Fourth taking part in of the nationwide championship will see largest subject in match historical past, headlined by three-time girls’s champion, Natasha Stasiuk, males’s defending champion Chris Willis and three-time girls’s stableford champion Tess Trojan
Brighton, Ont. – The 2024 Canadian All Skills Championship, offered by BDO is ready for September 10-12 with a subject of 60 novice golfers competing at Timber Ridge Golf Course in Brighton, Ont.
The fourth taking part in of the nationwide championship will see an extra match spherical added, growing to a 54-hole competitors, that includes gamers with neurological, mental, sensory, and bodily impairments.
There are 4 completely different divisions within the Canadian All Skills Championship that gamers will compete in, no matter incapacity classification: Ladies’s Gross Stroke Play; Ladies’s Web Stableford; Males’s Gross Stroke Play and Males’s Web Stableford.
The sphere of rivals consists of three-time Ladies’s Gross Stroke Play defending champion Natasha Stasiuk of Oakville, Ont., who’s at present the no. 1 ranked feminine golfer with an mental incapacity on the World Rating for Golfers with Incapacity (WR4GD) and three-time Ladies’s Web Stableford winner, Tess Trojan of St. Catharines, Ont.
Stasiuk has loved a profitable season so far, she completed third general and first in her sports activities class on the USDGA Championship on the PGA Membership in Port St. Lucie, Fla in April. She adopted that up by completed first within the mental incapacity class and eighth general on the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan. in July. Stasiuk additionally positioned fourth with two-time Canadian All Skills males’s champion, Kurtis Barkley on the G4D Tour Nations Cup at Betfred British Masters at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England final month. Along with three straight nationwide championships, Stasiuk has additionally received the Ontario Adaptive Championship 4 occasions and received the bronze medal on the 2023 Particular Olympics World Video games in Berlin, Germany.
On the lads’s aspect, defending champion, Chris Willis of Aurora, Ont. at present ranked no. 14 on the WR4GD, 2022 Males’s Web Stableford winner Kevin Delaney of Windsor, Ont. Russell Aide of Stirling, Ont. at present ranked no. 61 on the WR4GD will probably be competing at Timber Ridge.
Earlier this season, Willis completed third on the G4D Open on the Duchess Course at Woburn in Milton Keynes, England. Together with successful the nationwide championship final yr, Willis additionally received the 2023 Ontario Adaptive Championship.
In January, Stasiuk, Willis and Aide have been amongst 12-golfers that have been invited to Quinta do Lago, Portugal for the primary Participant Improvement Camp created by the European Disabled Golf Affiliation (EDGA), which was supported by the European Tour Group.
“We’re very proud and excited to host the biggest subject in match historical past for the fourth taking part in of the Canadian All Skills Championship,” stated Golf Canada Match Director Sam Meek. “This yr additionally sees our nationwide championship increase to a 54-hole competitors and is a signature occasion on the Golf Canada match schedule. We’re proud to characteristic each a gross stroke play championship and a web stableford championship which gives equitability for the sector competing on this nationwide championship and demonstrates our continued dedication to range, fairness, and inclusion. We’re wanting ahead to an amazing week at Timber Ridge Golf Course and thank the workers for his or her efforts in making this championship a memorable one.”
Designed by Stephen Ward and opened for play in 2001, Timber Ridge gives a singular problem to all ranges of gamers. With wildly undulating greens and rolling fairways, the format at Timber Ridge gives a wide range of hyperlinks and parkland type holes, providing two distinct types that one way or the other movement collectively completely. Situated in Brighton, about an hour east of the GTA, Timber Ridge gives an escape from the confines of the town to a peaceful, quiet nation setting.
“It’s an honour to have the chance to host an occasion just like the Canadian All Skills Championship and play even a small function in rising the sport of golf,” stated Nolan Walsh, Head Golf Skilled, Timber Ridge Golf Course. “We’re excited to welcome the individuals to the property and hope that Timber Ridge gives the right setting for such an thrilling nationwide championship.”
First performed in 2021 at Humber Valley Golf Course in Toronto, Ont., the competitors helps Golf Canada’s dedication to create a extra inclusive and respectful sport surroundings throughout the Canadian golf group.
The stableford scoring format of the Canadian All Skills Championship awards set factors primarily based off a golfer’s web rating for the opening. The factors will probably be awarded as follows: Albatross (5 factors), Eagle (4 factors), Birdie (3 factors), Par (2 factors), Bogey (1 level), Double Bogey or greater (0 factors). The golfers with the best whole of accrued factors over 54-holes will win their respective divisions.
Observe rounds are scheduled for Monday, September 9, and the match will get underway on Tuesday, September 10.
Golf Canada is grateful for the monetary assist of the Authorities of Ontario for the All Skills Championship from the Ontario Sport Internet hosting Program.
“Our authorities is proud to assist the 2024 Canadian All Skills Championships by means of the Ontario Sport Internet hosting Program,” stated Neil Lumsden, Minister of Sport. “This occasion gives novice golfers with a incapacity a possibility to showcase their abilities in competitors with their friends from throughout the nation. I applaud Golf Canada for his or her unwavering dedication to accessibility and inclusion and want all gamers the very best of luck for a profitable match.”
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