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Tournament in Review
2010 ROYALWOOD OPEN
Royalview Golf Course
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chilliwack, BC
Par 72, 7000 yards
On one sunny, yet very windy day at Royalwood Golf Course, past Nationwide Tour Professional Bryn Parry of North Vancouver battled a field of 92 golfers to claim his first victory in 2010 on the Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT) schedule. Parry played amongst one of VGT’s strongest fields yet, which included fourteen current Canadian Tour Professionals. By shooting a solid round of 68 (with six birdies), Parry managed to dodge a sudden death play-off with rookie Canadian Tour Pro Adam Hadwin and veteran Pro Phil Jonas of Hazelmere Golf Club. With a late bogey on the short 17th hole by Jonas and Hadwin leaving his 20 foot birdie putt short on 18, Parry sealed his victory with a clutch 6-foot par putt on the 18th hole. Parry’s win earned him $1,300 and 1,500 order of merit points, vaulting him ahead of the pack on the CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA VGT Order of Merit with a total of 5,050 points. With his t4th place finish, Professional John Shin moved himself into second place on the VGT Order of Merit with 3,232.50 points.
On the Amateur side of the event, a sudden play-off was needed to determine the VGT Royalwood Open Amateur Champion as Yves Bisson of Sandpiper Resort and Scott Benstead of Chilliwack G&CC were tied with a score of 76 after 18 holes. Bisson needed to play two holes in the playoff to capture his first Amateur title of the 2010 VGT season, edging him into 2nd place in the Amateur Order of Merit race, currently led by Northview’s Derek Wray.
With his victory Bisson walked away with a Cleveland Golf Bag and $100 Marketplace IGA GC. In Flight A, Low Gross honours went to Jim Zalusky of Northview Golf Club with a score of 81 and in Flight B, Low Gross honours went to one of VGT’s newest sponsors, PJ Harris of the Russell Brewing Company with a score of 86.
Congratulations to all of this year’s 2010 VGT Royalwood Open winners!
Special thanks to Brian and PJ Harris of the Russell Brewing Company for their sponsorship of our event. We look forward to their continued support throughout the year, especially at our final event of the year - the RUSSELL BREWING TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP PRO-AM!
Thanks goes out to all staff members at Royalwood Golf Course for supporting us with our event. Hats off to Royalwood’s Head Superintendant Dugald Shillito for getting the golf course in absolutely perfect shape for the Championship!
Final thanks goes out to all of VGT’s volunteers and support team for making the event a huge success!.
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