LAVAL AND UBC OUT IN FRONT AT 2009 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Hamilton, Ont. (RCGA) – The University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds and Laval University Rouge et Or sit atop the standings after the first round of play at the 2009 Canadian University/College Championship, conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association at King’s Forest Golf Course in Hamilton, Ont.

In the men’s competition, defending champion UBC shares the opening-round lead with Laval after carding a team total score of 12-over (300). The Waterloo Warriors sit three strokes back at 15-over (303) while the University of Alberta is alone in fourth at 17-over (305).

Three players - Mathieu Gingras of Laval, Scott Samuel of the University of Toronto and Matt Jacobs of McMaster - share opening-round low individual honours at even-par 72 while three others are tied for fourth at 1-over.

On the women’s side, five-time champions UBC are leading with a team-score of 19-over (307) while the defending champions from the University of Victoria sit 15 shots back in second at 34-over (322). Humber College sits alone in third at 36-over (324) while the University of Toronto is fourth at 44-over (332).

The shot of the day came on the 17th hole at King’s Forest where UBC’s Alyssa Human used a 4-iron from 159 yards for her first career hole-in-one. Human leads the individual scoring at 2-over 74, while Humber College’s Bev Peel and University of Toronto’s Danielle Greene are one stroke behind at 75.

Second-round action continues Wednesday at King’s Forest with tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. (EST).

The following are opening-round scores for the 2009 Canadian University/College Championships conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (Best four of five individual scores count towards the team total).

Par 72
Men’s Yardage: 7068
Women’s Yardage: 5928
Men’s Team Results

1. University of British Columbia, 143-157-300 +12
1. Université Laval, 151-149-300 +12
3. University of Waterloo, 151-152-303 +15
4. University of Alberta, 151-154-305 +17
5. University of Toronto, 153-153-306 +18
6. University of the Fraser Valley, 156-151-307 +19
7. Université de Montréal, 148-160-308 +20
7. Humber College, 152-156-308 +20
9. McMaster University, 151-160-311 +23
10. University of Victoria, 160-153-313 +25
11. University of Ottawa, 153-162-315 +27
11. University of Manitoba, 155-160-315 +27
13. Camosun College, 163-156-319 +31
13. Holland College, 157-162-319 +31
15. University of New Brunswick, 153-170-323 +35
16. University of Western Ontario, 155-170-325 +37
17. Queen's University, 160-168-328 +40
17. University of Calgary, 153-175-328 +40
19. Durham College, 169-160-329 +41
20. Mount Royal College, 172-161-333 +45

Women’s Team Results
1. University of British Columbia, 154-153-307 +19
2. University of Victoria, 162-160-322 +34
3. Humber College, 163-161-324 +36
4. University of Toronto, 161-171-332 +44
5. Université Laval, 171-173-344 +56
6. University of Calgary, 173-172-345 +57
6. Université de Montréal, 179-166-345 +57
8. The University of Western Ontario, 188-173-361 +73
9. University of Waterloo, 180-184-364 +76
10. University of Alberta, 186-187-373 +85

