James Lepp in Familiar Territory Heading into Final Round of Canadian Junior Championship

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:41:56

"Saskatoon, SK - James Lepp of Abbotsford, BC is looking for his second straight Canadian Junior title.

Lepp carded a 3-under 68 to take a convincing five-stroke lead heading into the final round of the 64th Canadian Junior Championship, conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association and hosted by the Saskatoon Golf & Country Club in Saskatoon, SK.

Lepp, 18, started the day just one stroke ahead of Michel Landry of Tracadie, NB. After nine holes, two birdies and a bogey, Lepp was nine under for the tournament. With a three-stroke lead over contenders Landry and Richard Scott of Kingsville, ON, Lepp was still within reach.

The defending champ turned up the heat at the turn, making a birdie on hole No.10, and following it up with an eagle on the 13th. He only slipped up once, on the final hole. Hitting what looked like solid shots, Lepp still made bogey on hole No. 18, for the second day in a row.

"It's frustrating because I hit a good tee shot, followed it with a good approach shot, made a good putt, and still bogeyed the hole," said Lepp.

He'll take his strategy of shooting par and landing birdies on the par-5s into tomorrow's final round. Competitors Scott, Mackenzie, and Landry will have to get aggressive tomorrow if they want to stop Lepp.

After the turn, Landry and Scott had some bad breaks. Both bogeyed hole No. 10, and Landry bogeyed No. 12 as well. Scott birdied hole No.13 and carded pars for the rest of the round. Landry bogeyed two more holes to give him a 75 for the day and put him in fourth.

One group ahead of the leaders, Kyle Mackenzie of Listowel, ON was making a charge for the lead. And while he didn't quite catch Lepp, he was on a roll until the very end. Mackenzie, who started the day tied for fourth, finished the front nine two under par. Mackenzie birdied holes No. 12 and 13 to put him in good position to challenge Lepp's increasing lead. However, he double-bogeyed hole No. 18, and finished third after the round.

