Alberta Wins Team Championship at Canadian Mid-Amateur
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:43:49
Alberta, who had never previously won a mid-amateur team championship, finished with a 451 to win the R. Bruce Forbes trophy at the 16th Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association and hosted by the New Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax, NS.
The team held a 7-stroke lead over rival Qu�bec heading into Wednesday's final round of the team championship. Last year, Qu�bec defeated Alberta by a single stroke. This year, Alberta was primed to settle the score.
"We came so close to winning last year, and to be defeated by a single stroke really hurt," reflected Kelly Risling of Medicine Hat, who played on Alberta's team last year as well. "We weren't going to let it happen again."
Risling wasn't as confident at the start of Wednesday's round as he was at the start of the championship. Playing alongside Qu�bec's Peter Malo, Risling made three bogeys and a double bogey on his first four holes. Malo carded three pars.
"A lot goes through your mind when you start off that bad. All I could think about was how I was hurting my team. Qu�bec gained four shots right off the top. It's tough to come back on this course when you're four back after four holes," said Risling.
Amazingly enough, that's just what Risling did. By the 17th hole, his score was even with Malo's. His goal - and the goal of the entire Alberta team - was to score lower than the Qu�bec player in their respective pairings in order to seal a victory. And while he didn't come up lower than Malo - both men shot a two-day 151 - Risling couldn't be more pleased with his round, and proud for his team.
"To have started out badly, kept going, and finish with a respectable round has made this one of the most satisfying rounds of my golfing career. I didn't want to let my team down; we've all worked so hard, and it paid off today," said Risling.
Alberta finished 12 strokes ahead of Qu�bec, who shares fourth place with Manitoba. Team Ontario is in second with 459, and Nova Scotia placed third with 461.
The team championship portion of the mid-amateur is completed and each man will be out for himself during Thursday's final round of stroke play; however, Alberta team captain Dwight Sandquist of Calgary said the team will remain comrades, not competitors.
"The team championship may be over when individual play resumes tomorrow, but I'll still be rooting for the guys on my team," said Sandquist. "I've played with the same three guys for years, and I want to see them do well."
In the stroke play competition, Alan Gladwin of Lower Sackville, NS leads the field after the second round of the 16th Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship. Gladwin, the only score under par Tuesday, shot a 1-under 71 for a total 144 to take a 3-stroke lead over first-round leader David Schultz of St. Joseph, MI. Mel Murray of Fredericton, NB is in third.
Second Round Results are as follows:
Alan Gladwin, Lower Sackville, NS 73 - 71 -- 144
David Schultz, St. Joseph, MI 71 - 76 -- 147
Mel Murray, Fredericton, NB 74 - 74 -- 148
W. David Schultz, Calgary, AB 74 - 75 -- 149
Brian Murray, Bedford, NS 73 - 77 -- 150
Brian DeBiasio, Nelson, BC 73 - 77 -- 150
Vince Ramscar, Calgary, AB 74 - 76 -- 150
Frank MacKenzie, Edmonton, AB 76 - 74 -- 150
Jim Briggs, Fenwick, ON 74 - 77 -- 151
Steven Ward, New Minas, NS 77 - 74 -- 151
Kelly Risling, Medicine Hat, AB 75 - 76 -- 151
Peter Malo, Beaconsfield, QC 76 - 75 -- 151
Thomas Skinner, Red Deer, AB 72 - 79 -- 151
Michael Jackson, Collingwood, ON 80 - 71 -- 151
Chris Markle, Cobourg, ON 78 - 74 -- 152
John Archibald, Truro, NS 74 - 78 -- 152
Darryn Knibbs, Sakatoon, SK 74 - 79 -- 153
