MEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10

James Song gained 821 spots in the world rankings and vaulted into the Top 10 for the first time after finishing runner-up at the AJGA Thunderbird International Junior. Song started the final round with a two stroke advantage before being caught by Pierceson Coody, leading to a playoff to decide the winner. Song has signed a letter of intent to play for the University of California Bears this fall.

Charles Corner was the lone player in the Top 10 to take part in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, finishing in a share of 96th place, eight strokes shy of the last qualifying individual spot. Corner ends his collegiate career having notched four top-five finishes in five spring tournaments this year at UTEP.

Golf Canada National Team members Hugo Bernard and Chris Crisologo both took part in the season opening event of the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada series. Bernard picking up three places in the world rankings while Crisologo jumped eight spots despite both missing the cut at the Freedom 55 Financial Open.

Biggest move:Daniel Campbell gained 1,280 spots in the world rankings after capturing medalist honours at the Canadian University/College Championship. In the process Campbell helped the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades become the first host institution to win a team title since 2014.

WOMEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10

Celeste Dao made the biggest gain among the Top 10 after competing in her first professional golf tournament, the U.S. Women’s Open Championship.  The 17-year-old member of Golf Canada’s National Development squad, who qualified for the event after winning a 36-hole Open qualifier last month, gained 25 spots in the world rankings. However, she fell just short of her goal of making the cut.

Biggest Move:Avril Li gained 458 spots in the world rankings after taking individual honours at the Canadian University/College Championship

MEN’S TOP 10

Top ranked Adam Hadwin slipped three places in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 74th at the Memorial Tournament. It marked the first time in 13 starts this season that the Abbotsford, B.C. golfer failed to collect any world ranking points.

Benjamin Silverman takes over the No. 3 ranking in Canada, dropping Mackenzie Hughes down to No. 4 after he missed the cut at the Memorial Tournament.

Outside the Top 10, Roger Sloan gained 35 spots to move within two places of the No. 10 ranking in Canada after finishing tied for 10th at the Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open. The result was just his third points-paying finish in 13 starts this year.

Blair Hamilton gained 552 spots in the world rankings to move up to No. 15 in the world rankings after finishing runner-up at the PGA Tour Latinoamerica Quito Open in Ecuador. It was his career-best result since turning pro.

Team Canada Young Pro member Albin Choi gained 227 spots after finishing in a tie for sixth at the Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open. It was his second top 10 result at this event in two years and marked only his second points-paying finish of the season.

Other notable results: No. 6 Austin Connelly finished tied for 51st at the European Tour Italian Open; No. 7 Adam Svensson missed the cut at the Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open; No. 10 Richard T Lee finished tied for 40th at the Korean Tour KB Finance LIIV Championship;

WOMEN’S TOP 10

Top ranked Brooke Henderson maintained her No. 16 world ranking despite having to withdraw from the U.S. Women’s Open due to personal reasons, described only as an illness in the family. It marked the first time in her professional career she has had to withdraw from an LPGA event.

Other Notable Results: No. 2 Alena Sharp missed the cut at U.S. Women’s Open;

Team Canada alumni Garret Rank and Mackenzie Hughes both qualified for the U.S Open on Monday at their respective sectional qualifiers over the weekend.

The Stanley Cup final may be in full swing, but NHL referee Garrett Rank has his sights set on another major sporting event. The 30-year old amateur golfer from Elmira, Ont., earned a spot in the U.S Open on Monday by finishing tied for first at a regional qualifying tournament.

Rank shot 2-under over the 36-hole event to earn one of the three spots available at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek Course near Roswell, Ga.

Meanwhile, Dundas, Ont., talent Mackenzie Hughes also played his way into the U.S. Open after finishing tied for second at 10-under at his qualifying site, the Ridgeway Country Club in Memphis. This will be his second U.S. Open after playing in 2013.

Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Sandra Post turns 70 this week and celebrates another milestone this month as well – the 50th anniversary of her first LPGA Tour win.

Reflecting back, Post, who has had a lengthy list of accomplishment in her career including winning the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year, twice winning the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year, and appointed to the Order of Canada, says winning the LPGA Championship, a major in her first try, is what’s been the focal point of her on-course legacy.

