Golf Canada is pleased to announce that Kevin Blue has joined the National Sport Federation as its new Chief Sport Officer.

A dynamic and accomplished executive, coach, and high-performance golfer, Blue joins the Executive Team of the National Sport Federation after serving nearly five years as Director of Athletics for the University of California, Davis, an NCAA Division I institute.

His responsibilities with Golf Canada as Chief Sport Officer include the oversight, management and strategic development of key functional areas including golf services with a focus on membership; high-performance player development; sport and junior programs including First Tee – Canada; amateur competitions; and governing body activities across the Rules of Golf, Handicapping, Course Rating and Amateur Status. Blue will be a lead contact with numerous provincial, national, and international stakeholders.

“Kevin brings a depth of executive leadership experience across business, education, coaching and high-performance sport, and we are thrilled to have him elevate our sport, golf services and player development activities,” said Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum. “He is a transformative leader and passionate advocate for Canadian golf who will bring tremendous energy and enthusiasm to improving the golfer, facility and athlete experience at all levels.”

For Blue, born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, the opportunity to return to Canada to champion the growth of golf was an opportunity to apply his executive leadership experiences across the sport that has been a lifelong passion.

“Golf has impacted my life in extraordinary ways,” said Blue. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to return home and help to extend the reach of our sport to more Canadians. I’m also very excited to partner with our athletes, coaches, and many others in the golf community nation-wide to continue building Canada’s global prominence in the sport we love.”

As Director of Athletics for the University of California, Davis, Blue oversaw a $41M athletic department featuring 25 collegiate teams. He led record-setting fundraising campaigns at UC Davis that supported coaching endowments, athlete scholarships, and the construction of multi-million-dollar facilities including a $52M student-athlete performance centre currently under construction. In addition to facilitating all-time academic results for student-athletes and competitive success on the field of play, he implemented a formal diversity, equity and inclusion strategy for coaches and senior-level hires as well as mandatory implicit bias training for all employees.

Prior to joining UC Davis, Blue honed his executive management skills over three years as the Senior Associate Athletic Director, External Relations with Stanford University where he had oversight of key external business units including ticket sales, sponsorships, marketing, communications, business strategy, ticket operations, fan experience, and video. As a key member of the athletic department senior executive team, he contributed to strategic planning, policy, personnel, sponsor relations, and university integration in addition to launching the Pac-12 Network at Stanford. As a Lecturer at Stanford, he taught an introductory Sport Psychology course and constructed a curriculum that surveyed topics related to peak performance, talent development and mental health. He also taught a graduate level course on Strategic Management for Sport Business at the University of San Francisco.

Other leadership roles during his time at Stanford included three years as Associate Athletic Director and two years as an Athletics Department Fellow. Prior to Stanford, Blue was involved in high-performance golf, providing sport psychology and short game coaching to professional and elite amateur golfers.

An accomplished amateur golfer growing up in Toronto, Blue played in numerous provincial and national amateur competitions and spent time with Golf Canada’s National Junior Golf Team (prior to the formation of the Team Canada program) and represented Canada at the 2001 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan. He attended Stanford University on a varsity golf scholarship where he earned his B.A. in Psychology, was a captain on the golf team, and was an NCAA Academic All-American.

He went on to attend Michigan State University where earned his Ph.D. in Sport Psychology and then completed an executive education program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Blue has authored a multitude of articles on topics related to sport, education, and business.

Blue will be returning to Canada with his wife Betsy and their four children and is set to begin his role as Golf Canada’s Chief Sport Officer in early January 2021.

NOTE: pictures of Kevin Blue are available here.

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Golf Canada is pleased to announce the names of the 29 athletes, male and female, who have been selected to represent Team Canada as part of the 2021 National Amateur and Junior Squads.

Fifteen athletes will compete on Team Canada’s National Amateur Squad, consisting of eight players on the men’s squad and seven on the women’s squad.

The announcement marks a significant increase in roster size, adding six athletes to the previous year’s team. The roster expansion is due in large part to a restructuring of team resources in addition to increased funding support from the Golf Canada Foundation’s network of Trustee partners.

“We are very pleased to extend the reach of the Team Canada program to support more of the country’s top athletes,” said Derek Ingram, Head Coach of the National Men’s Squads. “The new program structure allows our coaching staff to focus more resources on training and sport science with each athlete’s individual results used to determine their respective competitive schedule.”

