DeMarco leads Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship after first round
Golf Ontario – WINDSOR— There is a local flavor at the top of the leaderboard after the first round of Golf Ontario’s Investors Group Men’s Amateur Championship. LaSalle’s Thomas DeMarco flirted with the Ambassador Golf Club course record on July 11, ultimately ending the day seven-under (64).
DeMarco, from the Essex Golf & Country Club, started the day on fire with six birdies on the front nine and was five-under at the turn. He finished the back nine two-under and if it weren’t for the two bogeys on his card, he would have tied the course record. DeMarco will take a two-shot lead to the second round.
Second spot belongs to Aurora’s Shyamal Nagindas after his round of five-under (66). Nagindas, from Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club, also got out to a strong start at five-under through nine, before playing the back nine even.
Third place currently sees a seven-way tie at four-under (67). The group includes: defending champion Unionville’s Max Sear, Windsor’s Michael Rutgers, Peterborough’s Andrew Crampton, Concord’s John Foster, Stoney Creek’s Johnny Travale, Ottawa’s Michael Forbes and London’s Marc Lefebvre, who had the highlight of the round with a hole-in-one on the fifth hole.
In total, 156 players began the four-day, 72-hole tournament. After round two, the field will be cut to the lowest 60 scores, including ties. The second round begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. and spectators are invited to Ambassador Golf Club to take in the action. For full tournament information, including the leaderboard and pairings, see the tournament site at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao17/event/gao172/index.htm
About the Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur
The Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship was first played in 1923 at Lakeview Golf and Country Club. Past winners include: 2003 Masters Champion Mike Weir (1990 & 1992), Gerry Kesselring (1949, 1951, 1952, 1953), professional players Jon Mills (2001), Corey Conners (2010), Albin Choi (2012), Chris Hemmerich (2014) and Gary Cowan, who holds the record for the most Ontario Amateur Championships with nine (1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 & 1984). This first time Ambassador Golf Club has hosted the Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship.
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============================================================ Results for contest Overall: ============================================================ 1 Thomas DeMarco 31-33--64 -7 2 Shyamal Nagindas 31-35--66 -5 T3 Maxwell Sear 32-35--67 -4 T3 Michael Rutgers 34-33--67 -4 T3 Andrew Crampton 33-34--67 -4 T3 John Foster 35-32--67 -4 T3 Johnny Travale 32-35--67 -4 T3 Michael Forbes 35-32--67 -4 T3 Marc Lefebvre 31-36--67 -4 T10 Gajan Sivabalasingham 37-31--68 -3 T10 Harris Bundy 35-33--68 -3 T10 Ryan Neil 33-35--68 -3 T10 Matt LeMay 34-34--68 -3 T14 Sudarshan Yellamaraju 33-36--69 -2 T14 Yaroslav Ilyenko 34-35--69 -2 T16 Trevor Corner 35-35--70 -1 T16 Hanish Nagrani 33-37--70 -1 T16 Aidan Gavey 36-34--70 -1 T16 Thomas Code 37-33--70 -1 T16 Cougar Collins 37-33--70 -1 T16 Keaton Veillette 34-36--70 -1 T16 Nicholas Ross 35-35--70 -1 T16 Ben Thompson 34-36--70 -1 T16 Trevor Ranton 35-35--70 -1 T16 Josiah Dixon 34-36--70 -1 T16 Thomas 'Jack' Simpson 34-36--70 -1 T27 David French 39-32--71 E T27 Alexander Zappio 36-35--71 E T27 Ranga Sugathapala 34-37--71 E T27 Matthew Vihant 34-37--71 E T27 Ward Kyle 35-36--71 E T27 Thomas Giroux 34-37--71 E T27 Brett Pearl 31-40--71 E T27 Daniel Knapp 34-37--71 E T27 Curtis Hughes 36-35--71 E T27 Philip Arci 