156 of Canada’s high junior golfers will compete for the Junior title together with a U16 Juvenile division and an inter-provincial staff competitors
Innisfail, Alta. – The 2024 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, introduced by BDO is ready for August 13-16 with a area of 156 junior golfers competing over 4 rounds at Innisfail Golf Membership in Innisfail, Alta.
This yr’s area competing for the Canadian Junior Boys Trophy, also called the Silver Cup, encompasses a proficient area of Canadian gamers, together with 5 2024 NextGen match winners, Charlie Gillespie of Calgary, Alta. (NextGen Western), Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask. (NextGen Prairie), Jager Ache of Woodbridge, Ont. (NextGen Ontario), Bode Stephen of Kingston, Ont. (NextGen Atlantic) and Matthew Wilson of Nanaimo, B.C. (NextGen Pacific).
As well as, 5 members of Crew Canada NextGen might be competing in Innisfail together with, Isaiah Ibit of Orleans, Ont., Matthew Javier of Toronto, Ont., Luke Smith of Toronto, Ont., defending champion Alex Zhang of Richmond, B.C. and Eric Zhao of North York, Ont. Final yr at North Bay Golf and Nation Membership, Zhang gained the nationwide championship beating out two others by one shot.
“We now have an important area able to compete for our prestigious Canadian Junior Boys Championship,” stated Sam Brown, Match Director, Golf Canada. “We’d wish to thank the workers and volunteers at Innisfail Golf Membership for all of the work they’ve put in to arrange the golf course as we welcome a few of Canada’s greatest younger expertise to Innisfail. The membership has nice expertise internet hosting quite a few provincial championships and we’re excited to get play underway.”
Innisfail Golf Membership is internet hosting the Canadian Junior Boys Championship whereas celebrating its centennial yr. Established in 1924, the Invoice Robinson designed course options 27 holes with three completely different 9-hole programs every with a scenic and numerous expertise. The match might be contested on the Aspen and Spruce nines. Innisfail Golf Membership has beforehand hosted the Alberta Males’s Newbie Championship on three events in addition to the Alberta Senior Women Championship.
“We’re so proud to be internet hosting an occasion like this with the perfect younger expertise within the area from throughout the nation. The membership has been round for 100 years and could be difficult for a lot of. Diligent technique is required to play effectively right here or might discover a number of the robust photographs on the market in a rush. Refined, but distinct…photos don’t the contours or elevation modifications justice,” stated Jeff McDowall, Head Skilled, Innisfail Golf Membership. “We hope those that are taking part in benefit from the expertise at Innisfail Golf Membership and all rivals do their greatest within the pursuit for a nationwide championship title.”
Established in 1938 with the primary championship performed at London Hunt and Nation Membership in London, Ont., the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has given Canadians a glimpse into the long run glory that lots of its champions have gone on to get pleasure from. Canadian Golf Corridor of Famers Doug Silverberg, George Knudson, Gary Cowan, and Doug Roxburgh have all gained the Silver Cup earlier than shifting on to novice {and professional} careers.
2023 RBC Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor gained the Junior in 2006, the one Canadian male golfer to win the trifecta of nationwide championships comprised of the Canadian Junior Boys, Canadian Males’s Newbie, and Canada’s Nationwide Males’s Open Championship. Brooke Henderson who’s the lone feminine Canadian golfer to win the Canadian Junior Ladies, Canadian Ladies’s Newbie, and the CPKC Ladies’s Open.
Along with the 18-and-under Junior Championship, the 16-and-under Juvenile Championship was added in 1970, with the winner receiving the Jack Bailey Trophy. Since its inception, solely 11 golfers have gained each the Juvenile and Junior titles — Jim Rutledge, Jeff Makahon, Rob McMillan, Jesse Collinson, Dustin Risdon, Gord Scutt, Rafael Lee, Mitch Sutton, Charles-Éric Bélanger, Christopher Vandette and Alex Zhang.
There might be a ultimate qualifier held on Friday, August 9 at Innisfail Golf Membership the place 45 golfers might be competing for the ultimate 4 spots into the nationwide championship. Following the qualifier, follow rounds will happen on Saturday, August 10. The Junior and Juvenile championship rounds are performed concurrently over 4 rounds, with the low 70 gamers plus ties within the Junior division and a minimal of ten gamers within the Juvenile division advancing to the ultimate 36 holes. The Junior Inter-Provincial Crew Championship might be performed over the primary 36 holes, the place groups will compete for the Junior Inter-Provincial Championship Trophy. Final yr, Crew Ontario completed three photographs away from Crew British Columbia to win the championship.
The Junior champion of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship earns an exemption into the 2025 Canadian Males’s Newbie Championship in addition to the 2025 U.S. Junior Newbie Championship.
For the complete participant area competing within the 2024 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, introduced by BDO, please click on right here.
