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Royal Colwood Golf Club Set To Host CN Future Links Pacific Championship
Many of Canada’s top junior golfers will gather in Victoria from March 29 – April 1 as CN Future Links kicks off its eighth championship season with the CN Future Links Pacific Championship at Royal Colwood Golf Club.
This marks the first of six regional CN Future Links Championships held in each region of Canada and showcases four age divisions: Junior Boys (14-18 years), Junior Girls (14-18 years), Bantam Boys (11-13 years) and Bantam Girls (11-13 years). The CN Future Links Pacific Championship will see 100 golfers competing in a three-day 54-hole stroke play competition.
Royal Colwood will host a stellar field featuring last year’s Pacific Junior Boy’s champion, Eugene Wong of North Vancouver, 2006 CN Future Links Boy’s Order of Merit champion Mathieu Rivard of Granby, Que., 2006 CN Future Links Girl’s Order of Merit runner-up Jessica Wallace of Langley, B.C. and Anica Yoo of Port Coquitlam, B.C., who of is the returning 2006 Pacific Bantam Girls champion. The field will also feature the entire roster of 2007 National Junior Team.
“As the CN Future Links Championships continue to grow, we’ve seen a tremendous jump in terms of depth and strength of our fields,” said Nathan Brooks, Tournament Director for the CN Future Links Pacific Championship. “The calibre of play at these events is very impressive and judging by the field we’re expecting at Royal Colwood, I’d say we’re in for another fantastic showcase of talent.”
As part of the 2007 Pathway to Champions, competitors in the Junior Boy’s competition will compete for six exemptions into the 2007 Canadian Junior Boy’s Championship held August 5-9, 2007 at Elm Ridge Country Club in Ile Bizard, Que. The Junior Girl’s competitors will vie for an exemption into the CN Canadian Women’s Tour.
Now in its eighth year, the CN Future Links Championships have established a reputation as the premier junior golf circuit in Canada. With more than 500 participants annually in six regional championships across Canada, CN Future Links continues to raise the bar for junior golf nationwide.
Starting times, post-round results and a full field list are available through the Royal Canadian Golf Association website at www.rcga.org or on the CN Future Links website at www.future-links.org.
Tournament Fast Facts:
-- Defending Future Links Pacific champions Eugene Wong of North Vancouver (2006 Junior Boys) and Anica Yoo of Port Coquitlam, B.C. (2006 Bantam Girls) will be joined by nine past Future Links Champions including Andy Yang of Coquitlam, B.C. (2006 Bantam Boys); Sue Kim of Langley, B.C. (2006 Junior Girls – Western); Matt Hill of Bright’s Grove, Ont. (2006 Junior Boy’s – Ontario); Christine Wong of Richmond, B.C. (2005 Bantam - Pacific); Brock Staller, Surrey, B.C. (2005 Bantam Boys – Pacific); Mathieu Rivard of Granby, Que. (2003 Bantam Boy’s – Quebec); Jessica Wallace of Langley, B.C. (Three time Future Links Champion); Pamela Burneski, Surrey, B.C. (2004 Bantam Girls – Prairie); Dustin Zang of Calgary (Three time Future Links Champion).
-- New for this year, competitors in the Junior Boy’s division will vie for six exemptions into the Canadian Junior Boy’s Championship held August 5-9, 2007 at Elm Ridge Country Club in Ill Bizard, Que. The junior girl’s competitors will vie for an exemption into the CN Canadian Women’s Tour.
-- The junior boys and girls will also aspire to collect points towards the CN Future Links Junior Order of Merit, Canada’s national junior ranking system.
-- With a win Dustin Zang of Calgary and Jessica Wallace of Langley B.C. can tie Eom-Ji Park of Vancouver for career victories at CN Future Links Championships. Zang and Wallace both own three bantam titles while Park has earned four junior titles.
-- Royal Colwood last hosted the CN Future Links Pacific Championship in 2003 with Patrick Ericson of Langley, B.C. taking the Junior Boy’s crown and Eom-Ji Park of Vancouver winning the Girls division. Dustin Zang of Calgary and Jessica Wallace of Langley, B.C. were the respective Bantam champions and will compete in the junior ranks this week.
-- Now in its eighth season, CN Future Links has helped develop a number of young Canadian talents, including BC’s James Lepp of Abbotsford and National Amateur Team member and junior sensation Maude-Aimée LeBlanc of Windsor, Que. Recently turned professional and three-time Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion Richard Scott of Kingsville, Ont. is also a Future Links alumni.
ABOUT CN FUTURE LINKS
CN Future Links is Canada’s national junior golf program conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA), the Canadian Professional Golfers’ Association (CPGA) and Canada’s provincial golf associations. The program is designed to forge a link between Canada’s youth and golf to ensure the future of the game in Canada. Since its inception in 1996, more than 523,000 young Canadians have taken part in Future Links.
Additionally the CN Future Links Championships provide Canada’s best junior golfers a chance to hone their competitive skills in multiple day championships in two age divisions: Junior (boys and girls aged 14-18 years) and Bantam (boys and girls aged 11-13 years). Over 3,000 top juniors have competed in these premier championships since their inception in 2000. For more information about CN Future Links, please visit www.future-links.org
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