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                                 The Canadian Junior Golf               TaylorMade and Skechers Canada for 2018. TaylorMade signed a 3-year
                                 Association’s CJGA Junior Golf         extension and became a program partner, became the official golf ball of
                                 News provides Junior golfers,          the CJGA, will host our 3-day events in Alberta, Ontario, and Atlantic
                                 parents, CJGA alumni, media, and       Canada, and will be the presenting sponsor of the CJGA Order of Merit.
                                 those who would like to know more      Skechers signed a 2-year agreement to become a program partner,
                                 about what is happening in junior      become the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the CJGA, and all of
                                 golf in Canada. CJGA Junior Golf       our staff members and volunteers will be wearing their apparel/footwear in
                                 News features articles on Junior       2018-19. In addition, they will be a title sponsor of 6 CJGA National Junior
                                 golfers, alumni, CJGA staff, player    Series events, and provide prizing at these events and other events for our
                                 results and many other things          junior golfers. We can’t wait to showcase their great golf apparel and
           Earl Fritz            related to Junior Golf and CJGA        footwear at our events!
    Executive Director, CJGA     Alumni.
                                                                        We are looking forward to welcoming your junior golfers to our events this
The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) welcomes all of our         year, allowing your children to make lasting memories on the golf course,
members, parents, families, alumni, media, and sponsors to the start    and enjoy every shot along the way.
of the 2018 golf season! The CJGA will be hosting over 110+ events
in Canada for 2018. We launched the 26th Anniversary for the
CJGA with our annual World Junior Challenge event at Innisbrook
Resort in Palm Harbour, Florida. This world class event attracted       Be Prepared for changes to The Rules of Golf for 2019
180+ junior golfers (ages: 11-18) from 22 countries across the globe.
The event will be hosted at Innisbrook Resort for the next 4 years,     While the majority of proposed Rules remain intact in the final version, several
and we hope to welcome our CJGA members for this memorable              important changes to the initial proposals and further clarification of many Rules
event in December.                                                      were incorporated. The most significant adjustments made following review of
                                                                        the feedback received from golfers around the world include:
We are proud of all of our CJGA alumni, and they continue to inspire
                                                                        Dropping procedure: When taking relief (from an abnormal course condition or
the next generation of Canadian junior golfers. The
                                                                        penalty area, for example), golfers will now drop from knee height. This will
accomplishments with the likes of LPGA professional - Brooke
                                                                        ensure consistency and simplicity in the dropping process while also preserving
Henderson, and PGA professional - Adam Hadwin, have helped
                                                                        the randomness of the drop. (Key change: the proposed Rules released in 2017
pave the way for future professionals, which aligns to our tagline:     suggested dropping from any height).
#YourFutureStartsHere. A great example of this is with 3 of our
CJGA junior golfers (Landon Kelly, Luke DelGobbo, and Vanessa           Measuring in taking relief: The golfer’s relief area will be measured by using the
Borovilos) participating in the 2018 Drive, Chip & Putt                 longest club in his/her bag (other than a putter) to measure one club-length or
Championship at Augusta National during Masters week. Vanessa           two club-lengths, depending on the situation, providing a consistent process for
went onto winning her division…congratulations!                         golfers to establish his/her relief area. (Key change: the proposed Rules
                                                                        released in 2017 suggested a 20-inch or 80-inch standard measurement).
The CJGA is proud to announce new National partnerships with
                                                                        Removing the penalty for a double hit: The penalty stroke for accidentally
                                                                        striking the ball more than once in the course of a stroke has been removed.
                                                                        Golfers will simply count the one stroke they made to strike the ball. (Key
                                                                        change: the proposed Rules released in 2017 included the existing one-stroke
                                                                        penalty).
                                                                        Balls Lost or Out of Bounds: Alternative to Stroke and Distance: A new Local
                                                                        Rule will now be available in January 2019, permitting committees to allow
                                                                        golfers the option to drop the ball in the vicinity of where the ball is lost or out of
                                                                        bounds (including the nearest fairway area), under a two-stroke penalty. It
                                                                        addresses concerns raised at the club level about the negative impact on pace
                                                                        of play when a player is required to go back under stroke and distance. The
                                                                        Local Rule is not intended for higher levels of play, such as professional or elite
                                                                        level competitions. (Key change: this is a new addition to support pace of play).
                                                                        For more information on changes, visit:
                                                                        https://www.randa.org/News/2018/03/New-Rules-of-Golf-unveiled-by-The-
                                                                        RA-and-USGA

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                                                                              National Partner
                    CJGA members bring home lasting
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                                                                                    Official Digital News Source of the CJGA
                    The Fashionable Choice:                              Managing Editor
                    Sarah Gallagher                                      Brad Parkins             brad.parkins@cjga.com
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                                                                         Earl Fritz               earl.fritz@cjga.com
                                                                         Contributors
                                                                         Barry Rhodes, Earl Fritz, Brent Long, LPGA, Golf Canada, MacKenzie Tour - PGA
                    Many Tiny Steps, and One Big                         TOUR Canada, Ted McIntyre, Tim O’Conner, PGA Tour, SBX Entertainment Group,
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                                                                         inquiries should be made to Brad Parkins at 1-877-508-1069 X221 or via email at
                    Fred McCord: Atlantic CJGA                           brad.parkins@cjga.com.
                    Tournament Director                                  Mission Statement

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                                                                         The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is dedicated to developing Canada’s junior
                                                                         golfers by offering basic instruction to the beginning golfer and high level competition to the
                                                                         more advanced through regional, provincial, national and          international events. The
                                                                         CJGA brings excellence to junior golf as a sport through opportunities and fellowship.

