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Junior Golf Tour Heats Up at Squamish Valley
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The Boston Pizza-sponsored
Western Canada Junior Golf Tour held the TriStar Industries Junior
at the beautiful Squamish Valley Golf Club this past Monday and
Tuesday, July 22-23. The 35 degree temperatures and strong winds (Squamish
is a native word meaning "mother wind") made the 6464 yard par 72
layout play its toughest. The conditions left the greens nearly
impossible to hold, forcing players to adapt to links golf
bump-and-run shots.
The competitors came from as far afield as Phuket, Thailand and
Calgary, Alberta, to compete for exemptions into the season-ending
WCJGT Invitational at the PGA Tour's Air Canada Championship, August
31-September 1 at Northview Golf & CC in Surrey, B.C.
The Boys 12 and Under Division was won by Matthew Steger
of North Vancouver, who scored (86,82)168 to win by eight shots over
runner-up Blair Coan of Abbotsford. North
Vancouver's Thomas Petts scored rounds of
(81,76)157 to win the Boys 13-14 Division by five strokes over
runner-up Mitchell Lock of Mission. The Girls
Division was won by Richmond's In-ah Park who
played two fine rounds scoring (74,76)150. Ashley Hogg
of Garibaldi Heights placed second over Anna Kim of
Vancouver in a countback.
Squamish locals dominated the Boys 17-18 Division, where
Scott Sellers shot (76,73)149 to win and Hughie
Gawley placed second with scores of (78,82)160.
Trevor O'Reilly from Whistler placed third.
In the Boys 15-16 Division, Coquitlam's Blake Rowe-Sleeman
scored (74,78)152 to win by five strokes over runner-up
Corey Steger of North Vancouver, and the Intermediate
Division was won by Kevin Miller of Surrey with a
154 total.
Sundog Eyewear Skills Competition winners were Matthew
Steger (North Vancouver), Jessie Singh
(Guildford), Blake Rowe-Sleeman (Coquitlam),
Gordie Swenson (Richmond), Dominique
Pytlewski (North Vancouver) and Adam Tulk
(Vancouver).
The next stop on the WCJGT schedule is the Honda Way Junior at
Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford, July 29-30. For more information
please log on to www.wcjgt.com or
call 604-943-1645.
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