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The Road to College Golf, run exclusively by PGA ProfessionalsPress Release
September 12, 2009
Stratford, ON
SMALLWOOD LOW OVERALL AT STRATFORD
Stratford, ON - (September 14, 2009) – The second stop in the Boston Pizza-presented Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s (MJT) five-event One Day Series played out on Stratford Country Club in Stratford on Saturday, September 12, where Dylan Smallwood of Cambridge won low overall as well as the Boys 14-16 division title and Mr. Lube Long Drive competition.
Smallwood, 16, a five year veteran of the MJT, claimed his first division title after shooting 76, edging runner-up and MJT Team Canada to Scotland player, Kody Fry, 15, of Grand Valley, by one stroke. There was a tie for third place in the division at 78 between 16-year-olds Andrew Moffat of Brantford and Dylan Hamara of Cambridge. Matt Gerber, 15, of Kitchener, won the division’s Sundog Closest-to-the-Pin (KP) competition.
Another MJT Team Canada player, Sterling Emery, 18, of Orangeville, carded 78 to take first place in the Boys 17-19 division, beating out Neil Khosla, 17, of Mississauga, and Luca Trisi, 17, of Toronto. Emery also won the division’s Mr. Lube Long Drive competition; Shane Therrien, 18, of Old Castle, won the Sundog ‘KP’ prize.
In the Boys 13 and under division, MJT newcomer Hanish Nagrani, 13, of Welland, fired a fine score of 77 to win by four strokes over Max Clift, 11, of Kitchener, and Brandon Raine, 13, of Caledon. Nagrani also won his division’s ‘KP’ prize while the Long Drive went to Trevor Ranton, 12, of Waterloo.
Kirsten Degutis continued her fine form on the MJT and posted 84 for the day’s round, running away with the win in the Girls division where Rhea Kempston, 14, of Listowel, and Maddy Piccininni, 15, of Toronto, finished second and third respectively. Degutis won the Sundog ‘KP’ competition and Kempston had the Longest Drive for the girls.
The next stop on the MJT’s Ontario One Day Series is at Listowel Golf Club in Listowel on September 26th. The remainder of the series plays out on October 10th in Guelph and October 24th in Cambridge. For more information or to register, please visit www.maplejt.com or call 1-877-859-4653.
About the MJT
The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) is presented nationally by Boston Pizza and is Canada’s premier and only junior golf tour run exclusively by Golf Professionals. The MJT is proud to play a role in developing young players, including several Canadian National Champions and many Future Links and Provincial Champions. The MJT also provides opportunities for young Canadians to learn how to golf and introduces players as young as four years old to the game via free instructional clinics. In addition, the MJT encourages young players to further their education with scholarship awards. For more information, please visit www.maplejt.com or call 1-877-859-GOLF.
Contact:
Elaine Denton
Marketing & PR, MJT
T: 1-877-943-1645
Email: edenton@maplejt.com