                    CJGA Junior Tour Scoreboard                          Canadian Junior Golf Association
                                                                         The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is a “registered Canadian amateur athletic

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                                                                         association” (RCAAA) not-for-profit registered federally with Revenue Canada. The CJGA is
                                                                         dedicated to providing Canada's junior golfers with the necessary skills and knowledge
                                                                         required to lay a foundation for a future in competitive golf.
                                                                         Through its six-stage competitive development program that focuses on tournaments,
                    CJGA Linkster Tour Scoreboard                        clinics, international competitions, and mentoring programs with PGA Tour professionals, the
                                                                         CJGA introduces the game to juniors as young as five and offers competitive multi-day

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                                                                         events for the more advanced golfer. The CJGA acts as a feeder system to provincial and
                                                                         national competitions, collegiate and university golf, as well as professional and recreational
                                                                         golf. For more information please visit www.cjga.com.
                                                                         The Canadian Junior Golf Association is generously supported by its National Partner,
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 The CJGA World Junior Challenge, now in its 25th year, is one of the marquee events conducted by the
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thousands of junior golfers, representing over 30 countries participate.
The CJGA World Junior Challenge is ranked by CN Future Links, AJGA, Golfweek and the R&A for World
Amateur Points.
The CJGA World Junior Challenge is an open championship available to all juniors. CJGA membership is
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   CJGA members
   bring home
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   from The Masters
                                by Brent Long
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                     hat a day it was for the three young
                     Canadians participating in the 2018 Drive,
                     Chip & Putt Championship at Augusta
                     National Golf Course on the Sunday before
    the Masters.

    Not surprisingly, the three Ontario members of the
    Canadian Junior Golf Association; Vanessa Borovilos from
    Toronto, Luke DelGobbo from Fonthill and Landon Kelly
    from Bobcaygeon, all have different stories to tell from their
    experience of competing in the most highly anticipated and
    hyped junior competition of the year.

    Since the inaugural Drive, Chip & Putt Championship in
    2014, 10 CJGA members have qualified for the event that
    just keeps getting bigger and bigger and better and better. In
    2017, Savannah Grewal from Mississauga, ON became the
    first CJGA member to win an age division at Augusta
    National as Mia Wong from Markham, ON and Carlee
    Meilleur from Lansdowne, ON also teed it up. In 2016, it
    was Elaine Giantsopolous from Richmond Hill, ON along
    with Jayla Kucy from Camrose, AB and Borovilos who made
    their second consecutive trip to the big show. In 2015, Ryan
    Blair from Oakbank, Manitoba made the trip and in 2014 it
    was none other than Nyah Kelly – older sister to Landon who
    competed earlier this year!

    “It’s great to see youngsters develop and mature as they
    progress through the different levels of the CJGA. It’s truly
    inspiring to watch them learn to play and develop a passion
    for the sport,” says Earl Fritz, Executive Director of the
    CJGA. “The CJGA has always been a stepping stone to
    great things for those athletes who want to work at it and
    improve. What we saw at the Dive, Chip & Putt
    Championship was another example of the opportunities
    that are out there for young Canadian golfers to succeed a
    the international level.”

    Here’s a brief look into the lives of three exceptional CJGA
    members and their passion for the game that drives them to
    take their game to the next level at every opportunity.

    VANESSA BOROVILOS

    After leaving her chip shots short in two previous
    appearances in the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship there         Vanessa, now 11 and in Grade 6, finished fourth in the
    was no way Vanessa Borovilos wanted to find herself in the       Girls 7-9 division in 2015 and 5th in the same division in
    same boat.                                                       2016, but didn’t qualify for the big show in 2017. After

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winning all three qualifiers last summer to advance to the           Vanessa, who plays out of Credit Valley G&CC and is
 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship for a third time, she didn’t         coached by Doug Lawrie, Director of Instruction at The
 make any mistakes this time around to win the Girls 10-11 age        Academy at Credit Valley, ranks this win at Augusta right
 division.                                                            up there with her repeat victory last August at the three-
                                                                      round US Kids Golf World Championship at Pinehurst.
 “I just tried to draw on my previous experiences at Augusta
 and it really helped me to stay calm and focused on my shots.        “She is the ultimate competitor. She detests losing more
 This time around I knew exactly where I needed to land my            than she likes winning, Lawrie says. “It doesn’t matter if we
 chip shots and I knew the breaks of the putts, so that made it       are playing ping pong or chipping. It’s all a competition
 easier,” says Vanessa, who has been a member of the CJGA             and she doesn’t want to lose. If I beat her in something,
 since winning her very first event back in 2011 at Cardinal          she does everything she can to get me the next time. The
 GC as a Junior Linkster.                                             Drive, Chip & Putt Championship is a perfect example.
                                                                      She finished second in the final qualifier for 2017 and
 Vanessa finished third in driving after landing both shots in        didn’t make it, so her No. 1 goal for all of 2017 was to
 play to start the day and then won the chipping contest She          requalify for 2018 and she worked her tail off,” Lawrie
 needed to roll her final putt closer than 2.1 inches in order to     said, noting that Vanessa was the last competitor to leave
 win the title, and the putt ended up two inches away from the        the practice area at Augusta on the Saturday before the
 hole, giving her the victory by the slimmest of margins to win       win.”
 her division by a single point. To view her championship
 interview on The Golf Channel CLICK HERE.                            Vanessa will continue to play CJGA events and later this
                                                                      summer, she will tee it up at the Canadian equivalent –
 The moment that landed her the most attention was when 81-           the Future Links Junior Skills Challenge National
 year-old Gary Player swept her up into his arms at the trophy        Championship at Glen Abbey GC where she finished
 presentation and the photo went viral of the smiling                 second in 2017 – it’s one trophy she doesn’t have just yet!
 Canadian and the two-time Masters champion. “It was
 special. I never expected that he would do that. He just             “I don’t think people realize how hard she works at golf.
 picked me up in his arms for a few seconds. I’ll never forget it,”   She is self motivated and puts a lot of effort into achieving
 says Vanessa who was also congratulated through social               her goals, just like in school. She expects to win every
 media by her favourite female golfer, Brooke Henderson.              time,” her father Dino says.

 However, her favourite moment of the entire experience               LUKE DELGOBBO
 came during Monday’s practice, when after a two-hour wait,
 Tiger Woods signed a Masters Flag that now sits proudly in           After watching the 2017 Masters on TV for four
 her bedroom beside her Drive, Chip & Putt Championship               consecutive days in 2017, Luke DelGobbo saw it in a new
 trophy.                                                              light. The Fonthill teen decided in that moment that he
                                                                      wanted to visit the world’s greenest golf course.
 Perhaps more exciting for Vanessa was the announcement
 that starting in 2019 the Augusta National Women’s                   You can’t blame teenagers for having big dreams – their
 Amateur Championship will be introduced featuring a field            future awaits. DelGobbo didn’t merely see himself
 of 72 international players. The final round will be contested       walking the grounds of Augusta as a spectator one day,
 at Augusta National the Saturday prior to the Masters                he went on-line minutes after Sergio Garcia was
 Tournament with the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals             crowned champion and signed up for the Drive, Chip
 held the next day.                                                   and Putt Championship.

