“HATS OFF TO
HADWIN at 40TH ANNIVERSARY GOLDEN EARS
INVITATIONAL”
 On
a scorching weekend in Pitt Meadows, it was 21
year old rookie VGT Professional ADAM HADWIN
who blazed his way to his second victory in
three VGT events, posting back-to-back rounds of
66 for a two-day total of 12 under par and a
four shot victory over last week’s Chilliwack
Open winner BRYN PARRY. Starting the
final round leading at -6, both Hadwin and Parry
had their share of ups and downs on the front
nine. It was Hadwin who struggled first with
bogeys on #1 and #3 to give Parry an early 2
shot lead in as many holes. However, after a few
more holes both players would settle down on the
front nine and finish one-under par for the
opening side and 7-under par for the tournament.
Playing some four groups earlier, Hazelmere’s
PHIL JONAS shot off to a 4-under start on
the front nine, and would effectively be only
one shot back with nine holes to play. His good
play continued on #11 where he birdied to get to
-7 for the tournament but his chase for the
title was halted after a double-bogey six on the
12th hole to move him back to -5. Although he
would make two more birdies coming in, Jonas’
charge was a bit shy and he finished with a
Sunday score of 67 and for a 3rd place finish in
the tournament alone at -7, good for $1,100.
With none of the other front
runners making a considerable challenge to the
leaders, it would be the second consecutive VGT
event that Parry and Hadwin would go
head-to-head on the back nine to see who
clinched the Championship. The difference in
these nine holes turned out to be Hadwin
capitalizing beautifully on a bit of luck after
two errant drives, making some fantastic
recovery shots on holes #12 and #14. His two
birdies on these holes inevitably gave him a two
shot lead with four holes to play. Both Hadwin
and Parry made great birdies on #15 to go -11
and -9 respectively and it looked like it was
going to be a race to the end until Parry made
an untimely bogey on #16 to fall three shots
back with only two to play. Par’s on 17 by both
players gave Hadwin some breathing room coming
down 18, which he took full advantage of with
two great shots into the par 5 and a two-putt
birdie to get to 12 under par and win this 40th
Anniversary Golden Ear’s Invitational in style!
Hadwin’s victory earned him $2,200 towards his
yearly total on the CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON
CANADA Order of Merit, chasing all the way
into 2nd Place after playing only 5 events with
$7,875. This leaves Hadwin less than $1,000 shy
of VGT’s 2009 Order of Merit leader Bryn Parry,
who sits atop with $8,837.50 after 12 events.
With only four VGT events remaining on the
schedule to decide who will win the coveted
entry to PGA Tour Qualifying School, this race
will be an exciting one to follow indeed!
McCleery and Hazelmere’s Phil Jonas sits in 3rd
Place overall with $7,128.
 In
Amateur action, Ledgeview’s KEVIN STINSON
was only a few shots shy of winning the ‘Amateur
Triple Crown (Ledgeview Open, Chilliwack Open,
Golden Ears Open) as he was simply out-played by
17 year old Capilano Golf Club Junior MATT
CAVELTI who shot impressive back-to-back
rounds of 69 for a total of 6-under par to take
Amateur Honours at this year’s event. Both
Cavelti and Stinson will be heading away to play
in the Canadian Championships – Cavelti next
week in the Juniors at Westmount Golf & Country
Club in Kitchener, Ontario and Stinson at the
Canadian Amateur the following week at Club de
golf Le Blainvillier in Blainville, Quebec. VGT
wishes both youngsters a successful trip on
their National Championship bids! This year’s
Amateur Low Net Winner went to Vancouver Golf
Club’s Dave Showman with a 2-day total of 139,
winning on retrogression over Paul Jennings and
Julian Pasichnyk.
THANK-YOU’S
The following people must be
thanked for their continued hard work in making
the 40th ANNIVERSAY GOLDEN EARS INVITATIONAL
such a tremendous success:
Committee Chairperson –
Frank Hoadley. What can I say? Great
organization throughout the whole event. You run
a fantastic tournament. Well done once again!!!
Scoring Chairperson –
Stephen Chapman and your scoring team. Talk
about efficient work. Your team should apply to
the PGA Tour!
Pitt Meadows G.M. - Mike
Pierce, – Congratulations on a great event
all around – fantastic service from your staff
throughout the weekend including the ‘Best Open
Dinner Buffet’. Thanks to all your food and
beverage staff and hats off to your Executive
Chef Richard Morrant for providing such great
meals to all the contestants!
Head Professional – Neil
Roberts and his Professional staff. Great
reception from all your staff throughout the
tournament. Well done guys!
Head Superintendant – Dave
Zeiler and all his staff for keeping Pitt
Meadows Golf Club in such wonderful shape
year-in-year out!
All Sponsors –
Including this year’s MAJOR SPONSORS – Mail-O-Matic,
Reliable Parts, Mardon & Garrison, Nufloors,
Eastgate Auto body and Mr. Sparks Auto Electric.
This event cannot be conducted at such a
professional level without your continued
support from year-to-year.
Volunteers – All the
dedicated individuals involved with
registration, scorer’s table, leaderboard
scoring, first and 10th tee announcing, hole
spotting and walking scoring should be commended
on their commitment to making this event one the
participants don’t want to miss. Great work!
VGT Live Scoring Team –
As always, your work to keep the Vancouver
golfing public in the know of all our top
players and who is on the rise to the PGA Tour
is greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to all the
great play over the weekend and to all those who
played a part in making the 40th Anniversary of
Golden Ears Invitational such a great event!!
Amateur Results ||
Professional Earnings ||
Final
Results ||
Order of Merit
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