Team Canada’s 2021 Squad members have all competed and achieved impressive results at regional, national, and international competitions, including medals at the Pan-Am Games, NCAA tournament wins and victories at prestigious amateur competitions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all athletes from the 2020 Squad were able to return in 2021, provided they met team eligibility criteria.

“We are very excited with the athletes selected – they represent a mix of returning team members as well as talented up-and-coming athletes,” said Tristan Mullally, Head Coach of the National Women’s Squads. “It is a new chapter for amateur golf in Canada and we have a tremendous group of ambassadors representing our country.”

The following athletes have been selected to Team Canada’s 2021 Amateur Squad:

WOMEN’S AMATEUR SQUAD

Taylor Kehoe | Strathroy, Ont. – West Haven Golf & Country Club
Alisha Lau | Richmond, B.C. – Marine Drive Golf Club
Noémie Paré | Victoriaville, Qué. – Club de golf de Victoriaville
Mary Parsons | Delta, B.C. – Mayfair Lakes Golf Club
Sarah-Ève Rhéaume | Québec, Qué. – Club de golf Royal Québec
Brigitte Thibault | Rosemère, Qué. – Club de golf de Rosemère
Brooke Rivers | Brampton, Ont. – Brampton Golf Club

MEN’S AMATEUR SQUAD

Matthew Anderson | Mississauga, Ont. – Credit Valley Golf & Country Club
Cougar Collins | Caledon, Ont. – TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley
Laurent Desmarchais | Longueuil, Qué. – Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu Noah Steele | Kingston, Ont. – Cataraqui Golf & Country Club
Henry Lee | Coquitlam, B.C. – Public Player
Brendan MacDougall | Calgary, Alta. – Glencoe Golf and Country Club
Étienne Papineau | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué. – Club de golf Pinegrove
Johnny Travale | Hamilton, Ont. – Glendale Golf & Country Club

Click here to read full player bios.

National Junior Squads

The National Junior Squad—a U19 program—features fourteen athletes (seven girls and seven boys).

In September, Golf Canada hosted a selection camp at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, B.C., to evaluate Canada’s top juniors. In partnership with the Provincial Golf Associations, all golfers were run through a series of testing modules followed by a 54-hole competition.

From March through early June, the Junior Squad will practice out of Golf Canada’s National Training Centre at Bear Mountain—the fourth year that the program has provided centralized training, accommodation and education for athletes during the second semester of their school year. Team members will be immersed in a focused centre of excellence, surrounded by world-class technical coaching staff and experts in the areas of mental performance, physiotherapy, biomechanics, and nutrition.

The following athletes have been selected to Team Canada’s 2021 Junior Squad:

JUNIOR GIRLS SQUAD

Angela Arora | Surrey, B.C. – Beach Grove Golf Club
Katie Cranston | Oakville, Ont. – Oakville Golf Club
Nicole Gal | Oakville, Ont. – Oakville Golf Club
Jennifer Gu | West Vancouver, B.C. – Seymour Golf & Country Club
Lauren Kim | Surrey, B.C. –  Morgan Creek Golf Club
Michelle Liu | Vancouver, B.C. – Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club
Emily Zhu | Richmond Hill, Ont. – National Pines Golf Club

JUNIOR BOYS SQUAD

Willy Bishop | Victoria, B.C. – Victoria Golf Club
Félix Bouchard | Otterburn Park, Que. –  Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu
Malik Dao | Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Qué. – Summerlea Golf & Country Club
Ashton McCulloch | Kingston, Ont. – Cataraqui Golf & Country Club
Owen Mullen | Shortts Lake, N.S. – Truro Golf Club
JP Parr | St-Célestin, Qué. – Club de golf Ki-8-eb Golf
Hunter Thomson | Calgary, Alta. – Glencoe Golf & Country Club

Click here to read full player bios.

Team Canada Coaching Staff Announced 

Golf Canada is pleased to announce the 2021 Team Canada coaching staff that will support both the National Amateur and Junior Squads.

For the amateur squads, Derek Ingram of Winnipeg returns as men’s head coach with support from assistant coach Andrew Parr of London, Ont. On the women’s side, Tristan Mullally of Dundas, Ont., returns as head coach.

On the junior side, Robert Ratcliffe of Comox, B.C., will lead the centralized Junior Squads at the National Training Centre in Bear Mountain for the fourth year. He will receive support from newly named coach Jennifer Greggain, also of Comox, B.C.