 “I’m really excited about the announcement of the new                Knowing he would have only one chance to participate in
 tournament for women,” says Vanessa who celebrated her               the highly publicized championship because of his age,
 victory by eating cupcakes and enjoying some time in the             Luke’s main focus in 2017 was qualifying Augusta in the
 hotel games room! “I would like to go and compete there on           14 & 15 age division. Luke is a bit of an exception to the
 the big course one day.”                                             game, having received his first set of golf clubs from his
                                                                      parents at the age of 11 and learning the game from there.

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“Golf is No. 1 for me. I love to practice. I can spend two hours
                                                                       making 20 footers on the practice putting green or I can go
                                                                       to the range and hit balls for an hour without changing clubs.
                                                                       There’s nothing better,” says the third-year Fonthill G&CC
                                                                       junior member.

                                                                       Then came the qualifiers Fox Valley in Buffalo where he
                                                                       picked up the third and final qualifying spot to move to the
                                                                       second round. Then came Turning Stone Resort in Syracuse,
                                                                       NY where he picked up the win to move to the third and final
                                                                       stage of qualifying at Winged Foot Golf Club just outside
                                                                       New York City — five-time host site of the U.S. Open. The
                                                                       storyline was simple - win and you go to Augusta along with
                                                                       winners from the other 10 remaining sites around the
                                                                       country – lose and he would never have an opportunity to
                                                                       compete at Augusta.

                                                                       Luke, who comes in at just 5’4”, made the most of the seven-
                                                                       hour drive with a victory as he punched his ticket to the
                                                                       Drive, Chip & Putt Championship. “I think I was a little more
                                                                       nervous at each qualifier because I knew I was getting closer
                                                                       to my goal, but they also helped me learn to deal with the
                                                                       pressure. The first time I was standing up there to take a drive
                                                                       my knees were shaking – it was like making a speech in front
                                                                       of your class at school. At the second qualifier I was able to
                                                                       take a few deep breaths to calm myself down inside and by
                                                                       the time I got to Winged Foot my knees were strong,” says
                                                                       Luke, who won both the Niagara Junior Tour and his club’s
                                                                       junior titles in 2017.

                                                                       In the first qualifier his drives were in the 210 to 217-yard
                                                                       range, in the second 230 yards, in the final qualifier 240 to
                                                                       250 yards on a cold day and at Augusta he topped out with
                                                                       a drive of 262 yards after going OB on his first swing – uphill
                                                                       and into the wind!

                                                                       “Going to Augusta for the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship
                                                                       is the most fun I have ever had golfing. When you think of
                                                                       golf it’s the best place you could be to golf. I just tried to take
                                                                       in as much as I could and enjoy the entire experience. Putting
                                                                       on No. 18 and making that final putt is something I will never
                                                                       forget. That was an amazing feeling. They treated us like pros
                                                                       from start to finish.”

                                                                       At Augusta he was second overall after hitting a perfect
                                                                       drive down the middle to start the competition. He continued
   From the very first time he played his first round of golf at Pen   the hot streak finishing chipping in fifth spot which kept him in
   Lakes GC, Luke was hooked and there has been no turning             second overall, five points behind the leader. “I was trying to
   back as his passion for the game grew with every swing.             make both putts (the first one from 30 feet and the second

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from 15 feet) I had to win putting if I wanted to win the overall
title.”

His first putt went six feet by, but then he drained the second
putt. “I didn’t want to leave it short. I knew it was in three feet
from the cup. I just saw it rolling in and turned my back to
celebrate,” says Luke who finished fifth overall.

What’s next, well his coach Sean Casey, the Director of
Instruction at Glen Abbey, has recommended Luke join the
CJGA to take his overall game to the next level this summer.

“I recommended that Luke play the CJGA, so he could
compete on a bigger stage against better players,” says
Casey who also acts as an international coach for the CJGA.
“Up until this point time he has really only competed in the
Niagara region. The CJGA events are professionally run, at
quality golf courses and there is an event pretty much every
week so it’s easy to build a schedule. I also like the
opportunities the juniors have to qualify to compete and
represent Canada in international events.”

“Luke worked hard this winter to prepare for the drive, chip
and putt but also just to improve his game for the upcoming
season. He did a great job and worked hard to improve his
swing over the winter was able to really improve his technique
and ball striking. At each lesson we discussed important
mental strategies that would be necessary to give himself a
chance in Augusta. I was really happy with the way he
competed and the quality of the shots he hit. It’s a tough
competition to win with so few shots. He was in second place
after the driving and chipping and was the only one in his
division to make one of his two putts. Overall, it was a great
experience and he now has memories that will last a lifetime,”
Casey added.

“I’m looking forward to playing my first CJGA event and we’ll
take it one week at a time,” Luke notes. While Luke may be a
little nervous when he hears his name called as he steps on
the tee at his first CJGA tournament, it’s the start of another
chapter in the life of a teenaged dreamer and we all know
where that can take you!

LANDON KELLY

When asked what it was like to stand on the tee at Augusta
National and take just two swings with his driver in the Drive,
Chip and Putt Championship, one word came to mind for                 people looking at your every move Landon was shaking in his
nine-year-old Landon Kelly.                                           spikes.

In that moment, on the Sunday before the start of the Master,         “Terrified” was the word he used in an interview to explain the
with the world watching on TV and surrounded by lots of               feeling, moments before he crushed a drive 152 yards that

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landed him in fifth place to start the 2018 Drive, Chip &       green during Monday’s practice round,” Landon says of his
     Putt Championship, while his parents Shana and Matt and         lasting memory of Augusta, but he also really liked the
     older sister Nyah cheering him on.                              game room at the hotel where all the competitors stayed!

