Competition Heating Up at the Junior Masters
28 July, 2024
Royal Mayfair GC hosted 56 of the provinces top juniors on Sunday at the Play Golf Alberta - Royal Mayfair Junior Masters presented by Sundog Eyewear/Blue Tees.
The girls teed off first and Camilla Ruesga Rojas (Pinebrook G&CC) leads the U15 division after round 1. Camilla will take a 5-shot lead into day 2, looking to claim her division for the first time.
The race for the U19 girls overall title will see leader Sophie Dhaliwal (Wingfield GC) try and defend her title after carding 4 birdies to finish the day at 73. Sitting closely behind her is Jayla Kucy (Camrose GC), who finished today just one shot back of Dhaliwal. Jayla won the overall title in 2021 and she will try and capture her second title when they tee off together at 8:50am.
The boys were also in action and the U15 leader is Jayden Arnold (Early Grey GC) after 4 birdies set him a top the division, finishing the day at 68. Erik Petersen (Carnmoney GC) and Chase Strang (Pinebrook G&CC) sit just 4 shots back with 18 holes to play on Monday.
The low round of the day belongs to Peter Hlushak (Windermere G&CC) where he birdied 5 holes in a row to lock in a 67 after round 1. Matthew Keane (Bearspaw GC) and Chase Lassman (Stony Plain GC) will join Peter in the final group, looking to build off their rounds of even par and take home their first overall boys title.