Vancouver, B.C. – Humid and sunny circumstances made for a fantastic begin at Marine Drive Golf Membership in Vancouver, B.C. as the primary spherical of the Canadian Junior Women Championship offered by BDO received underway on Monday. The leaderboard was secure all through the day as 16-year-old Ha Younger Chang discovered herself atop of the leaderboard with an unbelievable begin after carding a 4-under 68.
Chang of Surrey, B.C. tallied three birdies on her first opening –9 holes together with back-to-back on holes 12 and 13 and one other on 17, all of which had been par 5’s. Chang additionally fired two birdies on her again –9 to shut out her spherical.
“I believe I performed very well as we speak, made numerous birdies on the par 5’s, however I made one bogey the place I pulled my drive, however I saved robust,” stated Chang. “I attempted to remain calm by making extra pars and preserving it regular and I simply really feel actually wonderful as a result of I wish to stick with it and play extra regular golf heading into tomorrow’s spherical.”
Chang is having fun with a profitable season highlighted by, ending as runner-up and breaking a course document with a spherical of65 on the 119th B.C. Girls’s Novice at Balfour Golf Course in Balfour, B.C. in June and inserting first place within the GolfBC Group BC Girls’s Open within the Novice Division.
Shauna Liu (Maple, Ont.) is 2 pictures again of Chang at 2-under 70, whereas Addison Kartusch from (Winnipeg Man.) and Vanessa Zhang (Vancouver B.C.) are tied for third place after taking pictures a 1-under 71, and are three strokes again of Chang.
Clara Ding (White Rock, B.C) is at the moment fifth at even par. Luna Lu (Burnaby B.C), Swetha Sathish (Oakville, Ont.) and Clairey Lin (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) are all heading into the second spherical tied for sixth place, 5 strokes again of Chang.
Group British Columbia consisting of Ha Younger Chang, Amy Seung Hyun Lee (Langley, B.C.) and Chelsea Truong (Victoria, B.C) lead the Inter-Provincial group competitors at even par and take a 4 shot lead over Group Manitoba into Tuesday’s second spherical.Group Manitoba is represented by Addison Kartusch, Jeri Laflech (Winnipeg, Man.) and Cala Korman (Killarney, Man.).
“My pictures and my placing had been good total. My aim as we speak was to make birdies on the par 5’s,” said Chang. “Earlier than this event I practiced rather a lot on my wedge pictures so I believe that basically helped me and I’m glad my group is successful for this 12 months, hopefully we will stick with it.”
The Inter-Provincial group competitors will wrap up for the Mary Pyke trophy tomorrow on the conclusion of the second spherical.
The 2024 Canadian Junior Women Champion will obtain an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Girls’s Novice Championship and 2025 U.S Women Junior Championship, if eligible. As well as, the winner will obtain $1,200 CAD.
For the leaderboard following Monday’s opening spherical of the 2024 Canadian Junior Women Championship, please click on right here.
For extra info on the 2024 Canadian Junior Women Championship, click on right here.
Golf Canada Novice Championships
Golf Canada yearly conducts greater than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – together with 9 Nationwide Novice Championships – which play host to greater than 3,000 home and worldwide athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host golf equipment, 1000’s of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is devoted to supporting participant growth by means of world-class competitors since our inception in 1895. Officiated by licensed Canadian Guidelines of Golf officers, Golf Canada’s newbie competitions are totally compliant with golf’s worldwide governing our bodies and embrace marquee occasions such because the Canadian Males’s and Girls’s Novice Championships in addition to the Canadian Junior Women and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s newbie championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas Metropolis (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, and Levelwear. For extra info and scheduling go to www.golfcanada.ca/competitions-calendar/.
