2009 Nickel Heating Open

Ledgeview Golf & Country Club
Abbotsford, BC
Monday, April 20th

“Parry feels right at home again at Ledgview”

After a sluggish start to 2009 due to family and teaching commitments, Seymour Creek’s Bryn Parry was in fine form this Monday shooting 66 and winning VGT’s fourth event at Ledgeview – the 2009 NICKEL HEATING OPEN. Parry out-lasted 99 other golfers in Ironman like scoring conditions, and finished in style with a birdie-birdie finish to top Shaughnessy’s Brandan Price by one shot. Parry’s victory earned him $1,400 and more importantly vaulted him back into contention on the CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON CANADA Order of Merit, now only $300 short of Phil Jonas who leads with $2,408.66.

After his round, Parry commented how much he enjoys playing at the Abbotsford layout. “Ledgeview’s been very good to me over my career” stated Parry. “It sets up well for me and I enjoy the challenge of the golf course every time I play it”. If you count all the times we have played here in the LEDGEVIEW OPEN, the Pro-am and the NICKEL HEATING OPEN, I think I’ve won here 10 times”! 2008 NICKEL HEATING OPEN Champion Dan Swanson finished 3 back of Parry, carding a 69 and winning $441.67.

Parry will no doubt be looking forward to defending his title in a couple of months at the 2009 LEDGEVIEW OPEN on July 4,5th.

NICKEL HEATING & VENTILATION’S Steve Savage was on hand to play in the amateur side of the event and awarded Parry his winner’s trophy and cheque after the round. “It’s great to be a part of the Vancouver Golf Tour again this year and help support our aspiring Professional and Amateur golfers in the greater Vancouver region”. “We have many great local players (like Bryn) on the cutting edge of being one of the top players in the world and are confident that the tournament experiences VGT is providing will help prepare its players to become a Champion on the PGA Tour someday real soon”.

In the Championship Amateur side of the NICKEL HEATING OPEN, it was Coquitlam’s Todd Castanguay who navigated his way most successfully through Ledgeview’s challenging set-up to win Low Amateur Honours shooting 72 and ousting both David Cao of Richmond CC and James Oliver of Maple Ridge by one shot. Todd not only took home the coveted winners trophy, but also a $300 Galvin Green Windstopper jacket and $200 in Perfect Lies Gift Certificates. In the Flight A Division, Guildford’s Steve Smith took home first place honours winning with a score of 77, one shot better than Ledgeview’s own Joal Wishart. Finally, in the Amateur Flight B Division, Neil Johnston of Homestead Golf Club stole the show firing an impressive score of 76, some six shots better than his next challenger Brandan Brassart of Ledgeview Golf & CC.

CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA
ORDER OF MERIT (OOM)
(Thru Nickel Heating Open – April 20th)

PROFESSIONAL

Pos Name # Events Earnings
1st Phil Jonas 4 $2,408.66
2nd Bryn Parry 4 $2,138.33
3rd Jeremy Paradis 4 $1,766.67
4th John Shin 4 $1,462.50
5th Todd Halpen 1 $1,300.00

CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEUR

Pos Name # Events Points
1 David Cao 3 1350
2 Todd Castanguay 2 900
3 Michael Son 4 870
4 Justin Shin 2 840
5 Chris Kobler 3 702

AMATEUR FLIGHT A

Pos Name # Events Points
1 Steve Smith 4 1633.66
2 Joal Wishart 2 833.33
3 Andre Maille 3 813.33
4 Daniel Lee 3 660
5 Richard Fife 2 613.33