Men’s Individual Competition
1. Mathieu Gingras, Université Laval, 35-37-72 E
1. Scott Samuel, University of Toronto, 37-35-72 E
1. Matt Jacobs, McMaster University, 35-37-72 E
4. Mathieu Bélanger, Université Laval, 38-35-73 +1
4. Jason Wellings, McMaster University, 37-36-73 +1
4. Tye Vaillancourt, Holland College, 37-36-73 +1
7. Jean Mainville, University of New Brunswick, 36-38-74 +2
7. Cory Renfrew, University of British Columbia, 35-39-74 +2
7. Philippe-André Bannon, Université de Montréal, 35-39-74 +2
7. Matthew Sim, University of Waterloo, 37-37-74 +2
7. Garrett Rank, University of Waterloo, 39-35-74 +2
12. Parker Lilly, University of Victoria, 39-36-75 +3
12. Seon Kim, University of British Columbia, 36-39-75 +3
12. Mark Coldham, University of Ottawa, 37-38-75 +3
12. David Sheman, University of British Columbia, 35-40-75 +3
12. James Castle, Humber College, 37-38-75 +3
12. Scott Mah, University of Alberta, 37-38-75 +3
12. Jean-Samuel Rancourt, University of Waterloo, 38-37-75 +3
12. Mike Broadfoot, University of the Fraser Valley, 37-38-75 +3
12. Shane O'Neill, University of Alberta, 36-39-75 +3
21. Andrew Robb, University of British Columbia, 37-39-76 +4
21. Michael Zizek, Humber College, 40-36-76 +4
21. Phil Kondrak, Camosun College, 40-36-76 +4
21. Jessie Singh, University of the Fraser Valley, 38-38-76 +4
21. Jesse Skelton, University of Manitoba, 37-39-76 +4
26. Robert Mustard, University of Ottawa, 36-41-77 +5
26. Clément Herviou, Université Laval, 39-38-77 +5
26. Antoine Loranger, Université de Montréal, 38-39-77 +5
26. Jordan Ediger, University of Victoria, 39-38-77 +5
26. Benoit Gordon, Université de Montréal, 37-40-77 +5
26. Kolby Kniel, Mount Royal College, 39-38-77 +5
26. Adrian Cord, University of Toronto, 38-39-77 +5
26. Joey Sereda, University of Alberta, 37-40-77 +5
26. Nathan Wazney, University of Manitoba, 40-37-77 +5
26. Sean Patrick, University of the Fraser Valley, 39-38-77 +5
36. Julien Proulx, Université Laval, 39-39-78 +6
36. Brett Pearl, Humber College, 37-41-78 +6
36. Mark Bania, University of Toronto, 40-38-78 +6
36. Ryan Cook, University of Manitoba, 36-42-78 +6
36. Alex Palmer, University of Alberta, 41-37-78 +6
41. Andrew Zanatta, University of Western Ontario, 39-40-79 +7
41. Mitchell Evanecz, University of Victoria, 40-39-79 +7
41. Colin Manning, University of New Brunswick, 35-44-79 +7
41. Richard Persaud, University of Toronto, 38-41-79 +7
41. Ryan Willoughby, Humber College, 38-41-79 +7
41. Mitch Lock, University of the Fraser Valley, 42-37-79 +7
41. Michael McAdam, University of Alberta, 40-39-79 +7
48. Hugo Chamberland-Lauzon, Université de Montréal, 38-42-80 +8
48. Kenny Gregor, University of Calgary, 35-45-80 +8
48. Tim Webb, University of Calgary, 40-40-80 +8
48. Bowie Abbis-Mills, University of Waterloo, 40-40-80 +8
48. Trevor Henwood, Holland College, 41-39-80 +8
48. Jimmy Latta, University of Waterloo, 37-43-80 +8
54. Daniel Pow, University of Calgary, 37-44-81 +9
54. John Henry MacDonald, University of Ottawa, 39-42-81 +9
54. Matt Tindale, Camosun College, 44-37-81 +9
54. Mark Hoffman, Humber College, 39-42-81 +9
54. Kevin Walz, Camosun College, 41-40-81 +9
54. Mat Hennick, Camosun College, 38-43-81 +9
54. Sean Lackey, Queen's University, 38-43-81 +9
54. Brett Stewart, University of the Fraser Valley, 40-41-81 +9
54. Ian Parker, Durham College, 43-38-81 +9
63. Josh Cooper, University of Ottawa, 41-41-82 +10
63. Greg Gabel, University of Western Ontario, 39-43-82 +10
63. Steven Lane, University of Victoria, 42-40-82 +10
63. Brian Decker, McMaster University, 40-42-82 +10
63. Charles Fitzsimmons, University of Western Ontario, 37-45-82 +10
63. Alexander Hrycko, University of Western Ontario, 40-42-82 +10
63. Daly Kim, University of Toronto, 43-39-82 +10
63. Charlie Martin, University of New Brunswick, 39-43-82 +10
63. Duncan Melville, Queen's University, 40-42-82 +10
63. Patrick Forbes, Queen's University, 41-41-82 +10
63. John Thyssen, Holland College, 40-42-82 +10
63. Matiss Mazutis, Durham College, 40-42-82 +10
75. Brandon Markiw, University of British Columbia, 41-42-83 +11
75. Erik Swinburnson, University of Victoria, 41-42-83 +11
75. Marc-André Champagne, Université Laval, 45-38-83 +11
75. Brent Deighan, University of Ottawa, 42-41-83 +11
75. Alex Forbes, Queen's University, 41-42-83 +11
75. Rob Sakamoto, Lethbridge College, 40-43-83 +11
75. Justin Knaggs, Durham College, 43-40-83 +11
75. Rob Lewis, Durham College, 43-40-83 +11
83. Mike Hossack, Queen's University, 41-43-84 +12
83. Michael Britton, McMaster University, 39-45-84 +12
83. Nathan Schurr, Mount Royal College, 44-40-84 +12
83. Bobby Wiebe, University of Manitoba, 42-42-84 +12
83. Eric Johnson, University of Manitoba, 42-42-84 +12
83. Wade Hunter, Holland College, 39-45-84 +12
89. Jimmy duDomaine, McMaster University, 42-43-85 +13
89. Tyler Kuyvenhoven, Camosun College, 41-44-85 +13
89. Gerry MacDonald, Mount Royal College, 45-40-85 +13
89. Humphrey Yeung, Carleton University, 42-43-85 +13
93. Alex Egan, Holland College, 42-44-86 +14
93. John Atherton, Laurentian University, 40-46-86 +14
95. Nicolas Brassard, Université de Montréal, 46-41-87 +15
95. Jack Martyn, University of Calgary, 42-45-87 +15
95. Wallace O'Neil, Mount Royal College, 44-43-87 +15
95. Chase Osiowy, University of Calgary, 41-46-87 +15
99. Craig Walker, University of New Brunswick, 44-44-88 +16
99. John Fitzgerald, University of New Brunswick, 43-45-88 +16
99. Blake Pyatt, Durham College, 45-43-88 +16
102. Brandt Goemans, Mount Royal College, 46-43-89 +17
103. Johnny Hall, University of Western Ontario, 39-51-90 +18
104. Taylor Smith, University of Saskatchewan, 45-46-91 +19

