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Courtney Tolton wins 2014 Investors Group Junior Girls’ Championship
CHATHAM — It was a lead that could not be overcome as Mitchell’s Courtney Tolton was able to cruise to win the Golf Association of Ontario’s (GAO) Investors Group Junior Girls’ Championship, July 18, at Maple City Country Club. Tolton entered the final round with a seven-shot lead and was never in jeopardy as she carded a one-over (73) to earn the title.
The 18-year-old Tolton, who plays for the Longwood University golf team, had an up and down start to her round with a birdie on the first hole but a double bogey on the second. After another bogey on six, she would birdie the eighth to finish the front nine one-over. One more birdie on the 12th followed by a bogey on 15 had her finishing the round one-over (73) and four-under for the tournament.
“I think I definitely did a good job keeping my shots in play,” said Tolton after the win. “I made sure to hit fairways, greens and made my two putts to get out of there and onto the next hole.”
Tolton is a former member of the GAO’s Team Ontario and had to hold off the current members (Alyssa Getty, Grace St-Germain, Monet Chun and Annika Haynes) this week. After the first round, it was Kingsville’s Getty who had the lead after a course record four-under (68). However, Getty would struggle on the final three rounds and eventually finished the final round two-over (74) and tied for second at four-over for the tournament.
Richmond Hill’s Chun entered the day in a tie for third at three-over. She jockeyed for second place with Getty and St-Germain throughout the day and had an opportunity to finish alone in the position, but a bogey on 18 brought her into a tie. She finished the round at one-over (73) and four-over for the tournament.
Starting the day in the second to last group was Ottawa’s St-Germain. After beginning the day with three bogeys on the first three holes, she settled down with birdies on eight and nine. She would finish the day one-over (73) and joined Getty and Monet as silver medalists at four-over for the tournament.
In fifth, was Oakville’s Haynes. Haynes had a consistent day and finished at even par (72), eight-over for the tournament.
Because Getty, St-Germain and Chun all tied for second they needed a playoff to determine which two would join Tolton in representing Ontario for the Inter-Provincial competition at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship, July 29-Aug. 1 at the Thornhill Golf and Country Club. In the playoff, Getty’s second shot went wide of the green and she would have to settle for bogey. St-Germain and Chun each two-putted for par earning the spots.
Tolton summed up her week after the win. “I feel really happy about the win especially since this is my last junior year. I started off strong and finished out well, I can’t say I would have wanted it any other way.”
As a former member of the team, Tolton said she expected this year’s Team Ontario to play well and challenge her during the tournament. “I was happy for them all, I expected that was how it was going to be, with them right in the hunt.”
Playing with the lead, Tolton knew she had to play the same game she had in the other three rounds to close out the win. “I really didn’t change my thought process. I just wanted to keep it in play and come out even or one-over, it really didn’t matter to me as long as I kept the lead.”
In the end, that is just what she did earning the 2014 title.
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Lu wins 112th BC Amateur in thrilling play-off victory
North Vancouver, British Columbia – After a thrilling five-hole play off, Jordan Lu won the 112th British Columbia Amateur Championship presented by Blue Shore Financial at Seymour Golf and Country Club on Friday.
Lu birdied the final hole of regulation play; a 558-yard par 5, to finish even (284) for the Championship tied with Michael Belle, and forced a sudden-death play off to determine the 2014 champion.
The pair both struggled to find the fairway from the 18th tee, but recovered well and exceptional short game kept them alive, shooting par on the first trip down number 18 in the playoff, and birdieing on their second run.
They continued neck-and-neck until Belle bogeyed on number 10 giving Lu the opportunity to putt for par and end the Championship. Lu capitalized on the chance and made a short putt to earn the privilege of hoisting the Bostock Trophy.
“Before he putt I was thinking ‘just make my putt’ because I know he’s not going to miss, but after he missed it I thought, ‘ok, now I really have to get this,'” said Lu.
“In the fourth play off I pulled my putt really hard, which was not good. So I was just trying to focus and make sure I made a good stroke. And I did.”
The 17-year-old entered the Championship with no expectations to win. He opened with a +1 after struggling on the back nine. The following day he shot 73 and at the midway mark of the Championship was 3-over. The Marine Drive Golf Club member recorded a one-under on Thursday that still left him well back of the leader.
“At the start of the day I thought I’m four strokes back I’m just going to focus on what I can do and just hit fairways and greens and hopefully make birdie,” he said.