Players will have access to Team Canada’s sport science staff, which includes physiotherapist Greg Redman and Psychologist Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood supporting the men’s team with physiotherapist Andrea Kosa and mental performance consultant Christie Gialloreto supporting the women. The Junior Squads will continue to receive sport science support from the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific in the areas of strength & conditioning, physiotherapy, mental performance, and nutrition.

“Team Canada has shown tremendous success and the coaching staff is well-positioned to lead the increased roster of athletes along with the centralized training program at Bear Mountain,” said Laurence Applebaum, Golf Canada Chief Executive Officer. “Along with every area of the business, we will continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 to ensure the health and well-being of the athletes and coaches. We now look ahead to helping shape the bright futures of Canada’s top up-and-coming athletes looking to follow in the footsteps of graduates such as Brooke Henderson, Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes.”

Mullally, Ingram, Ratcliffe, Greggain and Parr are all PGA of Canada members.

Golf Canada will announce the selection of the 2021 Team Canada Young Pro Squad in January.

Alberta Golf (Calgary) – 

The Board of Directors at Alberta Golf have spent considerable time this fall reviewing several recommendations that have been brought forward by staff and volunteers to deal with issues raised following Alberta Golf events this past summer.

Of note are three important issues involving competitors being accused of cheating and verbally abusing volunteers as well as allegations of parents becoming involved in bullying behaviours.

As such, the Board of Directors has approved the formation of a Safe Sport Task Force to conduct a thorough review and provide recommendations for implementation in the spring of 2021.

The mandate of the Safe Sport Task Force will be as follows:

1. Conduct a comprehensive review of all policies, procedures and documented incidents on file;
2. Conduct meetings with Golf Canada, the Respect Group and Alberta Sport in the development of best practice guidelines;
3. Reach out to other sport organizations and subject matter experts as necessary for additional resources and support;
4. Conduct solution-based interviews with individual competitors and focus groups;
5. Provide recommendations that expand upon Alberta Golf’s current Respect in Sport initiatives to include the introduction of Safe Sport programming.

Issues will always be prevalent in competitive sport, particularly amongst our youth and adolescents, and our intention is to do as much as possible to mitigate them. We have an expectation that parents will be participants in the solution, not the underlying problem.  Following the discovery phase of this initiative Alberta Golf will be committing a significant amount of resources in the development of materials to support a well thought out communication strategy.

The objective of this strategy will be to ensure Alberta Golf events remain a safe environment for all competitors. As an industry-leading Association in our country, Alberta Golf intends to expand upon our existing relationship with the Respect Group by providing all participants with more education on these issues. We will also be soliciting the support from our entire field of competitors at every event to help identify and address negative behaviours for the benefit of all golfers.

 For more information regarding this initiative please contact our CEO, Phil Berube at 403.236.4616 or by email: phil@albertagolf.org

Alberta Golf (Calgary) – Alberta Golf is excited to announce that Sarah Urbanowski has joined our team as Director of Business Transformation, responsible for leading market research and developing a value proposition for the recreational golfer and enhancing digital innovation within Alberta Golf.

Urbanowski is a brand and communications strategist with over a decade of experience developing and managing brands as well as leading high impact audience engagement plans.

A recent graduate from Haskayne School of Business in the Executive MBA program, Urbanowski also holds a Bachelor of Communications with a major in Journalism and has previous experience with Alberta Golf as a member of our Communications Committee.

Her previous achievements include playing an instrumental role in developing strategies to support the $2 Billion Airport Development Program at YYC Calgary International Airport as well as leading the development of a new consumer brand for ATCO Energy in the home service category called  Rümi.

Urbanowski is a passionate golfer who spent 50 rounds on courses across our province in 2020 enjoying the game and connecting with numerous recreational golfers.

“I am thrilled to join the team at Alberta Golf as we look for innovative ways to better engage with the recreational golfer,” said Urbanowski. “This is an exciting opportunity to combine my passion for developing and growing new and established brands within Alberta with my love for the game of golf. I am looking forward to working with all of our partners to co-create products and services that evolve and grow the game.”

Welcome to the team Sarah !

The Canadian golf industry generated $18.2B in economic benefits across our nation in 2019, according to a recent economic analysis conducted by Group ATN Consulting Inc. on behalf of the National Allied Golf Associations (We Are Golf).

According to The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019), the Canadian golf industry employs the equivalent of nearly 249,000 people through direct and spin-off effects and contributed to $10.6B in household income. The industry also contributed $4.5B in government tax revenue ($1.8B federal and $2.1B provincial) used to support a variety of programs for all Canadians.

Based on nationwide surveys completed by golfers and golf course operators in 10 provinces and three territories along with multiple industry data sources, The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) is a follow up to previous comprehensive and independent assessment studies (2014, 2009) of the economic impact of the golf industry in Canada. The $18.2B economic impact of golf represents a 14% increase in contribution to Canada’s GDP between 2013 and 2019.

“The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) further reinforces the enormous financial, employment, charitable, tourism and positive environmental impact that the sport and the business of golf are affecting across Canada,” said Laurence Applebaum, Chair of We Are Golf and CEO of Golf Canada. “This third iteration of the study provides the golf industry with a powerful snapshot of the scale and magnitude that our sport has on the Canadian economy and within the communities where we live, work and play.”

The study presents economic insights for each of the 10 provinces and three territories from coast to coast. Also captured in the report are comparisons to international economic insights from select countries and regions including the United States, European Union, and Australia.

The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) was conducted on behalf of We Are Golf by Group ATN Consulting Inc., a world leader in economic development and analysis for communities, regions, and industries. Group ATN previously conducted the 2014 and 2009 Canadian Golf Economic Impact Studies (based on 2013 and 2008 data respectively) which have allowed the Canadian golf industry to benchmark the game’s economic impact over five-year periods.

“Every industry has its own unique circumstances to allow for, and the ability to repeat the same application of our model for Canadian golf is a significant advantage,” said Tom McGuire, Principal with Group ATN Consulting. “Beyond consistency, we have also been able to further improve certain aspects based upon learnings from the prior studies we did for the National Allied Golf Associations (We Are Golf).”

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GOLF IN CANADA (2019)

The game of golf accounts for an estimated $18.2B of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is up 14% from the $15.9B reported in 2014*. Included within the 2019 economic impact:

• The golf industry directly employed nearly 150,000 full-time, full-year equivalent positions, representing many more individuals who are employed in the sector. This number grows to approximately 249,000 when accounting for direct, indirect, and induced employment.

• The golf industry directly contributed $4.8B in household income, rising to $10.6B when considering the combined direct, indirect, and induced impacts.

• The golf industry generated $4.5B in government tax revenue; including $1.8B in federal tax revenue and $2.1B in provincial tax revenue.

• Conservatively, course operators invested $727M industry-wide on capital expenditures.

*Note that 2014 figures are adjusted by the consumer price index and reported as current dollars.

Additional Insights from The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019)

• Employment – The golf industry is a significant job provider for youth with 48% of its workforce identified as students.

• Travel – Canadians along with international visitors contributed to $8.6B in golf-related travel nationwide. Canadians made approximately 4.8M trips involving golf, including 3.0M in their home province and 1.8M outside their home province and abroad.

• Golfer Spending – golfers in Canada spent approximately $19.3B on items such as green fees, memberships, lessons, equipment, travel, hospitality, events, and other golf-related expenditures.

• Canadian Course Operators – a total of 2,283 facilities were estimated to be operating in 2019, accounting for 2,043 courses (18-hole equivalent); course operators collectively spent approximately $3.8B in course expenditures.

• Land management – Golf course operations manage between 155,000 and 175,000 hectares, including 30,000 to 35,000 hectares of wildlife and wetland area.

• Charitable Impact – The golf industry generated an estimated $330M in charitable impact through more than 51,000 tournaments and events.

• Golf Participation – Canadian golfers played an estimated 57.0M rounds in 2019.

Although released in 2020, The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) does not factor in the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian golf industry.

“Establishing a baseline for the economic impact of our sport measured against pre-2020 Covid-19 spending is an important benchmark consideration for the integrity and continuity of the study,” added Applebaum. “Based on what we learned through the 2020 season, the safety of golf through this pandemic and the potential for a lift in participation and spending on the game, we are optimistic in looking ahead.”

An executive summary along with a complete report outlining the results of The Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) is available by clicking here or by visiting any of the We Are Golf partner websites.

Alberta Golf (Kananaskis) – Alberta Golf’s final Championship of the season saw 42 Men’s & Ladies teams from across the province represent their home club in the 2020 Interclub Championship. The annual host Kananaskis Country Golf Course put on another great show and so too did mother nature. Despite a chilly start, the sun came out to showcase the stunning scenery on the 36-hole layout west of Calgary.

