Murphy hoists trophy as 2017 Investors Group Ontario Senior Men’s Champion
Golf Ontario – SCARBOROUGH — The final round of the Investors Group Ontario Senior Men’s Championship, July 27 at Cedar Brae Golf Club, was a back and forth affair. The day saw numerous lead changes between Orillia’s John Murphy and Pickering’s Christopher Kertsos. The two players were the first and second-round leaders respectively, so it only made sense that they would be battling on the final day for the prize.
Things began well for Murphy, from Barrie Country Club, as he was three-under through seven. Meanwhile, Kertsos, from York Downs Golf & Country Club, had some early struggles and was two-over through three. However, Murphy would bogey eight, nine and 10 allowing Kertsos to regain the lead. Both players bogeyed the 12th and 14th and it was Kertsos with a one-shot lead with four holes to play.
It came down to the final hole where Kertsos put his second shot into a hazard. That resulted in a double bogey and opened the door for Murphy. Murphy was able to get up and down for par to win the title. He finished the day and the tournament at two-over (69-73-73-215). Kertsos finished the day five-over (76), the championship three-over (72-68-76-216) and tied for the silver medal.
Barrie’s David Greenaway also finished the tournament at three-over (74-71-71-216) in a tie for the silver medal. Greenaway, began the day in the second to last group at three-over. The Barrie Country Club member had one of the more consistent rounds on the day and found himself even after nine. He went on to play the back nine even as well, which helped lift him to the podium.
Afterwards, Murphy spoke about what winning the title meant to him. “Winning this means everything. It is what we practice for and is why we play as much as we do. To win the Ontario Senior is unbelievable!”
Murphy chalked up his success during the week to his game off the tee. “For the most part, I drove the ball pretty well. Near the end, I didn’t hit it as well but you just can’t win here, with the field as tough as it is, without everything going your way.”
During the tournament, Murphy saw a first-round lead disappear after the second round. He admitted his nerves got to him but entering the third round he found a way to put it past him. “I had never held the lead at an Ontario Championship. I was pretty nervous in round two but I got through it. Coming into today I thought ‘If I handled round two, today should be fine.’”
The 65+ Division title went to Vineland’s Kerry Short. Short, who entered the day with a share of the division lead, went on to card a two-over (73) during the final round to end the tournament at 10-over (75-75-73-223).
In the 70+ Division it was New Hamburg’s George Stokes who captured the title. Stokes shot a six-over (77) on the last day to bring his tournament total to 14-over (71-79-77-227).
Murphy, Kertsos and Greenaway all earned the right to represent Ontario in the interprovincial competition at the Canadian Senior Men’s Championship, Sept. 11-14 at Kanawaki Golf Club in Montreal, Quebec.
For more information, including the final leaderboards see the tournament site at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao17/event/gao175/index.htm
Golf Ontario would like to thank Cedar Brae Golf Club, their staff and volunteers for hosting the event. Thanks also to the Golf Ontario volunteers and to title sponsor Investors Group for their continued support of golf in the province.
About the Investors Group Senior Men’s Championship
The Investors Group Ontario Senior Men’s Championship is contested annually and features Ontario’s best male amateur golfers age 55 and older. 2017 marks the 82nd playing of the event, and notable past champions include: Ontario Golf Hall of Fame members Stu Hamilton and Nick Weslock, Herb Carnegie, Ed Ervasti, and Michael Jackson.
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Results for contest Overall:
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1 John Murphy 69-73-73--215 +2
T2 David Greenaway 74-71-71--216 +3
T2 Christopher Kertsos 72-68-76--216 +3
4 Jim Briggs 72-72-75--219 +6
5 Larry Cooper 71-71-78--220 +7
6 Robert Gibson 73-74-74--221 +8
7 Charlie Burke 79-71-72--222 +9
T8 Kerry Short 75-75-73--223 +10
T8 Steve Irving 72-74-77--223 +10
10 Michael Jackson 74-76-74--224 +11
T11 Joe Miszk 78-76-72--226 +13
T11 Carl Nanni 79-73-74--226 +13
T11 Robert Greer 77-74-75--226 +13
T11 Randy Blondin 77-74-75--226 +13
T11 Greg Hotham 78-73-75--226 +13
