 On
an uncharacteristically hot and humid
day in May, it was
Surrey
golfer Derek Wray who led the
field of 64 amateur golfers with a score
of 75 (+3) on the way to his second
amateur victory of the year on the
Vancouver Golf Tour schedule. Wray
persevered on extremely difficult
scoring conditions as the hot weather
over the last two days made the smooth
Swan-e-set putting surfaces firm and
fast and unreceptive to anything more
than a sand wedge. “The golf course was
in perfect condition” stated Wray. “The
greens were running with perfect pace
and incredibly smooth. The challenge to
the day was certainly getting the ball
close to the hole with the greens
getting firmer and firmer as the day
went on. We’ve all been so used to all
the greens being so soft the past 6
months and I guess with quite a few
tucked pins, that’s why the scores
weren’t as low as we all expected”.
With the 600 points for his victory,
Wray has put a firm grip on his lead in
the Championship Amateur side of the
CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON
CANADA
Order of Merit
– now some 400 points ahead of last
week’s GREEN ROOM OPEN Amateur Champion
Matt Rohatensky. Wray took home a
Cleveland
stand bag and $100 Gift Card for Perfect
Lies for his win. He was one shot clear
of Surrey Golf Club’s Joey Lemieux who
won a $150 MarketPlace IGA gift card and
a Galvin Green Shirt. The VGT Spring
Championship, being held next Thursday,
May 28th at Hazelmere Golf
Club will no doubt be an exciting one to
watch to see who takes the Order of
Merit Title for the Spring.
 Vancouver’s
Sean Crowther sailed his way to
victory in the Flight A Division with an
impressive score of 75. He defeated his
next competitor Greg Swalwell by a solid
5 shots en route to his first VGT
victory on what was also his first event
played on the VGT schedule. Crowther
picked up a
Cleveland
stand bag and towel for his victory.
Leading up to the VGT Spring
Championship,
Guildford’s Steve Smith
(2,073 points) narrowly leads Port
Moody’s Andre Maille by 60 points with
Northv iew’s
Dale Borland some 450 points behind in 3rd.
In Flight B action, McCleery Golf Club’s
Ian Sharma edged out
North Vancouver’s
Rob Colquhoun in retrogression to also
win a Cleveland Bag and towel.
Colquhoun’s gross score of 81 was also
good enough for low net in the Flight B
competition which earned him a new
Cleveland CG12 Spin Milled wedge.
Northview’s David Patterson leads the
way in Flight B’s Order of Merit
standings with 1,890 points, some 600
points ahead of his next challenger Fred
Walters heading into next week’s Spring
Championship.
In the Professional side
of the
CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON
CANADA
ORDER OF MERIT,
Hazelmere’s Phil Jonas leads the charge
with $2,828.66.
Seymour
Creek Golf
Center’s Bryn Parry trails
Jonas by only $175 with $2,650.00 and
Canadian Tour player John Shin sits in a
close 3rd spot with
$2,487.50. Seymour Creek Golf Center’s
Dave Zibrik leads the way as the top
CLEVELAND/SRIXON staff player with
$2,457.50, some $230 ahead of 2008
Canadian Tour player Jeremy Paradis.
CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON
CANADA has offered a bonus of $500 for both the Spring and
Summer Order of Merit winners to the top
CLEVELAND/SRIXON staff player.
For full results and Order of Merit
Standings, please click below:
Cash and Prize Results
(PDF)
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