On the Ladies side Cheryl Newman, Bev Arnburg, Stephanie Howard & Wendy Hyde from the Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club took the low gross honours and the title. Turner Valley Golf Club were runner up followed by Inglewood Golf and Curling Club, Silver Springs Golf Club and Mickelson National Golf Club. 

Canyon Meadows secured the sweep when Todd Williamson, James Harwood, Steve Copeland & Omar Marsa defeated runner up Highlands Golf Club in a playoff with Inglewood Golf and Curling Club, Willow Park Golf and Country Club and Mickelson National Golf Club rounding out the top 5.

On the Men’s side The Derrick Golf and Winter Club won the low net competition while Woodside Golf Course won the Ladies low net.

Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club sweeps Interclub Championship

FULL MEN’S SCORES

FULL LADIES SCORES

FULL PHOTO ALBUM 

BY DUNC MILLS

Yesterday was the Silver Anniversary Tour Championship for the McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour, but when 124 juniors from across the province had completed play at Wolf Creek Golf Resort, the day and the entire 2020 season felt like a golden moment.

Six months ago, who could have predicted how the golf industry as a whole and junior golf in particular would have experienced such a resurgence? From days back in March and April when we weren’t even sure we would HAVE a golf season in Alberta this year, the industry has enjoyed its best season in a decade or more.  Families and kids have been flocking to golf courses everywhere, and the McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour rolled out a series of 22 tournaments all over Alberta so that young players could help sharpen their games with excellent competition on outstanding golf courses.

VIEW PHOTO ALBUM FROM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP 

Facilities had to adjust how they presented themselves to players, and Alberta Golf as tournament organizers had to adjust how we could help run successful events while doing our utmost to keep participants safe. After a very busy summer, with sold out fields the order of the day tournament after tournament,  I would like to think that things turned out pretty well.

Wolf Creek Golf Resort  has been the host site for the Tour Championship since the Tour’s inception in 1996.

Owner Ryan Vold was a co-founder of the Tour, and even though Alberta Golf now operates the Tour, Ryan’s dedication and support of junior golf in Alberta remains unchanged. Thousands of junior golfers have earned their right to compete at the season-ending event over the last 25 years, and the Tour Championship trophy has many very well known names engraved on its face.  Jaclyn Lee, Tyler Saunders, Jennifer Ha, Ryan Swelin, and many more.  We have two more names to add to the trophy today, but only one new one.

Jayla Kucy of Camrose became the first three-time winner of the Tour Championship, as she completed her three-in-a-row streak of championships in very exciting style.

Locked in a battle with Jenna Burggeman of the Derrick Golf & Winter Club, Kucy was in fact a shot behind Jenna as the players arrived on the 17th tee.  Fairly calm early morning conditions had given way to more typical Wolf Creek weather with sunny skies, but very gusty conditions as all the players did a great job of battling through the winds.  Jayla’s par on 17 pulled the players even heading to the final hole, and when Kucy rolled in a 20-footer for birdie and Bruggeman made bogey, the three-peat was complete.  What an exciting finish!

WATCH VIDEO: 1 ON 1 INTERVIEW WITH JAYLA KUCY 

Brooke Brezovski of Glendale completed the podium with an 80 for her  3rd-place finish and rising star Eileen Park of Red Deer finished another shot back on 81.  Park is certainly going to be a player to watch in Alberta junior golf as she has already had a sensational year at the tender age of eleven!

While the junior boys’ division didn’t have quite the drama of the girls’ flight, the play was no less outstanding.  Zach Haydamack of Mickelson National GC in Calgary has really elevated his game this summer at age 15.  Haydamack finished T20 in the Alberta Open Championship in July on Wolf Creek’s Links Course competing against Alberta’s best professionals and adult amateurs, and he finished T4 last week at the Alberta Golf U-17 championship at Alberta Springs Golf Resort in Red Deer.  On Friday, Zach toured the Old Course at Wolf Creek in an outstanding even-par 70, three shots clear of clubmates  Braden O’Grady and Cole Ruelling of Windermere.  Considering the strong winds that most of the older junior boys played through during most of the day, that’s some great golf!

WATCH VIDEO: 1 ON 1 INTERVIEW WITH ZACH HAYDAMACK

Connor Czirjak of The Winston and Alberta Golf U-15 Champion Jon Vinge of Pinebrook finished T4 and both will be names to watch over the next few years.

