MJT National Tour Championship at The Wigwam GolfResort and Spa - November 21-22, 2009

November 21-22, 2009
Litchfield Park (Phoenix Area), AZ

MJT’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A HUGE HIT IN SUNNY ARIZONA

Phoenix, AZ - (November 25, 2009) – Junior golfers from across Canada qualified all season-long on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour for the 11th annual MJT National Tour Championship in the superb setting of Phoenix, AZ, this past week. The elite field of 73 invited players from as far afield as Comox, British Columbia to Digby, Nova Scotia and many places in between, played November 21st and 22nd at the Wigwam Golf Club, competing for age division national titles in a 36-hole stroke play format, with the overall winner receiving an exemption into the 2009 Texas Junior Golf Tour’s Barton Creek Holiday Classic this December.

Riley Fleming, 16, of Airdrie, Alberta, is now Texas-bound after firing great rounds of 73-75 (148), also winning the Boys 14-16 MJT National Championship title by nine strokes on the challenging layout of the Gold Course. “The tournament was amazing, as always it was run great and it was a great golf course,” he said. “It felt great to win and it really felt like all my hard work is paying off.” Tied for second place in Fleming’s division with a score of 157 were Truman Tai, 15, of Markham, Ontario (80-77), and Scott Mazur, 16, of Winnipeg, Manitoba (76-81).

A playoff decided the MJT Boys 17-19 National Champion after Ryan Werre, 17, of Redcliff, Alberta, tied with Texas Junior Masters champion, Michael Blair, 18, of Burlington, Ontario, for the lead in this tightly contested division. Werre, who fired 75-76 to Blair’s 74-77, won on the second playoff hole. Both striped their drives on the first playoff hole - a par five - and then hit hybrid clubs in over 240 yards. Werre almost holed his 50-yard pitch shot and had a tap-in birdie, and Blair’s shot burned the left edge for an eventual birdie as well. On the second hole, after great drives by both players, Blair’s ball found the water on his second shot and Werre, who recently signed to Texas El Paso University’s golf team, parred for victory. Third place in the 17-19 division went to Andrew Richot, 17, of Lethbridge, Alberta, who shot 75-77 (152).

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Top Finishers

Place	Name	City	Sex	Age	Scores	Total	Status
Boys 13 & Under Par 72, Yardage 6348, Slope/Rating 125/70.0
1	Connor Shaw	Dauphin, MB	M	13	80, 74	154
2	Patrick Murphy	Crossfield, AB	M	12	80, 75	155
3	Zach Sackett	Winnipeg, MB	M	13	82, 78	160
Boys 14-16 Par 72, Yardage 6830, Slope/Rating 130/72.3
1	Riley Fleming	Airdrie, AB	M	16	73, 75	148
2	Truman Tai	Markham, ON	M	15	80, 77	157
3	Scott Mazur	Winnipeg, MB	M	16	76, 81	157
Boys 17-19 Par 72, Yardage 6830, Slope/Rating 130/72.3
1	Ryan Werre	Redcliff, AB	M	17	75, 76	151	Won Playoff
2	Michael Blair	Burlington, ON	M	18	74, 77	151
3	Andrew Ritchot	Lethbridge, AB	M	17	75, 77	152
Girls Par 72, Yardage 5885, Slope/Rating 125/72.3
1	Porsche Campbell	Vancouver, BC	F	16	77, 78	155
2	Keanna Mason	Maple Ridge, BC	F	13	80, 81	161
3	Jamie Oleksiew	S. Surrey, BC	F	15	80, 84	164	Tie
3	Becky Martin	Medicine Hat, AB	F	16	80, 84	164	Tie

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