     For the Kelly family, who hail from Bobcaygeon, this trip       Another highlight, pre-tournament was a visit to the family
     was a heightened case of déjà vu as Landon followed in the      home this past winter by The Golf Channel as a TV crew
     footsteps of his older sister Nyah who was also nine when       put together a wonderful video that aired this spring
     she qualified for the very first Drive, Chip & Putt             featuring the family and Landon’s inspiring story of
     Championship in 2014 and became the first international         recovering from a life threaten berth defect – to view it
     female player to play a competitive golf shot at the historic   CLICK HERE.
     club.
                                                                     This summer will be his fifth consecutive year of being a
     Landon, who also plays goalie on a local travel team,           member of the CJGA and his sister, who also played on the
     finished ninth in driving, fourth in chipping and seventh in    tour for several years, always asks him to bring home some
     putting, while the most exciting moment of the competition      Big Chief Beef Jerky, a CJGA sponsor, from each event for
     was chipping the ball to two feet from the cup – the closest    her to munch on.
     shot of the group. At the end of the day, Landon finished
     8th overall, while his sister finished for T8 five years ago!   “We have always enjoyed taking both Nyah and Landon to
                                                                     CJGA,” their mother Shana says. “It’s a great opportunity to
     “This was my third year of trying to qualify, the first two     play with other youngsters who are their own ages, they
     times I lost out in the second stage, so just getting to        see a lot of different courses and their passion for the game
     Augusta was very exciting,” says Landon who started             grows. Before that he was playing with adults, so it’s great
     golfing at the age of two. He plays out of Lindsay G&CC,        way to play with kids his own age, make friends and learn to
     where his mother is the Associate Teaching Professional. “I     compete in a positive environment.” n
     got a hi-five from Jordan Spieth as he came off the 17th

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CJGA Junior Golf News Feature

  The
  Fashionable
  Choice: Sarah
  Gallagher
                                By Ted McIntyre
T
               he writing was on the wall pretty early for Sarah Gallagher.    February, Sarah was announced as the 2017 recipient of the Helena
                                                                               Harbridge Sportsmanship Award, named in honour of the CJGA alum
              “When she was in Grade One, her school had a career              who passed away in 2006 during her freshman year at West Georgia
              day and students had to dress up according to what they          University. The award is annually bestowed upon a CJGA member
              wanted to be when they grew up,” recalls her mother,             who “embodies the characteristics of sportsmanship, dedication and
  Carolyn Gallagher. “Sarah dressed up as a golfer.”                           contribution to the game,” notes CJGA Director of Tour Operations
  “I walked down the aisle of my gym with my golf clubs on my back,            Reegan Price.
  wearing a plaid hat, a pink shirt and like orange shorts,” the younger       “It’s a great honour to have the CJGA pick me to represent that award
  Gallagher remembers.                                                         this year—that they saw that in me,” Sarah says. “Helena Harbridge was
  While she has been skiing since she was two—competitively for the past       a great role model. I’ll be trying to demonstrate all those important
  four years, including a second-place slalom effort at Beaver Valley Ski      traits throughout the years whenever I play golf.”
  Club near Collingwood, Ontario in her first race this past season—           “We were quite humbled by it,” Carolyn admits. “The characteristics
  Sarah’s crystal ball has always been a little more green than snow white.    they were looking for—sportsmanship and dedication—those are the
  “I’ve probably wanted to go to Stanford University on a golf scholarship     attributes we’re most proud of in Sarah. We drilled it into her from the
  since I was 10,” says the Burlington resident, who turned 14 in January.     beginning that honesty and integrity in any sport are the most
                                                                               important things—much more important than hitting the ball well.”
  Why Stanford? “Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie went there. And it’s in
  California, which is nice and warm. And my parents’ friends visited          You want further evidence of that dedication? The Glenn Arbour
  there once and said the campus is amazing. And it looks like a great         Academy Grade 8 student has consistently maintained an A to A+
  school.”                                                                     average, and even assists her teachers during and after classroom time
                                                                               with marking and class assignments for younger students.
  While that may sound overly ambitious for a 14-year-old who didn’t
  start competing seriously until two seasons ago, Gallagher’s resumé is       And perseverance? Standing in second spot after her first slalom run at
  filling up fast. She won seven times last year, including arguably the two   a Caledon Ski Club event in February, Gallagher fell in icy conditions
  biggest events on the CJGA calendar: the Larry Ungerman Cup and              during her final run and slid well past her gate. Although she knew her
  the CJGA Mizuno National Junior Golf Championship. Although just             chances of a podium finish had evaporated, Gallagher climbed back
  13 at the time, she captured the 2017 CJGA Order of Merit for the            up the hill, went around the gate and finished the race—and still placed
  Bantam Girls U15 flight, a year that also saw her Team East squad            20th of 57 skiers.
  capture the inaugural DeLaet Cup in Saskatoon.                               Mother Carolyn has seen that dogged determination before. “We got
  “Winning my match 3 and 2 on the final day of the DeLaet Cup, and            Sarah into lessons when she was in Grade 2. The following year, she
  finding out afterward that our team had won the tournament—that was          broke her foot and had to take six weeks off of soccer. But she kept
  one of my greatest memories of my life,” Gallagher beams.                    playing golf—in a walking cast.

  While the many testimonials of her talents are competing for space on        “Something else I’ll always remember was last year’s opening
  a shelf in her bedroom, it’s the trophy acknowledging Gallagher’s            tournament for the CJGA, at Peninsula Lakes in April,” Carolyn relates.
  character that Carolyn and her husband Mike are most proud of. In            “It was cold and rainy and Sarah had a really tough round that first day,

