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麻豆精选 Junior golfers tee it up at Okanagan Golf Club

Christopher Thomson won the Juvenile Boys Division, Velvet Haynes took the MJT Girls U15 title
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Young 麻豆精选 golfers showed off their stuff at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour鈥檚 (MJT) BC Order of Merit Series at Okanagan Golf Club recently. 

Christopher Thomson, 16, won the Juvenile Boys Division in a playoff over Tyson Wicklund from Vernon, with a par on the first extra hole, and rounds of 72, 78 (150).

"Confidence has definitely increased and I'm excited for my next tournament,鈥 Thomson said of his win.

Kingsley Duong of 麻豆精选 finished third with scores of 74, 79 (153).

麻豆精选鈥檚 Velvet Haynes, 12, took the MJT Girls U15 Division firing a 160 total (79, 81) over the two day tournament (July 18-19).

More than 70 junior golfers aged 19 participated, playing the Bear Course. 

Austin Krahn, 16, from Christina Lake shot scores of 66,69 (135) to win Low Overall and the MJT Junior Boys title once again.

Low overall honours for Girls went to Zhehui (Hui) Yu, 16, of Burnaby,who won the MJT Girls 15-19 title with rounds of 71,70 (141). 

Other results:

Bantam Boys

  • Tied for 3rd - Kobe Menzies (14), Coldstream - 80, 76 (156) - Kolton Matthews (13), 麻豆精选 76, 80 (156);

Junior Boys

  • 2nd - Oakley Mayner (17), 麻豆精选 - 69, 69 (138);
  • Tied for 3rd - Kyle Dale (18), 麻豆精选 - 71, 69 (140) - Max Hager (18), 麻豆精选 - 67, 73 (140);

Girls 15-19

  • 3rd - Darwyn Kormany (17), 麻豆精选 - 77, 85 (162)

Next up is the MJT Western Championship at Copper Point Golf Course in Invermere July 23-24.



About the Author: Gary Barnes

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