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Kris Wasylowich Captures Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship
Saint Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. (RCGA) – Kris Wasylowich of Lethbridge, Alta., cruised through the final round claiming a seven-stroke victory at the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) on Friday.
Wasylowich eased through a final round carding a 74 to finish the week at 281, seven-under par. The 26 year-old was never tested on the final day with his closest competitor Graham Cooke of Hudson, Que. fading early.
“I’m not sure how I got that big of a lead,” said Wasylowich. “I tried to put pressure on them early and make them go after the pin. Once I got that lead, I didn’t change my game, but started to have a little more fun.”
Wasylowich opened the day with a three-stroke advantage on Cooke who shot a disappointing 78 to finish in a tie for second place with two others at 288. Dave Bunker of Woodbridge, Ont. and Dave Fuller of Raleigh, N.C., USA also tied for second.
To add to his frustrating day, Cooke, a seven-time Canadian Mid-Amateur Champion, was a part of a three-way playoff in the Mid-Master over-40 category which included Bunker and Fuller. Bunker, 41, won the extra-hole battle by making par on the 18th hole while Cooke and Fuller bogeyed.
“I’m very honoured to be the first person with his name on this trophy,” said Bunker. I’m very lucky to win against two really good competitors and even more so in a playoff. It a very special win for me.”
This was the first year the Mid-Master category was awarded after the RCGA made modifications to the championship’s format to increase the event’s overall competitiveness. Among the changes were lowering the age requirement from 40 to 25 years of age and changing the event from stroke and match-play to a 72-hole stroke play event.
The change allows the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship format structure to mirror that of other national governing bodies including the United States Golf Association (USGA) and Royal and Ancient (R&A).
With the Canadian mid-amateur victory, Wasylowich earned his first national title in what could be his last tournament as an amateur.
“I have no idea what I’m going to do right now. I need to take a week and spend some time thinking about all that. I’ve been working towards [turning pro] for a long time, but I need to make sure I’m ready to make a commitment to that lifestyle. It might happen now and it might not.”
If Wasylowich does not turn pro he will get another chance to claim the country’s biggest amateur prize next year by following the RCGA’s Pathway to Champions. The mid-amateur title earns him an exemption into the 2007 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship held at Riverside Golf & Country Club in Saskatoon, Sask., from August 10 – 17. Last week, Wasylowich was a co-medalist at the men’s amateur and lost to eventual champion Richard Scott in the second round of match-play.
On Wednesday the RCGA crowned the Mid-Amateur inter-provincial team champion with Alberta shooting a team total of 434 to collect its second ever title. Team Alberta finished with an 11-stroke lead over Québec who finished second at 445. Ontario rounded out the top three finishing a mere one stroke back of Québec at 446.
NOTES: 41 was the average age of competitors this week… 42 players over the age of 40 made the cut... Graham Cooke has earned nine national titles (7 mid-amateur, 2 senior) to date. One more will tie him with Nick Weslock for most Canadian titles by a male golfer … During the third round Greg Koster of Courtenay, B.C. fired an eight-under par 64 equalling the course record set 37 years ago by Tommy Aaron at the 1969 Canadian Open…Pinegrove Country Club has hosted the Canadian Open twice (1964, 1969)… Two hole-in-ones were recorded this week - Glenn Robinson of Lower Sackville, N.S. used a five-iron during the first round to ace the 191-yard, par-3, eighth hole while Scott Kennedy registered an ace on the par-3, 169-yard, sixth hole in the third round.
