John Chidley-Hill/ Canadian Press
Josee Doyon’s second spherical on the IOA Golf Traditional was off to a tough begin.
She started the day at Alaqua Nation Membership in Longwood, Fla., close to the highest of the leaderboard however a triple bogey on the second gap endangered her place.
“I used to be identical to ‘all proper, there’s 16 extra holes and I’ve two selections: I can both come again sturdy or surrender,’” stated Doyon on Wednesday. “And I’m not the kind of one that offers up so I’m like, ‘all proper, we’re simply going to battle by it, there’s numerous holes left.’”
That angle helped Doyon get three birdies on her subsequent seven holes and keep in rivalry on the three-day occasion. The native of Saint-Georges, Que., tied for fifth within the event for the primary top-10 end of her profession.
She moved as much as twenty third on the Race for the Card, the factors record for the second-tier Epson Tour. That made her the very best ranked Canadian on the circuit, two spots forward of Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont.
“It feels good, particularly after the primary two occasions weren’t so good for me,” stated Doyon, who missed the reduce on the Central Florida Championship on Feb. 28 and the Atlantic Seaside Traditional on March 6. “To come back again sturdy with the highest 5, to place me within the twenty third place is sweet as a result of my objective this 12 months is actually to complete within the high 15.
“The highest 15 will get their playing cards on the LPGA Tour on the finish of the 12 months, so this can be a good begin for me. There’s 17 extra event to play and I’ll be in a powerful place at each certainly one of them.”
The Epson Tour is taking a month off, with the IOA Championship the following occasion. It will likely be held at Morongo Golf Membership at Tukwet Canyon’s Champions Course in Beaumont, Calif., from April 25-27.
That doesn’t imply that Doyon has the day off, nonetheless.
She intends to play two occasions within the ANNIKA Womens All Professional Tour to maintain sharp, teeing it up on the Coke Dr Pepper Open on the Hyperlinks on the Bayou in Alexandria, La., April 3-5 and the Lake Charles Championship at L’Auberge at Contraband Bayou Golf Membership in Lake Charles, La., April 9-12.
“I’ve actually regarded over my stats during the last three tournaments,” stated Doyon. “I do know I’ve to work a bit more durable on my second shot as a result of my placing is sweet.
“If I hit the ball even nearer, it can give higher outcomes and simply to maintain being mentally sturdy and are available again sturdy and rested.”
NCAA — Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., continued her spectacular season for the Texas Longhorns on the Betsy Rawls Invitational. Kim birdied No. 15 and made pars on Nos. 16, 17, and 18 to earn a one-shot victory at 1-over-par for the person title. That efficiency anchored Texas’s 18-stroke crew victory on the occasion.
PGA TOUR — Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., tied for sixth on the Gamers Championship on Sunday to maneuver as much as eighth within the FedEx Cup standings heading into this week’s Valspar Championship. He’ll be joined at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Fla., by Adam Hadwin (87th) of Abbotsford, B.C., Mackenzie Hughes (113th) of Dundas, Ont., Ben Silverman (146th) of Thornhill, Ont., and Adam Svensson (153rd) of Surrey, B.C. Hadwin received the Valspar in 2017.
CHAMPIONS TOUR — Calgary’s Stephen Ames and Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., are on this week’s Hoag Traditional, which tees off on Friday. Ames is twenty ninth and Weir is seventy fifth within the Schwab Cup factors record heading into play on the Newport Seaside Nation Membership in California.
ROGERS CHARITY CLASSIC — Ames and Weir had been the primary golfers on Wednesday so as to add their names to the tee sheet for this summer time’s Rogers Charity Traditional in Calgary. The occasion is the one Champions Tour occasion in Canada and will probably be held at Canyon Meadows Golf and Nation Membership from Aug. 11-17.
“This is among the premier occasions on the PGA Tour Champions, and I at all times actually sit up for taking part in in Canada,” stated Weir. “The entire gamers actually find it irresistible.
“After we get nearer to the occasion, the chatter within the locker room will increase, and I do know the fellows are going to be wanting ahead to getting up there, and that goes with out saying for me to return house, see household and associates.”
