NORTHVIEW RIDGE CLASSIC
Northview Golf & CC
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
At
VGT’s Inaugural Amateur Series event at
Northview’s Ridge course this Sunday, it
was Maple Ridge’s James Oliver
who withstood the rigors of
“Championship Sunday Pins” to outlast 81
Amateur competitors on this day.
Oliver’s round consisted of five birdies
enroute to an even par 72 and a one shot
victory over his next competitors Chris
Kobler of Royalwood Golf Club and
Coquitlam’s Matthew Rohatensky. Some
great birdies on 16 and 18 by Oliver and
late bogeys by Kobler on 18 and
Rohatensky on 17 kept this event from
going into a sudden death playoff. For
his victory, Oliver won $200 in Perfect
Lies Gift Certificates and a Galvin
Green Windstopper pullover. His victory
also earned him 600 valuable points and
vaulted himself to the top of the
CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA Order of
Merit (Championship Flight) with 1,280
points. Kobler’s t2nd place finish in
the event moved him into 2nd place in
the VGT Amateur OOM after 5 events. Both
Oliver and Kobler have been a meausure
of consistency so far this year having
finished in the top 10 of each
Championship Amateur events they have
played thus far.
In Flight A of the VGT
Northview Ridge classic, it was Port
Moody’s Andre Maille who clutched
up with a birdie on 18 to take low
honours with a gross score of 77, one
stroke ahead of Belmont Golf Club’s
Brendan Lal. Maille took home $200 in
Perfect Lies GC’s and a Galvin Green
Shirt and edged himself to within 200
points of Guildford’s Steve Smith who
leads the CLEVELEND/SRIXON OOM for
Flight A.
In Flight B results,
Maple Ridge’s George Mark took
Low Gross honours with a score of 83
winning himself a Cleveland Hibore
rescue club, beating his local Northview
regular David Patterson by 3 shots.
For full results and Order of Merit
Standings, please click below: