Indian Lakes GCC
| Date: | 07/07/2008 |
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| Course: | Indian Lakes |
| Location: | Enoch |
| Pro: | Blake Morin |
| Phone: | (780) 470-4653 |
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| Website: | http://www.indianlakesgolfcourse.com |
For the third time in five events this year, we needed an exciting sudden-victory playoff to decide the champion of a Tour event. Today's stop was at the incredibly-improved Indian Lakes GC, just west of the Edmonton city limits on the Enoch Cree Nation reserve. Indian Lakes has undergone a wonderful transformation over recent years, and despite heavy rains overnight on Sunday, the course proved to be in terrific condition for 75 juniors from the Edmonton and surrounding area.
The kids were greeted with a brisk wind today, and a very challenging golf course. Kevin Piper of Sandpiper GC in St. Albert and Mark Reyes of Lancaster Park tied for 1st with 1-over par 73s, one shot clear of Connor Grimes of the Edmonton Petroleum Club who finished solo third with a 74. Reyes nearly ended the sudden-death playoff when his 50-foot chip shot on the first extra hold lipped out, but when he ended up missing the 8-foot comeback'er, the two players proceeded to the 465 par-5 18th hole to continue the battle. Both tee shots were only a few feet apart, and it appeared Reyes had hurt himself hitting his second shot just left of the green, but it was a cramp that worked itself out after a short recovery period. Piper hit perhaps the shot of the year on Tour this year, flying a 3-wood out of the light rough over a stand of trees to about 25 feet above the hole. With Reyes in in 5, Piper rolled in an uphill 4-footer for his birdie and the title.
Piper earned his way into the Tour Championship today (Reyes had previously qualified in Drayton Valley), and was joined in the field at Wolf Creek by his clubmate Darren Aucoin, whose 75 was best in the flight for players born in 1989/90/91, Tom Fuhr (77) from the flight for boys born in 1994 and later, and Wild Card Qualfiers Connor Grimes (74) and Hayden Smith (76).
The Alberta Golf Junior Boys and Girls Championships are on this week in Claresholm and Rocky Mountain House respectively, and while the overall entry for boys today was still solid, we had no junior girls registered.
Q= Qualified for Tour Championship
WC = Wild Card Qualifier for Tour Championship
PQ = Player had Previously Qualified for Tour Championship.
OVERALL TOP TEN:
1. Kevin PIPER Sandpiper 73 *
P2. Mark REYES Lancaster Park 73
3. Connor GRIMES Edmonton Petroleum Club 74
4. Darren AUCOIN Jagare Ridge 75
5. Hayden SMITH Glendale 76
6. Tom FUHR Stony Plain 77
7. Nolan TRUDEAU Grande Prairie GCC 78
T8. Derek PROCTOR Drayton Valley 79
T8. Steve DAVIS Belvedere 79
T10. Derek HANOWSKI Sandpiper 80
T10. Louis DUMAIS Stony Plain 80
BOYS BORN IN 1989/90/91
1. Darren AUCOIN Jagare Ridge 75 Q
2. Nolan TRUDEAU Grande Prairie GCC 78
3. Derek PROCTOR Drayton Valley 79
4. Tony MORIN Indian Lakes 81
T5. Mark MORIN Indian Lakes 82
T5. Jake BEHIELS Sturgeon Valley 82
BOYS BORN IN 1992 and 1993
1. Kevin PIPER Sandpiper 73 Q
2. Connor GRIMES Edmonton Petroleum Club 74 WC
3. Hayden SMITH Glendale 76 WC
4. Steve DAVIS Belvedere 79
T5. Derek HANOWSKI Sandpiper 80
T5. Louis DUMAIS Stony Plain 80
BOYS BORN IN 1994 and LATER
1. Mark REYES Lancaster Park 73 PQ
2. Tom FUHR Stony Plain 77 Q
3. Barrett BELLAND Glendale 84
T4. Mikkel HOLT Athabasca 86
T4. Preston THOMSON Leduc 86
T4. Hayden DAWES Stony Plain 86
JUNIOR GIRLS
None Entered.
Upcoming Tournaments
| Jun 09 | Drayton Valley |
| Jun 23 | Henderson Lake |
| Jun 28 | Barrhead |
| Jul 03 | Innisfail |
| Jul 09 | Pine Hills |
