Jordan Belton Wins British Columbia Mid-Am, Lance Lundy Wins Mid-Master, Final Round Cancelled Due To Unplayable Course Conditions
Jordan Belton Of The Vancouver Golf Club Receives His Trophy And Awards From David Atkinson, President Of British Columbia Golf - Image Credit Alfie Lau
by Alfie Lau
Relentless rain at Talking Rock in Chase, BC cancelled the final round of the 2015 British Columbia Golf Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master championship on Thursday.
“The course was unplayable. There was excessive water in the fairways,” said Susan White, Senior Manager, Field Operations for British Columbia Golf. “To have played would have not been good for the course or the players.”
White and her tournament team surveyed the course just before 6 a.m. Thursday and notified the players via email just before 6:30 a.m. The respective leaders after the second round were awarded the titles at a presentation ceremony Thursday morning.
The Vancouver Golf Club’s Jordan Belton won the Mid-Amateur title, with a winning score of (-1) 143. Coming in a tie for second, two strokes behind, were Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club’s Patrick Weeks and Tobiano Golf Club’s Adam Kernan.
Big Sky Golf’s Lance Lundy won the Mid-Master title, with a winning score of (+2) 146 besting Fraser Valley Zone 3’s Mark Heinrich and Point Grey Golf & Country Club’s James Decker by one stroke.
Belton, Weeks and Kernan will comprise the British Columbia team at the 2015 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, being held Aug. 25-28 at the Abercrombie Golf Club in New Glasgow, NS. “It’s not the way you ever want to win, but I’ll take it,” said Belton. “A win’s a win. It feels good.”
Belton, who was playing his second Mid-Amateur after finishing 12th last year, credited his trainer, Nick Mueller of Innovative Fitness for helping get his body into better shape. And since he joined Vancouver Golf Club, he’s been able to play a lot more golf.
“Nick has really worked with me and in the last year, I’ve been out playing about twice a week,” said Belton, who works in the financial investments industry. “My wife started a home décor business and that’s given me more time to golf. It’s also great that with my work, I have the flexibility to get out and golf with clients and mingle with prospective clients.”
Lance Lundy Of Big Sky Golf Receives His Mid-Master Awards From David Atkinson, President Of British Columbia Golf - Image Credit Alfie Lau
Lundy also had mixed feelings about winning the Mid-Master after the final round cancellation. “It’s unfortunate we weren’t able to play the final round,” said Lundy. “I knew there was a lot of standing water yesterday and with all the rain that’s come down since, there wasn’t much more the course could take. Nobody likes to win like this, but you take what you’re given.
It would have been nice to have the opportunity to make a move toward winning the Mid-Am, but it was fun coming out to play with the guys and give these young guys a run for their money.”
There was also a "Best-Ball Competition" where players may make up their own 2-man teams from the field. This championship is a best ball conducted over 54 holes. Finishing third was the team of Tyson Burch and Jay Snyder. Finishing second was the team of Daniel Brown and Bryan Toth. The winners of the Best-Ball competition were Norm Bradley and Lance Lundy.
The 2016 British Columbia Golf Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master will be contested at the Nanaimo Golf Club.
For full results from the British Columbia Golf Mid-Am and Mid-Master, please click HERE