Glendale Golfs – Winnipeg

Eugene Wong from North Vancouver, B.C has been named as the Canada’s top male amateur golfer this year. He was partnered with Jennifer Kirby of Paris Ontario who was declared as Canada’s top female amateur golfer of 2010.

Last year, he landed the 9th place but earned the top spot this year. In 2010, the 20-year old finished runner-up at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, tied for fourth in individual play at the World Amateur, placed eighth at the Pacific Coast Amateur, tied for 12th at the Sahalee Players Championship and advanced to the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur. He also competed at the 2010 RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club where he missed the cut by four shots.

As a member of the University of Oregon Ducks, Wong was the 2010 Jack Nicklaus Award winner, an honour given to the Division I Collegiate Player of the Year as voted by golf coaches throughout the United States. He was also named to the PING All-America First Team, the All-Nicklaus Team and All-Pac-10 First Team as well as earning Pac-10 co-Golfer of the Year honours. Rounding out the top-five on the men’s Order of Merit are Mitchell Evanecz of Red Deer, Alta., Albin Choi of Toronto, Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C. and Cam Burke of New Hamburg, Ont.

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Canadian players Richard Matthew, Richard Lee, Matt McQuillan, David McKenzie, Chris Baryla, and Ted Brown moves to the final game of PGA Tour Q-School.

Canadian player Matthew Richardson scored 68 on the final round which qualified him to the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School. It wasn’t a surprise of the 2005 Walker  Cup Champion and a player who have gone through European, Nationwide, and Canadian Tours. Originated from England, Richardson moved to Ontario after meeting his fiancée. He tied on the 13th spot after the day.

Vancouver’s Richard Lee shot a final round 72 to finish 5th, Matt McQuillan of Kingston, Ontario shot a final round 70 to finish tied for 3rd, David McKenzie of Victoria posted his worst round of the week, a 75, but he was still qualified for the 12th spot. Ontario’s Ted Brown of Peterborough was able to get into a qualifying rank after birding the final hole. Chris Baryla of Vernon, B.C. shot a final round 69 that get him to the 13th spot. They will join Richardson to the final game next month.

Canadian players who weren’t able make are Bryan DeCorso who shot a final round 72 landed in a tie for 30th while Cam Burke had a difficult finish of 82 and fell on 67th spot. Both are from Ontario, Guelph and New Hamburg, respectively. They are joined with Adam Speirs of Winnipeg, Manitoba who tied for 66th; Brennan Webb from Bracebridge, Ontario tied for 40th while Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C. landed the 55th spot with 74. Calgary’s James Love and Peter Laws of Mississauga, Ont., finished in a tie for 40th after shooting a 72 and 71, respectively. Ryan Yip from Calgary shot a final round 74 to finish 58th.

Top 20 plus ties are only the one who will advance on the final round.

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With two eagles and posted the low round of the day, Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs hit a good start at the first stage of the PGA Tour’s 2010 qualifying school.

This player from Winnipeg, Manitoba host a final-day seven under-par 65 on Friday at Lantana Golf Club, eligible for a spot in the next stage in November. Speirs has been included in the top 23 players by finishing seventh in the field of 77.

Starting the day, the 31-year-old Canadian Tour regular was right on the bubble at one-under-par up to the third round.

According to Speirs, the weather was perfect so he thought the number was going down. The cut off number reached to four-under-par 284, but the Winnipeg golfer’s play assured he had four shots to spare.

In the end, Adam Speirs owned the four par-5’s on the last day, earning two birdies and two eagles. He earned a 30-foot eagle putt at the seventh, then posted a stream of steady pars until he got to the 13th. At the 16th and 17th holes, birdies were added.

”I had a tough lad putt for birdie up quite a hill,” Speirs said. “I left it 12 feet short. But I made that one for par and I really think that was my TSN turning point.”

2010 season hasn’t been a good year for Speirs, he has won $4,338 on the Canadian Tour in nine starts but his Speirs’ week of 70-72-73-65-280 puts him in ideal position as he heads to the second Q-school stage.

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A very impressive resume and various achievement especially this year made Aaron Cockerill the Manitoba Golfer of the year. This young golfer from Stoney Mountain committed himself to follow golf three years ago and since then he included himself among the top players of the sports within the region. He had shown great plays in the Manitoba Junior and Western Future Links Championship. This eighteen year old golfer joined the Canadian Junior and finished at 10th. Aside from that, he’s listed among the top ten national junior order of merit. He got one of the best records this year which helped him get to play at the Texas A&M commerce, as a freshman. The event was held in Dallas where Cockerill has continued to show progress with the game results.
Cockerill is a medalist at the Manitoba match and also victorious at the Leaf Tour event. He has accomplished an under par at the last round and was able to finish at the top 15 at the college tournament.

According to Cockerill, his top goal this year is to become a junior but it turned out to be much more than he aimed for. Other than the Honours, Cockerill has unexpectedly performed well at the Canadian Junior.

Other than this merit, Cockerill has been nominated 16 times and has won 5 times. He is also included in the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame.

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French team grabbed the men’s world amateur golf championship this year, Johann Lopez-Lazaro, Alexander Levy and Romain Wattel ended the season with a score of 7 under 423 for a 4-stroke wire to wire victory.

Canada slipped two positions, falling to eight place. The team holds the second rank first round of the first 54-hole event and by Sunday ended to sixth, Eugene Wong, Albin Choi, and Cam Burke of Vancouver, Toronto and New Hamburg, respectively, played a disappointing final-round team score of 9-over to close at 11-over 441, tying with Belgium and England.

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