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Alberta Wins Back To Back Willingdon Cup Titles At Canadian Men's Amateur Championship
Alberta shot a team-total 209 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club on Monday to win the Willingdon Cup Inter-provincial team title at the 102nd playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association.
The foursome of Kris Wasylowich (69-67) of Lethbridge, James Love of Calgary (71-68), Ryan Yip of Calgary (72-74) and Scott Gloge of Lethbridge (83-82) fired a two-day team-total of 421 to outlast Ontario by four strokes.
The win marked the province’s 13th Inter-provincial team title and fifth in the past eight years. Coming into Mississaugua looking to defend their team title, the confident foursome committed themselves over the first two rounds to representing the finest in Alberta golf.
“I had a solid couple of rounds,” said Wasylowich who led the team at six-under through two rounds of medal play. “The goal coming in is always to make it to match play but it’s nice to be able to play well, defend the title the boys took home last year and represent the province.”
“When they called us up at the opening ceremonies to return the (Willingdon Cup) trophy we told them we’d only lend it to them for a while,” added non-playing team captain Les Swelin. “There’s always a little extra pressure to defend a title. I’d say we’re all really proud of the team and hope some of the guys can keep it going into the match play.”
Quebec finished third at 431 with British Columbia (436) and Nova Scotia (438) rounding out the top five.
The wrap-up of the team competition marked the completion of the morning draw of Monday’s second round of qualifying stroke play. Afternoon start times began at 12:30 pm with approximately 81 players yet to complete their rounds.
Live scoring for the 2006 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship is available on-line at www.rcga.org.
Following the completion of Monday’s second round, the field will be cut to the low 64 players for match play. Any playoff for the final match-play seedings will take place at 7:30 am on Tuesday morning prior to the opening round of championship match play.
The prestigious Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship runs from August 11-18 and will crown Canada’s top male amateur golfer. The 2006 edition of the championship also helps celebrate the centennial anniversary of the historic Mississaugua Golf and Country Club. The picturesque layout has set the stage for many of Canadian golf’s finest moments and is long-renowned as one of this country’s most championship-worthy tests of golf.
As part of the RCGA’s Pathway to Champions, the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship will also see a pair of exemptions earned into the 2006 Canadian Open. Both the champion and runner-up will compete against the PGA Tour’s finest September 4-10 when Canada’s national Open championship marks its much-anticipated return to the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
The Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship will also feature live hole-by-hole scoring. The initiative will continue to increase the communication of scores for spectators, media and interested golf fans abroad, adding to the prestige of this premier amateur golf championship.
The championship consists of both stroke and match play. The stroke-play portion of the event will be played over 36 holes. The field will be reduced to 64 players after 36 holes qualifying for the match play portion of the championship with the 36-hole final match set for Friday, August 18.
The Inter-provincial Team Championship for the Willingdon Cup features four-member teams competing in conjunction with the first two rounds of stroke play. The best three of four scores will count towards the overall team total.
A complete list of players, starting times and post-round results, as well as live scoring for the 102nd playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship can be found at www.rcga.org.
ABOUT THE ROYAL CANADIAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) is the governing body of golf in Canada, representing close to 400,000 members at over 1550 clubs across the country. Some of the RCGA’s core services include the Rules of Golf, handicapping and course rating, support of turfgrass and environmental research, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum and CN Future Links, Canada’s national junior golf program. In addition, the RCGA conducts Canada’s most prestigious golf championships. The Canadian Open and CN Canadian Women’s Open attract the best professional golfers in the world, while six regional junior championships, 10 national amateur championships and the CN Canadian Women’s Tour showcase the best of Canadian golf. For more information please visit www.rcga.org.
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