Lefebvre takes lead into final round of Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship
Golf Ontario – WINDSOR— It has been quite the week so far for London’s Marc Lefebvre. The West Haven Golf & Country Club member had a hole-in-one during the opening round and now he will take the lead into the final round of the Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship.
Lefebvre began the round, on July 13 at Ambassador Golf Club, in sixth place but continued the steady play that he has shown all week. He made the turn at one-under and proceeded to play the back nine one-under as well. With his round of two-under (69), Lefebvre moved to eight-under for the tournament (67-69-69-205). He will take a one-shot lead into tomorrow’s final round.
Second spot sees a tie between Mississauga’s Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Aurora’s Shyamal Nagindas. Yellamaraju, from Blue Springs Golf Club, is one of the youngest players in the field at only 16-years-old. Still, the junior had another strong showing during the third round. Yellamaraju was two-under (69) on the round and moved to seven-under (69-68-69-206) for the championship.
As for Nagindas, from Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club, he started well going birdie-eagle on the second and third holes. However, he would give those strokes back with a trio of bogeys, and a time penalty that was assessed to his group. Nagindas went on to finish one-over (72) and dropped to seven-under (66-68-72-206).
Just one-shot back at six-under are Unionville’s Max Sear and Burlington’s Marcus Khaw. Sear (67-67-73-207), was also in the group assessed the penalty and finished the day two-over (73). Khaw (71-68-68-207) was three-under on the round.
The final round begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. with the final group scheduled to tee off at 10:50 a.m. Admission is free 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 Marc Lefebvre 67-69-69--205 -8 T2 Sudarshan Yellamaraju 69-68-69--206 -7 T2 Shyamal Nagindas 66-68-72--206 -7 T4 Marcus Khaw 71-68-68--207 -6 T4 Maxwell Sear 67-67-73--207 -6 T6 Keaton Veillette 70-70-68--208 -5 T6 Trevor Ranton 70-70-68--208 -5 T6 Curtis Hughes 71-67-70--208 -5 T6 Kelvin Lim 74-64-70--208 -5 T6 Gajan Sivabalasingham 68-67-73--208 -5 T11 Sam Meek 71-68-70--209 -4 T11 Johnny Travale 67-72-70--209 -4 T11 Ryan Neil 68-70-71--209 -4 T14 Robert Wilkinson 72-68-70--210 -3 T14 Thomas Giroux 71-68-71--210 -3 T14 Michael Forbes 67-72-71--210 -3 T14 David French 71-66-73--210 -3 T14 Josiah Dixon 70-65-75--210 -3 T19 Justin Allen 71-73-67--211 -2 T19 Ben Thompson 70-71-70--211 -2 T19 Hanish Nagrani 70-69-72--211 -2 T19 Yaroslav Ilyenko 69-69-73--211 -2 T19 John Foster 67-67-77--211 -2 T24 Thomas 'Jack' Simpson 70-73-69--212 -1 T24 Thomas Code 70-71-71--212 -1 T24 Nicholas Ross 70-70-72--212 -1 T27 Chase Komaromi 72-72-69--213 E T27 Gordon Gibson 74-68-71--213 E T27 Aidan Gavey 70-70-73--213 E T27 Michael Rutgers 67-72-74--213 E T31 Kyle Gordon 73-70-71--214 +1 T31 Marc Casullo 72-71-71--214 +1 T33 Cougar Collins 70-75-70--215 +2 T33 Bryce Evon 73-72-70--215 +2 T33 Mathew Stevens 72-72-71--215 +2 T33 Harris Bundy 68-74-73--215 +2 T33 Thomas DeMarco 64-77-74--215 +2 38 Jake McNulty 74-70-72--216 +3 T39 Tyson Turchanski 71-74-72--217 +4 T39 Ty Celone 74-70-73--217 +4 T39 Kevin Fawcett 71-72-74--217 +4 T39 Trevor Corner 70-73-74--217 +4 T39 Luke Moser 72-70-75--217 +4 T44 Jacob Lehman 75-70-73--218 +5 T44 Mathew Iceton 72-73-73--218 +5 T44 Jacob Presutti 72-70-76--218 +5 T44 Crawford McKinlay 72-67-79--218 +5 T48 Kyle MacDonald 74-71-74--219 +6 T48 Craig Stefureak 73-72-74--219 +6 T48 Eric Pattenaude 71-74-74--219 +6 T48 Spencer Dobbs 71-74-74--219 +6 T48 Philip Arci 71-73-75--219 +6 T48 Eric Flockhart 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