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but went into the second day with a lot of grit and determination and          her talent early—she won the 2014 CN Future Links Junior Skills
shot 14 shots better to finish first.”                                         Challenge National Event (girls 9-11) that first year,” recalls the PGA of
                                                                               Ontario’s 2015 Junior Leader of the Year. “She’s very mature and
Sarah credits her swing coach of four years, Bradlee Ryall, director of        athletic and has grown tremendously—both mentally and physically. Her
instruction of the Bradlee Ryall Golf Academies, as feeding some of            potential is through the roof. I’m a huge NFL guy and going into the draft
that positive outlook. “He always makes drills and practising so much          they always talk about a player as having a ‘solid floor’ (good now, but
fun,” Gallagher notes. “One thing he always says to me is, ‘Think about        the potential to grow is limited), or a ‘high ceiling’ (good now, raw talent,
the game of golf and how silly it is—that you’re trying to put a ball into a   with potential to be great). I put Sarah in the latter category. We are
hole! So if I’m ever down, I always think about that and laugh to myself,      diligently working on her short game—strokes gained around the
and then get up on the next tee and start a new hole.                          greens. Once she locks in this area of the game, her power, self-
“Another great thing about working with (Bradlee) is that he also owns a       confidence and tenacity will propel her to becoming a great player!”
junior golf (and activewear) clothing line called SWING and has given          The two-sport talent is already zeroing in on golf, with Gallagher opting
me many opportunities to provide input on colours and design, which            to put her competitive skiing to bed beginning next winter, in favour of
really appeals to the part of me that loves fashion,” enthuses Gallagher,      teaching youngsters to ski at Craigleith Ski Club in Collingwood.
who hopes to one day make her own mark in apparel design. “He had
me make a power point. I basically made up a whole line—colours,               A tremendous driver of the ball, she already has the most important
different skort designs. He says he took a lot of that into consideration      assets in place, suggests Ryall. “Sarah has a great perspective and
for the 2019 line.”                                                            positive outlook around the ebbs and flows of competitive golf. She has
                                                                               great parents who provide tremendous support. And she has a burning
                                                                               desire to improve.
While he respects her sense of fashion, Ryall is looking far beyond            “And she smiles a lot,” Ryall adds, “which is what’s most important to
                                                                               me!” n
2019 when it comes to Gallagher’s future. “Sarah was a part of our
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CJGA Junior Golf News Feature

 Many Tiny
 Steps, and One
 Big Leap: Andy
 Kim
                                By Ted McIntyre
S
              ince he started swinging a golf club at age nine, Andy       had continued his sluggish performance when play was suspended
              Kim’s game has been one of incremental growth—as             partway through Round Two due to wet and unplayable conditions.
              subtle as a 3° slope on a putting green.
                                                                           “The delay really helped me reorganize my mind, knowing I had 30
   How he came to play, on the other hand, entails somewhat of a           holes left on the last day,” says Kim, who scrambled to an even-par
   more dramatic leap—8,273 kms, to be precise.                            second round, then overcame a two-shot deficit with a 69 over the
                                                                           final 18 holes.
   That’s what separates Kim’s home of Langley. B.C. from his
   birthplace of Daejeon, South Korea—a distance he first travelled at     But it was this three last few swings that may have showcased Kim’s
   age four along with his two brothers and mother. While the group        evolution as a player. “I knew I had to be close to the leader,” says
   returned from their probe into Canadian culture a year later, Andy      Kim, who went for the par-5 18th in two, but saw his four-iron
   was given an option at age nine: Would he like to go back—on his        approach disappear into the hazard short-left of the green. Sensing
   own?                                                                    he had to save par to secure the victory and earn himself a spot in the
                                                                           2018 B.C. Junior Championship, Kim confidently cozied up a 30-
   “I think my parents’ idea was to help me learn English,” relates Kim,   yard chip to 10 feet, then poured in the putt.
   now a strapping 183-lb 18 year-old. “I didn’t know what I was
   getting into at that age, and thought, ‘Sure—why not?’ It was kind of   The par, it would turn out, actually gave him a two-shot win, but Kim's
   an adventure. My parents thought about sending me to the States,        execution on that final hole spoke volumes to his swing coach Park.
   but decided on Langley instead since we knew the area.
                                                                           “When he was young, and would make a mistake (like that), he
   The Kims also had a contact from their first trip, having formed a      couldn’t control his emotions,” says Park. “But in the past few years,
   bond with David Park, a teaching professional at Langley’s              he can control himself when something bad happens. I like that very
   Redwoods GC, who agreed to take young Andy into his home.               much.”
   Nine years later, David and his wife Seung Heee are still serving as
   Andy’s surrogate mom and dad.                                           Kim, who boasts a plus-.09 handicap, plans to compete in a Monday
                                                                           qualifier for the Mackenzie Tour’s Freedom 55 Financial Open at
   “He had no problem adapting,” Park remembers. “And while we’re          Vancouver’s Point Grey G&CC at the end of May. But he also
   not his mother and father, the relationship has always been like        relishes the prospect of team play in his coming college days, and
   family.”                                                                cites his individual and team honours at the 2017 B.C. AAA
                                                                           Championship as his greatest memory thus far in golf.
   Kim remembers finding the less regimented lifestyle of Canadian
   youngsters to his liking. “Things went really well here that first      “I was fortunate that everyone was really good and super close,” says
   year—I liked it much better than Korea. Kids here seemed to be          Kim, whose Walnut Grove Gators won by a whopping 42 shots over
   free—had their own free time—unlike Korea, where education is           their nearest competitor to capture the school’s first AAA golf title.
   such a big part of life. I loved being outside more, being free to do
   what I wanted to do.”                                                   Kim has since been offered scholarships at a pair of U.S. colleges, but
                                                                           the University of British Columbia will likely be his future stomping
   Although Kim had no initial intention of pursuing golf, it was near     ground, suggests Park. “I think he’d love to stay here instead of going
   impossible not to follow in the footsteps of Park, who saw Andy’s       to the U.S.A., which is fine.”
   passion quickly grow on the Redwoods driving range. “He played
   and practised every day—an hour or two on the range and the             Whatever the future holds, Kim credits five years of CJGA
   practice green each day. Slowly getting better all the time,” says      tournament action as preparing him for bigger things. “Without
   Park.                                                                   (multi-round) events, it’s hard to get that tournament feeling,” Kim
                                                                           says. “The CJGA does a really good job having that professional
   Competitive play soon followed, but it wasn’t without discouraging      environment, compared to some of the other tours. It really helps
   moments. “I really enjoyed my first tournament,” says Kim, “but I       prepare you—knowing what’s it’s like on a bigger scale, like
   had a few years of not ever being in contention—everyone in             provincials or the Canadian Junior.”
   contention seemed to have started playing when they were six or
   seven. But I got better, step by step.”                                 Kim’s family won’t likely be in attendance for any of those upcoming
                                                                           events. He only sees his brothers and father, a doctor in Baejeon,
   One of those latest steps occurred in March at Northview GC’s           when he returns home. “I rarely go over there, though.” Kim says, “but
   Canal Course in Surrey, B.C., where Kim captured the Junior Boys        my mom comes over every year for a week or two.”
   division of the CJGA’s 2018 Humber College PGM
   Championship, reeling in tournament leader Cole Wilson of               Regardless, his parents would be proud, says the man who knows him
   Kelowna on the final day.                                               best.

