Henry Dao recorded rounds of 68, 72 and 69 to win third-straight title whereas Alexis Card emerged from a good battle to safe a playoff victory.
MANOTICK, Ont. – Henry Dao of La Prairie, Que. fired the bottom spherical of the day to beat a five-stroke deficit and defend his title for a second consecutive yr, whereas Alexis Card of Cambridge, Ont. wanted further holes to say a win of her personal to cap off an entertaining end to the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship at Rideau View Golf Membership in Manotick, Ont.
5 totally different gamers held a share of the lead on Saturday to emphasise the tight battle for the Junior Boys division title, but it was Dao – who began his ultimate spherical in a three-way tie for third – that stormed again with a robust again 9 and safe his third consecutive NextGen Quebec Championship.
Mixing in a birdie with eight bogey-free holes to start out his spherical, the reigning champion made his transfer on a packed discipline atop the leaderboard with an eagle on the par-5 tenth to get to seven-under par. Dao continued his climb, including essential birdies at Nos. 14 and 16 as gamers forward of him fell out of rivalry to open the door extensive open to retain his title.
Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. held the 36-hole lead at nine-under par however a pair of double bogeys at Nos. eight and 15 gave life to a number of chasers together with Dao and Thomas Robert of Levis, Que. Each Dao and Roberts sat atop the leaderboard on the ultimate gap, however a double bogey left Roberts in a tie with Thomas Greiner of Thetford Mines, Que. for second and Dao on their own in a well-known spot atop the remainder of the sector.
“I used to be simply making an attempt to play some good golf and make some pictures and that’s what I did,” stated Dao. “I simply proved to myself that when my recreation is sweet, I can beat anybody out right here,” he added.
Card, who began her ultimate spherical Saturday main Amelia McFarlane of Carleton Place, Ont. by three strokes, stalled on the entrance 9 to permit her closest chaser to achieve floor. Bogeys on the second and fifth holes trimmed her benefit to only a single stroke earlier than a double bogey on the seventh propelled McFarlane into her first lead of the match.
The 2 continued their struggle on the again 9, the place a double bogey on the par-4 thirteenth briefly returned McFarlane right into a impasse with Card at four-over par. The 36-hole chief was capable of capitalize nevertheless, wiping away a bogey on the par-5 sixteenth with a clutch birdie on the ultimate gap to claw her method right into a playoff.
It solely took Card one further gap to defeat McFarlane, who recorded a par whereas the previous rolled in a four-foot putt for birdie to place the ending touches on her maiden win on the NextGen Championship circuit and safe her place on this yr’s Canadian Junior Ladies Championship at Membership de golf Sainte-Marie in Sainte Marie, Que.
“It feels nice and provides me plenty of confidence going into an occasion like that that I can compete in opposition to these women and have an excellent likelihood to win,” commented Card following her spherical.
NextGen Quebec Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship
*High 6 qualify
NextGen Quebec Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Ladies Championship
*High 6 plus ties qualify
*Gained on 1st playoff gap
The NextGen Championship circuit will embark on its ultimate cease July 14-17 for the enjoying of the 2025 NextGen Atlantic Championship at Oakfield Golf & Nation Membership in Enfield, N.S. The 54-hole occasion would be the final alternative for gamers to punch their tickets to every of the nationwide championships for the Junior Boys and Junior Ladies divisions.
To view the ultimate leaderboards from the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship, please click on right here.
In regards to the NextGen Championships The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf collection which totals six competitions. From Might to July, six championships will happen throughout Canada the place the area’s greatest junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2024 nationwide championships. NextGen Championships present junior gamers a chance to develop and showcase their expertise on the highest degree of match golf.
