Golf Canada – HORNTON, Ont. – Tristan Renaud of Sudbury, Ont. came from behind, while Angela Arora of Surrey, B.C. held on to her lead to win their respective divisions at the Future Links, driven by Acura Ontario Championship at Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club on Sunday.

Renaud started the final day five shots behind the lead, but that deficit didn’t last long. On his first hole, he made an eagle three on the 486-yard par five. Renaud put his game into cruise control, making par on his next 14 holes. He would go on to finish the three-day event at 1 over.

“If you look at it on the scorecard it was pretty blemish-free, but there were a lot of good par saves and a lot of short-to mid-range putts I made,” said Renaud. “It wasn’t a scoring day per-se – the wind was strong, so I’m pretty happy with it.”

A bogey on the par-five 18th made things tight at the top of the leaderboard, as Brandon White of Bourget, Ont. finished one-shot back at 2 over.

Yuqi Liu of Thornhill, Ont., Ben MacLean of Niagara Falls, Ont. and Logan Boucher of Beaconsfield, Que. finished in a three-way tie for third at 3 over. 

Renaud, White, Liu, MacLean and Boucher all earn exemptions into the 2019 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, taking place August 11 to 15 at Covered Bridge Golf & Country Club in Hartland, N.B.

In junior girl’s action, Arora entered the day in the lead and shot a final-round 81 to withstand a strong push from Oakville, Ont., native Katie Cranston. 

Cranston briefly held the lead, but a double bogey on the penultimate hole opened the door for Arora, who made par on each of her last four holes to clinch the title. Arora finished at 12 over par for the tournament to edge Cranston by a stroke. 

“Today I had a really strong start,” said Arora. “I ended up getting into some trouble on the sixth hole, but I was also to cope and get over it. I knew I had to finish off strong because everyone was playing well.”

Finishing 3-shots back was Sarah Gallagher at 15 over par.

The duo of Madelin Boyd of Oshawa, Ont. and Victoria Zheng of Markham, Ont. finished T4 at 21-over.

By finishing in the top five, Arora, Cranston, Gallagher, Boyd and Zheng earn exemptions into the 2019 Canadian Junior Girls Championship taking place July 29 to August 2 at Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alta.

The first two Future Links, driven by Acura Championships junior girls’ title of 2019 have been won by Surrey, B.C. natives – Lauren Kim was victorious in the Future Links, driven by Acura Pacific Championship in early May. 

Photos from the championship are available here. (Christian Bender/ Golf Canada)

Full results of the 2019 Future Links, driven by Acura Ontario Championship:

Junior Boys Media Results

1. Tristan Renaud, Sudbury, ON, *70-77-70-217 +1

2. Brandon White, Bourget, ON, *73-72-73-218 +2

3. Yuqi Liu, Thornhill, ON, *72-73-76-221 +5

3. Ben MacLean, Niagara Falls, ON, *71-74-76-221 +5

3. Logan Boucher, Beaconsfield, QC, *70-72-79-221 +5

6. Thomas Latter, Mississauga, ON, *74-78-70-222 +6

6. Cameron Corbett, Little Britain, ON, *75-76-71-222 +6

6. Freddy D’Angelo, Fonthill, ON, *70-79-73-222 +6

6. Michael Ikejiani, Minesing, ON, *74-74-74-222 +6

6. Bavake Sihota, Caledon, ON, *71-75-76-222 +6

11. Bennett Ruby, Waterloo, ON, *75-77-71-223 +7

12. Shawn Sehra, Windsor, ON, *77-73-74-224 +8

12. Peter Blazevic, Mississauga, ON, *72-78-74-224 +8

12. Sam Hogan, Burlington, ON, *72-78-74-224 +8

12. Justin Matthews, Little Britain, ON, *72-72-80-224 +8

16. William Forgues, Boischatel, QC, *70-82-73-225 +9

16. Jean-Philippe Parr, St-Célestin, QC, *74-73-78-225 +9

16. Frédéric Rousseau, Longueuil, QC, *74-69-82-225 +9

19. Thomas Vallières, Victoriaville, QC, *74-78-74-226 +10

20. Ethan Irvine, Ancaster, ON, *77-76-74-227 +11

20. Nathanial Coombes, Bowmanville, ON, *72-79-76-227 +11

20. Nolan Piazza, Niagara Falls, ON, *73-76-78-227 +11

20. Felix Bouchard, Otterburn Park, QC, *72-74-81-227 +11

24. Malcolm Simpson, Nepean, ON, *78-74-76-228 +12

24. Thomas Stafford, Beaconsfield, QC, *72-80-76-228 +12

24. Jocelyn Ménard, Cumberland, *70-78-80-228 +12

27. Joshua Hayes, Sudbury, ON, *77-77-75-229 +13

27. Michael Katsman, Richmond Hill, ON, *79-73-77-229 +13

29. Owen Kim, Oakville, ON, *79-77-74-230 +14

29. Robbie Latter, Mississauga, ON, *77-76-77-230 +14

31. Ranen Oomen-Danckert, Mono, ON, *75-80-76-231 +15

31. Yaroslav Ilyenko, Markham, ON, *73-77-81-231 +15

33. Kavith Ranchagoda, Richmond Hill, ON, *82-74-76-232 +16

33. Ethan Phillips, Bowmanville, ON, *74-80-78-232 +16

33. Cody Clark, Little Britain, ON, *71-81-80-232 +16

36. Alek Mauro, Windsor, ON, *77-81-75-233 +17

36. Jonathan Demers, Drummondville, QC, *79-79-75-233 +17

36. Hunter Kolm, Aurora, ON, *81-76-76-233 +17

36. Nolan Pierce, Whitby, ON, *77-80-76-233 +17

36. Jeffrey Fang, Newmarket, ON, *79-77-77-233 +17

36. Kyle Chung, Brampton, ON, *76-78-79-233 +17

36. Mathis Rollin, Rockland, ON, *73-79-81-233 +17

43. Romi Dilawri, Ottawa, ON, *83-77-74-234 +18

43. Dylan MacDonald, Markham, ON, *81-75-78-234 +18

43. Felix Gérin, Coaticook, QC, *81-75-78-234 +18

43. Andre Zhu, Richmond Hill, ON, *72-82-80-234 +18

43. Luca Cimoroni, Toronto, ON, *73-79-82-234 +18

48. Eric (Joohyung) Byun, Richmond Hill, ON, *75-88-73-236 +20

48. Ben Bauer, Waterloo, ON, *82-79-75-236 +20

48. Zachary Hart, New Hamburg, ON, *77-83-76-236 +20

48. Antoine Chevalier, Carignan, QC, *82-75-79-236 +20

48. Anthony Robitaille, Wendake, QC, *79-77-80-236 +20

53. Alexis Clément, Drummondville, QC, *77-83-77-237 +21

53. Cade Preston, Hillsdale, ON, *78-78-81-237 +21

55. Skyler Sicoli, Nepean, ON, *77-84-77-238 +22

56. Isiah Katsube, Elmira, ON, *80-80-79-239 +23

57. Raphael Lebrun, Lac Delage, QC, *77-79-84-240 +24

58. Hunter Baird, Waterloo, ON, *85-78-78-241 +25

58. Ben Hirasawa, Toronto, ON, *80-80-81-241 +25

58. Mark Clarey, Cobourg, ON, *75-83-83-241 +25

61. Zachary Wylie-Kos, Kanata, ON, *87-77-78-242 +26

61. Nicholas Lin, Toronto, ON, *79-83-80-242 +26

61. Jean-Christophe Gagnon, Québec, QC, *77-84-81-242 +26

61. Guillaume Dubois, St-Augustin, QC, *79-81-82-242 +26

61. Justin Fedele, St. Lazare, QC, *76-83-83-242 +26

66. Daniel Li, Richmond Hill, ON, *80-85-78-243 +27

66. Satshia Tep-Chhun, St. Thomas, ON, *81-80-82-243 +27

66. Ryan Hogan, Burlington, ON, *80-82-81-243 +27

66. RJ Derhodge, Niagara Falls, ON, *78-82-83-243 +27

66. Gerry Mei, North York, ON, *80-79-84-243 +27

71. Graem Costigan, Cambridge, ON, *82-81-82-245 +29

