“Jonas Out-lasts all Challengers at
Wind-Swept Royalwood Classic”
VGT ROYALWOOD CLASSIC
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Royalwood Golf Club
On a fierce day of links golf that saw winds blowing 40-60 km/hr, “Dr.” Phil Jonas held off a field of 76 golfers to claim his first victory in 2009 on the Vancouver Golf Tour schedule. Jonas needed to outlast both Canadian Tour Pro Matt Daniel and Seymour Creek’s Dave Zibrik in a sudden death playoff that lasted 3 holes. It was Jonas’ late birdie on #17 got him to -2 for the day and into the 3-way playoff at the commencement of play. It was also Jonas’ good fortune that both Zibrik and Daniel missed prime opportunities to close out the day at -3 on the 18th hole – Zibrik a 4-footer for birdie and Daniel missing a five footer for par. Past Nationwide Tour player Bryn Parry rallied on his back nine to shoot 33 (-3) and narrowly miss the playoff by one shot. Jonas’ playoff win was good for $1,000 and vaults him up to the top of the CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON ORDER OF MERIT with $1,358.66. Calgary’s Todd Halpen sits in second on the VGT Order of Merit with $1,300 after his win at the Brad Garside Open two weeks ago.
VGT Amateur Notes: It seems as though Phil Jonas doesn’t just PLAY a mean game, but he is getting quite a reputation as one of the top TEACHERS in our area. Case in point in the Championship Amateur Division as one of his young protégé’s David Cao went on to win the Overall Amateur Title at the Royalwood Classic with a fine score of 71 (-1). Cao won Amateur honours by a margin of 4 shots over local Royalwood Amateur Chris Kobler and North Vancouver’s Graham Twiss who shot rounds of 75 in the blustery conditions. Keep teaching that well Phil and you might have to surrender some of those first place cheques to your students!!!
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On a fierce day of links golf that saw winds blowing 40-60 km/hr, “Dr.” Phil Jonas held off a field of 76 golfers to claim his first victory in 2009 on the Vancouver Golf Tour schedule. Jonas needed to outlast both Canadian Tour Pro Matt Daniel and Seymour Creek’s Dave Zibrik in a sudden death playoff that lasted 3 holes. It was Jonas’ late birdie on #17 got him to -2 for the day and into the 3-way playoff at the commencement of play. It was also Jonas’ good fortune that both Zibrik and Daniel missed prime opportunities to close out the day at -3 on the 18th hole – Zibrik a 4-footer for birdie and Daniel missing a five footer for par. Past Nationwide Tour player Bryn Parry rallied on his back nine to shoot 33 (-3) and narrowly miss the playoff by one shot. Jonas’ playoff win was good for $1,000 and vaults him up to the top of the CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON ORDER OF MERIT with $1,358.66. Calgary’s Todd Halpen sits in second on the VGT Order of Merit with $1,300 after his win at the Brad Garside Open two weeks ago. 
VGT Amateur Notes: It seems as though Phil Jonas doesn’t just PLAY a mean game, but he is getting quite a reputation as one of the top TEACHERS in our area. Case in point in the Championship Amateur Division as one of his young protégé’s David Cao went on to win the Overall Amateur Title at the Royalwood Classic with a fine score of 71 (-1). Cao won Amateur honours by a margin of 4 shots over local Royalwood Amateur Chris Kobler and North Vancouver’s Graham Twiss who shot rounds of 75 in the blustery conditions. Keep teaching that well Phil and you might have to surrender some of those first place cheques to your students!!!
