PGA of BC Pro-Assistant Championship - Seymour Creek Golf Centre Defends Title

Seymour Creek Golf Centre wins the 2009 Cleveland Golf Srixon Canada/G&G Golf PGA of BC Pro-Assistant Championship for the second year in a row.

It took three playoff holes, but the team of James Legault and Bryn Parry from Seymour Creek Golf Centre managed to defend their PGA of BC Pro-Assistant Championship Tuesday at Myrtle Point Golf Club in Powell River.

Legault squeezed in a three-foot par putt on the 10th hole for the win, after Kevin Maxwell of Glacier Greens GC had just missed a four-footer for par on the same hole.

Both teams shot fine scores of 12-under-par 132 in regulation play. Glacier Greens (Maxwell and Head Professional Bill Kelly) fired a fine 11- under- par 61 during Monday's first round and added to it with a 71 on Tuesday.

Seymour Creek did it another way, with a 9-under 63 in round one under the scramble format and a fine 69 in round two, matching the low round for the day in the more difficult Modified Chapman alternate-shot format.

The playoff was exciting, with both teams having reasonable birdie chances on No. 10 and No. 18, the two holes used for the playoff.

Seymour Creek's victory made it two years in a row following their win in 2008 at N'kmip Desert Canyon GC. They earned a cheque of $2,500 out of the total purse of $9,000 for the win this year.

Kelly and Maxwell earned $1,900 for their runner-up finish.

In a four-way tie for third, with scores of 10-under-par 134, were the teams from Storey Creek (Butch Kelly/Adam Nice), Capilano G&CC (Brad Burgart/Cory Draper), Point Grey G&CC (Jeff Buder/Trevor Hay) and Quilchena G&CC (Scott Rodgers/Paul Girard).

In 7th place was Hi-Knoll Golf Centre (Jeff Hallborg/Scott Shepherd) and T-8 were Burnaby Mountain GC (Don Mark/Greg McClure) and Shaughnessy G&CC (Scott Dickson/Trevor Woynarski).

The Pro-Assistant Championship was sponsored by G&G Golf Company and by Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada. Twenty-six teams competed and enjoyed the spectacular scenery and warm hospitality of Myrtle Point Golf Club, under the leadership of Head Professional Matt Hardman.