Émile Lebrun information an ace on no. 15 and sits at T3 main into championship Thursday
CALGARY, Alta. – Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. and Tobias Buffam of Calgary, Alta. are tied for the lead at 14-under via three rounds on the 121st Canadian Males’s Novice Championship, offered by BDO. Lew and Buffam maintain a three-shot lead over the remainder of the sector heading into Thursday at Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership in Calgary, Alta.
Dawson Lew shot a 5-under 67 carding six birdies on Wednesday. Lew the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys winner’s finest end on the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship was final 12 months on the Royal Ottawa Golf Membership the place he completed T5.
“I had a superb stretch on the entrance birdieing 4 in a row which helped me get into the suitable numbers for the spherical,” stated Lew. “I hit a pair shut ones on the entrance which undoubtedly helped.
“Just about the identical factor, preserve committing to each shot, choosing good targets off the tees and into the greens and simply preserve being 100 per cent on each shot,” added Lew on what he can do to proceed success into the ultimate spherical.
Lew has an opportunity to be one in every of eight gamers who’ve gained each the Canadian Junior Boys Championship and the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship tomorrow. These gamers being Nick Taylor, Rob McMillan, Jeff Kraemer, Brent Franklin, Doug Roxburgh, Wayne McDonald, Gary Cowan, and Invoice Mawhinney.
“It will imply rather a lot, clearly calling your self a Canadian Novice champ would sound fairly candy, I’m not going to consider it an excessive amount of heading into tomorrow, I’m simply going to maintain interested by giving 100 per cent to each shot,” stated Lew on what it will imply to affix that prestigious listing of previous champions.
Buffam shot 6-under 66 and carded seven birdies, three of these approaching his closing three holes to place himself tied with Lew. Buffam appears to be like so as to add to his novice resume by profitable the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship after profitable the 2026 Alberta Males’s Novice Championship and the U19 Alberta Championship in 2025.
“It was windy out their right now, so situations weren’t simple, I simply stayed affected person and was lucky sufficient to roll in fairly just a few putts right now,” stated Buffam.
Buffam is one in every of 21 gamers within the discipline from Calgary; all through the previous three rounds he has had numerous family and friends come out to cheer him on and expects to see them on the closing spherical tomorrow.
“Attending to play nicely in my hometown with my family and friends watching feels superior,” added Buffam.
Crew Canada NextGen member Émile Lebrun of Laval, Que. is sitting tied for third at 10-under. Lebrun shot a 6-under 66 and carded 5 birdies and a hole-in-one on gap no. 15 at Mickelson Nationwide on Wednesday. Lebrun’s hole-in-one was his fourth of his novice profession however his first one in 9 years.
“I used to be not anticipating it, I used to be enjoying fairly good, I feel I used to be two beneath on the time and regarded on the leaderboard and knew I wanted one thing to occur,” stated Lebrun. “I used to be in between a seven iron and an eight iron, I had like 211 yards down wind, so I hit a seven, one way or the other simply hit it excellent landed it brief and rolled within the gap.
“The response as you possibly can think about was fairly loopy, I used to be so excited feels just like the final time I made one was one million years in the past,” added Lebrun.
Jean-Philippe Parr of St-Célestin, Que. additionally has a chance to turn into one of many eight earlier gamers to win each the Canadian Junior Boys Championship and the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship. Parr shot a bogey free 1-under 71 to be T3. Parr gained the Canadian Junior Boys Championship back-to-back in 2021 and 2022.
Lew and Lebrun’s Crew Canada teammate Justin Matthews of Little Britain, Ont. performed his seventh match spherical in a row after enjoying within the PGA Tour Americas Osprey Valley Open final week. Matthews shot a 2-under 70 carding 4 birdies to take a seat T5 heading into the ultimate spherical. Matthews earlier finest end on the Canadian Males’s Novice Championship was T10 finally 12 months’s championship.
The winner of the Earl Gray Cup will obtain direct exemption into a number of occasions, together with a spot within the discipline on the 2027 RBC Canadian Open. Moreover, the Canadian Males’s Novice champion will earn an exemption into the 126th U.S. Novice Championship, 2027 U.S. Open Ultimate Qualifying, and 2027 U.S. Novice Ultimate Qualifying. The winner will even be exempt into the 2027 Canadian Males’s Novice Championship and may have the prospect to defend their title, if eligible.
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