The Titleist Order of Merit battles came down to the wire in all three boys’ divisions. Jayla Kucy had clinched the girls’ OOM title prior to yesterday, but with points doubling at the Tour Championship, several players entered the day in contention for the boys’ age group titles. Form held in the flight for boys born in 2001-2003 as leader Cole Ruelling widened his margin of victory by finishing tied for 1st in his age group on the day. In the flight for boys born in 2004-05, Josiah Tong of Heritage Pointe held a narrow 40-point lead over Sirocco’s Jeremy Hart to start play, and when Tong finished out of the top six, and Hart ended up solo 5th, the 40 points he earned left the two players in a dead heat from their summer’s efforts.  In the flight for boys born in 2006 & later, on-site yesterday in the heat of the moment, I had mistakenly announced that Ryan Garbutt had edged Scott Levey for the OOM title by a razor-thin 5 points.  Ryan DID win the OOM, but while Scott was awarded 1st-place prize money on the day by virtue of a comparison of scorecards ( he had a better back 9, 41 to 42), to decide the OOM ties, unless there is an on-course playoff, as in for overall first place for a tournament, the OOM points are split equally for any ties in the top six placings.  I will do up the final OOM standings over the weekend, but I wanted to explain this here in the write-up to alleviate any confusion over the matter for the players.  The correct player did win, but the margin was the 75 points that Ryan held to start the day, not 5 points as announced at the event. Sorry about the mix-up, everyone!

Throughout the year, we generally have listed only the top six and ties in each age division, mostly due to time constraints to get the results up on the Alberta Golf website as quickly as possible after the tournaments.  Today, we are going to list the scores of every player who competed yesterday, not because we are trying to embarass any youngster who maybe had a bad day on a very difficult golf course, but to recognize and celebrate their achievements of qualifying for the Tour Championship in the first place.  There were hundreds of juniors all over Alberta who gave it their best efforts in tournaments all summer who didn’t make it to Wolf Creek, but their participation and efforts deserve our applause as well as those players who made the trip to Wolf Creek on Friday.

We will do a full Year in Review report in due course as we chart what might be ahead for the Tour and junior golf in general in Alberta, but for now, here are yesterday’s results.

OVERALL TOP TWENTY

1. Zach Haydamack                      Mickelson National          70

T2. Cole Ruelling                          Windermere                      73

T2. Braden O’Grady                      Windermere                     73

T4. Connor Czirjak                        The Winston                    74

T4. Jon Vinge                                Pinebrook                         74

T6. Aidan Fong                             Country Hills                   75

T6. Greg Gurba                             The Quarry                      75

T6. Jeremy Hart                            Sirocco                             75

T9. Nate Kasowski                        PPC                                   76

T9. Daniel Humbke                       Lacombe                        76

T9. Rory Wutzke                           Camrose                          76

T9. Christian Hansen                  River’s Edge                    76

T9. Colin Pasitney                        St. Paul                            76

14. Mason Kucy                           Camrose                           77

T15. Blake Reimer                       Windermere                    78

T15. Spencer Florchuk                Ft. Saskatchewan            78

T17. Kennedy Bailey-Borges      Windermere                      79

T17. Sebastian Berube               Priddis Greens                  79

T17. Braeden Van Dusen           Lethbridge CC                 79

T17. Aneesh Kaura                     Pinebrook                         79

T17. Scott Levey                         Belvedere                         79

T17. Ryan Garbutt                     Windermere                     79

BOYS BORN IN 2001-2003

T1. Cole Ruelling                       Windermere                      73

T1. Braden O’Grady                  Windermere                      73

3. Greg Gurba                           The Quarry                         75

T4. Nate Kasowski                    PPC                                     76

T4. Rory Wutzke                       Camrose                             76

6. Mason Kucy                          Camrose                             77

T7. Blake Reimer                      Windermere                     78

T7. Spencer Florchuk               Ft. Saskatchewan           78

9. Kennedy Bailey-Borges       Windermere                    79

T10. Tai Robichaud                   The Hamptons               80

T10. Erik Bouck                         Camrose                           80

T10. Ethan Couch                     Glendale                            80

T13. Quinn Laidlaw                 The Winston                     81

T13. Devin Kucy                       Camrose                            81

T15. Ben Lovrod                       Grande Prairie                 83

T15. Nolan Edwards                 River’s Edge                     83

T17. Jacob Dorton                    Desert Blume                    84

T17. Spencer Drummond         Canyon Meadows           84

T19  Brennan Tailfeathers        Paradise Canyon            86

T19. Owen Lai                          RedTail Landing                86

21. Bailey Butz                          Ft. Saskatchewan              87

T22. Connor MacLeod            Sylvan Lake                       89

T22. Braeden Petro                 Lethbridge CC                    89

24. Hayden Prins                     Goose Hummock                90

24. Thijs van Lankvelt             Wintergreen                        91

24. Blake Hammel                    Ft. Saskatchewan              92

T27. Nathan Mochulski            The Quarry                         93

T27. Tyler Lau                            Derrick                                93

