“PARRY PACKS A
PUNCH AT CHILLIWACK OPEN”
 On
a blistering hot and windy weekend, Seymour
Creek Professional Bryn Parry showed all
208 participants of the 2009 CHILLIWACK OPEN
that he is a force to be reckoned with. Despite
starting Sunday’s final round 2 shots back of
21-year old rookie sensation Adam Hadwin, by the
4th hole Parry had taken command of this 51st
Annual event starting on fire, birdie, birdie,
birdie, eagle. Parry not only closed the gap,
but surged ahead to -8 for the tournament and
now lead by 5 shots after 4 holes after Hadwin
hooked his drive out-of-bounds on #2 to take a
triple bogey 7 on the hole.
This event however was
certainly not over as the rookie Hadwin charged
right back into the tournament with six birdies
from holes 4 through 11 to get back level with
Parry at -8 for the tournament after Parry’s
charge slowed down momentarily with a bogey on
#8 and pars thru the 11th. A bit of loose play
from both players on the 12th hole put the
leaders back at -7 for the tournament before the
veteran Parry dropped it up one gear when he
birdied the 14th par 3 for a 2-shot lead after
Hadwin bogeyed. Parry gave Hadwin a couple of
chances to narrow his lead with approach shots
that flew over the green on #16 and left on #17.
The pivotal moment in the tournament turned out
to be a battle of the short game as Parry’s two
up and downs on #16 and 17 were just too much
for Hadwin to handle, missing an 8 footer of his
own on 16 for birdie and then 3-putting from 50
feet on the 17th.
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Parry closed the event in
style, drawing a mid-iron around the oak tree on
18 from 165 yards out to 20 feet and nailing his
birdie putt to go 9-under par, putting an
exclamation point on his second win this year on
the Vancouver Golf Tour schedule. Parry’s win
and cheque for $2,000 vaults him to the top of
the CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA Order of
Merit (OOM) with $7,337.50. Hadwin’s second
place showing vaulted him up the VGT OOM from
5th to 3rd and $5,675.00 after playing only 4
events on the VGT schedule. Hadwin’s four
results have included two 2nd place finishes and
a win at the Ledgeview Open two weeks ago.
Hazelmere’s Phil Jonas struggled on day two
shooting 74 and missed cutting a cheque by one
shot. After 11 events, Jonas sits in 2nd place
on the CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA Order of
Merit with $6,028.66.
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Golf/Srixon Canada Professional Order of Merit
 In
the Amateur side of the tournament, 23-year old
Kevin Stinson of Ledgeview took home
Overall Low Gross honours with scores of 70,74
to win by two shots over Chilliwack’s own Mike
Broadfoot. Amateur Gary Grewal took the Overall
Low Net honours with net total score of 135.
Stinson had mixed emotions after his second
round - happy to win his second Amateur title
this year, but also disappointed he didn’t
finish stronger and take on the top
Professionals in the field, ultimately one of
his main goals. Stinson was quoted as saying he
‘Learned a lot from some of the top
Professionals he played with in this event and
noted that they rarely made any ‘unforced
errors’ during their play’. Stinson will look to
win the ‘Triple Crown’ next weekend as he is
registered for VGT’s next event – The 2009
Golden Ear’s Open at Pitt Meadows Golf Club.
For full tournament results,
please
click here, and click on 2009 CHILLIWACK
OPEN.
THANK-YOU’S
The 2009 Chilliwack Open would
not have been possible without the sponsors, so
thank-you go out to the following: Tru-Cut
Sharpening, Fraser Valley Appraisers, Scotia
Bank, Source 1 Transport, Innovative Flooring,
Caldco Canada Corp, Sardis Liquor Store, Langley
Concrete, Bar K Ventures, Chill-Air
Conditioning, Canadian Tire, Remax NYDA Realty,
TRU-WAL Interiors, Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada
Logan’s Home Hardware, Leo Edwards & Sons,
Mertin GM/Hyundai, Marketplace IGA (water and
bananas), Hub Barton Insurance, Club Car, and
Okanagan Springs-Sleemans.
Special thanks also go out to
Chilliwack G & CC for putting together such a
great event, from Head Professional Trevor
West and his Pro shop, General Manager Kerry
Grittner, to Tony Thompson and his Food &
Beverage staff and the Superintendant and his
Greens Crew.
Additional thanks to all the
Chilliwack G & CC members who volunteered their
time and effort. Online scoring would not have
been possible with the members of the VGT Event
Team (Mike, Fanny, Heidi, George, Brian and
Bill).
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(PDF) Tournament Results
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