Lu recorded five birdies on the final day of competition on his way to claiming the title and kept up with several players his senior with college-level experience. His summer season began strong after winning the individual title at the BC School Sports AAA Championship.
“[Winning these titles] makes me feel that my game has gotten a lot better. Last year I came in tied at 22nd in the BC Amateur so I’m just going to do the same thing at the Pacific Coast Amateur. Fairways and greens and hope for the birdie,” stated Lu, who is set to compete in Flagstaff, Arizona at the 48th Pacific Coast Amateur July 22-25.
Belle, 22, played an exceptional four rounds of golf, leading or co-leading for the entirety of the competition but finished two-over-par on the final day, conceding a share of the lead with four bogeys in his final round.
The Vancouver Golf Club member started the Championship off with a bang, recording the first of four holes-in-one during the course of the competition.
Jacob Vanderpas shot two-under for the second day in a row to battle to a third place finish at one-over. The 19-year-old was five-over after two days of play but with a tournament low score tying 69, repeated twice, he fought his way in to the top three. Vanderpas was already three under at the turn on the final day of competition with only a single bogey blemishing his scorecard.
Lu, Belle and Vanderpas will represent British Columbia at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship August 4-7 at Elmhurst Golf and Country Club/ Southwood Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alex Francois and Adam Svensson finished T4 just a single stroke behind Vanderpas at +2. Francois, 16, had his best showing of the Championship with a 2-under-par 69 on the final day of competition. Svensson was -3 at the turn but struggled with four bogeys out.
Earlier this week it was announced that Svensson earned an exemption into Canada’s National Open Championship and will compete next week at Royal Montreal Golf Club along side fellow BC Amateur competitor, Kevin Carrigan, who finished tied at seventh at +5.
Lu wins 112th BC Amateur in thrilling play-off victory
North Vancouver, British Columbia – After a thrilling five-hole play off, Jordan Lu won the 112th British Columbia Amateur Championship presented by Blue Shore Financial at Seymour Golf and Country Club on Friday.
Lu birdied the final hole of regulation play; a 558-yard par 5, to finish even (284) for the Championship tied with Michael Belle, and forced a sudden-death play off to determine the 2014 champion.
The pair both struggled to find the fairway from the 18th tee, but recovered well and exceptional short game kept them alive, shooting par on the first trip down number 18 in the playoff, and birdieing on their second run.
They continued neck-and-neck until Belle bogeyed on number 10 giving Lu the opportunity to putt for par and end the Championship. Lu capitalized on the chance and made a short putt to earn the privilege of hoisting the Bostock Trophy.
“Before he putt I was thinking ‘just make my putt’ because I know he’s not going to miss, but after he missed it I thought, ‘ok, now I really have to get this,'” said Lu.
“In the fourth play off I pulled my putt really hard, which was not good. So I was just trying to focus and make sure I made a good stroke. And I did.”
The 17-year-old entered the Championship with no expectations to win. He opened with a +1 after struggling on the back nine. The following day he shot 73 and at the midway mark of the Championship was 3-over. The Marine Drive Golf Club member recorded a one-under on Thursday that still left him well back of the leader.
“At the start of the day I thought I’m four strokes back I’m just going to focus on what I can do and just hit fairways and greens and hopefully make birdie,” he said.
Lu recorded five birdies on the final day of competition on his way to claiming the title and kept up with several players his senior with college-level experience. His summer season began strong after winning the individual title at the BC School Sports AAA Championship.
“[Winning these titles] makes me feel that my game has gotten a lot better. Last year I came in tied at 22nd in the BC Amateur so I’m just going to do the same thing at the Pacific Coast Amateur. Fairways and greens and hope for the birdie,” stated Lu, who is set to compete in Flagstaff, Arizona at the 48th Pacific Coast Amateur July 22-25.
Belle, 22, played an exceptional four rounds of golf, leading or co-leading for the entirety of the competition but finished two-over-par on the final day, conceding a share of the lead with four bogeys in his final round.
The Vancouver Golf Club member started the Championship off with a bang, recording the first of four holes-in-one during the course of the competition.
Jacob Vanderpas shot two-under for the second day in a row to battle to a third place finish at one-over. The 19-year-old was five-over after two days of play but with a tournament low score tying 69, repeated twice, he fought his way in to the top three. Vanderpas was already three under at the turn on the final day of competition with only a single bogey blemishing his scorecard.
