Golf Ontario Under 19 Boys Championship
at Saugeen Golf Club
Round 3 begins this morning at 7:30 am with Nolan Piazza from the Cherry Hill Club holding the lead.
Piazza birdied his final hole yesterday to come in at 138 over 2 rounds, good for 1 stroke lead over first round leader Yuqi Liu of The Country Club West.
42 players made the cut and will compete in the final 2 days of the championship.
GAO Release
A beautifully sunny day greeted the players for round two of the Ontario Junior (U19) Boys’ Championship at Saugeen Golf Club. The competitive field continued to score low, with plenty of ties keeping the field tight. This evening, Golf Ontario will cut the field down to 42 plus ties.
The Junior (U19) Boys’ saw a switch in leaders, as Nolan Piazza (Cherry Hill Club) overtook the round one leader Yuqi Liu (The Country Club – West). Piazza completed his front nine two under and then went one under on the back, to finish off round two with a 69 (138). Liu fell to second place on the leaderboard with a second round 71 (139) to finish day 2 one stroke behind Piazza. (139). Following a strong 69 yesterday, Ashton McCulloch (Cataraqui G&CC) finshed at even par 72 for the day (141), holding onto third-place – 3 shots back of the leader.
Heading into round three, Piazza said “I’m going to keep hitting the same type of shots and hopefully sink more putts, but just keep it simple. From my practice rounds and round one, I’ve been hitting all the same clubs off the tees and have been focused on hitting the fairways and greens. I would say my long game has been better this week, but I’ve missed a few makeable putts”. Agreeing with most players, “the par threes are a little difficult as they’ve been giving everyone a hard time. As well, number twelve is a hard driving hole, and probably fifteen as well.”
As for the Juvenile Boys’, Ben MacLean (St. Catharines G&CC) fell to second on the leaderboard with three over on the front and one under on the back, finishing with 74 (144). Taking the lead was Ty Stansfield (Thornhill Club), with an even par on the front and an impressive four under on the back for a 4-under 68 (142). Tied for second with MacLean is Ellis Kinnaird (Mississippi), who fired a one-over 73 to follow up his opening round 71 (144).
With a strong round two, Stansfield said “I was pretty happy with my game today, and I’m looking to take the same game plan into round three tomorrow. I changed my game up a bit from yesterday, as I tried to hit more fairways off the tee to position myself better. I’ve been using a lot of irons and three woods to leave myself in a good position”.
Tee time for the third round is set for 7:30 a.m.
LEADERBOARD
1 – Nolan Piazza Cherry Hill Club -6 – – 69 69 138
2 – Yuqi Liu The Country Club – West -5 – – 68 71 139
3 – Ashton McCulloch Cataraqui Golf & -3 – – 69 72 141
4 – Ty Stansfield Thornhill Club -2 – – 74 68 142
5 – Michael Ikejiani Barrie CC -1 – – 72 71 143
T6 – Ben MacLean St. Catharines Golf & Cou E – – 70 74 144
T6 – Ellis Kinnaird Mississippi E – – 71 73 144
T6 – Sam Hogan Rattlesnake Point GC E – – 73 71 144
T9 – Ethan Phillips Dalewood GC +1 – – 72 73 145
T9 – Kavith Ranchagoda Beacon Hall GC +1 – – 76 69 145
T9 – Cade Preston Barrie CC +1 – – 73 72 145
T12 – Michael Weber Rattlesnake Point GC +2 – – 75 71 146
T12 – Matthew Martel Lookout Point Country +2 – – 74 72 146
T12 – Kiefer Bulau King Valley Golf Club +2 – – 76 70 146
T12 – Andreas Diogenous Whistle Bear Golf +2 – – 73 73 146