35-36--71 E T27 Marcus Khaw 36-35--71 E T27 Sam Meek 34-37--71 E T27 Josh Montgomery 37-34--71 E T27 Kevin Fawcett 35-36--71 E T27 Eric Flockhart 35-36--71 E T27 Justin Allen 34-37--71 E T27 Steven Poulos 37-34--71 E T27 Eric Pattenaude 38-33--71 E T27 Spencer Dobbs 35-36--71 E T27 Tyson Turchanski 34-37--71 E T47 Conner Watt 37-35--72 +1 T47 Mathew Iceton 35-37--72 +1 T47 Crawford McKinlay 35-37--72 +1 T47 Robert Wilkinson 33-39--72 +1 T47 Jacob Presutti 36-36--72 +1 T47 Joel Giornofelice 36-36--72 +1 T47 Riley Spear 39-33--72 +1 T47 Kevin Gordon 35-37--72 +1 T47 Mathew Stevens 35-37--72 +1 T47 Marc Casullo 36-36--72 +1 T47 Zach Viminitz 34-38--72 +1 T47 Luke Moser 37-35--72 +1 T47 Chase Komaromi 34-38--72 +1 T47 Daniel Margettie 38-34--72 +1 T61 Craig Stefureak 37-36--73 +2 T61 Bryce Evon 37-36--73 +2 T61 Kyle Gordon 37-36--73 +2 T61 Robert Gribbons 36-37--73 +2 T61 Charles Fitzsimmons 35-38--73 +2 T61 Daniel DiFrancesco 37-36--73 +2 T61 Stephen Brown 36-37--73 +2 T61 Eric (Joohyung) Byun 36-37--73 +2 T61 Ryan Stolys 36-37--73 +2 T61 Abe Holmes 36-37--73 +2 T71 Gordon Gibson 37-37--74 +3 T71 Ty Celone 36-38--74 +3 T71 Kyle MacDonald 36-38--74 +3 T71 Michael Ayotte 39-35--74 +3 T71 MacKenzie Dasti 36-38--74 +3 T71 Derek Dalziel 38-36--74 +3 T71 Riley Goss 38-36--74 +3 T71 Jake Adams 37-37--74 +3 T71 Owen Bates 33-41--74 +3 T71 Adam Karpuk 37-37--74 +3 T71 Jake McNulty 36-38--74 +3 T71 Colton Clemmer 35-39--74 +3 T71 Shawn Sehra 35-39--74 +3 T84 Jacob Lehman 38-37--75 +4 T84 Dave Bunker 39-36--75 +4 T84 Zachary Greifenberger 36-39--75 +4 T84 Matthew Anderson 37-38--75 +4 T84 John Burghardt 40-35--75 +4 T84 Kelvin Lim 39-36--75 +4 T84 Joseph Kremer 37-38--75 +4 T84 James Rim 37-38--75 +4 T84 Jeffrey Clarke 37-38--75 +4 T84 Adam Migur 38-37--75 +4 T84 Brandon Mihalo 36-39--75 +4 T84 Robin Petras 38-37--75 +4 T84 Nicholas Bubela 38-37--75 +4 T97 Ethan Bennett 41-35--76 +5 T97 Matthew Cholod 36-40--76 +5 T97 Sam McNulty 37-39--76 +5 T97 Ryan Tsang 37-39--76 +5 T97 Callum Biehn 37-39--76 +5 T97 Michael Nunes 37-39--76 +5 T97 Russell Bowie 42-34--76 +5 T97 Andrew Cox 39-37--76 +5 T97 Marc Savard 39-37--76 +5 T97 Max Dragon 37-39--76 +5 T97 Cody Watson 39-37--76 +5 T108 Peter Leone 38-39--77 +6 T108 Brady Zordan 34-43--77 +6 T108 Jordy Denomme 37-40--77 +6 T108 Pierce Saly 38-39--77 +6 T108 John Zdonek 40-37--77 +6 T113 Adam Bestard 38-40--78 +7 T113 Garrett Atkinson 39-39--78 +7 T113 Paul Edgar 43-35--78 +7 T113 Keaton Jones 39-39--78 +7 T113 Brandon VanBilsen 42-36--78 +7 T113 Tyler Nagano 40-38--78 +7 T113 Joseph Burgess 40-38--78 +7 T113 Tyler Hull 41-37--78 +7 T113 Mark Henderson 40-38--78 +7 T113 Adam Graham 37-41--78 +7 T113 Craig Watkins 39-39--78 +7 T113 John Kim 40-38--78 +7 T113 Luke McLean 38-40--78 +7 T126 Ryan Murphy 41-38--79 +8 T126 Daniel George 39-40--79 +8 T126 Nic Francis 38-41--79 +8 T126 Tyler Cormier 42-37--79 +8 T126 Matt Munro 38-41--79 +8 T126 Michael Vance 38-41--79 +8 T126 Christopher Holmes 39-40--79 +8 T126 Peter Beneteau 37-42--79 +8 T134 Logan Lammerant 40-40--80 +9 T134 Ryan Hagger 40-40--80 +9 T134 Stephen Longo 38-42--80 +9 T134 Dean Weber 38-42--80 +9 T134 Ethan O'Meara 41-39--80 +9 T134 Ryan Page 40-40--80 +9 T134 Jason Wellings 40-40--80 +9 T141 Nick Gribbons 42-39--81 +10 T141 Evan MacLean 41-40--81 +10 T141 Liam Hamlin 41-40--81 +10 T141 Braydon White 39-42--81 +10 T141 Scott Banks 41-40--81 +10 T146 Brendan Dunphy 41-41--82 +11 T146 Nick Hofland 41-41--82 +11 T146 Jordan Guenette 41-41--82 +11 T146 Marshall Graper 38-44--82 +11 T150 Maximilian Vaclav 39-44--83 +12 T150 Matthew Puzhitsky 41-42--83 +12 T150 Chris Campbell 41-42--83 +12 153 Gregory Bubela 42-44--86 +15 154 Myles Thiessen 46-41--87 +16 155 Zachary Owen 46-48--94 +23 DID NOT FINISH JWD Arnold Johnson