29. Brody Theophile                 Stony Plain                        102

BOYS BORN IN 2004-2005

1. Zach Haydamack                  Mickelson National           70

T2. Connor Czirjak                   The Winston                       74

T2. Jon Vinge                             Pinebrook                           74

T4. Aidan Fong                          Country Hills                     75

T4. Jeremy Hart                         Sirocco                              75

T6. Christian Hansen                River’s Edge                     76

T6. Colin Pasitney                     St. Paul                              76

T8. Braeden Van Dusen            Lethbridge CC                 79

T8. Sebastian Berube               Priddis Greens                 79

T8. Aneesh Kaura                     PInebrook                          79

11. Ethan Howes                       Ft. Saskatchewan              80

11. Reid Casavant                     Westlock                             81

T13. Kylin Fraser                       The Winston                      82

T13. Brandon Lailey                  The Winston                      82

T15. Matthew Mayowski           Drayton Valley                 83

T15. Josiah Tong                        Heritage Pointe                 83

17. Brady Bruns                          Lacombe                            84

T18. Quinn Brown                     Edm. Petroleum Club     85

T18. Jace Shannon                   Forestburg                         85

T18. Jaden Patel                       Inglewood                          85

T18. Cooper Chalcroft             Country Hills                      85

T18. Wyatt Bishop                   Desert Blume                    85

T22. Kye Fisher                       Leduc                                   87

T22. Nathan Piers                   Riverside                            87

24. Carson Conger                  Inglewood                          91

T25. Kole Keenas                    Strathmore                        92

T25. Sahaj Klair                      RedTail Landing                92

T27. Ryker Flikinger              Pine Hills                            93

T27. Ben Lehmann                 Willow Park                       93

29. Aiden McGilvery               Two Hills                           94

29. Evan Williams                   Silver Creek                       97

29. Cooper Joy                         Wainwright                       99

BOYS BORN IN 2006 & LATER

T1. Scott Levey                          Belvedere                        79

T1. Ryan Garbutt                      Windermere                   79

3. Christan Flick                        Carnmoney                    81

T4. Shay Anderson                    Pheasantback               82

T4. Cole Phillips                         Willow Park                  82

T6. Zach Lehmann                     Willow Park                  83

T6. Mateo Kern                          Canyon Meadows         83

T6. Ryan Badger                        RedTail Landing           83

T6. Jalen Apedoe                       Serenity                          83

T6. Kohen Yeske                        Valley Ridge                  83

T11. Jace McFaul                       RedTail Landing           86

T11. Jake Brooks                        Innisfail                         86

T13. Owen Bruins                       Desert Blume               87

T13. Lyndon Kurvial                  Lethbridge CC              87

T13. Chris Colberg                      Valley Ridge                 87

16. Patrick McLarty                     Carnmoney                 89

T17. Jared van Hecke                 Ft. Saskatchewan        92

T17. Payton Benneweis              Edmonton CC              92

T17. Saahir Sharma                    Edmonton CC              92

20. Ryan Zhang                           Windermere                 93

T21. Brae Rogalczyk                     Olds                             94

T21. Chase Lassman                    Stony Plain                  94

T21. Harley Mohr                        Ft. Saskatchewan        94

T24. Chase Strang                       Woodside                     95

T24. Russell Quinn                      Wainwright                   95

26. Parker Evans                          Royal Mayfair               96

T27. Brady Weiss                         Links at Spruce Grove 97

T27. Cole Serdachny                    Windermere                 97

29. Peter Hlushak                        Windermere                 99

JUNIOR GIRLS

1. Jayla Kucy                                Camrose                       74

2. Jenna Bruggeman                    Derrick                       76

3. Brooke Brezovski                     Glendale                    80

4. Eileen Park                                Red Deer                    81

T5. Emily Cornwall                        Springbank Links    83

T5. Kaitlyn Wingnean                    Derrick                      83