Seann Harlingten, the only American in the tournament, from Rancho Mirage, CA shot a 2-under 69 to move him to the top of the leaderboard in the juvenile division. Second-round leader David Stewart of Prince Albert, SK shot a 75 to put him tied for fourth with Dale Vallely of Lethbridge, AB in the juvenile division. Keven Fortin-Simard of Roberval, QC is one stroke behind Harlingten, and Colin Norris of Calgary, AB is three strokes behind the juvenile leader.
Third Round Results are as follows:
James Lepp, Abbotsford, BC-70-64-68--202
Richard Scott, Kingsville, ON-66-72-69--207
Kyle Mackenzie, Listowel, ON-71-68-69--208
Michel Landry, Tracadie, NB-66-69-75--210
Ryan Lecuyer, Edmonton, AB-73-68-70--211
Dustin Pewarchuk, Victoria, BC-71-71-70--212
Louis-Pierre Godin, Champlain, QC-71-71-71--213
Michael Keast, Winnipeg, MB-67-72-74--213
Jordan Irwin, Calgary, AB-69-71-73--213
*Seann Harlingten, Rancho Mirage, CA-74-71-69--214
Colby Lindsay, Abbotsford, BC-71-73-70--214
Craig Revell, Kingston, ON-68-76-70--214
Vincent Dumouchel, Candiac, QC-73-70-71--214
Steve Foisy, Repentigny, QC-77-70-68--215
*Keven Fortin-Simard, Roberval, QC-71-73-71--215
Matthew Johnston, Winnipeg, MB-74-71-71--216
Greg Machtaler, Summerland, BC-69-74-73--216
*Colin Norris, Calgary, AB-72-73-72--217
Paul Statchuk, Gormley, ON-76-72-70--218
Renaud Langevin, Scott, QC-72-74-72--218
Brodie Flanders, Fawcett Hill, NB-71-75-72--218
*Dale Vallely, Lethbridge, AB-72-73-73--218
*David Stewart, Prince Albert, SK-71-72-75--218
Joshua Dean, Richmond Hill, ON-70-72-76--218
Josh Taylor, Abbotsford, BC-72-78-69--219
*Rafael Lee, Burnaby, BC-73-75-71--219
Tim McMillan, Furdale, SK-72-76-71--219
Ryan Swelin, Sundre, AB-74-73-72--219
Patrik Ericson, Langley, BC-70-76-73--219
Nathan Ward, Summerland, BC-71-74-74--219
Anton Raubenheimer, Smoky Lake, AB-73-72-74--219
Kyler Murphy, Thunder Bay, ON-73-70-76--219
*Stephen Pointon, Mill Bay, BC-75-76-69--220
Nicholas Wheeler, Ingersoll, ON-75-74-71--220
*Andrew Milloy, Lasalle, ON-76-73-71--220
David Markle, Shelburne, ON-74-71-75--220
Craig Alvaro, St.Thomas, ON-71-73-76--220
*James Roxburgh, Vancouver, BC-74-76-71--221
Jason Roach, St. John, NB-75-74-72--221
*Marc Bourgeois, Dieppe, NB-73-75-73--221
*Matthew Besaw, Oromocto, NB-74-73-74--221
Jade Dennill, Nakusp, BC-74-71-76--221
Dustin Wetherup, Oshawa, ON-72-73-76--221
Don Bryson, Brantford, ON-74-70-77--221
Yves Lariviï¿½re, St-Eustache, QC-71-72-78--221
Mark Vanderbeek, Kitchener, ON-71-73-77--221
Mark Sommerfeld, Waterloo, ON-70-80-72--222
Kevin Dore, Dundas, ON-78-72-72--222
Victor Ciesielski, Cambridge, ON-76-71-75--222
Robin Vallis, Aberdeen, SK-74-72-76--222
David Williamson, Halifax, NS-71-74-77--222
Ryan Yip, Calgary, AB-73-71-78--222
Adam Choy, Port Coquitlam, BC-71-72-79--222
James Allenby, Langley, BC-77-75-71--223
Wes Pantling, Perkinsfield, ON-75-77-71--223
*Joshua Fleming, Calgary, AB-75-77-71--223
Jordan Alford, Red Deer, AB-78-71-74--223
Cory Thistlethwaite, Dundas, ON-73-75-75--223
*Jordan Mason, Delta, BC-73-75-75--223
*Ricky Allen, North Bay, ON-78-70-75--223
Andrew McCarthy II, Gilford, ON-74-73-76--223
Rob Heynen, Calgary, AB-75-70-78--223
Zac Hildenbrand, Summerland, BC-74-70-79--223
Christopher Long, Edmonton, AB-80-72-72--224
Nicholas Laflï¿½che, Gatineau, QC-76-75-73--224
Jonathan Millard, Chatham, ON-76-75-73--224
*Jason Wellings, West Flamborough, ON-76-75-73--224
Bryan Simpson, Peterborough, ON-76-74-74--224
*Scott Loewen, Winnipeg, MB-78-71-75--224
Ryan MacKinnon, Fredericton, NB-74-75-75--224
Marc-Andrï¿½ Giroux, Rouyn-Noranda, QC-72-77-75--224
*Michael Knight, Calgary, AB-76-72-76--224
*Dane Thorogood, Calgary, AB-72-75-77-224***

