Golf Ontario – WINDSOR— Anyone looking for separation after round two of the Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship, July 12 at Ambassador Golf Club, certainly didn’t get it. Multiple players followed up under-par opening rounds with more red numbers and now three names share top spot on the leaderboard:  Concord’s John Foster, Unionville’s Max Sear and Aurora’s Shyamal Nagindas.

Foster was the first of the three to hit the course during round two. He began the day four-under and went on to replicate his round form the first day with another four-under (67). That moved him to eight-under (67-67-134).  Foster had a good front nine, making the turn at one-under, but it was his back nine where he did the damage. He carded a bogey-free back nine that included a trio of birdies.

Foster’s lead held up until the afternoon when Sear and Nagindas joined him in front. Sear, from York Downs Golf & Country Club and the defending champion, got off to a rough start with a bogey on the first hole. He made the turn one-under, but like Foster scored well on the back nine, finishing it three-under. Sear carded his second consecutive four-under (67) to move to eight-under (67-67-134).

As for Nagindas, from Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club, he began the day alone in second after an opening round of five-under (66). While he wasn’t able to duplicate his success from day one, he came pretty close with a three-under (68) to join Foster and Sear at eight-under.

The three leaders don’t have much room for error as a pair of players are just one back at seven-under for the championship. Bognor’s Josiah Dixon (70-65-135) and Stouffville’s Gajan Sivabalasingham (68-76-135) will both look to catch the leaders tomorrow.  

After the round, the field was cut to the lowest 60 scores, including ties. The cut was set at three-over (145) and 63 players advanced to the final two rounds. The third round begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. with the final group scheduled to tee off at 10:50 a.m. 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.

ABOUT GOLF ONTARIO

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Results for contest Overall:

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 T1   John Foster            67-67--134 -8  

