"HADWIN
RED-HOT AGAIN AT SANDPIPER"
 In
blistering hot weather, 21 year old VGT
Rookie Professional
Adam Hadwin
of
Morgan Creek
continued his run of near flawless golf
this weekend at the
2009
JOHNSTON
MEIER INSURANCE OPEN. Hadwin’s two round total of
66, 69 (-9)
was good enough for a 2-shot victory
over Seymour Creek’s Bryn Parry
to win the title and collect $1,600
towards the Cleveland/Srixon Order of
Merit standings.
After
27 holes of this Championship, it looked
like Hadwin would be a shoe-in to win
his third VGT event in only five tries.
Sitting at 9 under par Hadwin had a five
shot lead over Parry and seven shots
over any third place chasers with 9
holes to play. Hadwin’s five shot lead
however diminished over the first six
holes on the back nine as two groups
ahead John Shin made a late charge on
the back nine including four birdies on
the front nine, an eagle on the par 5
#15 and a hole-in-one on #16 to get
himself to -7 for the day and the
tournament. A late bogey on #17 would
put Shin back to -6 for the tournament
and in 3rd place overall,
good for $900.
 A
CLUB CAR ACE: John Shin’s Ace on #16 WON him a
CLUB CAR
Precedent POWER CAR (www.clubcar.com)
valued at
$8,000!!!
Thanks to Kevin Orton of Club Car, one
of VGT’s Official Hole-in-one sponsors
this year!
In
the final pairing of the day Parry was
also making a slow but steady charge of
his own. After opening with a front
nine score of 34 (-2), Parry continued
his steady play with three birdies in a
row on 13, 14 and 15 to get to -7 for
the tournament. Hadwin made a birdie of
his own on 11 to get to -10, but all of
a sudden made this tournament quite
interesting when he attempted to flop it
from the side of the green on #15 and
after two swings only advanced his ball
a couple of yards. This lead to a bogey
on his card and with three holes to play
his lead had shrunk to only two shots
over Parry.
Although
Parry made a valiant run over the next
three holes, including a great pitch
shot from the side of the 18th
green that nearly went in for birdie,
Hadwin was hailed the Champion after he
pitched up to 2 feet from the side of
the green to win his third VGT
Championship in only six starts. Hadwin
continued his march up the
CLEVELAND
GOLF/ SRIXON
CANADA
Order of Merit but could not catch Parry who took home $1,100 for
his 2nd place showing. After
13 VGT events, Parry leads Hadwin by
only $462 with $9,937.50. More
impressively is that both players have
continued to battle for 1st
and 2nd place in four of the
last five events on the VGT schedule –
Hadwin with three wins and two 2nd
place finishes in as many events.
STROKE
AVERAGES "IN THE RED":
Both
Hadwin and Parry are boasting incredible stroke averages
so far this year on the Vancouver Golf
Tour schedule. Hadwin has posted a
remarkable stroke average of
67.27 over 11 tournament rounds and a whopping 46 under
par for this stretch.
Parry definitely battled some challenging winter/spring
conditions on the earlier portion of the
VGT schedule, but still holds a very
solid stroke average of
69.16 over 18 rounds. He is also a total of 41 under par
for the same 11 rounds of Summer VGT
events and 43 under for all 18
tournament rounds since the start of the
year. “These two are definitely
separating themselves from the rest of
the field on the Vancouver Golf Tour the
past five events. It’s going to take a
big challenge from any of the remaining
8 players in the top 10 of the
CLEVELAND/SRIXON Order of
Merit
to knock either of them off the top.
The Vancouver Open (final event to
determine who will be awarded a paid
entry down to the 2009 PGA Tour
Q-School) will sure be a climactic end
to the season” stated VGT Commissioner
Fraser Mulholland.
 AMATEUR
HEADLINES:
It took a very impressive
final round of 68 by Coquitlam’s Matt
Rohatensky to take Amateur
honours at the JM Open this year.
Rohatensky finished t4th overall in the
tournament at -4 with rounds of 72, 68
to win the Amateur title by 2 shots over
Mission Golf Club’s Stu Dunaway and
three shots over Sandpiper’s own Yves
Bisson. This was
Rohatensky’s third Amateur win on the VGT schedule, pushing him
over 1,000 points ahead of his next
competitor in the Championship Amateur
Division of the CLEVELAND/SRIXON
ORDER OF MERIT.
 In
the Low Net side of the
tournament it was Dave Dodsworth
who stole the show with his impressive
second round score of 77 (net 65). Both
Rohatensky and Dodsworth took away
winners’ trophies, a Sun Mountain Speed
cart and $200 in Perfect Lies Gift
Certificates.
For full tournament
results, click on our
LIVE SCORING LINK:
http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2009/live_scoring.htm.
Please check-out our video files from
the event by going to YOU TUBE and
searching for Vancouver Golf Tour.
View Scoring
and Order of Merit Here ||
Download Full Results and Prizes Here
MAJOR
THANK-YOU’S
Special
thanks to the following individuals who
made this event such a great success:
JOHN
MACNICHOL – MARKETPLACE IGA. Thanks once again for being there with the water
supplies for our players and for your
support all year long as our Tour’s
Title Sponsor!
DAVE EBNER – JOHNSTON
MEIER INSURANCE AGENCIES. Thanks
for supporting local golf development
the way you have the past 3 years!!!
BETTY-ANNE FAULKNER –
OWNER of Sandpiper Golf Resort. Once
again, your hospitality was hard to
beat. You have a fantastic resort that
is second-to-none! Your golf course
staff is very friendly and welcoming to
all our players and the service and food
at the Inn
was excellent once again!
TED SWAINE – HEAD
PROFESSIONAL of Sandpiper Golf Resort.
Thanks for all the support you and your
golf shop staff provided throughout the
event!
REID GROSSART – HEAD
SUPERINTENDANT of Sandpiper Resort.
Fantastic job on the golf course
conditions once again. Some of the best
greens we’ve been on this year!
VGT TEAM – Heidi Tran,
George Sterling, Mike West and Russ
White.
Thanks for the incredible amount of work
you all did to make this tournament run
so smoothly. |