Lu, Belle and Vanderpas will represent British Columbia at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship August 4-7 at Elmhurst Golf and Country Club/ Southwood Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alex Francois and Adam Svensson finished T4 just a single stroke behind Vanderpas at +2. Francois, 16, had his best showing of the Championship with a 2-under-par 69 on the final day of competition. Svensson was -3 at the turn but struggled with four bogeys out.
Earlier this week it was announced that Svensson earned an exemption into Canada’s National Open Championship and will compete next week at Royal Montreal Golf Club along side fellow BC Amateur competitor, Kevin Carrigan, who finished tied at seventh at +5.
Tyler Saunders wins Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship
Junior golf appears to be alive and well in Alberta.
After Jaclyn Lee won both the Sun Life Financial Ladies Amateur and the Alberta Junior Girls Championships in consecutive weeks, Tyler Saunders matched the feat today with a convincing win at the Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship at Desert Blume, to follow up his 3 shot win at the Alberta Junior Boys Championship a week ago.
Saunders, with rounds of 70, 69, 65 and 67 produced a 9-shot victory. The nearest competitor was Jack Wood, who came in 8-shots back of the victor in what was one of the more lopsided victories at the championship in recent years.
Taking advantage of his length, Saunders eagled the par 5 7th hole for the 2nd consecutive day, making the turn in 3 under par on the day, before coming in with a 33 back nine to close out a round of 67.
“I had a really good start, everything was really solid,” said the newly crowned champion. “The guys I was playing with helped me feel comfortable out there,” Saunders said. “My putting was the best part of my game this week. The guys were getting sick of how many putts I was making on the back nine. I just had a good handle on the greens all week.”
Saunders will be off to the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at Elmhurst Golf & Country Club and Southwood Golf & Country Club in Winnipeg from August 4-7 as a representative of Alberta’s Willingdon Cup team. Wood will join Saunders on that team alongside AJ Armstrong, who defeated Brett Hogan and Evan Holmes in a playoff for the final team position.
Jordan Irwin finished the championship as the low 25 years or older competitor earning the last position on the Alberta Mid-Amateur Interprovincial Team. Irwin will join teammates Harry Aime and Kevin Temple at the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship at the Barrie country Club in Barrie Ontario September 16-19.
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Matt LeMay rallies to win Ontario Junior Boys’ Championship
GARSON, Ont. — Entering the final day of the Golf Association of Ontario’s (GAO) 2014 Investors Group Junior Boys’ Championship at Timberwolf Golf Club, Waterloo’s Matt LeMay was three shots and four spots back of the lead. However, a spectacular round of five-under (67) catapulted the 18-year-old Whistle Bear Golf Club member to the title.
The final round began with Carter Simon and Charles Corner in a tie for the lead at even par. But, LeMay would have a bogey-free round to help him make up ground. LeMay birdied the first hole and then pared the rest of the front nine. He began the back with a birdie on No. 10, followed by an eagle on 11. LeMay sealed the win with a birdie on 18 to claim the championship.
After the victory, LeMay spoke about how he felt like he was in the zone for the final round.
“I felt good, I hit it well but could have hit it better, there is always that,” he said. “You can always hit it better, but I just really felt in control. The course seemed easy to me today.
“It feels good to win, I haven’t won in a while especially a GAO event. The course (Timberwolf) got me the first day, as I was six-over, since then I fought back. Heading into the day I knew I could come back, I have done it in other tournaments so there was no other thought in my head. Now to have my name on the trophy with so many other great names, is an amazing feeling.”
As for Corner, he began the day with birdies on the first two holes. However, his round included five bogeys and he would finish at two-over after a 74. His score still was good enough to hang on for second place at two-over for the tournament.
Following Corner was a three-way tie for third place. Third round co-leader Simon fell behind early going two-over on the front nine. On the back, he would lose another stroke and finished the day three-overm and three-over for the tournament.
The low round of the day, next to LeMay’s, went to Josh Montgomery. Montgomery began the day with an eagle and despite a trio of bogeys he still managed to card a three-under 69 to earn a share of third place at three-over for the tournament.
Spencer Dobbs was in contention throughout the week. His final round finished at one-over (73) and he too earned a bronze medal at three-over.
The trio that tied for third were forced into a playoff to see who would be the final representative for Team Ontario for the Inter-Provincial competition at the Canadian Junior Boys’ Championship, July 29 – Aug.1 at Legends on the Niagara’s Battlefield Course. After the playoff, Dobbs was the last man standing and he will join LeMay and Corner as the representatives.
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