Burke/Ward win Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Championship

Golf Ontatio – STOUFFVILLE— The final event on the women’s provincial championship calendar took place on Sept. 12 at Spring Lakes Golf Club in Stouffville. The Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Championship is one of the more unique championships on the Golf Ontario schedule because it is open to all age groups. The 2017 version was no different as it saw participants as young as 13 and as old 83 all competing for the title.

The field featured numerous notable players including: World Golf Hall of Famer Marlene Stewart Streit, 2017 Ontario Bantam Girls’ Champion Raesa Sheikh, 2017 Ontario Junior Girls’ Match Play Champion Vanessa Chychrun, one half of the defending champions in Marion Reid, past Senior Women’s Champion Ivy Steinberg and Emily Zhu, who was recently named to Team Canada for the World Junior Girls’ Championship.

With all of the talent in the field, there was no doubt that a strong score would be needed to win. In the end, that was the case as it took a six-under (66) from the team of Port Colborne’s Kayla Burke and Niagara Falls’ Emily Ward to claim victory. Burke, from Lookout Point Country Club, and Ward, from Grand Niagara Golf Course, took the victory but a narrow margin of one-stroke.

“This is just awesome, it was really fun to play with someone like Emily,” said Burke. “Everything was going well in our games today. If one player was in trouble, the other just stepped up and was right there to bail us out.”

“We picked each other up when we needed to and fed off each other’s positivity and enthusiasm,” added Ward. “We were a really great paring. We have known each other for five years. We met on the Niagara Junior Tour and ever since then, we have been close friends.” 

Burke and Ward also took the Net Division Trophy at a net total of 10-under (62).

There was a tie for the silver medal at five-under (67). Sharing the medal was the team of Markham’s Hailey McLaughlin (Cedar Brae Golf Club) and Richmond Hill’s Emily Zhu (National Pines Golf Club) along with the pair of Etobicoke’s Marion Reid (Islington Golf Club) and Etobicoke’s Joanne Noble (Weston Golf & Country Club). 

 Golf Ontario would like to thank the staff of Spring Lakes GC for hosting the 2017 event, along with the Golf Ontario volunteers for their continued support of amateur golf in the province. For more information, including the final leaderboards, see the tournament site at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao17/event/gao17130/index.htm

About the Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Championship

First played in 1953, the Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Championship is contested annually and features two-woman teams competing in a better-ball format. In total, 24 teams and 48 players took part in the 2017 event.

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Results for contest Lowest Gross Score:
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 1   Kayla Burke Emily Ward               34-32--66 -6  
 T2  Hailey McLaughlin Emily Zhu          34-33--67 -5  
 T2  Marion Reid Joanne Noble             33-34--67 -5  
 4   Sue Postian Jane Hedges-Mckinnon     36-34--70 -2  
 5   Vanessa Chychrun Raesa Sheikh        35-36--71 -1  
 T6  Kiley Rodrigues Kristen Giles        37-36--73 +1  
 T6  Ivy Steinberg Kelly Koselek          35-38--73 +1  
 T8  Vaijayanti Bharkhada Shehna Akbary   35-40--75 +3  
 T8  Donna Craig Ginny Parks              36-39--75 +3  
 T8  Janelle Fairgrieve Cathy Welsand     38-37--75 +3  
 T8  Julie Green Danielle Hughes          38-37--75 +3  
 12  Karen Rockliff Mary Lou Henderson    38-38--76 +4  
 T13 Catherine Butler Rosemary Salvatore  41-37--78 +6  
 T13 Julie Girard Marlene Streit          38-40--78 +6  
 T13 Roma Harris Elaine Arthur            38-40--78 +6  
 T13 Linda Samuel Donna Houlihan          41-37--78 +6  
 17  Joanne Heffernan Debbie Hook         39-41--80 +8  
 18  Martha Cruikshank Lisa Allen         40-44--84 +12 
 T19 Maureen Burns Ellen Horton           42-43--85 +13 
 T19 Maureen Peet Laura Vermunt           44-41--85 +13 
 T19 Rosemary Scott Susan Burton          40-45--85 +13 
 22  Joan Murray Jacqueline Gray          41-46--87 +15 
 23  Debbie Dunn Cindy Valianes           45-45--90 +18 
 24  Anne Evans Elaine Stewart            45-46--91 +19 

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