But with 50 years now passed, Post realizes she had a greater mission off the course to help promote and advance the status of women in sport.

“It wasn’t just sport,” she says. “I knew that early on. I knew there was other issues to it.”

Post says she hasn’t grasped how monumental her major win was until this anniversary has come up. She won a couple of tournaments later in her career that have since become majors (Post won the ANA Inspiration twice, when it was known as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle and not yet a major) but didn’t realize then that majors really define one’s career.

“Those moments live with you,” she says. “If you’re a U.S. Open champion or an LPGA Champion… it really is fabulous.”

Post was just 20 years old when she teed it up in the 1968 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club, about an hour outside Boston.

She finished at 2-over after 72 holes, tied with Kathy Whitworth – one of her idols and who, up to that point, had won 27 times on the LPGA Tour (she would go on to win 88 times in her career, the most ever) – and there would be an 18-hole playoff to decide the champion on the Monday.

Post remembers calling her father back in Toronto to say there was going to be a playoff the following day and he caught the last flight to Boston on Sunday along with some members of the Canadian press corps who had just finished covering Bob Charles win the Canadian Open at St. George’s.

Post wasn’t able to sleep that night, so she jumped in her car and drove to Boston to pick up her dad. The members of the press who were also on the flight couldn’t believe Post, who was about to play the biggest round of her life, was there at midnight to drive the two-plus hours back and forth from Boston, but she says she had nothing else to do so decided to make the trip.

At a dinner earlier that night, she remembers sitting with Mickey Wright (World Golf Hall of Fame member and 82-time LPGA Tour winner) and Susie Berning (four-time LPGA Tour major winner) and asked what would she need to do in order to beat Whitworth the next day.

“I remember Susie saying, ‘fire everything you’ve got at her, right off the top. And I go, ‘Really? Ok.’ I’ll never forget those words,” says Post.

“I didn’t really have a strategy but I was thrilled to death I was going to finish second at the LPGA Championship,” she continues with a laugh.

Huge crowds had showed up for this David vs. Goliath match-up, Post says. She remembers her caddie being a young teenager, maybe 14, and their combined ages barely eclipsed Whitworth’s age of 29 at the time.

Post started the day with three straight birdies, but Whitworth made an eagle and a birdie in the first four holes and they were tied.

“I looked up on the hill after the fourth hole and I saw Susie and I said, ‘That’s all I got! Now what do I do?” says Post. “She just put her hands up.”

As the day chugged along, it looked like a foregone conclusion that Post was going to be the champion, extending her lead to five shots at one point.

But Wright was already one of the winningest golfers on the LPGA Tour, and Post wasn’t going to count her out. However, late in the round it was all but settled Post was going to win.

Post had dunked her approach from 90 yards out on the par-4 15th for a birdie to get to 7-under for the day. When they got to No. 17, Whitworth ended up in the trees with her tee shot. She couldn’t make it out, made quadruple bogey, and Post would go on to win by seven, finishing at 5-under to Whitworth’s 2-over.

Post won a “whopping” US$3,000 in first-place prize money, the most she had ever won at one time. She says she still has a copy of that cheque.

“I had a bonus with Spalding too. I got in my car and went down the road to Baltimore (where the next event was) thinking I was pretty rich,” she says, laughing.

Looking back on that victory 50 years ago, Post says there were a ton of great memories on the course, but it was off the course where she really learned her place in the world.

She knows they were playing for money and needed money to make a living, but all the women on the LPGA Tour at the time were trying to elevate the status of women in sport, and says they were all very conscious of their role in that.

Post says the voting for the Lou Marsh Trophy in 1968 was a big point in her realization that she needed to do more for the advancement of women in professional sport. She finished fifth in the voting that year.

“I took that very seriously. I was Rookie of the Year, I had won a major, and I was the first Canadian woman to really play golf professionally and get to that level. For a woman to play any sport professionally, and to see I was ranked fifth… I didn’t ever think it wasn’t fair, but I knew I had so much more work to do,” she says. “I had to get the message across to our country.”

