“Parry and Daniels Prove to be too consistent at Morgan Creek”
It was a fitting end to the VGT season at the AUGUSTA RESOURCE CORP VGT Tour
Championship at Morgan Creek as VGT’s Order of Merit Leader Bryn Parry
took home a share of low honours for effectively his 4th win of the year.
Canadian Tour veteran Matt Daniel shared the Championship trophy with
Parry, equaling his score of 69 (-3). Both Professionals pocketed $1,300 for
their winning scores. This was Daniel’s second win of the VGT season after
winning the ECCO Spring Championship at Hazelmere back in May. Parry’s round
consisted of four birdies and a bogey while Daniels carded five birdies and two
bogeys on the day. Four players including 2007 VGT Order of Merit Champion Phil
Jonas finished one shot back at -2, each collecting $750.
In the Amateur side of the AUGUSTA RESOURCE CORP VGT Tour Championship, Greg
Pool of Surrey carded a very solid round of 71 (-1) to win Low Amateur
honours by five shots taking home a $250 Gift Certificate from Perfect Lies. In
the 6-10 flight, 15 year-old Brendan Southwind of Fraserview shot an
impressive round of 75 that included a opening 9 hole score of 35 (-1).
Southwind was also rewarded with a $250 Gift Certificate from Perfect Lies for
his winning score. Our low sponsor of the day was Ken Short who posted a
net 67 on the day. Congratulations to all prize winners at the 2008 AUGUSTA
RESOURCE CORP Tour Championship!
Full professional and amateur results from the 2008 AUGUSTA CORP Tour
Championship can be found by following VGT’s Live Leaderboard Link:
http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2008/live_scoring.htm and clicking on
‘Augusta Corp Tour Championship’.
Special
thanks to Morgan Creek Golf Course for playing host to our 2008 Tour
Championship. Conditions were fantastic and the golf course was a true test of
Championship Golf! Needless to say, this year’s VGT Tour Championship was a true
success due to the Title Sponsorship of our event – AUGUSTA RESOURCES CORP
(http://www.augustaresource.com).
My thanks go out to Richard Warke of Augusta for making this tournament
such a huge success! Thanks for making a difference and in helping BC’s Golf
Development!!
2008 VGT ORDER OF MERIT WINNERS
It is an understatement to say the least that Bryn Parry has been a
measure of consistency this year. By finishing in the top 4 twelve times out of
15, he has banked over $15,400 in earnings to capture the 2008 VGT ORDER OF
MERIT (OOM) Title. This year’s OOM runner-up was Guilford’s Dan Swanson.
Playing in 13 events compared to Parry’s 15, Swanson took home five victories
this year and $12,333 in earnings and was about as close as he could get to the
Champ. Parry’s iron-man schedule, consistency for top 4 finishes and iron-will
to win proved to be the ultimate difference between these two player’s great
seasons this year.
For his impressive play this year,
Parry earned a $4,500 U.S. entry to the 2008 PGA Tour Q-School from
VGT for leading the OOM at the end of our Summer Pro-am. Parry will be joined by
2007 VGT OOM Winner Phil Jonas as both will commence their journey to the
PGA Tour on October 21st at East Valley Golf Club in Beaumont,
California. Please follow their progress by logging onto either our website or
on the PGA Tour’s website at
www.pgatour.com/qschool/.
VGT also gave away two Amateur Order of Merit Titles to members in both (0-5)
and (6-10) handicap flights. After 11 Championship Amateur events, it was Han
Baek of Swan-e-set Bay Resort who proved victorious in the 0-5 handicap
flight, some 600 points over Redwoods Golf Course’s Ted Cho. In the 6-10
handicap flight it was Langley’s Mike Yoon who proved far too consistent
for all takers, winning his division by over 1,500 points over Vancouver’s Masa
Takahashi. Congratulations again to Bryn, Han and Mike for earning the title of
being this year’s VGT Order of Merit Champions!
2008 has been a fantastic year for VGT in that we witnessed some very special
moments in golf that included various tournament course records being set, a
record amount of Pro money ($122,000) being paid out, a 40% surge in
membership and tournament entries and a 20 year old amateur (Lucas Bogdan)
winning our biggest championship of the year – The Vancouver Open. The amount of
people to thank is endless, and without ALL of your support, Vancouver Golf Tour
would not be where it is today and its players would not have had so many great
competitive experiences to push them on towards greater heights and keep their
dreams alive of reaching the PGA TOUR. Please take time to visit our
SPONSOR’S PAGE (
http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2008/sponsors.htm ) to see who it is that
is making this venture happen for our developing players in BC!
I am very excited about what the 2009 season holds ahead. Look for a complete
summary of our 2008 season over the next few weeks that will include some great
video hi-lights of most of our events as well as some details on what to expect
for the 2009 season.
We will be posting a survey on the website very soon for all interested golfers
to fill out. We hope this will come back with as many suggestions as to what you
would like to see us do differently to make our attendance rates even higher and
our tournaments even more successful for everyone involved!
Thanks for a great year!
Sincerely,
Fraser Mulholland
Commissioner
Vancouver Golf Tour