Terry Reilly, Winnipeg, MB-77-80-68--225
*Mark Pothier, Weymouth, NS-78-76-71--225
*David McGlone, Edmonton, AB-74-79-72--225
Justin Bratkovich, Hamilton, ON-79-73-73--225
*Brady Johnson, Mill Bay, BC-75-75-75--225
Liam Mulhall, Winnipeg, MB-76-73-76--225
*Jeff Corner, Corunna, ON-74-72-79--225
Philip Mullin, Whitehorse, YK-74-80-72--226
Chris Cramer, London, ON-74-78-74--226
*Andrew Egerter, Thorold, ON-76-75-75--226
David Arnold, Brooklin, ON-75-75-76--226
*Jesse Skelton, St. Francois - Xavier, MB-76-74-76--226
Gregory Smith, Miramichi, NB-78-72-76--226
Jonathan Whitehead, Calgary, AB-73-75-78--226
Michel Bonnier, St-Timothee, QC-71-77-78--226
*Richard Judelson, Regina, SK-68-77-81--226
Matt Rogers, New Minas, NS-76-83-68--227
Craig Bishop, Brampton, ON-79-76-72--227
David Johnstone, Kingston, ON-80-74-73--227
*Paul Deuzeman, Cobourg, ON-79-73-75--227
Michael Buchan, Vancouver, BC-78-73-76-227
Tyler Mancini, Winnipeg, MB-77-71-79--227
Sean Losier, Miramichi, NB-77-79-72--228
Stephan Thomas, Vancouver, BC-81-74-73--228
*Stuart Bell, West Vancouver, BC-77-78-73--228
T.J. Armstrong, Liverpool, NS-79-75-74--228
*Robbie Greenwell, Georgetown, ON-75-77-76--228
Marc-Andrï¿½ Hï¿½bert, Victoriaville, QC-78-80-71--229
*Robert Mustard, Delta, ON-77-79-73--229
*Bob Thomson, Petrolia, ON-82-73-74--229
*Davis Poscente, Calgary, AB-72-80-77--229
*Matthew Leon, Brampton, ON-71-77-81--229
Bryon Thom, Squamish, BC-79-79-72--230
Dongkyu Kim, Mississauga, ON-78-78-74--230
Mitch Gillis, Williams Lake, BC-74-80-76--230
*Hugo Chamberland-Lauzon, Anjou, QC-76-78-76--230
Trevor Giggey, Charlottetown, PE-75-79-76--230
*Charles-Etienne Boucher, Montreal, QC-74-79-77--230
*Wendell Touhey, Ottawa, ON-82-77-72--231
Kyle Scott, Oakbank, MB-77-78-76--231
Clayton Giesbrecht, Saskatoon, SK-76-78-77--231
*Kyle Davey, Cambridge, ON-79-75-77--231
*Daniel Roberts, Victoria, BC-76-76-79--231
Steven Beil, Stony Plain, AB-78-74-79--231
Luca Michielli, Cï¿½teau-Du-Lac, QC-80-78-74--232
Bradley Moulton, Orangeville, ON-79-78-75--232
*Travis Fullerton, Riverview, NB-75-80-77--232
*Matt Gowdy, London, ON-77-78-77--232
*Sean Dainty, Toronto, ON-79-76-77--232
Dustin Ng, Estevan, SK-76-78-78--232
*Brad Larente, Cambridge, ON-78-77-77--232
Benoit Gordon, Delson, QC-76-73-83--232
Scott James, Victoria, BC-78-85-70--233
Andrew Chapman, White Rock, BC-76-76-81--233
Michael Joyce, Peterborough, ON-79-71-83--233
Jordan Burwash, Vankleek Hill, ON-76-71-86--233
Sumesh Sharma, Calgary, AB-78-80-76--234
Louis-Charles Godin, Lï¿½vis, QC-83-74-77--234
*Andrew An, Richmond Hill, ON-81-82-72--235
Nathan Hendriks, Carlisle, ON-80-79-76--235
*Matthew Tindale, Peterborough, ON-79-77-79--235
*Brad Piero, Regina, SK-78-77-80--235
Josh Burbidge, Newport, NS-80-82-74--236
Blane Nieman, Saskatoon, SK-81-82-73--236
Trevor White, Kippens, NF-80-81-75--236
*Anthony Dowling, Charlottetown, PE-76-83-77--236
Matthew Jacobs, Ancaster, ON-80-77-79--236
*Austin Lacey, Calgary, AB-82-77-78--237
*Matthew Weaver, West Vancouver, BC-80-76-81--237
Brandan Price, Vancouver, BC-78-77-82--237
Shelby Dreher, Fort St. John, BC-85-81-72--238
Jared Wilkes, Drayton Valley, AB-79-80-79--238
Andrew Jensen, Ottawa, ON-80-78-80--238
Matthew Dingwell, Charlottown, PE-78-72-88--238
*Chris Welton, York, PE-79-83-77--239
Darcy Macdonald, Calgary, AB-81-79-79--239
Matthew McMahon, Brockville, ON-82-77-80--239
Mark Aven, Vernon, BC-88-70-81--239
Darren Hall, Stephenville, NF-83-84-73--240
Darcy Donaldson, Marathon, ON-80-80-80--240
Jamie Currie, Rockey Point, PE-85-83-74--242
*Michael Nicholson, Dartmouth, NS-78-77-87-242
Ryan Wells, Charlottetown, PE-82-79-82--243
Colin Prentice, Bedford, NS-83-80-81--244
*Tanner White, Fort Qu`appelle, SK-84-76-85--245
Landon Urquhart, Dundee, NS-82-86-79--247
*Matt Fortier, Charlottetown, PE-84-85-81--250
Justin Butt, Bonavista, NF-85-82-83--250
Josh Kavanagh, St.John`s, NF-86-82-84--252
Cody Butler, Murray Harbour North, PE-79-87-88--254
Ryan Boland, St. John`s, NF-84-87-86--257
*Josh White, Stephinville, NF-89-90-86--265
*** cut was made at 224

The championship is conducted at stroke play over 72 holes with 18 holes of golf each day. The field is open to a maximum of 162 players. After 54 holes, the field is cut to the low 70 and ties.
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