T12 – Luc Reeve Cataraqui Golf & Country +2 – – 74 72 146
T17 – Owen Kim Blue Springs Golf Club +3 – – 72 75 147
T17 – Kevin Lee National Pines Golf Club +3 – – 72 75 147
T17 – Skyler Sicoli Rideau View Golf Club +3 – – 72 75 147
T20 – Alek Mauro Essex G & CC +4 – – 73 75 148
T20 – Luke DelGobbo Lookout Point Country +4 – – 75 73 148
T20 – Graem Costigan Galt Country Club +4 – – 77 71 148
T20 – Alexander Fowke Timberwolf Golf Club +4 – – 73 75 148
T24 – Spencer Grainger Dalewood GC +5 – – 75 74 149
T24 – Ryan Somerville The Summit G&CC +5 – – 73 76 149
T24 – Hayden Underhill Cataraqui Golf +5 – – 79 70 149
T24 – Matthieu Massicotte Rivermead GC +5 – – 77 72 149
T24 – Ethan Irvine Hamilton G & CC +5 – – 73 76 149
T29 – Andrew Rouble Whistle Bear Golf Club +6 – – 75 75 150
T29 – Eric Zhao Bayview G&CC +6 – – 75 75 150
T29 – Conor Gaudet Cataraqui Golf & Country +6 – – 74 76 150
T29 – Cameron Pero Picton Golf & Country Clu +6 – – 78 72 150
T29 – Daniel Talmage Islington GC +6 – – 77 73 150
T29 – Charlie Francuz Trafalgar Golf & Country +6 – – 71 79 150
T35 – Matthew Lyons The Summit G&CC +7 – – 77 74 151
T35 – Zach Burt Galt Country Club +7 – – 74 77 151
T35 – Zachary Smith Brampton GC +7 – – 79 72 151
T35 – Tyler Schaap Galt Country Club +7 – – 77 74 151
T35 – Benjamin Landers The Oaks GC +7 – – 80 71 151
T35 – Bavake Sihota TPC at Osprey Valley +7 – – 75 76 151
T35 – Daniel Abraha Cataraqui Golf & Country +7 – – 78 73 151
T42 – Luke Bigelow Bayview G&CC +8 – – 77 75 152
T42 – Tyler May Cutten Fields +8 – – 78 74 152
T42 – Jason Howe Weston G&CC +8 – – 77 75 152
T42 – Justin Matthews Oshawa Golf & Curling +8 – – 74 78 152
T42 – Aiden Deng Black Diamond GC +8 – – 76 76 152
T42 – Connor Kreppner Don Valley Golf Club +8 – – 76 76 152
T42 – Cale Marontate Kingsville G & CC – R/W +8 – – 77 75 152
DID NOT MAKE THE CUT
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MC – Avery Mahoney Brampton GC +9 76 77 153
MC – Robbie Pemberton The Summit G&CC +9 75 78 153
MC – Michael Jiang Station Creek GC- North +9 77 76 153
MC – Noah Campbell Coppinwood +9 79 74 153
MC – Hunter Kolm The Summit G&CC +9 78 75 153
MC – Nathaniel Gray Lamont Cutten Fields +9 81 72 153
MC – Tanner Cardwell Oshawa Golf & Curling +9 77 76 153
MC – Matthew Whitehead Whistle Bear Golf +10 79 75 154
MC – Isaiah Ibit GreyHawk GC +10 78 76 154
MC – Charlie Prins Glen Abbey GC +10 77 77 154
MC – Aleck Simms Cataraqui Golf & Country +10 76 78 154
MC – Owen Gauder Bayview G&CC +11 81 74 155
MC – Paul Quilty Bayview G&CC +11 76 79 155
MC – Andy Choi Station Creek GC- North +11 77 78 155
MC – Jeffrey Fang Station Creek GC- North +11 77 78 155
MC – Derek Dortenzio Public Player +12 78 78 156
MC – George Siozos GQ +12 78 78 156
MC – Oscar Feschuk Scarboro Golf & Country +12 77 79 156
MC – Patrick Holloway Whistle Bear Golf Club +12 76 80 156
MC – Lucas Ross Midland G & CC +13 81 76 157
MC – Isaiah Ellis Lookout Point Country Clu +13 77 80 157
MC – Daniel Ryan Public Player +14 82 76 158
MC – Aiden Shah Westmount G & CC +14 77 81 158
MC – Ishaan Sandhu Rattlesnake Point GC +14 74 84 158
MC – Andrew Gwilliams Diamondback Golf +14 80 78 158
MC – Jordan Hwang York Downs Golf +15 75 84 159
MC – Max Hu Station Creek GC- North +15 81 78 159
MC – Liam Mosher Hamilton G & CC +15 82 77 159
MC – Jocelyn Menard Affiliate Member +15 84 75 159
MC – Joshua Hayes Idylwylde Golf & Country +15 77 82 159
MC – Peter Blazevic Markland Wood GC +16 80 80 160
MC – Carson Duffy Bigwin Island Golf Club +17 83 78 161
MC – Nathan Leonard Oshawa Golf & Curling +17 78 83 161
MC – Matthew Peesker York Downs Golf +17 88 73 161
MC – Mitch Brassard Barrie CC +17 78 83 161
MC – Jacob Stoddart Barrie CC +17 84 77 161
MC – Cayden Kwan York Downs Golf & Country +17 77 84 161
MC – Vincent Palladino Idylwylde Golf +17 80 81 161
MC – Ryan Baker Ottawa Hunt & GC +18 84 78 162
MC – Luca Cimoroni Toronto Golf Club +18 81 81 162
MC – Dante Vitug The Summit G&CC +18 80 82 162
MC – Connor Boehme ClubEG +19 80 83 163
MC – James Bader Glencairn GC +19 81 82 163
MC – Benjamin Scholes Thornhill Club +19 83 80 163
MC – Jordan Breen Coppinwood +19 76 87 163
MC – William Herbert Blue Springs Golf Club +20 80 84 164
MC – Jack Moro Chapples Golf Club +20 80 84 164
MC – Nicholas Cundari North Bay G & CC +21 80 85 165
MC – Payton Hawke Mississaugua +21 91 74 165
MC – Anthony Tsiantis Public Player +23 83 84 167
MC – Alexi Filion Dalewood GC +23 83 84 167
MC – Karsen Gunter Dalewood GC +23 78 89 167
MC – Matteo Rocco Weston G&CC +24 85 83 168
MC – Michael McCullough Meadowbrook Golf +24 86 82 168
MC – Ryan Kaichis York Downs Golf & Country +26 88 82 170
MC – Joseph Colasimone Idylwylde Golf +26 86 84 170
MC – Nolan Hesson Galt Country Club +27 81 90 171
MC – Peter McDougall London Hunt and CC +28 82 90 172
MC – Ryan T Chen Meadowbrook Golf +30 86 88 174
MC – Curtis Coulson Galt Country Club +31 88 87 175
MC – Charlie Giannantonio Rattlesnake Point +32 90 86 176
MC – Dougie Basadur Hamilton G & CC +33 88 89 177
MC – Elian Infante Rattlesnake Point GC +38 90 92 182
DQ – Ryan Zhao Bayview G&CC +7 78 73 151
DQ – Nolan Pierce Oshawa Golf & Curling +8 76 76 152
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Cleveland Indians 4 Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland Indians 5 Chicago White Sox 3 ( makeup game )
New York Mets 8 Boston Red Sox 3
Tampa Bay Rays 5 Atlanta Braves 2
Chicago Cubs 8 Cincinnati Reds 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 Milwaukee Brewers 6
Minnesota Twins 6 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Texas Rangers 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 5 Houston Astros 2
Los Angeles Angels 10 Seattle Mariners 2
Colorado Rockies 8 Oakland Athletics 3
San Diego Padres 5 San Francisco Giants 3
New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies ppd
Baltimore Orioles at Miami Marlins ppd
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In addition, the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees home-and-home series has been postponed.
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Portland Timbers 4 FC Cincinnati 2 ( penalty kicks )
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Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Montreal Canadiens 2
Alexander Kerfoot scored twice for Toronto.
Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists for the Leafs who will meet Columbus in the opening round of the playoffs
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Edmonton Oilers 4 Calgary Flames 1
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Philadelphia Flyers 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)
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Memphis Grizzlies 128 Miami Heat 110
San Antonio Spurs 118 Indiana Pacers 111
Oklahoma City Thunder 131 Portland Trail Blazers 112
Houston Rockets 137 Boston Celtics 112
Dallas Mavericks 118 Philadelphia 76ers 115 (OT)
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