Mayfair Lakes Classic
Mayfair Lakes Golf & CC
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
In
a field of 68 Amateurs including 37
players in the Championship Flight (5.0
factor and under), Richmond’s Gordon
Swenson prevailed in tough scoring
conditions to win the 2009 VGT Mayfair
Lakes Classic with a score of 70 (-1).
Swenson’s round consisted of 7 birdies
on the day including a final birdie at
the 18th – good for a four shot victory
over Mayfair Lakes regular Michael Son
and McCleery’s John Othitis. This was
Swenson’s first VGT event of the year
and he plans to play quite a few more
events this year. “It was great to get
back to the tournament scene” stated
Swenson after the round. “It’s been a
while since I’ve been in that situation
and it was great to finish off the way I
did to capture the win”. Swenson’s
younger golf days go back to Mayfair
Lakes when he was a fixture working at
the club and his local knowledge of the
course obviously paid off. The 24 year
old began his University career a few
years ago down at Cal State Stanislaus
and after one full year of golf in the
Sunshine State, Swenson decided it was
better suited for him to come back home
to finish his education. Swenson
enrolled at Douglas College last fall
and spent the ‘08-‘09 season playing for
their golf program. The Richmond golfer
aims to finish off the next two years of
his education at SFU and play for the
re-vitalized golf program under
long-standing coach John Buchanan.
Swenson attributes his most recent
success to his hard work, and in
particular to the new fitness program
he’s been working on with VGT
Professional and golf fitness specialist
Kendal Yonemoto. “I’ve been working
extremely hard with Kendal the past 6
months and can’t say enough about the
benefits it has given me to my swing.
Its great to see that its now
translating into tournament results”
stated Swenson. Swenson took home a $200
Gift Card from Perfect Lies and a $300
Galvin Green Windstopper Jacket for his
victory.
In the Flight A
Division (6-10) it was Maple Ridge’s
Helen Jung who stole the show
winning Low Gross honours with a very
respectable score of 77, one shot better
than Surrey’s Daryl Archibald and
Burnaby’s Daniel Lee. Jung was using the
VGT event to tune-up her game for the
BC Women’s Amateur Championship as
well as a couple of Amateur events in
the U.S. Jung won a Galvin Green
Windstopper pullover and a $100
MarketPlace IGA Gift Card for her
victory.
In Flight B (11-16)
action, Vancouver’s Hector Aguilar
prevailed by two shots over Maple
Ridge’s Dave Ebner. Aguilar also won a
Galvin Green Winstopper pullover and a
$50 Gift Card from Perfect Lies for his
victory. Low Net honours went to
Northview regular David Patterson.
CLEVELAND
GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA ORDER OF MERIT
With his t6th place
showing at Mayfair Lakes, Surrey’s Derek
Wray vaulted himself closer to our
Championship Amateur leader Matt
Rohatensky. Wray now trails Rohatensky
by only 260 points after 10 VGT Amateur
events. Rohatensky leads with 2,579
points. In the Flight A OOM, Daniel
Lee’s t2nd showing at Mayfair Lakes
edged him to within a mere 13 points of
leader Steve Smith of Guildford Golf
Club who stands with 2,783 points.
Flight B Leader David Patterson kept
himself ahead of the pack with his t3rd
finish and put more ground between him
and the next chaser Pete Fung. Patterson
banked 270 points for his finish and now
leads Flight B with 2,560 points.
For full results and Order of Merit
Standings, please click below:
MAYFAIR LAKES CLASSIC IMAGES (click
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In
a field of 68 Amateurs including 37
players in the Championship Flight (5.0
factor and under), Richmond’s Gordon
Swenson prevailed in tough scoring
conditions to win the 2009 VGT Mayfair
Lakes Classic with a score of 70 (-1).
Swenson’s round consisted of 7 birdies
on the day including a final birdie at
the 18th – good for a four shot victory
over Mayfair Lakes regular Michael Son
and McCleery’s John Othitis. This was
Swenson’s first VGT event of the year
and he plans to play quite a few more
events this year. “It was great to get
back to the tournament scene” stated
Swenson after the round. “It’s been a
while since I’ve been in that situation
and it was great to finish off the way I
did to capture the win”. Swenson’s
younger golf days go back to Mayfair
Lakes when he was a fixture working at
the club and his local knowledge of the
course obviously paid off. The 24 year
old began his University career a few
years ago down at Cal State Stanislaus
and after one full year of golf in the
Sunshine State, Swenson decided it was
better suited for him to come back home
to finish his education. Swenson
enrolled at Douglas College last fall
and spent the ‘08-‘09 season playing for
their golf program. The Richmond golfer
aims to finish off the next two years of
his education at SFU and play for the
re-vitalized golf program under
long-standing coach John Buchanan.
Swenson attributes his most recent
success to his hard work, and in
particular to the new fitness program
he’s been working on with VGT
Professional and golf fitness specialist
Kendal Yonemoto. “I’ve been working
extremely hard with Kendal the past 6
months and can’t say enough about the
benefits it has given me to my swing.
Its great to see that its now
translating into tournament results”
stated Swenson. Swenson took home a $200
Gift Card from Perfect Lies and a $300
Galvin Green Windstopper Jacket for his
victory.