Post says it was an honour to pass the baton in Canadian professional golf to Gail Graham and Dawn Coe-Jones, and then to see them pass it along to Lorie Kane and A.J. Eathorne, who then passed it to Alena Sharp and Brooke Henderson.

She’s happy to see there has been more done in women’s golf on the scholarship side and with purse increases on the LPGA Tour, and has no doubt Henderson is going to end up passing the baton sooner rather than later, given the talent on the LPGA Tour is getting younger and younger each year.

“I see the social issues and I see so many things we’ve been able to achieve. Absolutely we have a lot of work to do with the disparity of the purses and all that, but I tend to look more on the positive side,” she says.

At 70 Post remains as sharp as ever. Her victory half a century ago was the turning point for Canadian women’s golf and opened the door to many others who followed. And although she was a “young 20” when she found the winner’s circle, she says being a part of that group of women was something she’ll never forget.

“When I look back I have such admiration for those founders of the LPGA Tour and what they accomplished. Talk about pure pioneers of not only golf, but of women. To help move the needle for women,” she says. “I would not trade my time for any other time.”

by Bari Gourley – Golf NB

Women’s Golf Day is on Tuesday June 5^th. It is an International day that last year 46 countries, 700 + locations and over 20,000 women participated in! It is a special day that celebrates women and girls playing golf and learning life skills. There are 3 Women’s Day Celebrations happening in NB and other than all of them being in the Saint John area, they all have something else in common…me, Bari Gourley, Technical Director of Golf NB and a PGA of Canada Golf Professional. I will be giving clinics at all 3 of those clubs that day. I will start this great day at the Hampton Golf Club instructing a clinic from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, then hop in my vehicle and drive to the Westfield Golf & Country Club to conduct a clinic there from 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm and then head to my last stop at The Riverside Country Club and put on my last clinic of the day from 4:00 – 7:00 pm and then stay for their BBQ buffet and social. I am so excited that I will be able to help so many women with their golf games in just one day.  Hampton is also having a women’s 9-Hole scramble for members and guests at 5:30 pm with a social after the round.  Westfield clinic will also be followed by a social. At Riverside, they will be hosting golf clinics as well as a 9 -hole shotgun scramble (your choice of the event) followed by a BBQ buffet for dinner. Riverside says, “This is open to all ladies, so gather up your girlfriends and family, whether you are an experienced golfer or completely new to the game to participate in this fantastic event!!” The Clinic or Golf (you choose) will be $10 with proceeds going to Junior Golf. The BBQ buffet is $20 and a great way to network with other ladies who want to play the game. Everyone at all 3 golf courses are encouraged to wear red and white as they are the colours of Women’s Golf Day!  Make a trip to Saint John and join in the festivities! Call the golf course and register for the event. Click here for the phone numbers and visit https://womensgolfday.com/  to read about Women’s Golf Day! See you on June 5^th and I will definitely be wearing red and white!!

by Luke Lacey – Golf NB 

NB Men’s Four Ball Results

NB Senior Men’s Four Ball Results 

For Immediate Release:

With Saturday’s rain in the rear-view mirror, Sunday brought a morning mist and improved scoring conditions, and with clear leaders in both the NB Men’s Amateur and Senior Men’s Four Ball division, the chase was on.

In the Amateur Men’s Division, the quest for the “Ralph Costello Shield” came down to two teams.  After posting an 8-under, 64, on day one The Riverside brother team of Jason and Darren Roach would hold a four shot lead over Country Meadows Golf Club’s Shawn Branch and Greg Jones entering the second and final round.

What seemed to be a three horse race after day one quickly turned into a race for second place as the brotherly duo came out with an impressive 4-under 32 on the front. The Country Meadows pair of Jones and Branch ran into some difficulty as they finished the front with a 2-over 38. Boudreau and Manning completed the front nine with a 1-under 35, pushing them back into third place at the turn.

It was a smooth back nine for the leaders as the Roaches completed their round with a 1-under 35 to move them to 13-under, solidifying their fifth NB Men’s Four Ball victory. Boudreau and Manning moved into solo second after a 4-under 68 on Sunday, totaling 7-under for the event. Fredericton’s Bob Brown and Tony MacKinnon made a move on the back nine by birdying the par-5 14^th and the par-4 16^th. They finished the weekend in third place at 4-under par. Westfield’s Peter McCarthy and Neil Roberts finished 4^th after an even par round of 72, 3-under for the tournament.

