Elmira, Ont. –Nobelle Park and Carter Lavigne received the inaugural Canadian U15 Championship at Elmira Golf Membership in Elmira, Ont on Thursday, offered by BDO.
Within the Junior Women Division, Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. fired a 3-under 67 on Thursday to complete the match at 4-under to safe the championship. Park was three pictures again heading into the ultimate spherical and completed one shot away from Jenny Guo of West Vancouver, B.C.
“It feels nice. Clearly going into at the moment I used to be three strokes again from the lead, so I used to be simply attempting to play my greatest and at a gentle tempo,” mentioned Park. “I used to be sort of simply specializing in myself and minimizing errors, simply attempting to make birdie wherever I can, and I had a variety of good alternatives, so it was additionally only a matter of creating putts and enjoying with confidence.”
Park recorded rounds of 69-67 to win the match and declare her spot within the 2025 Canadian Junior Championship together with exemptions into two 2025 NextGen Championships. As well as, becoming a member of Park with exemptions into two 2025 NextGen Championships will probably be Guo who completed as runner at 3-under and Evelyn Li of Mississauga, Ont. who positioned third at 2-under.
Earlier this week, Park secured her spot on considered one of Group Canada’s squads on the 2024 World Junior Women Golf Championship after ending third on the Group Canada NextGen Choice Camp qualifier at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) in Caledon, Ont.
Within the Junior Boys Division, Lavigne of Moncton, N.B. completed the match robust, with a 2-under 68 on Thursday to safe the victory and completed one shot away from Justin Chu of North York, Ont. With the win, Lavigne has booked his place within the 2025 Canadian Junior Championship together with 2024 Boys NextGen Choice Camp and exemptions into two 2025 NextGen Championships. Lavigne was 4 pictures behind heading into the ultimate spherical, ending 2-under par for the match after firing rounds of 70-68.
“It feels nice, I actually wasn’t anticipating it coming into this match, perhaps in search of a prime 10 or prime 5 end so I simply performed some nice golf and got here out with the win,” mentioned Lavigne. “I had a good friend within the U19 championship and he mentioned higher play is to only hit driver each gap and to play aggressive in order that was my moto, so I used to be simply going for it and attacking ever pin. I’ve been considering of ingesting out of this, nevertheless it appears a little bit soiled so perhaps play some night time golf later and have just a few drinks or one thing.”
Chu completed 1-under to complete in second place and safe his spot into two 2025 NextGen Championships. Becoming a member of Lavigne and Chu is Tyson Valk of North Vancouver, B.C., Karson Hurlbert of Ottawa, Ont. and Zach Bourgeois of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. who all completed tied for third at even par for the match.
The highest 5 golfers within the Junior Women division have additionally earned exemptions into two 2025 NextGen Championships.
Canadian U15 Championship Junior Women Closing Outcomes
The highest 5 golfers within the Junior Boys division have additionally earned exemptions into two 2025 NextGen Championships.
Canadian U15 Championship Junior Boys Closing Outcomes
The 36-hole stroke play competitors featured a beginning area of 78 gamers aged 15 and below (39 boys, 39 women). As this match was solely a 36-hole restricted area occasion, there was no reduce for the championship. The occasion concludes tomorrow with a half-day participant instructional summit for all Canadian U15 championship members.
For the ultimate standings from the inaugural Canadian U15 Championship, click on right here.