 T1   Maxwell Sear           67-67--134 -8  

 T1   Shyamal Nagindas       66-68--134 -8  

 T4   Josiah Dixon           70-65--135 -7  

 T4   Gajan Sivabalasingham  68-67--135 -7  

 6    Marc Lefebvre          67-69--136 -6  

 T7   Sudarshan Yellamaraju  69-68--137 -5  

 T7   David French           71-66--137 -5  

 T9   Yaroslav Ilyenko       69-69--138 -4  

 T9   Curtis Hughes          71-67--138 -4  

 T9   Ryan Neil              68-70--138 -4  

 T9   Kelvin Lim             74-64--138 -4  

 T13  Johnny Travale         67-72--139 -3  

 T13  Michael Forbes         67-72--139 -3  

 T13  Hanish Nagrani         70-69--139 -3  

 T13  Thomas Giroux          71-68--139 -3  

 T13  Crawford McKinlay      72-67--139 -3  

 T13  Marcus Khaw            71-68--139 -3  

 T13  Sam Meek               71-68--139 -3  

 T13  Michael Rutgers        67-72--139 -3  

 T21  Trevor Ranton          70-70--140 -2  

 T21  Aidan Gavey            70-70--140 -2  

 T21  Robert Wilkinson       72-68--140 -2  

 T21  Keaton Veillette       70-70--140 -2  

 T21  Nicholas Ross          70-70--140 -2  

 T26  Matt LeMay             68-73--141 -1  

 T26  Ben Thompson           70-71--141 -1  

 T26  Thomas DeMarco         64-77--141 -1  

 T26  Thomas Code            70-71--141 -1  

 T26  Riley Spear            72-69--141 -1  

 T31  Luke Moser             72-70--142 E   

 T31  Gordon Gibson          74-68--142 E   

 T31  Harris Bundy           68-74--142 E   

 T31  Jacob Presutti         72-70--142 E   

 T35  Steven Poulos          71-72--143 +1  

 T35  Marc Casullo           72-71--143 +1  

 T35  Thomas 'Jack' Simpson  70-73--143 +1  

 T35  Trevor Corner          70-73--143 +1  

 T35  Eric Flockhart         71-72--143 +1  

 T35  Kevin Fawcett          71-72--143 +1  

 T35  Kyle Gordon            73-70--143 +1  

 T42  Justin Allen           71-73--144 +2  

 T42  Jake McNulty           74-70--144 +2  

 T42  Chase Komaromi         72-72--144 +2  

 T42  Ty Celone              74-70--144 +2  

 T42  Ranga Sugathapala      71-73--144 +2  

 T42  Daniel Knapp           71-73--144 +2  

 T42  Philip Arci            71-73--144 +2  

 T42  Mathew Stevens         72-72--144 +2  

 T50  Sam McNulty            76-69--145 +3  

 T50  Stephen Brown          73-72--145 +3  

 T50  Eric Pattenaude        71-74--145 +3  

 T50  Spencer Dobbs          71-74--145 +3  

 T50  Luke McLean            78-67--145 +3  

 T50  Tyson Turchanski       71-74--145 +3  

 T50  Mathew Iceton          72-73--145 +3  

 T50  Craig Stefureak        73-72--145 +3  

 T50  Jacob Lehman           75-70--145 +3  

 T50  Kyle MacDonald         74-71--145 +3  

 T50  Ward Kyle              71-74--145 +3  

 T50  Cougar Collins         70-75--145 +3  

 T50  Bryce Evon             73-72--145 +3  

 T50  Andrew Crampton        67-78--145 +3  

DID NOT FINISH

 MC   Eric (Joohyung) Byun   73-73--146 +4  

 MC   Russell Bowie          76-70--146 +4  

 MC   Zach Viminitz          72-74--146 +4  

 MC   Abe Holmes             73-73--146 +4  

 MC   Jake Adams             73-73--146 +4  

 MC   Keaton Jones           78-68--146 +4  

 MC   Ryan Stolys            73-74--147 +5  

 MC   Mark Henderson         78-69--147 +5  

 MC   Matthew Vihant         71-76--147 +5  

 MC   Dave Bunker            75-72--147 +5  

 MC   Joel Giornofelice      72-75--147 +5  

 MC   Josh Montgomery        70-77--147 +5  

 MC   Paul Edgar             78-69--147 +5  

 MC   Charles Fitzsimmons    73-75--148 +6  

 MC   Joseph Burgess         78-70--148 +6  

 MC   Tyler Hull             78-70--148 +6  

 MC   Brandon Mihalo         75-73--148 +6  

 MC   John Zdonek            77-71--148 +6  

 MC   Shawn Sehra            74-74--148 +6  

 MC   Conner Watt            72-76--148 +6  

 MC   Riley Goss             74-74--148 +6  

 MC   Matthew Anderson       75-73--148 +6  

 MC   Daniel DiFrancesco     73-76--149 +7  

 MC   Alexander Zappio       71-78--149 +7  

 MC   Brett Pearl            71-78--149 +7  

 MC   MacKenzie Dasti        74-75--149 +7  

 MC   Ryan Tsang             76-74--150 +8  

 MC   Michael Vance          79-71--150 +8  

 MC   James Rim              75-75--150 +8  

 MC   Michael Nunes          76-74--150 +8  

 MC   Robin Petras           75-75--150 +8  

 MC   Craig Watkins          78-72--150 +8  

 MC   John Kim               78-72--150 +8  

 MC   Andrew Cox             76-74--150 +8  

 MC   Pierce Saly            77-74--151 +9  

 MC   Ethan O'Meara          80-71--151 +9  

 MC   Christopher Holmes     79-72--151 +9  

 MC   Jason Wellings         80-71--151 +9  

 MC   Michael Ayotte         74-77--151 +9  

 MC   Adam Bestard           78-73--151 +9  

 MC   Derek Dalziel          74-77--151 +9  

 MC   Joseph Kremer          75-76--151 +9  

 MC   Robert Gribbons        73-78--151 +9  

 MC   Jeffrey Clarke         75-77--152 +10 

 MC   Scott Banks            81-71--152 +10 

 MC   Ryan Murphy            79-73--152 +10 

 MC   Zachary Greifenberger  75-77--152 +10 

 MC   Nic Francis            79-73--152 +10 

 MC   Kevin Gordon           72-80--152 +10 

 MC   Owen Bates             74-78--152 +10 

 MC   Callum Biehn           76-77--153 +11 

 MC   Colton Clemmer         74-79--153 +11 

 MC   Peter Beneteau         79-74--153 +11 

 MC   Marc Savard            76-77--153 +11 

 MC   Daniel Margettie       72-81--153 +11 

 MC   Matthew Cholod         76-77--153 +11 

 MC   Ryan Page              80-74--154 +12 

 MC   Brady Zordan           77-77--154 +12 

 MC   Ryan Hagger            80-75--155 +13 

 MC   Adam Graham            78-77--155 +13 

 MC   Cody Watson            76-79--155 +13 

 MC   Ethan Bennett          76-79--155 +13 

 MC   Peter Leone            77-78--155 +13 

 MC   Tyler Nagano           78-78--156 +14 

 MC   Stephen Longo          80-76--156 +14 

 MC   Evan MacLean           81-75--156 +14 

 MC   Max Dragon             76-80--156 +14 

 MC   Garrett Atkinson       78-78--156 +14 

 MC   Jordy Denomme          77-79--156 +14 

 MC   John Burghardt         75-81--156 +14 

 MC   Adam Karpuk            74-82--156 +14 

 MC   Tyler Cormier          79-78--157 +15 

 MC   Adam Migur             75-82--157 +15 

 MC   Marshall Graper        82-75--157 +15 

 MC   Logan Lammerant        80-77--157 +15 

 MC   Daniel George          79-78--157 +15 

 MC   Nick Hofland           82-77--159 +17 

 MC   Matt Munro             79-80--159 +17 

 MC   Nicholas Bubela        75-84--159 +17 

 MC   Brendan Dunphy         82-77--159 +17 

 MC   Brandon VanBilsen      78-82--160 +18 

 MC   Braydon White          81-80--161 +19 

 MC   Liam Hamlin            81-80--161 +19 

 MC   Jordan Guenette        82-79--161 +19 

 MC   Gregory Bubela         86-75--161 +19 

 MC   Nick Gribbons          81-80--161 +19 

 MC   Dean Weber             80-83--163 +21 

 MC   Maximilian Vaclav      83-81--164 +22 

 MC   Chris Campbell         83-84--167 +25 

 MC   Matthew Puzhitsky      83-86--169 +27 

 MC   Zachary Owen           94-86--180 +38 

 JWD  Myles Thiessen         87-0--87 +16   

 JWD  Arnold Johnson