Wilson and Stewart extended their Saturday lead as they carded a 3-under 69 moving them to 7-under on the weekend. The team used their home course knowledge to their advantage as they captured their second consecutive NB Senior Men’s Four Ball Championship. The pair were locked in from the start, going 2-under on the front while bogey trouble only saw they finish with a 1-under 35 on the back. Tied for second were the groups of Brent Matheson and Rick Howatt of Petitcodiac Valley Golf Club, and Gary Swain and Robert McIntyre of Hampton Golf Club who finished 1-under for the weekend.

While they tied for second with Matheson & Howatt, the team of McIntyre & Swain were winners just the same, claiming the net division by four strokes, over the Moncton and Maplewood Golf Club duo of Ken Greenwood and Jim Haddad, after posting a 65 and 64 net during the two day event.

For more information on the 2018 NB Men’s & Senior Men’s Four Ball including results and tee times please CLICK HERE.

For more information on the Sussex Golf & Curling Club please visit:  www.sussexgolfandcurlingclub.ca.

Golf New Brunswick (Golf NB), a not for profit organization founded in 1934, is the official governing body for amateur golf in New Brunswick.  In January of 2006, the New Brunswick Golf Association (NBGA) officially merged with the New Brunswick Ladies Golf Association (NBLGA), resulting in one united governing body for amateur golf in the province.  Programs offered by Golf NB to its 9,000 members include: 12 provincial events, rules of golf education, course rating and handicap services, junior golf development programs and member club marketing initiatives.

Every year, there are about 37,000 charitable golf tournaments in Canada, raising about half a billion dollars for worthwhile causes. There are also innumerable corporate tournaments that entertain clients and customers, many with a charitable aspect.

Congratulations to all involved.

But, as the old saying goes, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

As much as those tournaments and their philanthropic results make for feel-good headlines, there are thousands of volunteers who devote countless hours to making sure these events come off as planned. It’s a largely thankless and, in many cases, frustrating task. It can be punishing.

I speak from experience.

Next month, the 15^th annual Mikey’s Tournament for Autism will take place at Midland Golf and Country Club in Ontario. As a co-founder, even with my background in golf, I can attest to the many hours it takes to pull off a successful event. Kudos to our volunteer committee which knocks on doors, literally, for sponsors, repeatedly phones and emails potential players, puts up posters, and tries to keep track manually of registrations, donations and more.

Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when tournament day arrives.

Where was TournamentCaddie 15 years ago?

After a few years of sharing his technological and marketing expertise working with Golf Canada, Donal Byrne turned his focus towards creating, with the help of a talented team, the TournamentCaddie software.

For those of us far less technically adept, let’s call it “tournament in a (virtual) box.”

“There are lots of other platforms out there but our goal was to simplify the process,” says Byrne. “This is a made-in-Canada, responsive, customizable, intuitive and mobile-friendly solution that is perfect for anyone who wants to raise funds through a golf tournament but doesn’t know where to start.

“You’re good at your day job, no doubt, but when it comes to organizing a golf tournament you have to accept just what you are good at and what you’re not. We’re good at this. This is our day job. We are here to help.”

Click on the website and the first thing you see is, “Sign up for free and create your event website in about 90 seconds!”

It’s not false advertising. I ran through the process during a conversation with Byrne and it takes care of every detail “auto-magically,” as he likes to say.

We will be using TournamentCaddie for Mikey’s. Our fee is $150 but we will bump that to $155 to cover Tournament Caddie’s $4 per-player charge (plus HST). It’s well worth it.

Why? It’s a no-brainer, even for a techno-dummy like me.

Using TournamentCaddie streamlines the entire process, from effortlessly building a great-looking, interactive web site to collecting registration payments and even printing tee and cart signs and scorecards. Organizers can arrange and rearrange foursomes, starting times and formats. Their partnership with Aviva Canada makes arranging hole-in-one insurance a breeze.

If you’re an event organizer, take a run through the set-up process. If you’re a golf course, do the same and look into TournamentCaddie’s “Club Affiliate Program” with its marketing benefits.