T11 Mike Fernie 73-77-76--226 +13
T11 Allen Chapman 77-71-78--226 +13
T18 George Stokes 71-79-77--227 +14
T18 Greg Adoranti 75-73-79--227 +14
T20 Gordon Henderson 78-76-74--228 +15
T20 Chris Markle 79-72-77--228 +15
T22 Bill Simmons 79-76-74--229 +16
T22 Chris Dowds 78-75-76--229 +16
T22 John Robinson 74-77-78--229 +16
T22 Dan Gagliardi 75-76-78--229 +16
T22 John Taylor 78-72-79--229 +16
T22 Tim Southcott 77-72-80--229 +16
T28 Lars Melander 75-80-75--230 +17
T28 Robert O'Hagan 75-79-76--230 +17
T28 Dennis Gordon 78-75-77--230 +17
T28 Bob Herron 77-75-78--230 +17
T28 Cam Hreljac 74-77-79--230 +17
T28 Mark Westfall 78-73-79--230 +17
T28 Rick Cody 71-79-80--230 +17
T28 John Zdonek 71-74-85--230 +17
T36 Michael Alderman 78-77-76--231 +18
T36 John Mealia 79-76-76--231 +18
T38 Howard Glassman 78-78-76--232 +19
T38 Tom Hossfeld 82-74-76--232 +19
T38 Mark Kalbfleisch 80-75-77--232 +19
T38 Rick Dodds-Hebron 74-80-78--232 +19
T38 Wallace Hofland 75-78-79--232 +19
T38 Darin Dirk 74-75-83--232 +19
T38 John Beames 74-75-83--232 +19
T45 Brad McConnell 77-79-77--233 +20
T45 Garry Spence 81-74-78--233 +20
T45 Dan Partland 79-75-79--233 +20
T48 Claudio Venditti 76-80-78--234 +21
T48 Hank Wilke 76-76-82--234 +21
T48 Dave Speir 71-80-83--234 +21
T51 Chris Regan 78-78-79--235 +22
T51 Tim Lane 81-75-79--235 +22
53 Ronald Kerr 76-74-86--236 +23
T54 Tim Young 79-77-81--237 +24
T54 Jay Lilge 77-79-81--237 +24
T54 Tony Letros 75-77-85--237 +24
T54 Frank Morris 79-73-85--237 +24
T58 Richard Evoy 77-79-82--238 +25
T58 Jim Langill 75-78-85--238 +25
60 Peter Gee 79-76-85--240 +27
DID NOT MAKE THE CUT
MC Marty Quincey 79-78-0--157 +15
MC William Dagneau 79-78-0--157 +15
MC Stephen Lister 79-78-0--157 +15
MC Larry Morin 81-76-0--157 +15
MC Doug Piett 82-75-0--157 +15
MC Philip Killeen 80-77-0--157 +15
MC Bruce Marshall 78-79-0--157 +15
MC Robert Chaperon 81-77-0--158 +16
MC Dan Nywening 83-75-0--158 +16
MC David Stroud 81-77-0--158 +16
MC Aart Van Veld 82-76-0--158 +16
MC Dru Lafave 76-82-0--158 +16
MC Rick Valin 78-80-0--158 +16
MC Donald Dasti 81-77-0--158 +16
MC Michael McBride 72-86-0--158 +16
MC Barry Hillcoat 76-83-0--159 +17
MC Dave Madill 80-79-0--159 +17
MC John Pate 82-77-0--159 +17
MC Robert Scott 83-76-0--159 +17
MC Brett Moore 84-75-0--159 +17
MC Rob Myhill 82-78-0--160 +18
MC Raymond Oh 78-82-0--160 +18
MC Michael Horrocks 79-81-0--160 +18
MC Brian Bowman 80-80-0--160 +18
MC Don McLean 78-82-0--160 +18
MC Kent Klim 80-80-0--160 +18
MC Glen Uens 81-79-0--160 +18
MC Danny Cook 81-79-0--160 +18
MC Mike Soucie 79-82-0--161 +19
MC Wayne Fillmore 81-80-0--161 +19
MC Rick Fifield 81-80-0--161 +19
MC Brian Jeffery 87-74-0--161 +19
MC David Moser 82-80-0--162 +20
MC Roger Self 85-77-0--162 +20
MC Danny Brown 77-85-0--162 +20
MC Mark Ruzycki 86-76-0--162 +20
MC Guy Larente 79-83-0--162 +20
MC John Husband 82-80-0--162 +20
MC Herb Cowen 86-76-0--162 +20
MC Brad Walsh 84-78-0--162 +20
MC Jeff Robson 84-78-0--162 +20
MC William King 83-80-0--163 +21
MC Randy Robbins 82-81-0--163 +21
MC Veli Lempinen 83-80-0--163 +21
MC Brian Legree 83-80-0--163 +21
MC Jace Kohlmeier 85-78-0--163 +21
MC Doug McNeil 84-79-0--163 +21
MC Ian Dinning 82-82-0--164 +22
MC Peter Dunkley 80-84-0--164 +22
MC Ross R. Eisele 80-84-0--164 +22
MC Dan O'Donoghue 82-82-0--164 +22
MC Tim Lee 82-82-0--164 +22
MC Jerry Power 82-82-0--164 +22
MC Paul Stone 85-79-0--164 +22
MC Michael Pogor 79-86-0--165 +23
MC Blake Clemes 84-81-0--165 +23
MC Peter Tobin 80-85-0--165 +23
MC Barry Fairhurst 79-86-0--165 +23
MC Ted Acton 82-83-0--165 +23
MC Cary Westfall 81-84-0--165 +23
MC Bernie Bodogh 87-79-0--166 +24
MC John Hunt 85-81-0--166 +24
MC Henry Mulder 85-81-0--166 +24
MC David Goodman 85-82-0--167 +25
MC Tom Hyman 81-86-0--167 +25
MC Aldo Bartolini 90-77-0--167 +25
MC Terry Keefe 78-90-0--168 +26
MC Kerry Cunningham 86-82-0--168 +26
MC Charles Forder 87-81-0--168 +26
MC Steve Burch 85-84-0--169 +27
MC Douglas Heenan 87-82-0--169 +27
MC Peter Baldasso 79-90-0--169 +27
MC Dennis Murphy 82-88-0--170 +28
MC Steven Hisey 87-83-0--170 +28
MC Jim Oattes 85-85-0--170 +28
MC Len Timmerman 86-84-0--170 +28
MC George Forrest 87-84-0--171 +29
MC Doug McCann 84-87-0--171 +29
MC Jeffrey Booth 86-86-0--172 +30
MC Rick Anderson 91-83-0--174 +32
MC John Doucette 94-82-0--176 +34
MC Chris Mcivor 92-87-0--179 +37
MC Bill Blake 88-91-0--179 +37
MC Richard Christie 94-88-0--182 +40
WD Colin Grieve 80-75-0--155 +13
WD Ian Penney 76-80-0--156 +14
WD Stephen Brodie
NS Clark Mc Alpine 94-0-0--94 +23
JWD Bruno Ardito 84-0-0--84 +13
JWD Nick Digiandomenico