156 of Canada’s high junior golfers to compete over 54 holes in Belleville with exemptions into the Canadian Junior Boys and Ladies Championships up for grabs
The highway to the 2025 nationwide junior championships continues with the NextGen Ontario Championship set to kick off on Thursday, Might 8 at Black Bear Ridge Golf & Resort in Belleville, Ont.
156 gamers – 111 boys and 45 women – will make up the beginning subject and have the choice of taking part in a apply spherical forward of the match on Wednesday, Might 7. The 54-hole stroke play occasion will get began on Thursday and run till Saturday, Might 10 – the place the sector shall be decreased to roughly 70 gamers. The high eight gamers within the Junior Boys division will earn exemptions into the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, introduced by BDO, going down August 12-15, at Gowan Brae Golf & Nation Membership in Bathurst, N.B. The high eight gamers (together with ties) within the Junior Ladies division will earn exemptions into the 2025 Canadian Junior Ladies Championship, introduced by BDO, August 13-16, at Sainte-Marie Membership de golf in Sainte-Marie, Que. If a tie for eighth place within the Junior Boys division happens, acceptable gamers will enter a playoff to find out the match’s ultimate exemption.
Jager Ache of Woodbridge, Ont. carded rounds of 67 and 70 by his ultimate 36 holes to clinch final season’s NextGen Ontario Championship at Firerock Golf Membership in Komoka, Ont., and can start his title defence on Thursday because the lone NextGen Crew Canada member within the Junior Boys division. Bode Stephen of Kingston, Ont., who took dwelling the NextGen Atlantic Championship final summer season in a playoff may also compete within the Junior Boys division.
Crew Canada NextGen member Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. highlights the sector from the Junior Ladies division competing in Belleville. Park loved a profitable 2024 marketing campaign, with 10 wins that included the highest spot of the rostrum on the Canadian U15 Nationwide Championship final August on the Elmira Golf Membership in Elmira, Ont.
Opening its doorways in 2005, Black Bear Ridge Golf Course has hosted skilled championships on the PGA Tour Canada and a number of other provincial newbie occasions together with the one hundred and first enjoying of Golf Ontario’s Males’s Novice Championship in 2023. Initially envisioned to be the house for his household looking lodge, builder and designer Mind Magee was inspired to rework the land’s rolling acreage right into a golf hotbed by 18-time main champion and household good friend, Jack Nicklaus.
“Black Bear Ridge Golf & Resort is honoured to host the NextGen Ontario Championship as a part of our ongoing dedication to supporting junior golf and nurturing the subsequent era of Canadian expertise,” mentioned Cale Aptitude, Vice President of Black Bear Golf & Resort. “We’re proud to welcome these elite younger gamers to expertise every little thing that makes Black Bear Ridge particular—from our championship-calibre structure to the nice and cozy, inclusive environment our friends, members, and group assist create.”
That includes a 628-yard par-5 and a terrain exceeding 5,100 yards in size, Black Bear Ridge calls for size from gamers whereas rewarding the longest and most affected person hitters in a position to navigate the neighboring bunkers and hazards on selective greens. Combining sport with out of doors recreation and luxurious dwelling choices, the course supplies an distinctive check of golf whereas serving to revive and encourage its friends on and off the tee field.
“Our lovely parkland structure with a tighter tree-lined entrance 9 and extra open again 9, with ample elevation adjustments and difficult water options, calls for considerate technique and self-discipline. Gamers might want to carry precision off the tee, a pointy brief sport, and regular composure throughout all three days to seek out success right here. We’ve seen how Black Bear Ridge shapes robust, aggressive golfers—and we’re excited to see who rises to the event this week,” added Aptitude.
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In regards to the NextGen Championships
The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf sequence which totals six competitions. From Might to July, six championships will happen throughout Canada the place the area’s finest junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2025 nationwide junior championships. NextGen Championships present junior gamers a possibility to develop and showcase their expertise on the highest degree of match golf.
