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Blistering Pace Set at WCJGT’s Belmont
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TSAWWASSEN, BC: The
Boston Pizza-presented Western Canada Junior Golf Tour made its first
stop in Langley, BC, this past weekend, for the Lindsay Kenney Junior
at Belmont Golf Course. The field of 107 juniors, who came from as far
afield as Winnipeg and Prince Rupert, enjoyed excellent golfing
weather all weekend.
The highlight of the tournament was an opening round 66 fired by
Vancouver’s Mitch Ellis, who followed this up with a second day’s
score of 75 to win the Boys 13-14 Division title with a 141 total
score. Runner-up Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford shot 73,71 for a 144 total
- a commendable debut on the WCJGT.
Another sub-par opening round of 67 shot by 11-year-old Richard Lee
from Vancouver also led to overall victory in the Boys 12 & Under
Division. Lee continued his winning ways on the Tour by firing rounds
of 67,74 for a 141 total.
There was heated competition in the Boys 15 & 16 Division between
Robin Buntain (Vancouver), Brendon Hall (Mt. Lehman, Abbotsford),
Jacob Hunt (Mission), Matthew Hooper (Kelowna), Blake-Rowe-Sleeman (Coquitlam),
Jeffrey Dagg (Surrey) and Taylor Willms (Victoria). Buntain withstood
the pressure with rounds of 70,73 (143) and won by two strokes over
Jeffrey Dagg and Brendon Hall (tied at 145). Rowe-Sleeman came in 4th
with a 146 total.
Abbotsford’s Steven Dales won by retrogression after a tie for first
place in the Boys 17 & 18 Division with Andrew Holtz of Pitt Meadows.
Third place went to Don Seol from South Surrey, who is on his way to
the 50th International Junior Masters in New York this week, after
winning an exemption in a previous WCJGT event.
In the Girls Division, Eom Ji Park (Vancouver) was challenged in the
first round by a 74 from Jessica Potter (Coquitlam). Park’s even par
70 on the second day, however, held off a hard-charging Rosy Kim
(Langley) to win her 4th WCJGT title this season with a 142 total.
Potter came in third with a 153 total.
The Intermediate Division witnessed great play from Ron Killmer
(Bellingham, WA), Kevin Miller (Surrey) and Aaron Collier (Coquitlam),
who were all tied at 71 after the first round. Killmer’s steady play
and second round score of 72 for a 143 total captured the title by one
stroke over Miller .
In addition to Callaway Steelhead III drivers, all Division winners
received automatic exemptions into the second annual WCJGT
Invitational at the Air Canada Championship at Northview GC,
Cloverdale, BC, August 31-September 1, 2002
Winners of the Sundog Eyewear Skills Competition were Eugene Wong
(North Vancouver), Richard Conlin (Richmond), Scott Lubchynski (Kelowna),
Daniel Brown (North Vancouver), Chelsey Lollar (Rosedale) and Nicholas
Filipponi (Courtenay).
The next WCJGT event in B.C. is the Western Canada BC PGA Junior
Championship presented by Mazda at Northview GC, Cloverdale, BC, July
2-4, 2002.
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For more information please contact the WCJGT at 604-943-1645
or email jrtour@wcjgt.com
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