Vancouver Golf Tour 2009 Mayfair Lakes Classic

MarketPlace IGA
VANCOUVER GOLF TOUR

2009 MAYFAIR LAKES CLASSIC
Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club
Sunday, June 7th

TOURNAMENT REVIEW

“Swenson’s Delight at the Lakes”

In a field of 68 Amateurs including 37 players in the Championship Flight (5.0 factor and under), Richmond’s Gordon Swenson prevailed in tough scoring conditions to win the 2009 VGT Mayfair Lakes Classic with a score of 70 (-1). Swenson’s round consisted of 7 birdies on the day including a final birdie at the 18th – good for a four shot victory over Mayfair Lakes regular Michael Son and McCleery’s John Othitis. This was Swenson’s first VGT event of the year and he plans to play quite a few more events this year. “It was great to get back to the tournament scene” stated Swenson after the round. “It’s been a while since I’ve been in that situation and it was great to finish off the way I did to capture the win”. Swenson’s younger golf days go back to Mayfair Lakes when he was a fixture working at the club and his local knowledge of the course obviously paid off. The 24 year old began his University career a few years ago down at Cal State Stanislaus and after one full year of golf in the Sunshine State, Swenson decided it was better suited for him to come back home to finish his education. Swenson enrolled at Douglas College last fall and spent the ‘08-‘09 season playing for their golf program. The Richmond golfer aims to finish off the next two years of his education at SFU and play for the re-vitalized golf program under long-standing coach John Buchanan. Swenson attributes his most recent success to his hard work, and in particular to the new fitness program he’s been working on with VGT Professional and golf fitness specialist Kendal Yonemoto. “I’ve been working extremely hard with Kendal the past 6 months and can’t say enough about the benefits it has given me to my swing. Its great to see that its now translating into tournament results” stated Swenson. Swenson took home a $200 Gift Card from Perfect Lies and a $300 Galvin Green Windstopper Jacket for his victory.

In the Flight A Division (6-10) it was Maple Ridge’s Helen Jung who stole the show winning Low Gross honours with a very respectable score of 77, one shot better than Surrey’s Daryl Archibald and Burnaby’s Daniel Lee. Jung was using the VGT event to tune-up her game for the BC Women’s Amateur Championship as well as a couple of Amateur events in the U.S. Jung won a Galvin Green Windstopper pullover and a $100 MarketPlace IGA Gift Card for her victory.

In Flight B (11-16) action, Vancouver’s Hector Aguilar prevailed by two shots over Maple Ridge’s Dave Ebner. Aguilar also won a Galvin Green Winstopper pullover and a $50 Gift Card from Perfect Lies for his victory. Low Net honours went to Northview regular David Patterson.

CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA ORDER OF MERIT
With his t6th place showing at Mayfair Lakes, Surrey’s Derek Wray vaulted himself closer to our Championship Amateur leader Matt Rohatensky. Wray now trails Rohatensky by only 260 points after 10 VGT Amateur events. Rohatensky leads with 2,579 points. In the Flight A OOM, Daniel Lee’s t2nd showing at Mayfair Lakes edged him to within a mere 13 points of leader Steve Smith of Guildford Golf Club who stands with 2,783 points. Flight B Leader David Patterson kept himself ahead of the pack with his t3rd finish and put more ground between him and the next chaser Pete Fung. Patterson banked 270 points for his finish and now leads Flight B with 2,560 points.

VGT would like to extend their thanks to Paul Nijjer of Mayfair Lakes and all his support staff for helping us co-ordinate such a great event!! The golf course was in fantastic condition and we look forward to hosting many events with the GolfBC group in the future.