Paul Batchelor, Bedford, NS 72 - 81 -- 153
Chris Ingram, Brampton, ON 75 - 78 -- 153
Kelly Roberts, London, ON 81 - 73 -- 154
Steve Brodie, London, ON 80 - 74 -- 154
Gary Kullman, Winnipeg, MB 80 - 74 -- 154
Rick Hillestad, Saskatoon, SK 75 - 79 -- 154
Garth Collings, Winnipeg, MB 76 - 78 -- 154
Martin Hay, Stoney Creek, ON 81 - 73 -- 154
Dave Webber, Dartmouth, NS 76 - 78 -- 154
Angelo Stroumos, Toronto, ON 77 - 77 -- 154
Al Dowdell, Calgary, AB 75 - 79 -- 154
Michael Mealia, Richmond Hill, ON 76 - 78 -- 154
Jirka Danek, Orleans, ON 80 - 75 -- 155
Paul Davis, Toronto, ON 77 - 78 -- 155
John Walsh, Saskatoon, SK 74 - 81 -- 155
John Kelly, Whites Lake, NS 76 - 79 -- 155
Graham Cooke, Hudson, QC 76 - 79 -- 155
Steve Hambleton, Victoria, BC 75 - 80 -- 155
Gary M. Smith, Halifax, NS 79 - 76 -- 155
John Taylor, Hallville, ON 77 - 78 -- 155
Joseph Van Der Velden, London, ON 76 - 80 -- 156
Dean Woodman, Windsor, NS 79 - 77 -- 156
Brent Armstrong, Winnipeg, MB 79 - 77 -- 156
Ron Garrett, Montague, PE 78 - 78 -- 156
Kenneth Innis, Charlottetown, PE 76 - 80 -- 156
Tony Ravenda, Welland, ON 77 - 79 -- 156
Phillip B. Howlett, Middleton, NS 80 - 77 -- 157
David McDonald, Fall River, NS 80 - 77 -- 157
Len Filek, Summerland, BC 77 - 80 -- 157
Alan Stewart, Grande Prairie, AB 76 - 81 -- 157
Claude Charpentier, Sherbrooke, QC 80 - 77 -- 157
Paul Brown, Vancouver, BC 79 - 78 -- 157
Fraser Keays, Bedford, NS 74 - 83 -- 157
Ronald Mercier, Edmonton, AB 74 - 83 -- 157
Rick Dodds-Hebron, Brampton, ON 78 - 79 -- 157
Edward Peverill, Enfield, NS 77 - 80 -- 157
Paul Herbrand, West Lorne, ON 74 - 83 -- 157
Thomas Alford, Red Deer, AB 79 - 78 -- 157
Tim Lane, London, ON 82 - 76 -- 158
Grant Somers, Summerside, PE 75 - 83 -- 158
Frank D`entremont, Yarmouth County, NS 78 - 80 -- 158
Glenn Llewellyn, Halifax, NS 76 - 82 -- 158
Robert Rosen, East Amherst, NY 77 - 81 -- 158
Michael Mackay, Winnipeg, MB 82 - 76 -- 158
John Mealia, North York, ON 77 - 81 -- 158
John Brown, Rothesay, NB 83 - 75 -- 158
Doug MacAfee, Sussex, NB 76 - 82 -- 158
Ross McNeil, Halifax, NS 83 - 76 -- 159
Bob Skanes, Gander, NF 81 - 78 -- 159
Don Gowan, Victoria, BC 85 - 74 -- 159
Gerry MacMillan, Kingston, NS 82 - 77 -- 159
Scott Blackstock, Estevan, SK 81 - 78 -- 159
Craig Scheibert, Carmel, USA 78 - 81 -- 159
Michel Gagnon, Quebec, QC 78 - 81 -- 159
Randy Gilewich, Regina, SK 79 - 80 -- 159
Paul Tidman, Kingston, NS 77 - 83 -- 160
Gary Carter, Amherst, NS 81 - 79 -- 160
Serge Dagenais, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC 76 - 84 -- 160
Tom Hodgins, Oshawa, ON 79 - 81 -- 160
Allen Davidson, Lower Sackville, NS 75 - 85 -- 160
Richard Franklin, Atlanta, GA 79 - 81 -- 160
Peter Stirling, Bedford, NS 76 - 84 -- 160
John Saunders, St. Albert, AB 80 - 80 -- 160
Richard York, Fredericton, NB 84 - 77 -- 161
Jerry Maatman, Wilmette, IL 83 - 78 -- 161
Robert Chartrand, Pincourt, QC 84 - 77 -- 161
David Buker, Calgary, AB 81 - 80 -- 161
Wayne Gillespie, Edmonton, AB 76 - 85 -- 161
Mark Armstrong, Rothesay, NB 75 - 86 -- 161
Erwin Banks, Nictaux, NS 80 - 81 -- 161
Dan Coulombe, Fredericton, NB 85 - 77 -- 162
Banks Scott, St. John`s, NF 87 - 75 -- 162
Kevin Mackendrick, Bedford, NS 76 - 86 -- 162
Chuck Conley, Goose Bay, Labrador, NF 83 - 79 -- 162
Richard Valin, Kitchener, ON 76 - 86 -- 162
Jim Murdoch-Brown, Niagara Falls, ON 80 - 82 -- 162
Bob Faulkner, St. John`s, NF 79 - 83 -- 162
Wilfred Pilgrim, New Maryland, NB 82 - 80 -- 162
Paul Brace, Oakville, ON 79 - 83 -- 162
Terry Clackson, St. Albert, AB 79 - 83 -- 162
Leslie Smith, Greenwood, NS 78 - 85 -- 163
Jim McNeil, Beamsville, ON 75 - 88 -- 163
Greg Macdonald, Fall River, NS 83 - 80 -- 163
David J. MacLean, Halifax, NS 83 - 80 -- 163
Andre Jette, Mt St-Hilaire, QC 85 - 78 -- 163
David Hilchey, Bedford, NS 80 - 84 -- 164
