American David Shultz Leads Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:43:45
David Schultz of St. Joseph, MI carded a 1-under 71 to top the leaderboard after round one of the 16th Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association and hosted by the New Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax, NS.
Schultz, 45, only started playing golf seriously this season. Before that, he competed socially in local tournaments. Now he has objectives for his game, to play nationally and internationally.
"At the start of the summer, my goal was to compete in qualifiers and make it to tournament play. I'm qualifying to play in every tournament I go to, so now I'm aiming to win," said Schultz.
He's off to a good start, having made four birdies - three in the first four holes - 27 putts, and only three bogies during Tuesday's first round. Schultz hit good drives off the tee, hitting 11 fairways, and he made every putt within six feet of the hole disappear - every putt except his final putt on the par-4 18th hole.
"I hit driver off the tee to the middle of the fairway, leaving me 95 yards short of the flagstick. The shot was uphill and downwind. I hit my gap wedge past the hole, and the ball rolled off the green. I putted from the fringe to four feet, and missed the putt. It was a bad way to end the round," said Schultz.
This is Schultz's first Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship, and only his second tournament in Canada. He competed last week in the Canadian Amateur Championship at Fraser Edmundston Golf Club in New Brunswick and was defeated by Ryan Swelin of Sundry, BC in the first round of match play.
One stroke behind Schultz, tied for second, is local favourite Paul Batchelor of Bedford, NS and Thomas Skinner of Red Deer, AB.
Team Alberta is primed to claim its first provincial team championship ever at the mid-amateur. With a first-round total of 221, the province holds a commanding 7-stroke lead over second-place Quebec after the first round of the team championship. Prince Edward Island shares third with Saskatchewan. The closest Alberta has come to bringing the title out west was in 1994 when the team finished second.
First Round Results are as follows:
David Schultz, St. Joseph, MI 34 - 37 -- 71
Paul Batchelor, Bedford, NS 37 - 35 -- 72
Thomas Skinner, Red Deer, AB 35 - 37 -- 72
Alan Gladwin, Lower Sackville, NS 36 - 37 -- 73
Brian Murray, Bedford, NS 35 - 38 -- 73
Brian DeBiasio, Nelson, BC 37 - 36 -- 73
Fraser Keays, Bedford, NS 36 - 38 -- 74
Ronald Mercier, Edmonton, AB 36 - 38 -- 74
Paul Herbrand, West Lorne, ON 37 - 37 -- 74
John Walsh, Saskatoon, SK 36 - 38 -- 74
Vince Ramscar, Calgary, AB 35 - 39 -- 74
Darryn Knibbs, Sakatoon, SK 36 - 38 -- 74
Jim Briggs, Fenwick, ON 37 - 37 -- 74
Mel Murray, Fredericton, NB 35 - 39 -- 74
John Archibald, Truro, NS 37 - 37 -- 74
W. David Schultz, Calgary, AB 37 - 37 -- 74
Chris Ingram, Brampton, ON 37 - 38 -- 75
Jim McNeil, Beamsville, ON 34 - 41 -- 75
Steve Hambleton, Victoria, BC 37 - 38 -- 75
Allen Davidson, Lower Sackville, NS 37 - 38 -- 75
Mark Armstrong, Rothesay, NB 37 - 38 -- 75
Al Dowdell, Calgary, AB 38 - 37 -- 75
Grant Somers, Summerside, PE 37 - 38 -- 75
Rick Hillestad, Saskatoon, SK 37 - 38 -- 75