The following are the final scores for the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship on Friday, August 25, 2006 at Pinegrove Country Club in Saint Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
1 Kris Wasylowich, Lethbridge, AB 68-72-67-74--281
T2 *Dale Fuller, Raleigh, NC 72-70-70-76--288
T2 *Dave Bunker, Woodbridge, ON 71-70-72-75--288
T2 *Graham Cooke, Hudson, QC 70-70-70-78--288
5 William Seagris, Windsor, ON 73-68-75-73--289
T6 Jacques Paiement, Québec, QC 73-71-72-75--291
T6 Greg Koster, Courtenay, BC 79-71-64-77--291
T6 Terry O'Brien, Barrie, ON 72-67-72-80--291
T9 Lee French, London, ON 72-71-77-73--293
T9 Darren Shaw, Stoney Creek, ON 74-73-69-77--293
T11 Patrick Godin, Boucherville, QC 75-73-78-68--294
T11 William Hutcheson, Richmond Hill, ON 71-72-75-76--294
T11 Matthew Ion Young, Burlington, ON 74-69-73-78--294
14 *Harry Aime, St. Albert, AB 70-73-76-77--296
15 *Garth Collings, Matlock, MB 73-73-73-78--297
T16 Dale Goehring, Calgary, AB 76-74-78-70--298
T16 Ben Griffin, Victoria, BC 78-75-71-74--298
T16 Glenn Robinson, Lower Sackville, NS 72-74-77-75--298
T16 Justin Fluit, Cambridge, ON 75-71-76-76--298
T16 *David Schultz, Calgary, AB 75-69-76-78--298
T21 *Brad Phelps, Saskatoon, SK 76-75-74-74--299
T21 *Michel Daneau, Sorel-Tracy, QC 73-74-76-76--299
T21 *Frank Mackenzie, Edmonton, AB 78-74-71-76--299
T24 *Karl Parrington, Saskatoon, SK 75-76-77-72--300
T24 Tony MacKinnon, Fredericton, NB 74-78-71-77--300
T24 *Martin Mandeville, Sorel-Tracey, QC 73-71-76-80--300
T27 Scott Kennedy, Pompano Beach, FL 74-77-76-74--301
T27 *Alan Stewart, Grande Prairie, AB 72-77-77-75--301
T27 *Jay Campbell, London, ON 73-74-74-80--301
T30 *David Steingart, Minneapolis, MN 77-74-77-74--302
T30 Scott Bennett, North Vancouver, BC 75-75-74-78--302
T30 *François Bissonnette, Blainville, QC 74-73-75-80--302
T33 *Luc Guilbault, St-Germain, QC 71-77-80-75--303
T33 Chris McCuaig, Ottawa, ON 75-77-74-77--303
T33 Lorne Don, Toronto, ON 74-71-78-80--303
T36 *Barry Nesrallah, Ottawa, ON 79-74-79-72--304
T36 Scott Desmarais, Calgary, AB 78-71-80-75--304
T36 *Greg Wilson, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC 73-78-77-76--304
T36 *Senan Foley, Calgary, AB 75-76-77-76--304
T40 *Kelly Roberts, London, ON 70-79-79-77--305
T40 *Ken Comeau, Riverview, NB 75-79-74-77--305
T40 *Tim Yorke, Kensington, PE 75-77-76-77--305
T40 Kevin Crozier, Cornwall, PE 78-77-73-77--305
T40 Peter McCarthy, Toronto, ON 77-76-74-78--305
T40 *Rob Cowan, Waterloo, ON 76-76-74-79--305
T40 *Gérald Dufresne, Boucherville, QC 72-77-74-82--305
T47 *Paul Harris, Vancouver, BC 76-76-80-74--306
T47 Trevor Chow, Bedford, NS 78-76-74-78--306
T47 *Robert Fugère, Gatineau, QC 72-78-77-79--306
50 *John Gallacher, Burnaby, BC 77-72-78-80--307
T51 *Serge Bastien, Rimouski, QC 76-75-79-78--308
T51 *Tom Skinner, Red Deer, AB 77-76-77-78--308
T51 Maxime Barre, Granby, QC 76-74-74-84--308
T54 *André Jetté, Mt. St-Hilaire, QC 75-76-78-80--309
T54 *Denis Hénault, St-Alphonse De Granby, QC 77-73-79-80--309
T54 *Darren Ritchie, Quispamsis, NB 77-76-73-83--309
57 *Dave Shellington, Charlottetown, PE 74-80-76-80--310
T58 Ryan Chin, Toronto, ON 73-80-81-77--311
T58 *Greg Adoranti, Stoney Creek, ON 74-81-78-78--311
T58 *Jim McNeil, Beamsville, ON 78-74-80-79--311
T61 *Gilles Nadeau, Longueuil, QC 77-78-81-76--312
T61 *Rob Collins, Yarmouth, NS 74-73-84-81--312
63 Greg Jones, Moncton, NB 78-77-73-85--313
64 *Tom Hodgins, Newmarket, ON 80-74-80-80--314
65 *Peter Malo, Beaconsfield, QC 78-77-78-82--315
66 *John Grainger, Dorval, QC 74-75-81-86--316
67 *Alexandre Lauzon, St-Eustache, QC 78-77-82-80--317
T68 *Gary Kullman, Winnipeg, MB 80-74-84-80--318
T68 Jeff Ollinger, Dundas, ON 80-74-79-85--318
---- MISSED CUT ----
T72 *Carl Pelletier, Pont-Rouge, QC 79-77--156
