Kyrinis sweeps Investors Group Ontario Women’s Senior and Mid-Amateur Championships
Golf Ontario – LAKEFIELD— It is a repeat for Thornhill’s Judith Kyrinis as Investors Group Ontario Senior Women’s Champion. In addition, The Thornhill Club member can add Ontario Mid-Amateur Champion to her resume after capturing both titles on June 29 at Wildfire Golf Club in Lakefield. The final round of Golf Ontario’s Women’s Senior and Mid-Amateur Championship was a soggy affair that did see a short delay mid round. However, at the end of the day, the field made it through the full 18 holes.
Kyrinis, 53 years old, entered the day with a four-shot lead over Mississauga’s Debbie Court. The weather definitely had an affect on Kyrinis, along with all of the players, during the round. Kyrinis was three-over after nine but double bogeyed the 10th. She did get back into a groove to finish the round five-over (78) for a tournament total of four-over (72-73-78-223), good enough for a six-stroke win.
After her win, Kyrinis spoke about what repeating as champion was like.“Repeating as champion was a lot of hard work. I did a lot of work in the winter to be ready to try and repeat. It is never easy to repeat and I am thrilled to win both titles this year.”
The weather definelty played a factor during the final round, Kyrinis spoke about the conditions. “It was a struggle today. It was a difficult day, conditions were very soggy so you had to be careful. We have had so much rain this spring but the greens were perfect, kudos to them (Wildfire Golf Club’s grounds crew).
Second place, in both events, went to St. Thomas’ Mary Ann Hayward. The St. Thomas Golf & Country Club member was two-over at the turn, and finished the day four-over (77). That brought her tournament total to 10-over (74-78-77-229).
The bronze medal was won by Etobicoke’s Marion Reid. Reid, from the Islington Golf Club, fired a four-over (77) during the final round to earn a spot on the podium. She finished the tournament 11-over (75-78-77-230).
Kyrinis, Hayward and Reid will all move on to represent Ontario in the inter-provincial competition at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Senior Championship, Aug. 22-24 at Humber Valley Resort in Little Rapids, Newfoundland.
Court, from Toronto Golf Club, went on to pick up the 60+ Division title finishing the tournament 16-over (72-77-86-235). Collingwood’s Ellen Horton, Blue Mountain Golf & Country Club, was the winner of the 70+ Division.
In district team competitions, Team York (Kyrinis, Court, Reid and Etobicoke’s Joanne Noble) won the Senior Gross and Net Championships. Niagara District (St. Catharines’ Chris Critelli and Welland’s Stefani Markovich) won the Mid-Amateur Gross competition, while London District (London’s Irini Perivolaris and Ingersoll’s Jennifer Lavis) took the Mid-Amateur Net title.
Also announced, at the conclusion of the event, were the members of the 2018 Ada Mackenzie Team. The team will consist of: Kyrinis, Hayward, Reid, Court, Etobicoke’s Terrill Samuel, Kingston’s Allyson Harrison, Critelli, Lavis, Stouffville’s Ivy Steinberg and Brockville’s Teri deLuis.
For full tournament information, including the final leaderboards, see the tournament page at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao17/event/gao179/index.htm
Golf Ontario would like to thank Wildfire 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 Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
The Investors Group Ontario Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship has been contested annually since 1989 and features the province’s best female amateurs over 25. Past champions of the event include: Gayle Borthwick, Terrill Samuel, Stefani Markovich and Mary Ann Hayward who has captured the trophy 14 times.
About the Investors Group Senior Women’s Championship
The Investors Group Ontario Senior Women’s Amateur Championship has been contested annually since 1962 and features the province’s best female amateurs age 50 and over. Past champions of the event include: Ada Mackenzie, Kay Helleur, Gayle Borthwick, Mary Ann Hayward and World Golf Hall of Fame member Marlene Stewart Streit.