Gary Illsley, Bedford, NS 78 - 86 -- 164
Mark Clarkson, Lower Sackville, NS 84 - 80 -- 164
Tony Vernon, King City, ON 79 - 85 -- 164
Michael Walker, Winnipeg, MB 79 - 85 -- 164
Darrell Kline, Calgary, AB 83 - 81 -- 164
Eric Lovett, Pierrefonds, QC 81 - 83 -- 164
Paul Lord, St. Catherines, ON 80 - 84 -- 164
Richard Rousseau, Surrey, BC 80 - 84 -- 164
Michael Williams, Wolfville, NS 80 - 84 -- 164
Doug Smith, Yarmouth County, NS 79 - 85 -- 164
Pat McGowan, Calgary, AB 84 - 81 -- 165
John Havill, Hammonds Plains, NS 80 - 85 -- 165
Donald Sutherland, Hatchet Lake, NS 78 - 87 -- 165
David Odell, Richmond Hill, ON 80 - 85 -- 165
Greg Clarke, �le Bizard, QC 76 - 89 -- 165
Jean-Paul Roy, Granby, QC 88 - 77 -- 165
A. Ernest Corrigan, Charlottetown, PE 86 - 79 -- 165
Steven Tasker, Bedford, NS 83 - 82 -- 165
Patrick Bohnet, Kingman, AB 81 - 85 -- 166
Dwight Sandquist, Calgary, AB 86 - 80 -- 166
Barry Catterall, Ajax, ON 82 - 84 -- 166
Peter Mumford, King City, ON 85 - 81 -- 166
Brian Gordon, Pugwash, NS 87 - 80 -- 167
Gary Bliss, Halifax, NS 82 - 85 -- 167
Mike Hebb, Halifax, NS 90 - 78 -- 168
Brad McKim, Edmonton, AB 88 - 80 -- 168
Michael Ross, Estevan, SK 86 - 82 -- 168
Edward Dumeah, Fall River, NS 88 - 80 -- 168
Kevin Campbell, Red Deer, AB 87 - 81 -- 168
Michael Mannion, Gibsons, BC 85 - 85 -- 170
Gary Dunville, Kippens, NF 85 - 85 -- 170
Bob Thompson, New Minas, NS 87 - 83 -- 170
Peter Hargrove, Aurora, ON 90 - 80 -- 170
Ray Fowle, Niagra Falls, ON 83 - 87 -- 170
Michael Mahaney, Oakfield, NS 86 - 86 -- 172
Roland Daigle, Dartmouth, NS 83 - 89 -- 172
Don Swirhun, Edmonton, AB 86 - 86 -- 172
Jon Rawitzer, Bellingham, WA 85 - 87 -- 172
Yousef Hashmi, Charlottetown, PE 82 - 91 -- 173
Hugh Gabruch, Regina, SK 79 - 94 -- 173
Harold Klempner, Regina, SK 85 - 88 -- 173
Shane Hayward, Rothesay, NB 87 - 86 -- 173
Tom Fetterly, Halifax, NS 82 - 92 -- 174
Robert Filion, Montreal, QC 87 - 87 -- 174
James Jackson, Bridgewater, NS 85 - 91 -- 176
David Smith, New Maryland, NB 91 - 87 -- 178
Ralph Gass, Dartmouth, NS 85 - 100 -- 185
Anthony Huskilson, Ridgewater, NS Withdrew due to injury
David Kerr, Windsor Junction, NS Withdrew due to injury
Team Results:
1- Alberta Risling, Kelly 75 76
Sandquist, Dwight 86 80
Schultz, W. David 74 75
Skinner, Thomas 72 79
221 230 451
2- Ontario Davis, Paul 77 78
Lane, Tim 82 76
Markle, Chris 78 74
Roberts, Kelly 81 73
236 223 459
3- Nova Scotia Archibald, John 74 78
Carter, Gary 81 79
MacMillan, Gerry 82 77
Ward, Steven 77 74
232 229 461
4- Manitoba Armstrong, Brent 79 77
Collings, Garth 76 78
Kullman, Gary 80 74
Walker, Michael 79 85
234 229 463
4- Quebec Cooke, Graham 76 79
Dagenais, Serge 76 84
Gagnon, Michel 78 81
Malo, Peter 76 75
228 235 463
6- B.C. DeBiasio, Brian 73 77
Filek, Len 77 80
Gowan, Don 85 74
Mannion, Michael 85 85
235 231 466
7- Saskatchewan Blackstock, Scott 81 78
Knibbs, Darryn 74 79
Ross, Michael 86 82
Walsh, John 74 81
229 238 467
8- New Brunswick Coulombe, Dan 85 77
Murray, Mel 74 74
Pilgrim, Wilfred 82 80 York, Richard 84 77
240 228 468
9- P.E.I. Garrett, Ron 78 78
Hashmi, Yousef 82 91
Innis, Kenneth 76 80
Somers, Grant 75 83
229 241 470
10- Newfoundland Conley, Chuck 83 79
Faulkner, Bob 79 83
Scott, Banks 87 75
Skanes, Bob 81 78
243 232 475
The championship consists of both stroke and match play. Championship play will be conducted Tuesday, August 20 - Sunday, August 25, with 18 holes of stroke play for the first three rounds. The field will then be reduced to 32 players after 54 holes for match play. A competitor's position in the match draw will be determined by his qualifying score after 36 holes. The first two rounds of match play will take place Friday, August 23, with the quarter- and semi-final rounds scheduled for Saturday, August 24. The 18-hole championship final is Sunday, August 25."
