Golden, BC
| Date: | 05/30/2009 |
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| Course: | Golden, BC |
| Location: | Golden, BC |
| Pro: | Marc Parney |
| Phone: | (866) 727-7222 |
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| Website: | http://www.golfgolden.com |
The 2009 McLennan Ross Sun Junior Golf Tour kicked off in fine fashion today under warm sunny skies and fantastic Rocky Mountain scenery in Golden, BC. A total of 44 junior golfers from the Kootenay Valley and Alberta locations as far away as Edmonton and Red Deer made their way to the beautiful Golden Golf Club, one of BC's finest golf courses. The host club's organizing comittee did a terrific job, with a post-round skills competition also on the menu to keep the players occupied after their rounds.
Two exciting sudden-victory playoffs were required to sort out the winners after everyone had posted their scores. In the junior boys' division, Chris Cooke of Canmore and Brennan Swanson of Calgary's Country Hills GCC tied with 1-over par 73s. On the first hole of the playoff, both players were on in regulation, but after Brennan's 20-footer barelyslid by the edge of the hole, Chris stepped up and poured in his 15-foot birdie effort. Maybe a good thing it hit the hole, because it was going at least 5 or 6 feet by if it had lipped out! Nolan West of Rocky Mountain House was solo third at 76.
Chris Cooke (above) shown lining up his winning putt in the playoff.
In the junior girls' division, one stroke separated 3 players at the conclusion of 18 holes. Cooke's younger sister Angela was making her first ever competitive tournament something to remember, as she tied for first with defending tournament champion Jacqueline Phillips of Banff Springs with matching 98s. Kaily Trask of the host club was another shot back in third place with 99. In the playoff, Phillips made a routine par-4 to edge Cooke and also earn her way to the 2009 Tour Championship at Wolf Creek Golf Resort on August 31.
Jacqueline Phillips (r) accepts congratulations from Angela Cooke after their sudden-victory playoff.
Also earning their spot at Wolf Creek on the boys side in addition to Swanson (shown above), Cooke and West were Jack Wood (78) of Banff Springs in the flight for boys born in 1995 and later, and Wild Card Qualifiers Cody Bokestyn and Ryan Pasqua of Cranbrook, Alex Cartwright of Canmore, and Golden's Levi Trask, all of whom shot 77.
Next event on Tour is in Drayton Valley on Saturday, June 13.
OVERALL TOP TEN:
1. Chris Cooke Canmore 73*
P2. Brennan Swanson Country Hills 73
3. Nolan West Pine Hills 76
T4. Cody Bokesytn Cranbrook 77
T4. Ryan Pasqua Cranbrook 77
T4. Levi Trask Golden 77
T4. Alex Cartwright Canmore 77
T8. Chris Sullivan Cranbrook 78
T8. Jack Wood Banff Springs 78
T10. Colin Revie Cranbrook 79
T10. Jamie Curiston Cranbrook 79
* Won on first hole of sudden-death playoff.
BOYS BORN IN 1990/91/92
1. Chris Cooke Canmore 73 Q
2. Nolan West Pine Hills 76 WC
T3. Cody Bokestyn Cranbrook 77 WC
T3. Ryan Pasqua Canbrook 77 WC
T3. Levi Trask Cranbrook 77 WC
6. Chris Sullivan Cranbrook 78
BOYS BORN IN 1993/94
1. Brennan Swanson Country Hills 73 Q
2. Alex Cartwright Canmore 77 WC
T3. Shawn Sullivan Cranbrook 81
T3. Tyler Cassidy Red Deer GCC 81
T5. Eric Praught Canmore 82
T5. Malcolm Wilson Banff Springs 82
BOYS BORN IN 1995 and LATER
1. Jack Wood Banff Springs 78 Q
T2. Ryan Lindsay Cranbrook 80
T2. Joel Termuende Cranbrook 80
4. Reid Wilson Banff Springs 81
5. Gary Billingsley Canmore 92
6. Daniel Guild Windermere GCC 99
JUNIOR GIRLS
1. Jacqueline Phillips Banff Springs 98* Q
P2. Angela Cooke Canmore 98
3. Kailyn Trask Golden 99
4. Mischi Buskowski Canmore 113
* Won on first hole of sudden-death playoff.
Q = Qualified for Tour Championship at Wolf Creek on August 31.
WC = Wild Card Qualifier for Tour Championship.
Upcoming Tournaments
| Jun 09 | Drayton Valley |
| Jun 23 | Henderson Lake |
| Jun 28 | Barrhead |
| Jul 03 | Innisfail |
| Jul 09 | Pine Hills |