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Results for contest Mid-Am Championship:
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1 Judith Kyrinis 72-73-78--223 +4
2 Mary Ann Hayward 74-78-77--229 +10
3 Marion Reid 75-78-77--230 +11
4 Debbie Court 72-77-86--235 +16
5 Terrill Samuel 79-81-77--237 +18
6 Allyson Harrison 77-80-85--242 +23
7 Jessie Mercer 81-80-82--243 +24
8 Chris Critelli 76-82-86--244 +25
9 Jennifer Lavis 79-81-86--246 +27
T10 Stefani Markovich 85-83-79--247 +28
T10 Ivy Steinberg 81-84-82--247 +28
T12 Teri deLuis 88-80-80--248 +29
T12 Margaret Matthews 77-84-87--248 +29
14 Cheryll Damphouse 80-76-93--249 +30
15 Lise Jubinville 83-82-85--250 +31
T16 Andrea Blackwell 88-83-80--251 +32
T16 Diane Dolan 83-85-83--251 +32
T16 Joanne Noble 81-82-88--251 +32
19 Sue Postian 83-85-86--254 +35
20 Joey Bush 86-81-88--255 +36
21 Sarah-Anne Smurlick 90-84-83--257 +38
22 Kathie Houghton 87-86-85--258 +39
23 Karen Vamplew 83-83-93--259 +40
T24 Irini Perivolaris 86-84-90--260 +41
T24 Helen Williams 78-89-93--260 +41
26 Cathy Welsand 85-87-89--261 +42
T27 Kimberley Legge 87-86-89--262 +43
T27 Barbara Maslanko 86-83-93--262 +43
T29 Julie Jarvis 90-84-89--263 +44
T29 Kathy Pilkey 89-84-90--263 +44
T29 Julie Green 87-84-92--263 +44
T29 Catherine Butler 80-87-96--263 +44
T33 Sandy Zajac 85-91-90--266 +47
T33 Roma Harris 88-86-92--266 +47
T33 Kelly Koselek 83-90-93--266 +47
36 Meghan Dove 91-89-87--267 +48
37 Diane Higgins 90-85-93--268 +49
T38 Julie Girard 89-87-95--271 +52
T38 Danielle Hughes 86-87-98--271 +52
40 Yvonne Fraser 89-89-94--272 +53
41 Jennie Gauthier 90-92-91--273 +54
T42 Elaine Arthur 96-91-87--274 +55
T42 Cindy Jonescu 86-93-95--274 +55
44 Meredith Stanford 94-82-99--275 +56
T45 Cathy E. Koszman 88-91-98--277 +58
T45 Janelle Fairgrieve 87-88-102--277 +58
T47 Linda Samuel 94-89-95--278 +59
T47 Lois Cole 93-91-94--278 +59
49 Lori Bailey 95-92-97--284 +65
T50 Cindy Dunham 95-98-94--287 +68
T50 Brenda Pilon 96-93-98--287 +68
T52 Margaret Lockhart 92-99-97--288 +69
T52 Annette Lauzon McDonald 102-86-100--288 +69
54 Martha Cruikshank 93-92-105--290 +71
55 Lynne Bradshaw 95-97-101--293 +74
T56 Lisa Allen 95-97-104--296 +77
T56 Kelly Bertrand 95-93-108--296 +77
DID NOT FINISH
MC Suzanne McBride 97-95-0--192 +46
MC Judith Cutmore 94-102-0--196 +50
MC Lisa Strutt 95-101-0--196 +50
MC Susan Bell 95-102-0--197 +51
MC Hazel English 96-104-0--200 +54
MC Liz Hadden 104-98-0--202 +56
MC Rosemary Scott 105-97-0--202 +56
MC Elaine Hiscox 101-102-0--203 +57
MC Kelly Dory 103-100-0--203 +57
MC Rosemary Salvatore 111-99-0--210 +64
MC Maureen Burns 108-102-0--210 +64
MC Jean Dow 119-102-0--221 +75
MC Brenda Empey 113-110-0--223 +77
MC Patricia Burroughs 113-114-0--227 +81
WD Ginny Marshall 46-0-0--46 +9
WD Jennifer Lochhead 79-85-0--164 +18
WD Donna Houlihan 96-44-0--140 +30
WD Maria Chang 90-90-0--180 +34
WD Maureen Peet 88-93-0--181 +35
WD Darlene Homonko 92-90-0--182 +36
WD Debbie McDonald 91-91-0--182 +36
WD Barbara Wellard 91-92-0--183 +37
WD Ellen Horton 99-95-0--194 +48
DQ Cheryl Kruse 97-97-0--194 +48
DQ Lynda McNicol