July 14, 2017
CARVER GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE IN THRILLER, ZHANG REBOUNDS FOR WIN AT FUTURE LINKS, DRIVEN BY ACURA WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP
Golf Canada – FERNIE, B.C. – Logan Carver rebounded after a sloppy start to edge the competition in the final holes while Angela Zhang won the girls division at the Future Links, driven by Acura Western Championship at Fernie Golf and Country Club on Thursday.
Carver shot a 3-over-par 73 to complete his wire-to-wire victory by one stroke. The 18-year-old, who held the lead through the first two rounds, recorded four bogeys on the front nine and two more immediately after making the turn to fall three strokes behind both Ty Steinbring and Ethan Choi. Carver capitalized on late mistakes by the other two boys and finished the tournament going birdie-birdie and scraping out the victory.
Choi (Pincher Creek, Alta.) and Steinbring (Barrhead, Alta.) looked like they were clear of Carver heading down the stretch, but Choi carded two bogeys in his final four holes and Steinbring fell down the leaderboard due to a triple bogey on the 15th hole, opening the door for Carver’s dramatic finish.
Choi carded a final-round 72 to secure his second-place finish while Steinbring shot a 4-over-par 74 to finish in third, two strokes back of Carver.
Rounding out the top six finishers in the boys division who earned exemptions into the 2017 Canadian Junior Boys Championship on July 31-Aug. 3 at Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston, Ont., are: Bennett Ruby (Waterloo, Ont.), Hunter Thompson (Calgary, Alta.) and Michael Valk (Medicine Hat, Alta.).
Zhang shot a 1-under-par 71 to lock up the girls division and win her first Future Links, driven by Acura event.
The 15-year-old Vancouver native was leading after the first round on Tuesday, but she entered Thursday one shot back of Claire Lovan of Surrey, B.C. Zhang got off to a good start going bogey-free on the front nine and managed to hold off Lovan’s late surge to come away with a two-stroke victory.
Lovan, also 15, struggled to start her final round and carded two bogeys and a double bogey on holes four, five and six. After she made the turn, Lovan managed to close out her round bogey free and dropped in two birdies during her last four holes, but the push was too late to catch Zhang.
Rounding out the top six earning exemptions to the 2017 Canadian Junior Girls Champions on Aug. 1-4 at Camelot Golf & Country Club in Cumberland, Ont., are: Sydney Scraba (Calgary, Atla.), Tillie Claggett (Calgary, Alta.), Taylor Stone (Calgary, Alta.) and Stephanie Chelack (Calgary, Alta.).
NOTE TO MEDIA: Click here for photos. Credit: (Wendy Davies/ Golf Canada)
2017 FUTURE LINKS, DRIVEN BY ACURA WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS – JUNIOR BOYS DIVISION
1. Logan Carver, Calgary, AB, *65-71-73-209 -1
2. Ethan Choi, Pincher Creek, AB, *70-68-72-210 E
3. Ty Steinbring, Barrhead, AB, *71-66-74-211 +1
4. Bennett Ruby, Waterloo, ON, *70-75-68-213 +3
4. Hunter Thomson, Calgary, AB, *69-73-71-213 +3
6. Michael Valk, Medicine Hat, AB, *70-72-72-214 +4
2017 FUTURE LINKS, DRIVEN BY ACURA WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS – JUNIOR GIRLS DIVISION
1. Angela Zhang, Vancouver, BC, *73-72-71-216 E
2. Claire Lovan, Surrey, BC, *75-69-73-217 +1
3. Sydney Scraba, Calgary, AB, *74-73-76-223 +7
4. Tillie Claggett, Calgary, AB, *77-71-77-225 +9
5. Taylor Stone, Calgary, AB, *75-75-78-228 +12
5. Stephanie Chelack, Calgary, AB, *76-75-77-228 +12
Full results.
FUTURE LINKS, driven by Acura
Future Links, driven by Acura is Canada’s national junior golf program conducted by Golf Canada, the PGA of Canada and Canada’s provincial golf associations. Proudly supported by Acura, Puma, The R&A, NGCOA Canada, ClubLink and Sport Canada, the program is designed to forge a link between Canada’s youth and golf to ensure the future of the game in Canada. The program features three core areas of focus—in-school programming, facility programming and community outreach—including elements such as Golf in Schools, Learn to Play, PGA Junior League, Girl’s Club, Mobile Clinics, Junior Skills Competition and Community Golf Coach, along with six regional Future Links Junior Championships. Since the inception of the program in 1996, more than 1.3 million young Canadians have taken part in Future Links. For more information, visit golfcanada.ca/futurelinks.
ABOUT ACURA CANADA
Acura is the luxury-performance division of Honda Canada Inc. and is a leading automotive luxury nameplate that delivers Precision Crafted Performance, an original approach to technology and design that creates a new driving experience. The Acura lineup features six distinctive models – the RLX luxury flagship sedan, the TLX performance luxury sedan, the ILX sport sedan, the 5-passenger RDX luxury crossover SUV, and the Acura MDX seven-passenger luxury SUV. Acura launched its next-generation, electrified NSX supercar as a new and pinnacle expression of Acura Precision Crafted Performance. Acura celebrated its 30th anniversary in Canada in February 2017 and has grown to include 51 locations in its dealer network across the country.
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