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VGT TOURNAMENT REVIEW 2010 LEDGEVIEW OPEN
2010 LEDGEVIEW OPEN July 3,4th
FINAL ROUND RESULTS
“A Taylor-Made Win at Ledgeview”
Adding to his long list of achievements, former #1 ranked Amateur in the world and local sensation Nick Taylor finished the LEDGEVIEW OPEN in style, birdying 3 of his last 6 holes en route to a 65 and a two shot victory over VGT Professionals Matt Makinson and John Shin in VGT’s 17th event of the season. Littering his card with 8 birdies on the day, Taylor showed the 168 player Open field exactly what he’s been doing the past 4 years – playing exceptional golf!
After the opening round, Taylor commented that if he got the putter rolling, anything could happen and the 6-shot deficit he faced from round one leader Tyler Sweet could be overcome. But if you had asked him if he had a chance to win after 6 holes in the final round, you probably wouldn’t have heard the same enthusiasm in his voice. At this time in the round, Taylor was +1 for the day (and tournament) and with the leader still at -6 after round one, the look on his face didn’t hide his chagrin. Once Taylor learnt that the leader had been struggling on the first few holes and the gap quite reduced, his facial expression changed. And almost in that instant, Taylor’s game went into overdrive, birdying his next four holes out of five, including two two-put birdies on the par-five 9th and par-four 10th holes.
The tournament was far from his though, as a handful of pros were in the thick of things half way through the back nine, including regular winners Phil Jonas and Bryn Parry who fell short coming in with bogeys on the closing holes. Vancouver Golf Club’s Matt Makinson made a nice run of his own, heading out in 3-under par and adding another birdie on the 10th to get -4 for the tournament. But back-to-back bogeys on the 13th and 14th set Makinson back and he finished at -3 for the tournament. Northview’s John Shin made the biggest charge on the leader board coming home, birdying holes 9, 11 and 17 to get to -4 coming down the 18th. An up and down from 40 yards would have sent this event into extra holes with Taylor, but Shin’s pitch came up 3 feet short from getting over the top ridge and spun back to some 40 feet away from the hole, leaving him an impossible putt. After Shin’s putt missed, the 22 year Nick Taylor was officially crowned the 2010 LEDGEVIEW OPEN CHAMPION.
Shin and Makinson would then go into a sudden death playoff to decide who took home Low Professional honours. Makinson would go onto drive the third playoff hole and two putt for birdie to win the playoff and capture the Professional Division good for $2,600 and 2,500 points on the CLEVELAND/SRIXON VGT Order of Merit.
Interviewed after the round, Taylor commented on the fabulous conditions of the Ledgeview Golf Course and thanked Chad Burns and his staff for getting the golf course in great shape for the event. He then went onto list off a long journey of golf events he will be competing in over the next few weeks, including next week’s defence of the Sahalee Player’s Championship, the U.S. Public Links Golf Championship (where he finished runner-up in ’09) and then a big trip off the RBC CANADIAN OPEN.
VGT would like to congratulate Nick Taylor on his fabulous play and victory at the 2010 LEDGEVIEW OPEN and on all of his fantastic accomplishments this year. We would like to wish him all the very best in his remaining golf Championships this year and in the future.
For full details and results on the 2010 Ledgeview Open, click www.vancouvergolftour.com.
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