Maggie Zhang eagled the ultimate gap to safe her win and produce an thrilling near the 36-hole occasion at Pitt Meadows Golf Membership.
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. – Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. and Owen Beaulac of Victoria, B.C. each secured victories on the Canadian U15 Championship, offered by BDO, on Thursday to cap off an thrilling 36 holes of motion at Pitt Meadows Golf Membership in Pitt Meadows, B.C.
Beaulac, who began his remaining spherical on Thursday in a three-way tie for third place within the U15 Boys division at 2-under, used a sizzling begin and a 2-under again 9 to seal the deal on his first nationwide championship victory.
The B.C. native shifted his spherical into gear with birdies on Nos. 1, 3 and 4 after dropping photographs on the par-4 second and sixth to make flip in pink figures. A fast birdie on the eleventh vaulted Beaulac right into a tie with first spherical chief Kaige Zhu of Niagara, Ont. at 4-under earlier than discovering separation three holes later along with his fifth birdie of the afternoon to take the outright lead. He would end his spherical with six birdies after negating a bogy at 17 with an important putt on the 18th to finish the comeback and win by three strokes.
The win marks the 14-year outdated’s second 2025 title in his dwelling province, having claimed the B.C. Bantam Boys Championship by eight photographs in late July.
As for Zhang, the win marks her first title since claiming the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship in June and took a formidable eagle on her remaining gap to seal the deal on her wire-to-wire win on Thursday.
Zhang entered the ultimate gap at even-par and a stroke behind clubhouse chief Riviera Lindholm of Toronto, Ont. after carding a double bogey on the seventeenth. Her well timed eagle on the scoreable par-5 18th pushed Zhang forward at 2-under to cap off a dramatic finish within the U15 Ladies division.
The Richmond, B.C. native started her remaining spherical with a one stroke lead over the sector, including to her benefit with a birdie on the par-3 third gap. Bogeys on Nos. 12 and 13 allowed a lot of Zhang’s chasers to leap again into competition on Thursday, however her electrical end was sufficient to energy her to victory and keep her spot atop the leaderboard.
Established in 2024 to advance the event of Canadian junior golfers, the nationwide championship presents gamers the chance to achieve invaluable expertise as a part of a gifted subject and compete at a excessive degree. As a part of the festivities, a half-day instructional summit will happen on Friday and concentrate on a spread of subjects together with sport psychology, bodily coaching for younger golfers, parenting high-performance athletes, and expertise growth analysis. The session is out there for gamers, coaches and fogeys and can happen on the course between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. native time.
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