Kelly Risling, Medicine Hat, AB 38 - 37 -- 75
Greg Clarke, �le Bizard, QC 38 - 38 -- 76
Glenn Llewellyn, Halifax, NS 38 - 38 -- 76
Frank MacKenzie, Edmonton, AB 35 - 41 -- 76
Wayne Gillespie, Edmonton, AB 37 - 39 -- 76
Doug MacAfee, Sussex, NB 38 - 38 -- 76
Peter Stirling, Bedford, NS 37 - 39 -- 76
Michael Mealia, Richmond Hill, ON 39 - 37 -- 76
Kevin Mackendrick, Bedford, NS 38 - 38 -- 76
Richard Valin, Kitchener, ON 39 - 37 -- 76
Kenneth Innis, Charlottetown, PE 38 - 38 -- 76
Joseph Van Der Velden, London, ON 38 - 38 -- 76
Garth Collings, Winnipeg, MB 36 - 40 -- 76
Alan Stewart, Grande Prairie, AB 33 - 43 -- 76
John Kelly, Whites Lake, NS 38 - 38 -- 76
Peter Malo, Beaconsfield, QC 36 - 40 -- 76
Dave Webber, Dartmouth, NS 35 - 41 -- 76
Serge Dagenais, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC 37 - 39 -- 76
Graham Cooke, Hudson, QC 36 - 40 -- 76
Edward Peverill, Enfield, NS 38 - 39 -- 77
Robert Rosen, East Amherst, NY 39 - 38 -- 77
Tony Ravenda, Welland, ON 37 - 40 -- 77
John Mealia, North York, ON 37 - 40 -- 77
John Taylor, Hallville, ON 39 - 38 -- 77
Angelo Stroumos, Toronto, ON 37 - 40 -- 77
Len Filek, Summerland, BC 39 - 38 -- 77
Paul Tidman, Kingston, NS 38 - 39 -- 77
Paul Davis, Toronto, ON 39 - 38 -- 77
Steven Ward, New Minas, NS 37 - 40 -- 77
Frank D`entremont, Yarmouth County, NS 38 - 40 -- 78
Leslie Smith, Greenwood, NS 37 - 41 -- 78
Rick Dodds-Hebron, Brampton, ON 39 - 39 -- 78
Ron Garrett, Montague, PE 37 - 41 -- 78
Gary Illsley, Bedford, NS 39 - 39 -- 78
Chris Markle, Cobourg, ON 38 - 40 -- 78
Craig Scheibert, Carmel, USA 37 - 41 -- 78
Donald Sutherland, Hatchet Lake, NS 38 - 40 -- 78
Michel Gagnon, Quebec, QC 37 - 41 -- 78
Paul Brown, Vancouver, BC 41 - 38 -- 79
Hugh Gabruch, Regina, SK 41 - 38 -- 79
Tom Hodgins, Oshawa, ON 38 - 41 -- 79
Terry Clackson, St. Albert, AB 38 - 41 -- 79
Richard Franklin, Atlanta, GA 37 - 42 -- 79
Thomas Alford, Red Deer, AB 41 - 38 -- 79
Gary M. Smith, Halifax, NS 36 - 43 -- 79
Doug Smith, Yarmouth County, NS 39 - 40 -- 79
Dean Woodman, Windsor, NS 37 - 42 -- 79
Bob Faulkner, St. John`s, NF 41 - 38 -- 79
Tony Vernon, King City, ON 39 - 40 -- 79
Michael Walker, Winnipeg, MB 41 - 38 -- 79
Brent Armstrong, Winnipeg, MB 39 - 40 -- 79
Randy Gilewich, Regina, SK 39 - 40 -- 79
Paul Brace, Oakville, ON 39 - 40 -- 79
Claude Charpentier, Sherbrooke, QC 41 - 39 -- 80
Paul Lord, St. Catherines, ON 41 - 39 -- 80
Michael Jackson, Collingwood, ON 38 - 42 -- 80
Erwin Banks, Nictaux, NS 43 - 37 -- 80
Michael Williams, Wolfville, NS 43 - 37 -- 80
Richard Rousseau, Surrey, BC 40 - 40 -- 80
John Saunders, St. Albert, AB 41 - 39 -- 80
Jirka Danek, Orleans, ON 40 - 40 -- 80
Phillip B. Howlett, Middleton, NS 39 - 41 -- 80
David McDonald, Fall River, NS 39 - 41 -- 80
David Hilchey, Bedford, NS 38 - 42 -- 80
Jim Murdoch-Brown, Niagara Falls, ON 39 - 41 -- 80
Steve Brodie, London, ON 37 - 43 -- 80
John Havill, Hammonds Plains, NS 40 - 40 -- 80
Gary Kullman, Winnipeg, MB 39 - 41 -- 80
David Odell, Richmond Hill, ON 39 - 41 -- 80
Eric Lovett, Pierrefonds, QC 42 - 39 -- 81
David Buker, Calgary, AB 43 - 38 -- 81
Scott Blackstock, Estevan, SK 44 - 37 -- 81
Patrick Bohnet, Kingman, AB 41 - 40 -- 81
Bob Skanes, Gander, NF 37 - 44 -- 81