Stop punishing yourself for a good cause!

by Luke Lacey – Golf NB

NB Men`s Four Ball Results

NB Senior Men`s Four Ball Results

Second Round Pairings and Tee Times

For Immediate Release:

It was an excellent morning for ducks at the 2018 NB Men’s & Senior Men’s Four Ball, held at the Sussex Golf & Curling Club.  Despite the early morning rain, Darren and Jason Roach of The Riverside Country Club jumped out to a four-shot lead in the Amateur Men’s Division with an 8-under par 64.

The Roach brothers carded a solid 2-under 34 on their first nine. Their back nine started with four straight birdies followed by an eagle on the par-5 14^th which led to a 6-under par 30. Their only bogey of the day came on the difficult par-4 17^th hole.

Alone in second place, and within striking distance, is the team of Greg Jones and Shawn Branch of Country Meadows with a score of 4-under 68. Branch and Jones got out to a great start on the front nine with a 4-under 32, including birdies on 1, 2, 7 and 9. Despite their fantastic opening nine, Jones and Branch would card two bogeys along with their two back nine birdies to come in with an even par 36.

Tied for 3^rd with scores of 3-under 69 are the teams of Stephane Boudreau and Colin Manning of Moncton, Neil Roberts and Peter McCarthy of Westfield, Bob Brown and Tony MacKinnon of Fredericton, and Kris Leask and Duane Mitton of Sussex.

Current Low Net leaders in the race for the “Douglas Brewer Shield” are Kris Leask and Duane Mitton of the Sussex Golf & Curling Club, net 10-under 62. Putting the pressure on the round one leaders are Greg Jones and Shawn Branch of Country Meadows with a Net score of 9-under 63.

2017 Senior Men’s Champions Stephen Wilson and Dave Stewart of Sussex Golf & Curling Club currently hold a 3 shot lead at their home course after carding a 4-under 68. The pair started off the front and back nine with birdies and only dropped shots on the par 3 4^th, and the par 4 17^th.

Second place sees a three way tie at 1-under 71 between Greg Doucette and Perry Leblanc  of Country Meadows, Pat Garagan and Sonny Phillips of Fredericton Golf Club, and Ken Greenwood of Moncton Golf Club and Jim Haddad of Maplewood Golf Club.

In the net division it is Wilson and Stewart leading the way with a net 13- under 59.  A two way tie for second includes Ken Greenwood of Moncton Golf Club and Jim Haddad of Maplewood Golf Club, and Roger Leblanc and Eli Richard of Memramcook Golf Club who recorded a net 8-under 64. The Hampton Golf Club team of Robert McIntyre and Gary Swain round out the top four with an 18 hole Net score of 7-under 65.

Sunday’s Final Round of the NB Senior Men’s Four Ball will begin at 7:30am, followed by the Amateur Men’s Division at 9:20am.

For more information on the 2018 NB Men’s & Senior Men`s Four Ball including results and tee times please CLICK HERE. 

For more information on the Sussex Golf & Curling Club please visit: www.sussexgolfandcurlingclub.ca
Golf New Brunswick (Golf NB), a not for profit organization founded in 1934, is the official governing body for amateur golf in New Brunswick.  In January of 2006, the New Brunswick Golf Association (NBGA) officially merged with the New Brunswick Ladies Golf Association (NBLGA), resulting in one united governing body for amateur golf in the province.  Programs offered by Golf NB to its 9,000 members include: 12 provincial events, rules of golf education, course rating and handicap services, junior golf development programs and member club marketing initiatives.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Canada’s top student-athlete golfers will descend on Chilliwack Golf Club in Chilliwack, B.C., from May 29 – June 1 for the 2018 Canadian University/College Championship.

2018 marks the 16th playing of the event, which was established in 2003 by Golf Canada to give the country’s best college and university golfers a chance to compete at a national championship.

The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades will host the event this year on the magnificent tree lined fairways of Chilliwack Golf Club.

Established in 1958, the course has played host to every major provincial tournament in British Columbia. The course, which celebrates their 60th anniversary this year, features a creek that meanders through the back nine and breathtaking mountain vistas in every direction.

