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JULY 21-25

Three central Alberta golfers heading to Vancouver for Junior Girls Championship

Jul 19, 2024 | 4:18 PM

Multiple central Alberta golfers will be competing in the 2024 Canadian Junior Girls Championship at the Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver from July 21-25.

Local golfers include:

• Coryn Tardif from Sylvan Lake, of the Red Deer Golf & Country Club
• Eileen Park from Red Deer, of the Red Deer Golf & Country Club
• Saylar May from Rocky Mountain House, of the Pine Hills Golf Club

Park comes in as the defending champion, having won last year’s championship by seven shots over Luna Lu of Burnaby, B.C. After an opening round 74, the 15-year-old Albertan carded rounds of 74, 71, 69 and 67 for a total score of 3-under 281, en route to the national title.

In total, 147 of Canada’s top golfers from the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) are included in the 152 player field, along with five international competitors.

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Prior to the start of the tournament, a practice round will be held on Sunday, July 21, with championship rounds beginning on Monday, July 22. Following the first two rounds of play, the field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties with the top ten juvenile and ties included in the final two rounds.

You can keep up with tournament results here.

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