Team Canada Developmental Team members Albin Choi, Corey Connors, Richard Jung and Adam Svensson will represent Canada
Oakville, Ont. (RCGA) –Top junior golfers from Canada, Mexico, Guatemala and the Domican Republic will gather at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico from April 14-16 to compete at the Zone Qualifier for the World Junior Golf Team Championship (WJGTC).
The four-player teams will compete over 54-holes with the top two teams advancing to the World Junior Golf Team Championship, which takes place this June at Chukyo Golf Club - Ishino Course outside of Toyota City in Japan.
This year’s Canadian contingent consists of Toronto’s Albin Choi and Richard Jung, as well as Listowel, Ont. native Corey Conners and Adam Svensson of Surrey, BC. All four players are members of the Canada’s Developmental golf team.
Henry Brunton, Canadian PGA master professional and men’s head coach for Team Canada will accompany the team.
Canada has been competing in the World Junior Golf Team Championship since its inception in 1992. Each year, more than 60 countries attempt to qualify for the event via regional qualifiers with only 14 teams earning the right to play in Japan.
Canada has showed well in the past earning seven top-10 finishes in the event’s 19 year history. There has only been two years (1992 and 2008) where Canada did not make it through regional qualifying.
Last year, Capilano Golf & Country Club in Vancouver, B.C. played host to the regional qualifier. Canada finished first at the qualifier and went on to a 12th place finish at the Toyota World Juniors.
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ABOUT THE RCGA NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAM
The RCGA National Team Program incorporates advanced coaching, sport science expertise, training camps and world-class competition. The RCGA allocates over $1 million of its resources annually to the National Team program, encompassing strength and conditioning, sports psychology, nutrition, biomechanics and technique development. Players who are selected to the National Amateur and National Developmental Teams represent Canada at six to 10 internationally-sanctioned golf competitions throughout the year. The intent of this comprehensive program is to aid Canada’s top up-and-coming amateur players in all areas of their development, helping Canada produce the best golfers in the world.
Team Canada, the pinnacle of the RCGA’s High Performance Program, provides access to world class resources including coaching, nutrition, sport science, mental management, equipment, elite competitive opportunities and builds on the support that team members have received in their development years from their family, member clubs, personal coaches, university programs and provincial golf associations.
The RCGA’s High Performance Program and Team Canada are proudly sponsored by RBC Dominion Securities, Titleist, Foot-Joy, Under Armour, and ClubLink.
For more information about Team Canada or to make a donation towards the development of Canada’s future golf stars, please visit www.rcga.org/teamcanada.
ABOUT THE ROYAL CANADIAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) is the governing body of golf in Canada, representing 350,000 members at 1,600 clubs across the country. Recognized by Sport Canada as the National Sports Organization (NSO) for golf in this country, the RCGA’s mission is to grow participation in and passion for the sport while upholding the integrity and traditions of the game. The RCGA conducts programs and services to help shape the future of golf in Canada. High performance athlete development, CN Future Links, Canada’s national junior golf program, turfgrass and environmental research, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, Rules of Golf and amateur status, handicapping and course rating are only some of the initiatives the association leads for golf in Canada. In addition, the RCGA conducts Canada’s most prestigious golf championships. The RBC Canadian Open and CN Canadian Women’s Open attract the best professional golfers in the world, while regional junior and national amateur championships showcase the best in Canadian golf.
For further information on what the RCGA is doing to support golf in your community please visit http://www.rcga.org/.
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