“We are thrilled to welcome the best Canadian student golfers to Chilliwack Golf Club. We’re looking forward to a competitive championship, and showcasing our beautiful course,” said host club General Manager, Bryan Ewart.

Golf Canada prides itself on conducting a top-notch tournament that is the highest level of national competition for college and university golfers in the country.

“The Canadian University/College Championship provides a unique opportunity for the best student-athlete golfers in Canada represent their school and compete for a national championship,” added tournament director, Adam Cinel. “Golf Canada is proud to conduct this event to showcase the talent from universities and colleges across the country.”

In 2017, defending champion Kat Kennedy went wire-to-wire to capture medallist honours and lead the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds to their second consecutive Canadian University/College Championship. Her final-round 78 was the lowest of anyone in the women’s draw and helped her finish 14 over par for the tournament, 15 strokes ahead of field.

Evan Holmes of Calgary, Alta. captured medallist honours with a 5-over-par effort.  His win, however, was not enough to catapult the University of British Columbia into top spot as the Université Laval Rouge et Or walked away with a two-stroke victory at 75 over par for the tournament.

UBC returns to the tournament having won 12 women’s and five men’s titles.

University of the Fraser Valley Cascades will look to draw upon the magic of the University of Manitoba Bisons—the last host institution to win a team title—when they captured the men’s division championship in 2014 at Southwood Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg.

The 72-hole stroke play competition will feature 20 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from across the country vying for the national championship titles.

Following the third round, the field will be reduced to the top 10 men’s teams and the top six women’s teams, in addition to any individuals within 15 shots of the lead. Additional information regarding the 2018 championship, can be found here.

FAST FACTS
The Université Laval Rouge et Or and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds are this year’s defending champions in the Men’s and Women’s Division, respectively.

In 2016, the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds swept the championship, winning all four events. It was the first time in the tournament’s history that a school won the men’s and women’s team and individual events in the same year.

UBC has won the most women’s titles with 12 out of the last 15 editions in the team event and the most men’s championships with 5.

The individual men’s and women’s champions receive exemptions into the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, respectively.

For pairings and additional information, click here.

ABOUT THE COURSE
Chilliwack Golf Club was established in 1958.

The par-72 layout has played host to every major provincial championship and was recognized as the PGA of BC’s Facility of the Year in 2013.

Course record of 61 was set in 2017 by James Allenby.

MEN’S TEAMS
Bishops’ University Gaitors
Brock University Badgers
Concordia University Stingers
Durham College Lords
Humber College Hawks
Queen’s University Gaels
University of Alberta Golden Bears
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds
University of Calgary Dinos
University of Guelph Gryphons
University of Lethbridge Pronghorns
University of Manitoba Bisons
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
University of the Fraser Valley Cascades
University of Victoria Vikes
University of Waterloo Warriors
Université de Montréal Carabins
Université Laval Rouge et Or
Western University Mustangs
Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks

WOMEN’S TEAMS
Humber College Hawks
Queen’s University Gaels
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds
University of the Fraser Valley Cascades
University of Manitoba Bisons
University of Toronto Varsity Blues
University of Victoria Vikes
University of Waterloo Warriors
University of Windsor Lancers
Université de Montréal Carabins
Université Laval Rouge et Or
Western University Mustangs

MEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10

Charles Corner made the biggest move of the week among the Top 10, picking up 40 places after finishing in a tie for third at the NCAA Pacific Regional. The result helped the UTEP senior from Cayuga, Ont. qualify as one of six individual players for the upcoming NCAA Golf Championships. Corner will be seeded fifth in the season ending championship. With four top-five finishes this season, he’s the first player from UTEP to qualify for the men’s championship since another former Canadian pro, Chris Baryla, did it 14 years ago.

Outside the Top 10, Noah Steele jumped up 306 spots to take over the No. 20 ranking in Canada after finishing in a tie for 60th at the NCAA Norman Regional.

Biggest move: Marc Sweeney of Saskatoon gained 433 spots in the world rankings after finishing tied for 85th at the NAIA Championship.

WOMEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10

Grace St-Germain made the biggest move among the Top 10, gaining 55 places in the world rankings after leading Daytona State to the NJCAA omen’s Golf Championship. The Golf Canada National Squad member finished in a tie for medallist honours with her teammate before losing the individual title on the third playoff hole. The result helped move the Ottawa golf up to No. 4 in the Canadian rankings.

Top ranked Maddie Szeryk picked up a single spot to continue to improve upon her career-best world ranking, moving up to No. 21 in the world as she prepares for the upcoming NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.

Biggest Move: Annika Haynes of Oakville, Ont., gained 114 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 27th and helping the University of Indianapolis capture the NCAA Division II Championship. The senior was also named to the Academic All-District At-Large Team for the second straight year while also earning the Great Lakes Valley Conference Paragon Award as the league’s female athlete of the year.

MEN’S TOP 10

Nick Taylor was the only Top 10 player to make a positive move in the world rankings, picking up seven places after finishing in a tie for 32nd at the AT&T Byron Nelson. That result was worth 1.31 world ranking points, his first points-paying finish since February and only the fourth time this year he’s picked up world ranking points.

Outside the Top 10, Justin Shin gained 146 spots after finishing seventh at the Asian Tour Asia-Pacific Classic. It was his second consecutive top 10 result and was worth 1.80 world ranking points. Shin has picked up 669 places in the world rankings over the last two weeks and has climbed up to No. 12 in the Canadian rankings.

Other notable results: No. 5 Austin Connelly missed the cut at the European Tour Belgian Knockout; No. 6 Benjamin Silverman and No. 8 David Hearn both missed the cut at PGA AT&T Byron Nelson; No. 7 Adam Svensson finished tied for 27th at Web.com Tour BMW Charity Pro-Am; No. 9 Corey Conners finished tied for 53rd at the AT&T Byron Nelson; No. 10 Richard Lee missed the cut at Korean Tour SK Telecom Open;

WOMEN’S TOP 10

Brooke Henderson maintained her No. 16 world ranking after finishing fourth at the LPGA’s Kingsmill Championship. It was her fifth top 10 result of the season and second in the last five tournaments for the top ranked Canadian who picked up 12.9 world ranking points.

For the second straight week, Brittany Marchand made the biggest move among the Top 10, picking up 27 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 42nd at the LPGA’s Kingsmill Championship. The result was worth 1.27 world ranking points for the Golf Canada Young Pro squad member. Marchand has picked up world ranking points in each of her six starts this year split between the Symetra Tour and LPGA Tour.

Other Notable Results: No. 2 Alena Sharp and No. 5 Anne-Catherine Tanguay both missed the cut at the LPGA Kingsmill Championship; No. 3 Maude-Aimee Leblanc finished tied for 67th at LPGA Kingsmill Championship; No. 6 Augusta James finished tied for 43rd at the Symetra Classic; No. 7 Samantha Richdale withdrew at the Symetra Classic; No. 8 Jennifer Ha and No. 9 Elizabeth Tong both missed the cut at the Symetra Classic;

The Great Canadian East-West Contest is back for 2018, giving one lucky draw winner the golf trip of a lifetime to one of Canada’s most renowned golf courses. This year will include an all-expenses-paid trip for two to either Bear Mountain Golf & Country Club in B.C., or Kingswood Golf & Country Club in N.B.

The winner is drawn from all score entries posted by Golf Canada members from April 1 – Oct. 31, 2018. Each additional score posted counts for an additional entry. In addition to the golf, the winner will receive:

• Four nights accommodation at hotel near chosen golf course
• Round trip airfare (with either Delta or WestJet)
• Five-day car rental (with National/Enterprise)
• One hour lesson and one round of golf with the PGA of Canada professional
• $500 spending money

In 2017, the Great Canadian East-West Contest came to an end Oct. 31, with North Vancouver’s Patrick Lloyd winning the draw amongst over 7 million scores posted by Golf Canada members.

As the winner, Lloyd was given the choice of a golf vacation for two in 2018 to the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club (also in B.C.) or The Links at Crowbush Cove in Morell, P.E.I.

Lloyd, a member of Seymour Golf & Country Club in North Vancouver, B.C., will head east to Crowbush Cove alongside wife Linda this summer.

Click here for contest details.