71. Ryan Mcaskill, Georgetown, ON, *77-84-84-245 +29

71. Nathan Desrochers, St. Bruno, QC, *80-79-86-245 +29

74. Tae Kyoung (Eric) Yun, Richmond Hill, ON, *83-84-79-246 +30

74. Max Wang, Brampton, ON, *76-81-89-246 +30

76. Simon Ménard, Valleyfield, QC, *77-89-81-247 +31

77. Owen Gauder, Toronto, ON, *84-84-80-248 +32

78. Samuel Breton Gagnon, Quebec, QC, *81-88-80-249 +33

79. Alexandre Gélinas, Blainville, QC, *82-85-84-251 +35

80. Mikael Pageau, Gatineau, QC, *84-84-84-252 +36

81. Andrew Gwilliams, Bradford, ON, *84-83-86-253 +37

82. Dee Xie, Toronto, ON, *89-81-86-256 +40

83. Victor Parenteau St-Antoine, Le Gardeur, QC, *87-84-90-261 +45

84. Philippe Richard, Stoneham-Et-Tewkesbury, QC, *89-94-79-262 +46

 

DID NOT FINISH

WD. Quinn Arial, Ottawa, ON, *80-0-0-80 +8

WD. Tyler Cunningham, Milton, ON, *83-73-0-156 +12

WD. Connor Munro, Etobicoke, ON, *79-85-0-164 +20

WD. Zachary Katzenstein, Thornhill, ON, *

 

Junior Girls Media Results

1. Angela Arora, Surrey, BC, *72-75-81-228 +12

2. Katie Cranston, Oakville, ON, *74-81-74-229 +13

3. Sarah Gallagher, Burlington, ON, *72-78-81-231 +15

4. Madelin Boyd, Oshawa, ON, *79-76-82-237 +21

4. Victoria Zheng, Markham, ON, *75-80-82-237 +21

6. Alexis McMurray, Oakville, ON, *83-74-81-238 +22

6. Lauren Zaretsky, Thornhill, ON, *72-86-80-238 +22

6. Élizabeth Labbé, Lévis, QC, *77-77-84-238 +22

9. Hailey McLaughlin, Markham, ON, *82-83-76-241 +25

10. Jennifer Gu, West Vancouver, BC, *79-87-77-243 +27

10. Mathilde Denicourt, Saint-Césaire, QC, *78-82-83-243 +27

10. Catherine Zhang, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, *79-82-82-243 +27

13. Erin Kim, Toronto, ON, *82-89-73-244 +28

13. Nicole Gal, Oakville, ON, *81-85-78-244 +28

13. Dylann Armstrong, North Gower, ON, *78-86-80-244 +28

13. Emily Romancew, Pierrefonds, QC, *79-84-81-244 +28

13. Raesa Sheikh, Caledon, ON, *76-84-84-244 +28

18. Bo Brown, Mississauga, ON, *82-84-79-245 +29

18. Adele Chun, Richmond Hill, ON, *80-80-85-245 +29

20. Rachel Demaine, Oakville, ON, *78-84-84-246 +30

20. Krystal (Zhuotong) Li, Richmondhill, ON, *86-77-83-246 +30

22. Skylar Kew, Burlington, ON, *85-88-75-248 +32

22. Alyssa DiMarcantonio, Maple, ON, *77-89-82-248 +32

24. Vaijayanti Bharkhada, Brampton, ON, *82-88-80-250 +34

24. Shehna Akbary, Thornhill, ON, *86-81-83-250 +34

26. Vanessa Chychrun, Aurora, ON, *80-88-83-251 +35

27. Anne-Sophie Bélanger, Quebec, QC, *87-83-84-254 +38

28. Cynthia Huo, Markham, ON, *89-81-86-256 +40

29. Megan Miron, Binbrook, ON, *88-79-91-258 +42

30. Ella Weber, Burlington, ON, *83-84-92-259 +43

 

DID NOT FINISH

WD. Lexie McKay, Aurora, ON, *81-0-0-81 +9

WD. Rozlyn Rooke, Milton, *

DQ. Jillian A Friyia, London, ON, *79-85-18-182 +22

 

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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, 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 1.4 million young Canadians have taken part in Future Links.  For more information, visit www.golfcanada.ca/futurelinks. 

GOLF CANADA 

Golf Canada is the National Sports Federation and governing body for golf in Canada representing over 319,000 golfers at more than 1,400 member clubs across the country. A proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Golf Canada’s mission is to grow participation, excellence and passion in the sport while upholding the integrity and traditions of the game. By investing in the growth of the sport and introducing more participants of all ages to the game, our goal is to be relevant to and respected by all Canadian golf enthusiasts from coast to coast. For more information about what Golf Canada is doing to support golf in your community, visit www.golfcanada.ca. 

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Golf Canada
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