‘KITTS FINISHES VGT YEAR IN STYLE AT KINGS LINKS’
 On a crisp, Scottish-like day to finish the 2009 VGT season, 25 year old Nanaimo Professional Mark Kitts proved to his peers he can play, shooting 2-under par 70 to take the Augusta VGT Tour Championship title. Kitts’ steady round of golf earned him $1,300 and moved him into the top 20 of the CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA Order of Merit. Kitts has been a regular on the VGT this season after missing his card for the Canadian Tour this year. “Its been great to have the VGT to play on this year and a great experience for me to play with so many great players as I make my way back onto the Canadian Tour and beyond in the future” stated Kitts. Kitts was handed the winners’ trophy after both Phil Jonas and Dan Swanson failed to appear for the sudden death playoff at the conclusion of play due to work commitments. Jonas (Kitts’ coach) joked when he heard he had lost in the ‘playoff’, stating that Mark’s (Kitts) lesson fees just went up. Jonas and Swanson shared 2nd and 3rd place money, each earning $875 moving them into 3rd and 4th place respectively on the 2009 CLEVELAND/SRIXON ORDER OF MERIT at the conclusion of the VGT season.
In amateur play, it was one of VGT’s sponsors Steve Savage of Nickel Heating who prevailed in the Championship Division, shooting a very solid round of 73 (+1), winning himself a $250 gift card from Perfect Lies. In Flight A action, Masa Takahashi of Meadow Gardens took low gross honours with a score of 78, one shot better than West Vancouver’s Michael Woods. Low Gross in Flight B went to George Mark of Maple Ridge with a score of 77. Both Takahashi and George also won Perfect Lies Gift Cards valued at $250.
Special thanks to Richard Warke of Augusta Resource Corp for their continued support of the Vancouver Golf Tour’s Tour Championship. Additional thanks go to Ray Campbell of Bosch Canada for the supporting sponsorship role of our Tour Championship this year. For full results, click here: http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2009/live_scoring.htm
Thanks must also go out to Kings Links owners Brad and Maria Newell for supporting the Vancouver Golf Tour in hosting both our Opening event – the Brad Garside Open and our final event of the year! Congratulations on making Kings Links by the Sea one of the best golf courses in BC! The course conditions and layout are second-to-none. We look forward to bringing more events back to Kings Links in 2010!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YEAR-END WINNERS!!!
2009 CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA ORDER OF MERIT WINNERS
PROFESSIONALS
1ST – BRYN PARRY* (Seymour Creek Golf Center) - $18,320.50
2ND – ADAM HADWIN (Morgan Creek Golf Club) – $12,525.00
3RD – PHIL JONAS (McCleery and Hazelmere) - $11,653.66
*Wins $5,000 U.S. entry to play in 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School
CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEURS
1ST – MATTHEW ROHATENSKY (Coquitlam, BC) – 4,659.50 Points
2ND – DEREK WRAY (Northview Golf & Country Club) – 2,711 Points
3RD – CHRIS KOBLER (Royalwood Golf Course) – 2,652 Points
AMATEUR FLIGHT A
1ST – STEVE SMITH (Guildford Golf Club) – 3,428 Points
2nd – ANDRE MAILLE (Port Moody, BC) – 2,613.33 Points
3rd – DALE BORLAND (Northview Golf & CC) – 2,375 Points
AMATEUR FLIGHT B
1st – PETE FUNG (Vancouver, BC) – 3,105 Points
2nd – DAVID PATTERSON (Northview Golf & CC) – 2,810 Points
3rd – NEIL JOHNSTON (Homestead Farms GC) – 2,490 Points
VGT FREQUENT PLAYER DRAW PRIZES**
**All VGT Members who played in 10 or more 2009 VGT events were eligible for these great prizes!!!
Guildford Golf Club Membership ($2,000 VALUE) – Dale Borland
Green Room Performance Center - $1,600 Cross Towner Program – Derek Wray
Green Room Performance Center - $1,600 Cross Towner Program – Matt Rohatensky
VGT Spring Membership Package (up to $1,000 value) – David Patterson
$1,000 Galvin Green Clothing Package – David Sebastian
YEAR-END THANKS!
Sincere thank-you’s must go out to all of VGT’s sponsors for 2009, in particular to John MacNichol of MarketPlace IGA - our Title Sponsor. Please take the time to click our sponsors’ page and think about using our sponsors first when it comes time to your needs: http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2009/sponsors.htm.
To all of the supporting golf courses for hosting our 2009 season events – Thank-you very much for helping put VGT on the map and for continuing to put your golf course conditions in PGA Tour-like condition for our events! We’re looking forward to another great year in 2010!!!
To the many volunteers who continue to help with scoring, set-up, take-down and all our communication needs, thank-you very much for making our 3rd full season such a success!
To the VGT Team – Bill Schabes, Brian Small, George Sterling, Mike West, Heidi Tran and Holly Pearson. I don’t know what I would do without you all. Thanks so much for your continued support. VGT would not be where it is today without you all!!!
We will be working hard on developing an exciting schedule of events in 2010, including some new events that we will plan for other regions of BC! Stay tuned as we make regular updates to the website for the 2010 season as well as following VGT’s top two Professionals Bryn Parry and Adam Hadwin as they take aim to qualify for the PGA Tour this October!
GOOD LUCK BRYN AND ADAM!!! WE’LL BE CHEERING VERY HARD!!!
Best Regards,
Fraser Mulholland
Commissioner
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