   Mother Nature lent a helping hand, suggests Kim, who opened the         “He’s a very good Christian,” says Park. “He’s not just good at golf.” n
   54-hole tournament with a disappointing one-over-par 73 and

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CJGA Junior Golf News Feature

 Fred McCord:
 Atlantic Canada
 CJGA Tournament
 Director                       by Brent Long
I
        t will be up-up and away this summer for the Canadian Junior Golf     G&CC, where the McCord’s are members had about 70 juniors in
        Association on the East Coast with Fred McCord and his crew on        2017, but only a handful would compete at CJGA events.
        board.
                                                                              “I really want the golf community to understand that while the CJGA
  The CJGA is set to reach new heights and courses with an expanded           offers competitive programs, we are really here for the kids, to teach
  schedule for Junior Linksters and Juniors in three Maritime provinces.      them about golf, but more importantly to have fun, make friends and
                                                                              develop a passion for the game,” says Fred, who got his start in the
  “We’re really just going to try to spread the word about the CJGA this      game caddying at Royal Montreal Golf Club as a 15 or 16-year old
  spring and summer to try and connect with as many local junior club         and he’s played the game on and off ever-since. More recently, Fred
  programs as we can,” says McCord, the CJGA Eastern Canada                   flew down to Florida with Cameron for March Break and they played
  Tournament Director. “I’m really excited that we are expanding to 12        eight courses in six days – he definitely loves the game. In April, Fred
  events from seven. We’re really going to focus on Junior Linkster           flew to Mumbai for work and managed to squeeze in a couple of
  tournaments for children five to 10 years of age to grow the game at the    rounds of golf in India.
  grass roots level.
                                                                              For 2018, Fred has recruited his own team of local volunteers – Pudge
  There will be seven Junior Linkster                                                                            Cant, Kenny Scott and Pete Lenink
  events – two in June, three in July and                                                                        - to assist with running events and
  one in August and five Junior                                                                                  they will have their own CJGA
  tournaments, two in May, two in August,                                                                        trailer for transporting equipment.
  plus the popular DeLaet Cup Qualifier
  at Northumberland Links in June. The                                                                             “It is great to have Fred on board.
  Atlantic Championship will be separate                                                                           Being a golf enthusiast himself and
  events for both divisions this year and it                                                                       having a son that is a competitive
  will be the Junior Linksters first                                                                               junior golfer, he understands the
  opportunity two play a two-day event!                                                                            game and the importance of
                                                                                                                   executing our events in a manner
  “We have been working behind the                                                                                 that is both welcoming to juniors
  scenes talking to golf clubs since last                                                                          and parents yet structured and
  summer and the response from the club                                                                            organized to the CJGA standard,
  and has been extremely positive,” says                                                                           says Brad Parkins, Chief
  McCord. While most of the events are in                                                                          Operating Officer at the CJGA.
  Nova Scotia, where McCord lives, there                                                                           “As a parent, he also brings that
  is one Junior event on PEI at Eagles                                                                             angle to the position, which
  Glenn and one Junior Linkster                                                                                    ultimately will allow us to adjust
  tournament at Moncton G&CC in New                                                                                better meet the needs of our
  Brunswick. “There are a lot of talented                                                                          members in Atlantic Canada.”
  junior players out there, both boys and girls. We want them to know that
  there is an opportunity to learn to play competitive golf with the CJGA     Parkins says the CJGA has already experienced growth with Fred at
  and then to move through the program as their games continue to             the help as he connects with more and more golf courses and their
  improve.”                                                                   junior programs.

  “I’m still surprised by the number of people who have not heard about the   He says there is room to grow right across Canada, but the Atlantic
  CJGA, but hopefully we can get the word out this summer and create a        Region is a high-growth opportunity. “In partnering with Fred, we look
  buzz in Eastern Canada,” says McCord, who first looked into the             to improve relations with PGA of Canada members in all four East
  program a couple of years ago when his son Cameron was looking to           Coast provinces and to better connect with the provincial golf
  take his game beyond the local junior program at their home course at       associations, so we can all grow the game of golf together,” Parkins
  Grandview G&CC, near Halifax, NS.                                           says. “There are already several great young players in Atlantic
                                                                              Canada and there are more to be discovered and nurtured. We’re
  They flew out to Victoria, BC in the spring of 2016 to start the season     committed to bringing more events to Eastern Canada, so they can
  and Cameron thoroughly enjoyed himself playing in a couple of events        develop their skills right at home.”
  and dad, who has been an flight attendant with Air Canada for the past
  30 years, got bitten by the bug to assist. In 2017, Fred helped run the     As for the rest of the summer, you can expect to see Cameron trying
  CJGA East Coast events with the assistance of tournament staff from the     to win his first CJGA tournament, while dad will see a lot of golf
  CJGA’s head office in Toronto. He also started to think of ways to          courses, but might not play as much as he has in the past . . . but there’s
  improve the programs. Over the winter Fred reached out to golf              little doubt that more youngsters will be playing the game as a result of
  professionals across Eastern Canada to introduce himself and to             the new plan that is in place. n
  encourage junior program leaders and junior coaches to promote the
  CJGA at their clubs. As an example, the junior program at Grandview

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Information on
               Rules is not
               Advice
                                                                                                                       Barry Rhodes

