Canada's #1 Junior Golf Tour

Vancouver, BC – (October 15, 2024) – The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT), Canada’s leading junior golf tour, is proud to announce the 2024 major award winners, including the prestigious MJT Players of the Year and the MJT Order of Merit champions powered by Popeye’s Supplements.

 

For the national 2024 Players of the Year, the top junior golfers in the country were determined based on their scoring averages over a required minimum number of tournament rounds. The winners in each of the six age divisions, who are awarded a custom-engraved Crystal Cup and a complimentary 2024 MJT Membership, are as follows:

 

MJT Junior Boys Player of the Year: Josiah Tong (Heritage Pointe, AB)

MJT Juvenile Boys Player of the Year: Spencer Shropshire (Ramara, ON)

MJT Bantam Boys Player of the Year: Tiger Xie (Surrey, BC)

MJT Peewee Boys Player of the Year: Jackson Wang (Surrey, BC)

MJT Girls 15-19 Player of the Year: Nobelle Park (Oakville, ON)

MJT Girls U15 Player of the Year: Kaprice Park (Oakville, ON)

 

The winners in each province/region of the 2024 MJT Junior Tour Order of Merit powered by Popeye’s Supplements have also been determined, based on cumulative ranking point totals in their respective age divisions of Boys 17-19 (Junior), Boys 15-16 (Juvenile), Boys 13-14 (Bantam), Boys 12U (Peewee), Girls 15-19 and Girls U15. The winners, in this respective age division order, are as follows:

 

British Columbia: Jintai Li (Surrey), Ryan LePrieur (Langley), Tiger Yuanjun Liu (Surrey), Jason Zhang (Richmond), Zhehui (Hui) Yu (Burnaby), Doris Xiaotong Liu (Vancouver)

 

Alberta: Zaiden Dennis (Calgary), Harrison Kiziak (Fort Saskatchewan), Jayden Arnold (Calgary), Erik Petersen (Calgary), Olivia Johnson (Calgary), Sela Ogada (Calgary)

 

Saskatchewan: Brody Sawchyn (Saskatoon), Ethan Hunter (Saskatoon), Austin Nesbitt (Pilot Butte), Jun Le (Regina), Chloe Wills (Kyle), Grace Odnokon (Saskatoon)

 

Manitoba: Kaleb Lambert (Lorette West), Brayden Boge (Winnipeg), Hunter Oakden (Brandon), Ty Montour (Oakville), India Young (Carman), Maisy Shewchuk (Winnipeg)

 

Ontario: Austin Brianka (Omemee), Jett Metaxas (Stoney Creek), Dustin Zhao (Maple), Gerry Kou (Markham), Ziqing (Judy) Lin (Markham), Gracie Vescan (Mississauga)

 

Atlantic Canada: Zachary Gaudet (Truro, NS), Braden Ahern (Riverview, NB), Carter Lavigne (Moncton, NB), Borden Nicholson (Pictou, NS), Neve Miller (Dieppe, NB), Lila Bishop (Port Williams, NS)

 

On the MJT Mini Tour for 12U players, the Order of Merit winners in each age division of Boys 11-12, Boys 9-10, Boys 8U, Girls 11-12, Girls 9-10, and Girls 8U, based on cumulative point totals in each region, are respectively:

 

British Columbia: Stephen Gu (Vancouver), Theo Zhou (West Vancouver), Sawyer Morrow (Vancouver), Chloe Lam (Vancouver), Karyme Zhao (Richmond), Annabel Zhao (Richmond)

 

Alberta: Hudson Lien (Calgary), Rylan Hryhirchuk (Irma), Mika Bhamra (Calgary), Krystina Wytrykush (Calgary), Ain Lee (Sylvan Lake), Ava Deschamps (Calgary)

 

Saskatchewan: Jace Munro (Swift Current), Cohen Bridge (Corman Park), Jozef Sierzycki (La Ronge), Alyxa Melsted (Wynyard), Makinlee McCrystal (Regina), Mae McTavish (Canora)

 

Manitoba: Tomas Scarcello (Winnipeg), Ryan Small (Winnipeg), Ezra Kelly-Kupfer (Winnipeg), Angelina Sitarz (Winnipeg), Leah Klippenstein (Girls 8U) (Portage La Prairie)

 

Ontario: Niklas Zierik (Collingwood), Jax Vescan (Mississauga), James Plunkett (Guelph), Angelina He (Toronto), Matea Boras (Burlington), Islay Oh (Toronto)

 

Atlantic Canada: Drew Marchand (Upper Tantallon, NS), Joshua Nickerson (Kentville, NS), Callum Burge (Amherst, NS), Brooke Shepard (Fredericton, NB), Sophie Landry (Dieppe, NB), Ariyah Sock (Elsipogtog First Nations, NB)

 

The above 72 winners of the MJT Junior and Mini Tour Orders of Merit across the country are each honoured with a personalized plaque. 

 

“We are exceptionally proud of these young athletes and wish to thank Popeye’s Supplements for the awards recognizing their achievements,” said Elaine Denton, MJT Director of Marketing and Administration. “We look forward to seeing these young athletes continue to perform as champions, in golf and in life.”

 

About the MJT: The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour is Canada’s #1 Junior Golf Tour as well as the only national junior tour run exclusively by PGA of Canada Professionals and the ‘Road to College Golf’ in Canada. The organization is supported by partners across various tiers, including Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels. The MJT hosts more than 100 events across Canada, including free Ford Go Golf Junior Clinics, the MJT Mini Tour for 12U and multi-day events for competitive players aged 11-19 which also offer qualifiers for international tournaments. The program has annual awards, scholarships and incentives to help reward performance and participation throughout each season. MJT alumni include many Professional Tour players and PGA of Canada Professionals, as well as Canadian Amateur, National and Provincial Junior Champions. The MJT aims to develop champions, in golf and in life, promoting the game from grassroots through to the provincial, national, university and professional levels.

 

Media Contact: Jessica Parker, marketing@maplejt.com 

Marketing Manager, MJT