Women’s Individual Competition
1. Alyssa Human, University of British Columbia, 39-35-74 +2
2. Bev Peel, Humber College, 37-38-75 +3
2. Danielle Greene, University of Toronto, 37-38-75 +3
4. Marianne Banton, University of British Columbia, 40-37-77 +5
4. Kylie Frederick, University of Victoria, 40-37-77 +5
4. Kyla Inaba, University of British Columbia, 38-39-77 +5
7. Melissa Coré, McGill University, 41-37-78 +6
7. Maggie Trainor, Humber College, 40-38-78 +6
9. Jocelyn Alford, University of British Columbia, 37-42-79 +7
9. Anne Balser, University of Victoria, 38-41-79 +7
9. Shauna Wilde, Humber College, 41-38-79 +7
12. Sonia Charbonneau, Université de Montréal, 42-39-81 +9
13. Alyssa Herkel, University of Victoria, 42-40-82 +10
14. Jane Jhung, University of Toronto, 40-43-83 +11
14. Cheryl Beech, University of Western Ontario, 43-40-83 +11
14. Jani Fortin, Université de Montréal, 43-40-83 +11
17. Lindsay Manion, University of British Columbia, 41-43-84 +12
17. Miranda Airriess, University of Calgary, 42-42-84 +12
17. Kristen Chew, University of Victoria, 42-42-84 +12
17. Tiffany Terrier, University of Waterloo, 43-41-84 +12
17. Lauren Diederichs, University of Calgary, 40-44-84 +12
17. Jennifer McLean, University of Alberta, 44-40-84 +12
23. Ashley Roulston, University of Victoria, 43-42-85 +13
23. July Fraser, Université Laval, 43-42-85 +13
23. Christine Arsenault, Université Laval, 41-44-85 +13
23. Lisa Boyko, University of Western Ontario, 44-41-85 +13
27. Mylène Chalifoux, École de technologie supérieure, 44-42-86 +14
27. Ashley Nantes, University of Calgary, 46-40-86 +14
27. Sarah Devonshire, University of Toronto, 41-45-86 +14
27. Melissa Mah, University of Alberta, 48-38-86 +14
31. Anne-Josée Béland, Université Laval, 42-45-87 +15
31. Kathryn Ross-Bell, Université Laval, 45-42-87 +15
31. Maude Brisson, Université de Montréal, 46-41-87 +15
34. Michelle Lee, University of Toronto, 43-45-88 +16
34. Annick Groulx, Université de Montréal, 46-42-88 +16
36. Julie Foster, Université Laval, 49-40-89 +17
36. Alexandra Lévy, Université de Montréal, 45-44-89 +17
38. Caitlin Jennings, University of Western Ontario, 45-45-90 +18
39. Aryn Flette, University of Calgary, 45-46-91 +19
40. Amanda Milward, Humber College, 45-47-92 +20
40. Katelyn Inlow, University of Waterloo, 45-47-92 +20
42. Diana Kastelic, University of Alberta, 43-50-93 +21
43. Heather Wogden, University of Waterloo, 48-46-94 +22
43. Allison King, University of Waterloo, 44-50-94 +22
43. Stephanie Grenier, The University of Western Ontario, 52-42-94 +22
43. Jennifer Mound, University of Western Ontario, 48-46-94 +22
47. Anisha Chong, University of Alberta, 46-50-96 +24
48. Emily Gateman, University of Waterloo, 48-49-97 +25
49. Amanda Woytenko, University of Alberta, 49-49-98 +26
50. Aynsley O'Donovan, University of Calgary, 49-50-99 +27

Starting times and post-round results for the 2009 Canadian/University College Championship are available at www.rcga.org/championships.

In all, 156 male and female golfers from post-secondary institutes across Canada will travel to Hamilton to compete for both team and individual titles at this year’s event. The field will be comprised of 20 men’s and 10 women’s teams as well as six individuals.

The team championship will involve five-player teams competing over 72 holes with the top four individual scores counting towards the team total. After 54 holes, the field will be reduced to the top 10 men’s and top five women’s teams, as well as individuals within 15 strokes of the lead. Individual champions will also be crowned after 72 holes.

As part of the RCGA’s Pathway to Champions, both the male and female individuals achieving the low score after 72 holes of play will earn an exemption into the 2009 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and the 2009 Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship respectively. 		CANADIAN GOLF NEWS

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