Barry is the author of ‘999 Updated Questions on the Rules of Golf 2012-2015’, the easiest and most enjoyable way to absorb and understand the
Rules. He is an enthusiastic, high handicap golfer, resident in Dublin, Ireland, who developed an interest, then a fascination, and now an obsession with the
Rules of Golf. Barry’s relationship with the Rules began in 2000 with his participation in the inter-club Rules of Golf quiz competitions, organised by the
Royal & Ancient for Golf Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland. This then led to him writing articles, running quizzes, and delivering presentations on the
Rules at a variety of Golf Club and corporate functions. In March 2008, Barry became the first person to achieve a 100% correct mark on the public
Advanced Rules of Golf Course examination, run by the PGA in their headquarters at The Belfry, West Midlands, UK.
I
         There was an excellent interaction relating to the Rules of Golf         Cherie arrives on the 1st tee 4 minutes after her official start time in a
         between the ‘new kid on the block’, Shubhankar Sharma and the            medal competition. She makes her apologies and while she is waiting for
         ‘veteran’, Phil Mickelson, last Sunday at the 2018 WGC-Mexico            her fellow competitor's to tee-off she realises that she has left her putter
         Championship. Together with Tyrrell Hatton, as the three third           at home, where she was practicing her putting on the carpet.
  round leaders, they were in the final group to tee off. Sharma’s ball flew
  the green at the 5th hole and he found it surrounded by television wires.       She sees a friend, who has just completed her round, walking towards
  It seems that Sharma, who currently leads the European Tour’s Race to           the clubhouse and shouts to her, asking to borrow her putter.
  Dubai, may not have been sure whether his relief was from a movable
  obstruction or an immovable obstruction. Phil Mickelson had no such             Still flustered from her late arrival she then makes a mess of her tee shot
  doubt and helpfully guided him through the process of taking relief from        and hooks it into a bunker on an adjacent hole.
  a movable obstruction. You can view the incident at this Golf Channel
  link.                                                                           She sees a ball that is almost buried in soft sand but cannot positively
                                                                                  identify it as hers. As she cannot see any other ball in the bunker she
  Phil correctly recognised that the wires were easily movable and told           assumes that it must be hers, digs her feet into the sand to make a stance
  Sharma to mark his ball, in case it moved while he was removing the             and swings at the ball.
  wires, even directing him to move his marker closer, so that the position
  would be more accurately marked. In fact, it is not necessary to mark a         Her contact is not good and she immediately realises that she has hit the
  ball whilst removing an obstruction, as Rule 24-2 only requires that if the     ball twice in splashing it out of the bunker.
  ball moves while doing so it must be replaced. But marking the ball’s
  position in this situation is a good practice that all golfers should follow.   She remembers to rake the bunker where she has just played from and,
                                                                                  having checked that the ball is indeed hers, she takes three more strokes
  An important point here is that providing information on the Rules does         to complete the hole.
  not incur the penalty for giving advice, Definition of Advice. But
  Decision 8-1/16 provides a caveat;                                              What is Cherie's score for the hole?

  Q. B's ball was lying badly. B was deliberating what action to take when        (The answer is below)
  A, his fellow-competitor, said: "You have no shot at all. If I were you, I
  would deem the ball unplayable." Was A giving advice, contrary to Rule
  8-1?
                                                                                  19th Hole Titbit - Do You Know?
  A. Yes. A's suggestion could have influenced B "in determining his play."
                                                                                  That you may knock down leaves from a tree or bush with a practice
  Thus, it constituted advice - see Definition of "Advice." It did not
                                                                                  swing, providing you do not actually improve the area of your intended
  constitute "information on the Rules," which is not advice.
                                                                                  stroke swing. Decision 13-2/0.5.
  I have no doubt that Phil was correct in identifying the interfering cable
  as a movable obstruction. The Definition states that an obstruction is a
  movable obstruction if it may be moved without unreasonable effort,
  without unduly delaying play and without causing damage, which
  obviously applied to the cables in this incident, even if they had been
  trodden down and were partially embedded in the soft earth. Another
  example of a movable obstruction that is embedded is a water hazard
  stake, which may be inserted several inches into the ground, but is still
  easily removable and is therefore a movable obstruction, unless a Local
  Rule states otherwise.

  This is not the first time that Phil Mickelson has shown that he has a good
  knowledge of the Rules of Golf; if only this applied to all the Pro golfers
  on Tour.

  Good golfing,

  Here is the link to watching Phil and Sharma

  https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/watch-and-
  listen-phil-offers-shubhankar-rules-advice/

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Place First Name     Last Name     City                       Country              R1 R2 R3   Total   Place First Name     Last Name        City                            Country          R1   R2   R3 Total
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1    Darren          Choi                            ON       Canada               68 74 72 214       1    Tianyu          Wu              Howey in the Hills FL            United States    74   73   71   218
2    Balthazar       Duclos        Garches                    France               74 71 70 215       2    John Patrick    Miller          Windermere         FL            United States    74   74   74   222
                                                                                                      3    Grayson         Maddox          Tampa                            United States    78   73   75   226
3    Justin          Hastings      Grand Cayman               Cayman Islands       73 74 76 223
                                                                                                      4    Remi            Chartier        Beaconsfield       QC            Canada           75   74   80   229
4    Nolan           Piazza        Niagara Falls     ON       Canada               77 77 73 227
                                                                                                      5    Max             Coutsolioutsos Bradenton           FL            United States    76   78   76   230
5    Beni            Long          Toronto           ON       Canada               76 76 76 228       6    Grant           Lau             Toronto            ON            Canada           78   79   74   231
6    Tyler           Donnellan     Riverside         CT       United States        75 78 77 230       6    Ziga            Strasek         Ljubljana                        Slovenia         76   82   73   231
7    Aaron           Zhang         Lake Mary         FL       United States        76 80 76 232       6    Freddy          D Angelo        Fonthill           ON            Canada           74   78   79   231
8    Kevin           Rodriguez     Punta Cana                 Dominican Republic   74 84 78 236       9    Esteban         Jaramillo       Sunny Isles        FL            United States    70   83   79   232
                                                                                                      9    Jared           Winiarz         Norton             MA            United States    80   78   74   232
8    James           Farina IV     Somers            NY       United States        79 83 74 236
                                                                                                      9    Gaspard         Oliviers        Brussels                         Belgium          77   78   77   232
10   Ziyang          Chen          Wesley Chapel     FL       United States        78 84 75 237       9    Dylan           MacDonald       Markham            ON            Canada           78   77   77   232
11   Michael         Weber         Burlington        ON       Canada               83 78 77 238       9    Matthew         Roberts         Stockton           Forest York   United Kingdom   73   81   78   232
11   Neil            Zhu           Novi              MI       United States        82 73 83 238       14   Santiago        Davila          Bogota                           Colombia         80   74   79   233
11   Max             Popovic       Domzale                    Slovenia             81 78 79 238       14   Robbie          Latter          Mississauga        ON            Canada           76   78   79   233
                                                                                                      16   Ian             Johnston        Swisher            IA            United States    73   81   80   234
14   Kevin           Lee           Markham           ON       Canada               83 82 76 241
                                                                                                      16   Malcolm         Glumpak         Burlington         ON            Canada           78   78   78   234
15   Bradyn          Wark          St. Catharines    ON       Canada               81 77 85 243
                                                                                                      16   Bradley         Smithson        Grand Rapids       MI            United States    85   74   75   234
16   Elias           Kennon        Old Greenwich     CT       United States        77 82 86 245       19   Dylan           Henderson       Waterloo           ON            Canada           77   79   80   236
16   Jiakai          Chen          Lakewood Ranch    FL       United States        76 87 82 245       20   Song            Bai             Vancouver          BC            Canada           79   82   76   237
18   Felix-Antoine   Levasseur     Nicolet           QC       Canada               84 86 77 247       20   Chayan          Duha            Levallois          Other         France           79   79   79   237
19   Wyatt           Plattner      Sarasota          FL       United States        83 81 84 248       20   Trent           Zorgdrager      Stratford          ON            Canada           73   82   82   237
                                                                                                      23   Bennett         Ruby            Waterloo           ON            Canada           78   81   79   238
19   Pedro Henrique Santos         Quatro Barras              Brazil               86 81 81 248
                                                                                                      24   Gerry           Mei             North York         ON            Canada           77   80   82   239
21   Allen           Tan           Panama                     Panama               85 83 81 249
                                                                                                      24   Luka            Strasek         Ljubljana                        Slovenia         81   76   82   239
22   Brent           Schidowka     Komoka            ON       Canada               80 87 84 251       26   Maxwell         White           Tampa              FL            United States    86   81   74   241
23   Ethan           Gillis        Pickering         ON       Canada               82 90 80 252       26   Daunte          Nagra           Woodbridge         ON            Canada           78   83   80   241
24   Thomas          Sutherland    Hammonds Plains   NS       Canada               90 88 81 259       26   Dustin          Franko          Delta              BC            Canada           75   81   85   241
25   Thomas          Wong          Pepper Pike       OH       United States        91 82 90 263       29   Eric            Yun             Richmond Hill      ON            Canada           80   81   81   242
                                                                                                      29   Romi            Dilawri         Ottawa             ON            Canada           83   74   85   242