*Brian Katchnoski, Winnipeg, MB 78-78--156
Bill Lipsett, Beamsville, ON 79-77--156
*Dan Cote, Calgary, AB 82-74--156
Philip Doucet, Beaconsfield, QC 79-77--156
Edward Bellrose, Campbell River, BC 78-78--156
T78 Chris Griffin, Halifax, NS 79-78--157
*Claude Panneton, St Lambert, QC 75-82--157
David Lyons, Etobicoke, ON 80-77--157
*Richard Delisle, Châteauguay, QC 80-77--157
Lee Spence, Fredericton, NB 73-84--157
T83 Brian Tisdelle, London, ON 78-80--158
*Raymond Oh, Richmond Hill, ON 78-80--158
Bryan Toth, Victoria, BC 77-81--158
*Chuck Conley, Goose Bay, NL 80-78--158
*Gary Melanson, Woodstock, NB 78-80--158
*Eric Renshaw, Halifax, NS 79-79--158
Ryan Delisle, Hamilton, ON 80-78--158
Jeff Cheverie, Calgary, AB 81-77--158
*Dan Partland, Bolton, ON 80-78--158
T92 Robbie Younker, Stratford, PE 83-76--159
Brent Brown, Yorkton, SK 78-81--159
*Barry Fairhurst, Whitby, ON 77-82--159
David Guertin, Montreal, QC 85-74--159
*Mark Rathwell, Ile Bizard, QC 81-78--159
*Wesley Munro, Calgary, AB 81-78--159
T98 Louis Séguin, Gatineau, QC 79-81--160
*Keith Eaman, Knowlton, QC 79-81--160
*Steve Savage, Delta, BC 82-78--160
*Bruno DuBreuil, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC 79-81--160
T102 *Gudmund Lindbjerg, Port Moody, BC 78-83--161
Christopher Alderman, Rothesay, NB 81-80--161
*Ricky Ledingham, Regina, SK 84-77--161
Bryan Pitts, Pointe-Claire, QC 82-79--161
*Shane R. Hayward, Rothesay, NB 77-84--161
Jason McKersie, Toronto, ON 82-79--161
Sean Smith, Victoria, BC 82-79--161
Louis Pelletier, Québec, QC 80-81--161
*Robert O'Hagan, Paris, ON 80-81--161
T111 Garry Beattie, Bedford, NS 84-78--162
*Glen Burke, Stephenville, NL 82-80--162
*Bill Silverman, Montréal, QC 80-82--162
*Terry Ferguson, Saint John, NB 80-82--162
Paul Bailey, Oakville, ON 83-79--162
116 *Harold Klempner, Regina, SK 78-85--163
117 Jeremy Walz, Victoria, BC 82-82--164
T118 *Robert Allan, Halifax, NS 85-80--165
*Jean-François Levasseur, Trois Rivières, QC 83-82--165
T120 *Jack Frank, Vancouver, BC 83-83--166
Nik Kelava, Vancouver, BC 83-83--166
T122 *Sandy McIntyre, Mississauga, ON 85-82--167
Richard Little, Stratford, PE 89-78--167
*Dale Kinnie, Moncton, NB 83-84--167
T125 *Bob Skanes, Gander, NL 85-83--168
*Phil Howlett, Belleville, ON 81-87--168
*Erlin Perley, Tobique First Nation, NB 83-85--168
T128 *Kelvin Loeb, Winnipeg, MB 82-87--169
Paul Wagner, Regina, SK 85-84--169
Paul Gillis, Mississauga, ON 89-80--169
131 *Thomas Humniski, St. Andrews, MB 88-82--170
132 *Bruce Fagan, Kentville, NS 84-87--171
133 *Pierre Provencher, Quebec, QC 91-82--173
134 *George Cabot, Goose Bay, NL 90-92--182
T135 *John Webster, Vancouver, BC 92-92--184
WD Chad Gaudry, Okotoks, AB -- Withdrawn
WD Jean Levac, Ottawa, ON -- Withdrawn
WD James MacLeod, Annapolis Royal, NS – Withdrawn
WD Michael Mealia, Richmond Hill, ON
DQ Claude Charpentier, Sherbrooke, QC -- Disqualified
PAR: 72
YARDAGE: 7011
* denotes also competing in Mid-Masters category
The Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship was open to all male amateur golfers who have reached the age of 25 by August 22, 2006, The Mid-Masters championship was open to all male amateur golfers who have reached the age of 40 by August 22, 2006. An inter-provincial team championship took place in conjunction with the first two rounds of stroke play. Four-member provincial teams competed with the best three of four individual scores counting towards the team total.
Championship play was conducted Tuesday, August 22 to Friday, August 25, with 18 holes of stroke play each day. The event will be contested over 72 holes and after 36 holes the field will be reduced to the top 70 golfers with ties. For a full post round wrap up and results please visit www.rcga.org.
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