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VGT
Tournament Review
2010 CHILLIWACK OPEN
Chilliwack
Golf Club
July 17,18th
For the second
consecutive year, past
Nationwide
Tour Professional Bryn Parry
was crowned
CHILLIWACK OPEN CHAMPION, edging
Professionals Phil Jonas and James
Harper on the first playoff hole
with a clutch 4-foot putt for birdie.
Nationwide
Tour Professional Bryn Parry
After
a 3-way tie at -2 from Professionals
Bryn Parry, Galen Johnston and Kyle
German after the opening round, the 2010
Chilliwack Open turned out to be a
dramatic conclusion that everyone in
attendance would enjoy and remember for
quite some time.
With
a few holes to play it came down to a
four player race between Parry, Jonas,
German and Harper to see who could close
out their rounds and become the
Champion. Two groups ahead of the final
group, McCleery’s James Harper
was playing some very steady golf,
taking his round to 3-under par with 3
holes to go. Although he hit some great
closing shots in on #16 and #18, he
couldn’t capitalize on his birdie
chances, and so would become the
clubhouse leader at 3-under par after a
great round of 68 on the day.
McCleery’s James Harper
Next
coming in was Hazelmere’s Phil Jonas,
who started the day at 1-under and had a
nice round going himself. After an
untimely bogey on the 16th and a missed
15 footer for birdie on the 17th, Jonas
faced a 6 foot par saver to reach the
playoff with Harper who sat watching
from the clubhouse patio. Jonas clutched
up and made his 6-footer and he now sat
tied with Harper in a share of the lead
with the final group to come in. With
Johnston out of contention after having
a tough day, it came down to Parry and
German to see who would possibly join
the playoff, or take this tournament
outright. After bogeying the 16th,
German had fell to 2-under par for the
event and now required a birdie to tie
Harper and Jonas. But after his approach
came up a few yards short and his pitch
narrowly missed, German would fall shy
of the playoff by one shot.
Hazelmere’s Phil Jonas
Parry’s card was fairly unblemished on
the day. Other than trading a couple of
bogeys and birdies on the front nine,
Parry went on to make a super birdie on
the difficult 12th hole par 3. This put
him to 3-under for the tournament, which
he would remain at strolling down the
18th fairway. After a par at the last,
all three (Parry, Jonas, Harper)
finished the tournament tied with score
of 3-under par - a score typically quite
high for the winner of this event, but
which was inevitably caused by the
British Open–like conditions that were
experienced on both days. “With the
greens as firm and the wind doing what
it was doing this weekend, it made
scoring very difficult. You had to do a
lot of calculating as to where you
wanted to land a lot of your shots in
order to keep the ball on the green and
have a chance for par, let alone a
birdie” Parry was quoted after the
round.
Parry’s 4-footer on the 15th hole in the
playoff to win the tournament was only
slightly less dramatic than the
20-footer he drained on the 36th hole to
get him into the playoff. You see, we
forgot to mention HOW Parry made his par
on the last hole to reach the playoff!
After a perfect drive, Parry hit a great
shot to 15 feet on the last hole which
if he holed for birdie would have won
him the tournament outright. But when
his ball slipped 3 feet past the hole,
it caught the front slope of the green
and continued to trickle farther and
farther from the hole until it stopped
at the front of the green some 20 feet
away. But with determination we’ve seen
so often before from this 38-year old
North Vancouver Professional, Parry
drained his par putt dead center and
eventually went on to win the tourney in
sudden death.
 Not
only did Parry take home a miniature
version of the Claret Jug in the spirit
of the British Open week, but he also
cut a healthy cheque for $2,000 and more
importantly 2,500 points on this year’s
CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA Order of
Merit (OOM). Jonas and Harper both
received $1,300 for their T2nd finishes
(full Pro earnings are attached). This
was Parry’s second win on the VGT
schedule in 2010, but more remarkable
was that this win made it the 10th time
out of 13 events that Parry has finished
in the top 3 this year!!! And so with
his win, Parry surged himself even
further ahead of his nearest competitor
(Phil Jonas) on the 2010
CLEVELAND/SRIXON OOM.
With
only three events remaining on the VGT
schedule to decide who wins the Order of
Merit Crown and who is sent down to PGA
Tour Qualifying School courtesy of VGT,
somebody is going to have to step up
their game to knock off Parry who has
unquestionably been VGT’s most
consistent player the past three years!
With the final three events holding some
significant OOM points, this race is
certainly not over!
The
top 7 Professionals on the
CLEVELAND/SRIXON OOM at the end of
the Chilliwack Open are as follows:
AMATEUR RESULTS
As
did the Professional side of the
tournament, the Championship Amateur
side of the Open came down to a
sudden-death playoff between a couple of
local boys, Brett Stewart of the
Ledgeview Golf & Country Club and
Chilliwack Golf Club’s own Mike
Broadfoot. And after a short-range
putt went in for birdie by the
University of Fraser Valley Golf Team
member, Stewart was crowned Overall
Amateur Champion. Stewart’s 36-hole
total of 145 (+3) earned him 2,500 VGT
Order of Merit Points as well as a
Samsung 42” Flat screen TV! Nice work
Brett!
Brett Stewart of the Ledgeview Golf &
Country Club
This
year’s Overall Low Net winner went to
Homestead Golf Course’s Neil Johnston,
who carded a 36-hole net total of 137,
edging out Sandpiper’s Richard Fife in
retrogression. Johnston also took home a
Samsung 42” flat screen for his great
play.
Homestead Golf Course’s Neil Johnston
To
see hole-by-hole results of the action
and how players faired in the VGT Order
of merit, click
http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2010/live_scoring.htm
and click on ‘Chilliwack Open’.
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TOURNAMENT THANK-YOU’S
The
2010 Chilliwack Open was a tremendous
success, thanks to the countless hours
put in by the staff, volunteers and
personnel at the Chilliwack Golf &
Country Club. Congratulations to
Chilliwack Golf & Country Club’s General
Manager Kerry Grittner, Head
Professional Keith Jackson, Head
Superintendant Duane Grosart, all
Food and Beverage staff, tournament
committee members and scoring co-ordinators
(Heather, Ginnette, Lorraine, Gene)
and all of the faithful volunteers who
came out for orchestrating a fantastic
tournament. The golf course was in
brilliant condition and you should all
be very proud of yourself for staging an
excellent event!
Special thanks must go out to all the
sponsors for their support of the event
this year (www.chilliwackgolf.com) and
to all 216 players who attended this
year’s event. VGT is very proud to have
been in association with the Chilliwack
Open for the 4th straight year and we
hope that all 216 competitors who played
enjoyed the tournament experience that
was created this year. We look forward
to continuing our great relationship
with the Chilliwack Open for many years
to come! Final thanks go out to the
tireless efforts of the VGT Team members
(Heidi, Mike, Brian, Bill and George)
who keep everyone informed of ‘who’s on
top’ through their Live Leader board
updates and expertise. Job well done!
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