Bourgeois Wins Future Links Atlantic Championship

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:41:39

"Vernon River, PE - Marc Bourgeois, fresh off a victory at the New Brunswick Junior, continued his hot streak with a win at the Bank of Montreal Future Links Atlantic Championship, at Avondale Golf Course in Vernon River, PE.

Bourgeois, of Dieppe, NB fired a final-round 74 to finish five under par after 54 holes, and 12 strokes ahead of second-place finisher Brodie Flanders. Bourgeois, who, on the first day of tournament play, set an Avondale Golf Course record 66, was thrilled with his win.

"I feel so great right now. I came in to this championship hoping to win; my goal was to finish two under. I ended up finishing five under. My only real disappointment came today; I wanted to shoot par or under on the final round. I came so close, but I missed a couple putts for par on the back and finished two over for the round," said Bourgeois.

David Williamson of Halifax, NS shared second place heading into today's final round. He left his putts short yesterday, so he took a more aggressive approach today. The strategy was there, but the ball simply refused to go in.

"A typical hole for me during today's round went something like this: a good driver down the middle; an iron shot to 15 feet. A good-looking putt that would always come to land mere inches from the hole," said Williamson of his round. "Right now I'm playing golf at a 'B+' level, I need to be at an 'A' level to beat someone like Bourgeois. I'll take another stab at it next week at the Canadian Junior Championship in Saskatoon."

Isabelle Gendreau of St-Georges de Beauce, QC turned in a tournament score of 237 to edge Michelle Williams out of the lead and claim the Bank of Montreal Future Links Atlantic Championship girls division title. Nearly three weeks ago Gendreau won the Bank of Montreal Future Links Quebec Championship in Laval, QC.

Gendreau, who entered the final round two strokes behind Williams, made her charge early, scoring par on the first six holes while Williams made two bogies and a double. At the turn Gendreau was leading by four. She continued to play steady, and after 18 holes, she won by six.

"I'm so happy to have recovered from a two-stroke deficit, get back in the game, and win with strokes to spare," said Gendreau. "At the same time I feel for Michelle [Williams]. She had some bad breaks."

"My putts just weren't dropping," said Williams of her round. "I made 42 putts today (seven putts more than Gendreau). I tried to get back in the game, but I just couldn't.``

In the bantam division, Julien Proulx of Cap-Rouge, QC captured his second Bank of Montreal Future Links title. Proulx will add his Bank of Montreal Future Links Atlantic Championship bantam division title to the one he earned in Laval, QC three weeks ago. Proulx shot a tournament score of 235 to defeat Vincent Adams of Boisbriand, QC, and Jonathan Read of Sackville, NB by 15 and 25 strokes respectively.

Final Round Results are as follows:

Boys
Marc Bourgeois, Dieppe, NB-66-71-74--211
Brodie Flanders, Fawcett Hill, NB-74-74-75--223
David Williamson, Halifax, NS-75-72-78--225
Michel Landry, Tracadie, NB-73-74-80--227
Ryan Vassel, Toronto, ON-74-73-81--228
Matt Rogers, New Minas, NS-77-77-76--230
Brian Black, Amherst, NS-75-79-77--231
Anthony Manna, Richmond Hill, ON-77-76-78--231
Sean Losier, Miramichi, NB-73-80-79--232
Gregory Smith, Miramichi, NB-77-74-81--232
Darren Roach, Quispamsis, NB-76-77-79--232
Matthew Besaw, Lincoln, NB-76-75-82--233
Cameron Van Oirschot, Antigonish, NS-76-74-85--235
Ben Filek, Dartmouth, NS-79-80-79--238
Reid Hartley, Aurora, ON-80-78-80--238
Kevin Hurley, Dartmouth, NS-81-74-83--238
Alain Cormier, Shediac, NB-78-76-84--238
T.J. Armstrong, Liverpool, NS-80-79-80--239
Ryan Spencer, Grand Bay, NB-77-82-80--239
Colin Prentice, Bedford, NS-81-74-84--239
Hugo Chamberland-Lauzon, Anjou, QC-78-75-86-239
Jamie Currie, Rocky Point, PE-82-79-79--240
Kyle Selig, Kentville, NS-85-76-79--240
Mark Pothier, Weymouth, NS-77-82-81--240
Brian Gaetz, Porters Lake, NS-79-78-83--240
Jordan Scott, Barrington, NS-82-84-75--241
Chris Ready, Charlottetown, PE-79-78-84--241
Trevor Giggey, Stratford, PE-78-85-79--242
Anthony Dowling, Charlottetown, PE-84-78-80--242
Shane McCullum, Roachville, NB-82-79-81--242
Josh Burbidge, Newport, NS-77-78-87--242
Ryan MacKinnon, Fredericton, NB-86-79-78--243
Chris Surette, Dartmouth, NS-82-80-82--244
Ryan Wells, Cornwall, PE-84-80-80--244
Brandon Malloy, St. Stephen, NB-83-83-78--244
Matt Fortier, Charlottetown, PE-80-84-81--245
Andrew Dunning, Charlottetown, PE-79-85-81--245
Travis Fullerton, Riverview, NB-76-84-85--245
Morgan Penney, Yarmouth, NS-83-86-76--245
Michael Nicholson, Dartmouth, NS-83-79-84--246
Matthew Dingwell, Charlottown, PE-83-79-84--246
Paul MacDougall, Antigonish, NS-81-82-83--246
Jean-Sï¿½bastien Hachï¿½, Valleyfield, QC-80-85-81--246
Ryan Tutak, Whitby, ON-79-86-83--248
Matt Wood, Bloomfield, PE-81-80-87--248
Philippe Landry, Tracadie, NB-80-80-88--248
David Lai, Thunder Bay, ON-80-84-86--250
Sean Hurley, Dartmouth, NS-83-84-83--250
Richard MacKinnon, Oromocto, NB-86-83-81--250
Andrï¿½ Maillet, Ottawa, ON-83-82-86--251
Nick Woodworth, Hillsborough, NB-86-80-88--254
Mark Carragher, Charlottetown, PE-88-78-88--254
Andrew Revelle, Glenburnie, ON-86-81-87--254
Matthew Davis, Baddeck, NS-84-86-84--254
Sean McCarthy, Dartmouth, NS-86-87-82--255
Cole Fawcett, Smiths Creek, NB-84-81-91--256
Darren Hall, Stephenville, NF-85-81-91--257
Thomas Corkum, Wolfville, NS-76-91-90--257
Bradley Chamberlain, Bathurst, NB-85-86-86--257
Samuel Landry, Caraquet, NB-87-91-79--257
Andrew Praught, Dartmouth, NS-86-84-88--258
Scott Carragher, Charlottetown, PE-82-89-88--259
Bryan Nugent, Moncton, NB-90-84-85--259
Peter Mulholland, Fredericton, NB-84-84-92--260
David Deschamps, Laval, QC-87-83-91--261
Geoff Hum, Halifax, NS-86-80-96--262
Chris Welton, Yorkdale Est., PE-87-87-88--262
Adam Harris, New Minas, NS-84-89-91--264
Ben Cook, Stanhope, PE-88-86-91--265
Ian McCarthy, Dartmouth, NS-86-89-93--268
Cody Butler, Montague, PE-96-96-91--283
Danny Murray, Stratford, PE-105-107-96--308
Paul Dingwell, Charlottetown, PE-112-129-104--345

Girls
Isabelle Gendreau, St-Georges de Beauce, QC-83-76-78--237
Michelle Williams, Wolfville, NS-77-80-86--243
Laura Harris, New Minas, NS-81-78-87--246
Joanne Ghiz, Charlottetown, PE-88-85-85--258
Heather Fudge, Charlottetown, PE-85-86-89--260
Mireille LeBlanc, Meteghan River, NS-89-86-91--266
Jennifer Thomson, Dartmouth, NS-97-85-89--271
Heather Pothier, Truro, NS-92-93-88--273
Carolyn Shaffner, Wolfville, NS-97-95-90--282
Ali Praught, Dartmouth, NS-102-102-102--306
Lindsey Edmunds, London, ON Withdrew

Bantams
Julien Proulx, Cap-Rouge, QC-83-75-77--235
Vincent Adams, Boisbriand, QC-77-88-85--250
Jonathan Read, Sackville, NB-87-87-86--260
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