UBC Victorious at 2009 Canadian University/College Championship

Women earn sixth championship in seven years; Men defend team title

Hamilton, Ont. (RCGA) - The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds returned to their winning ways and captured both the respective men’s and women’s titles at the 2009 Canadian University College Championship conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association at King’s Forest Golf Course in Hamilton, Ont.

UBC continued to dominate the women’s competition earning their sixth championship title in seven years. Their only loss in the championship’s history came in 2008 after being spoiled by their B.C. rivals from the University of Victoria.

“It was a great feeling winning today,” said UBC fourth-year general sciences student Kyla Inaba. “Especially since we were coming back from our close second last year and then to win it like we did was really great.”

Inaba and her teammates Lindsay Manion, Marianne Banton, Jocelyn Alford and Alyssa Human were the picture of consistency at this week’s championship and finished the final day with a score of 19-over and three-day team total of 921 (+57) for an impressive 25-shot victory. UVic took home runner-up honours after shooting 29-over on the day for a total score of 946 (+82) for the tournament. Rounding out the top-three was Humber College with a score of 996 (+132). In the women’s individual competition, Humber College’s Maggie Trainor of Dundas, Ont. broke British Columbia’s dominance to capture her first Women’s individual title. Trainor drained two birdies for 6-over on the day, finishing with a three-day total of 78-71-78--227 (+11). Finishing two strokes back was UBC’s Kyla Inaba of Kelowna, B.C. Inaba shot a 7-over on the day for a three-day total of 77-73-79--229 (+13). The University of Toronto’s Danielle Greene and UBC’s Marianne Banton tied for third at 16-over. On the men’s side, UBC captured their second consecutive team title with their tournament total 300-282-292—874 (+10).

Université Laval played consistently this week, and came in second with a team score of 300-301-302--903 (+39) while the University of Victoria and Humber College tied for third at 906 (+42).UBC’s victory was especially sweet for Cory Renfrew of Victoria, B.C., as he claimed the men’s individual title with his score of 73 on the day, for a total score of 74-66-73—213 (-3) for the tournament.

“It feels great to win, but it’s even better that the team won,” said Renfrew. “We came here viewing this as a whole other start. We focused on what we could control this week and wanted to win as a team.”

Three players finished tied for runner-up - Université Laval’s Mathieu Gringras, McMaster University’s Matt Jacobs and UBC’s Andrew Robb - with a score of 3-over 219. The championship was shortened to 54 holes after heavy rainfall on Thursday rendered the course unplayable to force the cancellation of the third round.Both the male and female individual champions earned an exemption into the 2009 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at Club de golf Le Blainvillier in Blainville, Que., and the 2009 Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship held at Royal Oaks Golf Links in Moncton, N.B., respectively.

Men’s Division
1. University of British Columbia, 300-282-292-874 +10
2. Université Laval, 300-301-302-903 +39
3. University of Victoria, 313-299-294-906 +42
3. Humber College, 308-290-308-906 +42
5. University of the Fraser Valley, 307-291-321-919 +55
6. University of Waterloo, 303-308-311-922 +58
7. Université de Montréal, 308-307-309-924 +60
8. University of Ottawa, 315-305-309-929 +65
9. University of Toronto, 306-309-315-930 +66
10. McMaster University, 311-310-311-932 +68
11. Camosun College, 319-310-306-935 +71
12. University of Alberta, 305-310-321-936 +72
13. University of Western Ontario, 325-312-305-942 +78
14. Holland College, 319-311-314-944 +80
14. University of Calgary, 328-298-318-944 +80
16. University of Manitoba, 315-308-325-948 +84
17. University of New Brunswick, 323-315-316-954 +90
18. Queen's University, 328-319-314-961 +97
19. Mount Royal College, 333-316-317-966 +102
20. Durham College, 329-340-325-994 +130

Individual Men’s
1.Cory Renfrew, University of British Columbia, 74-66-73-213 -3
2. Mathieu Gingras, Université Laval, 72-73-74-219 +3
2. Matt Jacobs, McMaster University, 72-72-75-219 +3
2. Andrew Robb, University of British Columbia, 76-71-72-219 +3
5. Mathieu Bélanger, Université Laval, 73-74-73-220 +4
5. Mitchell Evanecz, University of Victoria, 79-69-72-220 +4
7. James Castle, Humber College, 75-71-75-221 +5
8. Kolby Kniel, Mount Royal College, 77-72-73-222 +6
9. Sean Patrick, University of the Fraser Valley, 77-67-79-223 +7
10. Garrett Rank, University of Waterloo, 74-72-78-224 +8
10. Seon Kim, University of British Columbia, 75-75-74-224 +8
10. Michael Zizek, Humber College, 76-72-76-224 +8

Women’s Division
1. University of British Columbia, 307-307-307-921 +57
2. University of Victoria, 322-307-317-946 +82
3. Humber College, 324-324-348-996 +132
4. Université de Montréal, 339-325-341-1005 +141
5. Université Laval, 344-344-328-1016 +152
6. University of Toronto, 332-349-349-1030 +166
7. University of Calgary, 345-340-354-1039 +175
8. University of Western Ontario, 352-346-345-1043 +179
9. University of Alberta, 359-353-345-1057 +193
10. University of Waterloo, 364-352-342-1058 +194

Women’s Individual
1. Maggie Trainor, Humber College, 78-71-78-227 +11
2. Kyla Inaba, University of British Columbia, 77-73-79-229 +13
3. Danielle Greene, University of Toronto, 75-80-77-232 +16
3. Marianne Banton, University of British Columbia, 77-81-74-232 +16
5. Alyssa Herkel, University of Victoria, 82-72-79-233 +17
6. Jocelyn Alford, University of British Columbia, 79-77-78-234 +18
6. Anne Balser, University of Victoria, 79-79-76-234 +18
8. Melissa Coré, McGill University, 78-75-82-235 +19
9. Lindsay Manion, University of British Columbia, 84-76-76-236 +20
10. Shauna Wilde, Humber College, 79-77-81-237 +

Final round results from the 2009 Canadian University/College Championship are available at www.rcga.org/championships.

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