7. Brynne Davies                          Earl Grey                       85

T8. Belle Brezovski                      Glendale                        86

T8. Jade Carter                             Pinebrook                     86

T10. Kalee Seto                            Royal Mayfair               88

T10. Tessa Ion                              Pinebrook                     88

T10. Zoe Banack                          Edson                            88

T13. Tasha Wallace                       PPC                              89

T13., Kali Yeske                            Valley Ridge                89

T13. Kristine Dixon                       Lynx Ridge                 89

16. Carla van Remmen                Pinebrook                    90

17. Saylar May                             Pine Hills                       91

18. Serin Girard                            River Bend                    92

T19. Ella Gifford                           Coloniale                       93

T19. Nicole Rohr                          Camrose                        93

21. Justine Leon                            Lakeside                      94

T22. Brooklyn Campbell                Didsbury                   95

T22. Taylor Foord                          Woodside                   95

24. Ellie Johnson                           Derrick                        98

25. Cici Zhang                               Lynx Ridge                   99

T26. Sarah York                            Belvedere                    103

T26. Olivia Leung                          The Winston              103

28. Sydney Chuong                       The Winston                104

29. Aliyah Hull                               Lakeside                       106

30 Neige Dunn                              The Hamptons              116

31. Samantha Lin                          Jagare Ridge                119

Alberta Golf (Red Deer) – Alberta Spring Golf Resort was a great host for the top junior golfers in the province competing for a provincial title. The 36-hole format over 2 days saw 6 trophies handed out. In the U13 Girls division Red Deer’s Eileen Park, who grew up playing Alberta Springs, destroyed the competition by 19 strokes to take the title.

Eileen Park, 2020 U13 Girls Champion 

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Eileen Park

A close battle in the U13 Boys division saw Peter Hlushak of Spruce Grove edge Lyndon Kuryvial of Taber by 2 strokes.

Peter Hlushak, 2020 U13 Boys Champion

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Peter Hlushak

In the U15 Girls division Jayla Kucy of Camrose shot a 3-over 75 to claim the title by 3 shots over Kalee Seto.

Jayla Kucy, 2020 U15 Girls Champion 

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Jayla Kucy

It was a tight fight for the U15 Boys crown with 5 golfers within 2 shots of the lead, in the end Jon Vinge from Calgary took home the hardware shooting a 1-under 71.

Jon Vinge, 2020 U15 Boys Champion

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Jon Vinge

In the U17 Girls division Georgia Barr of Calgary and Alexa Wingnean of Edmonton battled all day long before Barr took the title after shooting a 2-over 74.

Georgia Barr, 2020 U17 Girls Champion

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Georgia Barr

And some drama to end a great 2 days of competition, Cole Bergheim of Red Deer defeated Ethan Howes of Fort Saskatchewan with a birdie on the 2nd playoff hole to take the U17 Boys title.

Cole Bergheim, 2020 U17 Boys Champion

WATCH VIDEO: 1 on 1 with Cole Bergheim

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Alberta Golf (Red Deer) – A gorgeous hot day at Alberta Springs Golf Resort in Red Deer saw a sold out field of 120 junior golfers compete in round 1 for the U17, U15 and U13 Provincial Championship.

In the U17 division Boys Division Logan Graf of Sylvan Lake leads by 3 strokes after shooting a first round 69 while Alexa Wingnean of Edmonton leads the U17 Girls division by one stoke over Calgary’s Georgia Barr.

U17 Boys leaders after round 1

U17 Girls leaders after round 1

Tate Bruggeman of Edmonton leads the U15 Boys Division after an opening round 4-under 68 while Jayla Kucy of Camrose has a one shot lead on Edmonton’s Kalee Seto heading to Wednesday’s final round.

U15 Boys leaders after round 1

U15 Girls leaders after round 1

In the U13 category Peter Hlushak of Spruce Grove shot a 4-under 68 to take a 3 shot lead to the final round while in the U13 girls division Eileen Park of Red Deer has a 5 shot lead after an opening round 4-over 76.

U13 Boys leaders after round 1

U13 Girls leaders after round 1

2020 has seen a boom in Junior Golf, with many sold out events on the McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour and Alberta Golf Provincial Championships.

WATCH: Competitors in U17, U15, U13 Championship talk about the growth of junior golf.  

FULL ROUND 1 SCORING HERE

FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES HERE