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                                                                                                      33   Paolo           Urso Fuentes    Rivas Vacia-                     Spain            80   83   81   244
1     Nicole         Felce         Holiday           FL       United States        79 74 72 225
                                                                                                      33   Jimin           Jung            Briarcliff Manor NY              United States    86   78   80   244
2     Katie          Stinchcomb Cave Creek           AZ       United States        76 82 74 232
                                                                                                      33   Elliot          Haas            Dickerson          MD            United States    83   85   76   244
3     Ariel Gonzalez Arceo         Merida                     Mexico               77 81 76 234
                                                                                                      36   Edward          Shen            Ann Arbor          MI            United States    83   82   80   245
4     Shivani        Vora          Dover             NH       United States        78 79 78 235
                                                                                                      36   Filip           Jinglov         Danderyd                         Sweden           82   86   77   245
5     Sarah          Gallagher     Burlington        ON       Canada               81 87 73 241       38   Jason           Shi             Wesley Chapel FL                 United States    87   79   80   246
6     Maria Eugenia Chong Leon Lima                           Peru                 84 81 77 242       38   Jared           Coyle           Manotick           ON            Canada           84   85   77   246
7     Cindy-Cruise   Koira         Victoria          BC       Canada               81 80 83 244       40   Alex            Zurat           Victor             NY            United States    82   84   81   247
7     Madalin        Small         Newton            MA       United States        82 80 82 244       40   Tyler           Cunningham      Milton             ON            Canada           84   84   79   247
9     Faustina       Pergolini     Rosario                    Argentina            83 83 82 248       42   Thomas          Latter          Mississauga        ON            Canada           79   84   85   248
10    Calista        Zeng          Maple             ON       Canada               91 102 86 279      43   Zibo            Chen            Wesley Chapel FL                 United States    80   83   86   249

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44   Zachary        Wylie-Kos   Kanata            ON      Canada          81   86 83   250
44   Ronnie         Cao         Wesley Chapel     FL      United States   88   80 82   250
46   Matt           Kulla       Fargo             ND      United States   87   82 83   252
47   Ethan          Ko          Victoria          BC      Canada          94   78 81   253
47   James          Dean        Roxboro           QC      Canada          82   85 86   253
47   Richard(Yee- Kwok          Markham           ON      Canada          82   87 84   253
49   William        Anderson    Portage           MI      United States   84   89 81   254
49   Aiden          Coyle       Manotick          ON      Canada          88   84 82   254
49   Jim            Cai         Shenzhen          Other   China           86   83 85   254
53   Tyler          Hashmi      Charlottetown     PE      Canada          86   78 92   256
54   Andrew         Gwilliams   Bradford          ON      Canada          80   92 86   258
55   Jia Jin        Tee         Bangsar           Other   Malaysia        90   87 84   261
55   Thomas         Stafford    Beaconsfield      QC      Canada          89   87 85   261
55   Adam           Mussani     Greely            ON      Canada          90   82 89   261
58   Yuqi           Zhou        Rochester Hills   MI      United States   84   93 85   262
58   Brandon        Azzi        Laval             QC      Canada          87   90 85   262
60   David          Collette    Beaconsfield      QC      Canada          87   92 84   263
60   Daniel Qi Jue Lai          Victoria          BC      Canada          79   97 87   263
62   Jin Se (Usher) Li          Vancouver         BC      Canada          83   92 89   264
63   Jack           Xue         Wellington        FL      United States   86   92 88   266
64   Travis         Olsen       Germantown        TN      United States   92   83 92   267
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66   Elliott        Wayne       Thornhill         ON      Canada          95   87 93   275   December 27-30, 2018
68   Luke           Hollander   Schomberg         ON      Canada          89   97 90   276
69   James          Bader       Milton            ON      Canada          100 89 88    277     visit cjga.com to register
70   Jackson        Biever      Redding           CT      United States   128 112 121 361
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