Kelly Roberts, London, ON 37 - 44 -- 81
Martin Hay, Stoney Creek, ON 38 - 43 -- 81
Gary Carter, Amherst, NS 36 - 45 -- 81
Barry Catterall, Ajax, ON 37 - 45 -- 82
Michael Mackay, Winnipeg, MB 40 - 42 -- 82
Gary Bliss, Halifax, NS 39 - 43 -- 82
Yousef Hashmi, Charlottetown, PE 40 - 42 -- 82
Tom Fetterly, Halifax, NS 42 - 40 -- 82
Wilfred Pilgrim, New Maryland, NB 40 - 42 -- 82
Tim Lane, London, ON 41 - 41 -- 82
Gerry MacMillan, Kingston, NS 43 - 39 -- 82
Jerry Maatman, Wilmette, IL 42 - 41 -- 83
Roland Daigle, Dartmouth, NS 43 - 40 -- 83
Greg Macdonald, Fall River, NS 40 - 43 -- 83
John Brown, Rothesay, NB 41 - 42 -- 83
Ray Fowle, Niagra Falls, ON 40 - 43 -- 83
David J. MacLean, Halifax, NS 43 - 40 -- 83
Steven Tasker, Bedford, NS 41 - 42 -- 83
Ross McNeil, Halifax, NS 45 - 38 -- 83
Chuck Conley, Goose Bay, Labrador, NF 43 - 40 -- 83
Darrell Kline, Calgary, AB 40 - 43 -- 83
Robert Chartrand, Pincourt, QC 40 - 44 -- 84
Mark Clarkson, Lower Sackville, NS 40 - 44 -- 84
Pat McGowan, Calgary, AB 42 - 42 -- 84
Richard York, Fredericton, NB 43 - 41 -- 84
Ralph Gass, Dartmouth, NS 39 - 46 -- 85
Harold Klempner, Regina, SK 42 - 43 -- 85
Jon Rawitzer, Bellingham, WA 41 - 44 -- 85
Peter Mumford, King City, ON 44 - 41 -- 85
Andre Jette, Mt St-Hilaire, QC 42 - 43 -- 85
Don Gowan, Victoria, BC 39 - 46 -- 85
Gary Dunville, Kippens, NF 41 - 44 -- 85
Michael Mannion, Gibsons, BC 40 - 45 -- 85
James Jackson, Bridgewater, NS 43 - 42 -- 85
Dan Coulombe, Fredericton, NB 44 - 41 -- 85
Michael Mahaney, Oakfield, NS 39 - 47 -- 86
Don Swirhun, Edmonton, AB 41 - 45 -- 86
A. Ernest Corrigan, Charlottetown, PE 41 - 45 -- 86
Michael Ross, Estevan, SK 44 - 42 -- 86
Dwight Sandquist, Calgary, AB 45 - 41 -- 86
Kevin Campbell, Red Deer, AB 44 - 43 -- 87
Bob Thompson, New Minas, NS 43 - 44 -- 87
Robert Filion, Montreal, QC 46 - 41 -- 87
Shane Hayward, Rothesay, NB 42 - 45 -- 87
Banks Scott, St. John`s, NF 47 - 40 -- 87
Brian Gordon, Pugwash, NS 43 - 44 -- 87
Jean-Paul Roy, Granby, QC 44 - 44 -- 88
Brad McKim, Edmonton, AB 41 - 47 -- 88
Edward Dumeah, Fall River, NS 42 - 46 -- 88
Peter Hargrove, Aurora, ON 45 - 45 -- 90
Mike Hebb, Halifax, NS 43 - 47 -- 90
David Smith, New Maryland, NB 48 - 43 -- 91
Anthony Huskilson, Ridgewater, NS Withdrew due to injury
David Kerr, Windsor Junction, NS Withdrew due to injury
Team Results:
1- Alberta
Risling, Kelly 75
Sandquist, Dwight 86
Schultz, W. David 74
Skinner, Thomas 72
221
2- Quebec
Cooke, Graham 76
Dagenais, Serge 76
Gagnon, Michel 78
Malo, Peter 76
228
3- P.E.I.
Garrett, Ron 78
Hashmi, Yousef 82
Innis, Kenneth 76
Somers, Grant 75
229
3- Saskatchewan
Blackstock, Scott 81
Knibbs, Darryn 74
Ross, Michael 86
Walsh, John 74
229
5- Nova Scotia
Archibald, John 74
Carter, Gary 81
MacMillan, Gerry 82
Ward, Steven 77
232
6- Manitoba
Armstrong, Brent 79
Collings, Garth 76
Kullman, Gary 80
Walker, Michael 79
234
7- B.C.
DeBiasio, Brian 73
Filek, Len 77
Gowan, Don 85
Mannion, Michael 85
235
8- Ontario
Davis, Paul 77
Lane, Tim 82
Markle, Chris 78
Roberts, Kelly 81
236
9- New Brunswick
Coulombe, Dan 85
Murray, Mel 74
Pilgrim, Wilfred 82
York, Richard 84
240
10- Newfoundland
Conley, Chuck 83
Faulkner, Bob 79
Scott, Banks 87
Skanes, Bob 81
243
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."
