Junior Girls’ Championship
July 13, 2012
Final Round Recap
After posting a new women’s course record during third round action, the eighteen year old Port Coquitlam resident Yoo proved it was not a fluke by following it up with a four-under-par 68 final round.
After sea-sawing birdies and bogeys on her first six holes, Yoo turned up the temperature on her round, carding four birdies in a five hole stretch starting on the 8th to get her round to -4, -11 overall.
“I struggled a bit in the beginning of today’s round,” stated Yoo. “I was able to make birdie then bogey, birdie then bogey. It wasn’t until the eight hole that I got my round going.”
Not only did she birdie four out of five holes, she did so on all par 4′s, including the third most difficult hole on the day in the par 4, 350-yard 9th.
She wouldn’t need any more on the day, closing her round with five straight pars en route to a 277 total (74-70-65-68-277).
Playing in the same group and starting the day tied wit Yoo was her teammate and friend Taylor Kim. The seventeen year old from Surrey was actually ahead of Yoo by one stroke during the final round after stringing together back-to-back birdies on the 5th and 6th holes before Yoo went on her four-hole tear.
After making bogey on the 9th hole, resulting in a two-shot swing, Kim couldn’t get off her par rhythm, making six straight pars up until the par 5, 16th hole where she would make birdie. This would close the gap to two-strokes with Yoo but Kim would stumble on the way in, making two straight bogeys to finish her round even-par 72 and claim second all by herself, an eventual four-strokes behind the champion Yoo (66-74-69-72-281).
When asked about her plan going into the round tied with her teammate, Yoo revealed something no one would have guessed, her nerves.
“I was actually really nervous and scared. My coach phoned and wished me a good round and said if I played to my targets, hit my yardages and stayed committed I would have a good round,” mentioned Yoo. “I guess he was right.”
“I have wanted this so bad since I was 13 years old,” stated Yoo. “I have won the Bantam and Juvenile but never won the Junior. To do this in my last year is amazing. This feels amazing.”
Yoo claimed the 2006 B.C. Bantam Championship and the 2010 Juvenile Championship.
With Team Canada Development Squad members taking the first two spots in the Championship, a playoff was needed to determine who would finish in sole third for purposes of naming a Team BC subsidy recipient.
After posting an even-par round of 72 (77-76-71-72-296), Fifteen year old Alix Kong of West Vancouver warranted a spot in the sudden-death playoff. The other competitor would be seventeen year old Madison Kapchinsky of Kelowna who finished her final round with a two-over-par 74 (73-72-77-74-296), tied in third with Kong. Both players would finish the Championship with an overall score of +8.
The sudden-death playoff would only one hole, with Kong making birdie and stamping her ticket to nationals by way of the British Columbia Golf subsidy. Typically, the top three performers at the B.C. Junior Girls’ represent British Columbia on Team BC but it was announced prior to the event that amateur-standout Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam would be exempt from qualifying due to a Team Canada scheduling conflict.
Team BC, consisting of Yoo, Kim and Keel, will now travel to Calgary, Alberta to the River Spirit Golf Club on July 31- August 3, 2012 to go up against the best and brightest in Canadian junior girls’ golf.
Asked of her excitement heading into nationals, champion Yoo could barely contain herself.
“This is going to be the biggest competition ever. British Columbia will definitely be the favourite.”
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Round Three Recap
Osoyoos, British Columbia (BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF)- Newly established women’s course record by Anica Yoo brings her into a tie for the lead heading into the final round of the Junior Girls’ Championship at Osoyoos Golf and Country Club.
At the start of the day, Yoo, 18, sat four strokes back of first and second round leader Taylor Kim. The Port Coquitlam native and Team Canada Development Squad member played a nearly flawless round of golf, posting a seven-under-par 65 that included eight birdies and only one bogey. This brings her three-round total to 209 (74-70-65-209), -7 for the Championship.
Kim, 17, teammate of Yoo on Team Canada, also pieced together an impressive round that was overshadowed by Yoo, coming in at three-under-par 69 for the day, bringing her 54-hole tally to 209 (66-74-69-209). Kim held the women’s course record at Osoyoos G&CC for two rounds until it was bested by Yoo.
Sitting in a distant tie for third are Deroche’s Brooklyn Kraakman, 18 and Victoria’s Naomi Ko, 14. Both players sit at +5 for the Championship, 221 total. Kraakman finished her third round with a one-under-par 71 thanks to healthy diet of par’s on her inward half. She was able to par every hole on the back to vault herself into a final-round pairing with Yoo and Kim.
Three other players were able to break par on the day. Port Moody’s Ally Shin (16), West Vancouver’s Alix Kong (15) and Kelowna’s Emily Nicol (18) all posted one-under-par 71′s during the third round.
Capturing the Junior Girls’ net competition was Victoria’s Jessica Wong. The eighteen year old Victoria Golf Club member posted a -16, 200 total over her three rounds. Sitting in a close second was sixteen year old Mackenzie Barrie of Vernon who finished in sole second, one stroke back of Wong.
Following the third round, the field was cut to the lowest 25 competitors who sat at 249 total or below.
The final round of the 2012 BC Junior Girls’ Championship is set to begin at 7:30am with the leaders teeing off at 8:42am.
Spectators are welcome to attend the Championship and entrance into the venue is free of charge.
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Round Two Recap
Osoyoos, British Columbia (BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF)—Team Canada’s Taylor Kim of Surrey gives two strokes back to the field but still leads the British Columbia Junior Girls’ Championship by four strokes after round two at Osoyoos Golf and Country Club in Osoyoos.
After firing an opening round course record six-under 66, Kim, 17, stumbled slightly on day two, giving two strokes back to her hungry competitors thanks to a two-over-par 74, bringing her two-round total to 140 (66-74-140). The Zone 3 player carded three birdies on day two but unfortunately offset those with two double bogeys and another two bogeys to sit at four-under for the Championship.
Making a move and bringing the gap to within four strokes was her Team Canada Development Squad teammate Anica Yoo of Port Coquitlam who sits alone in second. Yoo, 18, started the day eight strokes back of Kim but got herself right back in the Championship by registering the score-of-the-day at two-under-par 70, level par 144 total (74-70-144).
Yoo’s round started with a birdie on the par 5, 431-yard first hole followed by a birdie on the 4th and the day’s lone eagle on the par 5, 452-yard 5th. She would remain at four-under for her round by carding two more birdies and bogeys only to make two late bogeys and close her round four back.
Sitting in solo third is Kelowna’s Madison Kapchinsky who started the day five back and remains that way heading into third round play. Kapchinsky, 17, opened her round in blazing fashion, jumping out to seven-under-par through her first 10 holes, only to give them all back on her remaining eight holes and shoot even par 72. Her two-round one-over-par 145 total (73-72-145) keeps her in Kim’s rearview mirror, fully capable of making a charge for the lead tomorrow as was showcased by today’s incredible start.
The only other competitor able to break par during the second round was Vernon’s Mackenzie Barrie. The 16-year-old Vernon Golf and Country Club member closed her second round with a one-under-par 71 to sit in a tie for 13th with two others at a +10, 154 total (83-71-153).
Capturing the zone gross competition after the 36-hole mark was the team of Kapchinsky and Barrie from Zone 2 who finished at an aggregate +11, 299 total. Second place goes to a pair of Victoria golfers representing Zone 5 in Haley Kruse, 17 and Jessica Wong, 18, who were 12 strokes back at 311.
The zone net competition mirrors the gross competition with the title going to Kapchinsky and Barrie of Zone 2 over Kruse and Wong but only by a two-stroke margin. The team from Zone 2 finished at -15, 273 net total.
For more information on third round starting times, players and results, please click here
Round One Recap
Osoyoos, British Columbia (BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF)-Team Canada National Development Squad member Taylor Kim of Surrey opened the 2012 British Columbia Junior Girls’ Championship with a sizzling six-under-par 66 at the Osoyoos Golf and Country Club.
Kim, 17, dismantled the par 72, 5,873 course by carding seven birdies and only one bogey, en route to a newly established women’s course record and the first round lead.
Tied for second is Michelle Kim of Surrey and Naomi Ko of Victoria who both shot even-par 72′s to sit six back of the lead. Kim, 14, is the younger sister of Taylor Kim and looks to catch her sister going into tomorrow’s second round by replicating what she accomplished today.
Ko, 14, a member at Olympic View Golf Club, opened her round with an eagle on the par 5 431-yard 1st hole, only one of five players in the field who scored birdie or better on that hole.
Sitting in a tie for fourth are Kelowna’s Madison Kapchinsky and Port Moody’s Avril Li. Kapchinsky, 17, carded four bogeys and three birdies for a one-over-par 73. Li, 15, fought back after an early double-bogey in her round on the 130-yard par 3 third hole to match Kapchinsky at one-over-par, seven back of the lead.
In the zone gross competition, zone’s two and five are deadlocked in a tie for first at +12 going into tomorrows final round. The zone championship is a 36-hole competition that is played concurrently during the first two rounds of the overall Championship.
The British Columbia Junior Girls’ Championship is a 72-hole stroke play competition between the top female golfers ages 18 and younger in the province. A cut following the second round will be made to the low 25 players and ties.
Round two begins tomorrow at 7:30am.
Spectators are welcome to attend the Championship and entrance into the venue is free of charge.
Preview
Osoyoos Golf and Country Club Will Be A Demanding Test for British Columbia’s Best Junior Girl Golfers
Richmond, British Columbia (BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF)-British Columbia’s most talented junior-aged female golfers are ready to challenge the Osoyoos Golf and Country Club in Osoyoos with the hopes of capturing the BC Golf Junior Girls’ Championship from July 10-13, 2012.
Hosted by the Osoyoos G&CC, the Junior Girls’ Championship features female golfers, ages 18 and younger, who are poised to navigate the mountainous and desert terrain of the ‘Park Meadows’ course (Par 72, 5,873 yards) in the quest to join the rank of those who have hoisted the S.C. Sweeny Trophy as champions, including Dawn Coe (1978 & 1979), A.J. Eathorne (1993-1995) and Sue Kim (2005 & 2008).
The 2010 and 2011 champion Jennifer Yang of Coquitlam will not be defending her titles, paving the way for a fresh face to seize the title and with it, the accolades of being the best female junior golfer in the province. Also unable to attend due to a scheduling conflict with Team Canada is Coquitlam’s Jisoo Keel.
Favourites to crack the winner’s circle are Team Canada Development Squad members Taylor Kim of Surrey and Anica Yoo of Port Coquitlam. Yoo had a steady 2011 Championship, finishing 6th and Kim did her one better, finishing alone in 5th. On the national stage, Yoo went on to finish T2nd at the 2011 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship.
The 2011 British Columbia Juvenile Girls’ champion Alix Kong of West Vancouver is also a force to be reckoned with heading into Osoyoos. Coming off representing British Columbia at the North Pacific Junior Girls’ Team Matches in Blaine, WA, Kong will hope to be up-to-the-task of putting together four great rounds and challenging for the lead.
Other players to watch climbing the leaderboard are 2012 USGA Girls’ Junior qualifier Naomi Ko of Victoria, Kelowna’s Madison Kapchinsky, Maple Ridge’s Keanna Mason and 2011-2012 UBC Thunderbird freshman Stephanie Wong of Richmond.
The Championship is a 72-hole stroke play competition with a cut after 54-holes to the low 35-players and ties. Also incorporated into the competition is a 54-hole net competition with awards being given to 1st and 2nd place following the end of round three.
The zone team competition is held concurrently with the first and second rounds of the Championship. The zone team gross and net competitions use the combined 36-hole gross and net scores for each zone team member. The zone team consists of players who are chosen by each zone in advance of the provincial championship.
The top two finishers at the 2012 B.C. Junior Girls’ Championship will be granted spots on Team BC. The team will be traveling to compete at the 2012 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship at River Spirit Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta on July 31-August 3.
Due to the aforementioned scheduling conflict, Team Canada member Jisoo Keel has been awarded a position on Team BC prior to the Championship. The individual who places 3rd (traditionally an automatic Team BC qualifier) will receive monetary compensation equal to that of a Team BC member to attend nationals.
Any ties for the 2 team positions and one subsidized position will be decided by a sudden-death playoff immediately following play.
Spectators are welcome to attend the Championship and entrance into the venue is free of charge.
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Congratulations to all competitors in both the Jr. Boys and Jr. Girls tournaments this week. We tip our hats off to our Champions, Matthew Broughton and Anica Yoo…. well done!!!