For Immediate Release
July 14, 2017
Sear crowned 2017 Investors Group Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship
CAMBRIDGE – It was an up and down week at the Investors Group Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship for Unionville’s Kelsey Sear. However, when the final score was entered, on July 14 at Galt Country Club, it ended on a high as the York Downs Golf & Country Club member captured the title.
Sear had the opening-round lead but relinquished it during the second day. She ended the third day with a share of the lead and thanks to a two-under (70) during the final round was able to walk away the victor.
Sear began the round well with a birdie on the first hole. She made the turn one-under and remained there until she added another birdie on 15. That brought her to two-under, which is where she finished. She completed the tournament at two-over (69-78-73-70-290).
Afterwards Sear spoke about how she was able to build off her opening round. “After the first round I knew there was still lots of golf to be played. The course suited my eye so I just wanted to play the way I knew I could and enjoy the week.”
For Sear, she attributed her success to her putting. “My speed on the greens was good all week. I had some mishaps during the second round but I knew I was still stroking the ball well the putts just weren’t falling. I knew they would fall and come the next days, they did.”
Sear summed up her excitement and says she is already looking forward to next year. “It was a really great week! I had a blast, this was an awesome course and I will be back to defend the title next year.”
Earning the silver was Ridgeway’s Madeline Marck-Sherk. Marck-Sherk, from Bridgewater Country Club, entered the day with a share of the lead. She started well making the turn at two-under but it was a pair of late bogeys that sealed her fate. She went on to finish the day at one-under (71), and the tournament at three-over (71-71-78-71- 291).
Rounding out the podium with the bronze medal was Mississauga’s Michelle Ruiz. Ruiz, from Diamondback Golf Club, had an even par (72) final round and finished the championship at nine-over (75-74-76-72-297).
Sear, Marck-Sherk and Ruiz all earned the right to represent Ontario in the inter-provincial competition at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, at Cutten Fields Golf Course in Guelph, July 25-28.
For full tournament information, including the final leaderboard, see the tournament site at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao17/event/gao173/index.htm
Golf Ontario would like to thank Galt Country Club, their staff and volunteers for hosting the event. Thanks also to the Golf Ontario volunteers and to title sponsor Investors Group for their continued support of golf in the province.
About the Investors Group Women’s Amateur
First played in 1904, the Investors Group Ontario Women's Amateur Championship is being contested for the 102nd time this summer, and for the first time at Galt Country Club. Past champions include: 1968 LPGA Championship winner Sandra Post (1964), LPGA Tour players Alena Sharp (1999) and Brooke Henderson (2014), Rebecca Lee-Bentham (2007), and World Golf Hall of Fame member Marlene Stewart Streit, who holds the record for the most number of titles with 11.
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Pos | Player | TotalTot | Thru | TodayR4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | StrokesTot | Follow players | |
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1 | - | Kelsey SearK. Sear York Downs Golf & Country Club |
+2 | F | -2 | 69 | 78 | 73 | 70 | 290 | |
2 | 1 | Madeline Marck-SherkM. Marck-Sherk Bridgewater Country Club |
+3 | F | -1 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 71 | 291 | |
3 | 2 | Michelle RuizM. Ruiz Diamondback Golf Club |
+9 | F | E | 75 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 297 | |
4 | 5 | Alyssa DiMarcantonioA. DiMarcantonio Weston Golf & Country Club |
+10 | F | -2 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 298 | |
T5 | 2 | Courtney ToltonC. Tolton Public Player (Golf Ontario Member) |
+12 | F | +4 | 73 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 300 | |
T5 | - | Chloe CurrieC. Currie Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
+12 | F | +3 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 300 | |
7 | - | Melany ChongM. Chong Trafalgar Golf & Country Club |
+14 | F | +3 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 302 | |
T8 | 6 | Abbie AnghelescuA. Anghelescu Cataraqui Golf & Country Club |
+15 | F | E | 78 | 75 | 78 | 72 | 303 | |
T8 | 4 | Hailey McLaughlinH. McLaughlin Public Player |
+15 | F | +1 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 73 | 303 | |
T8 | 1 | Claire HernandezC. Hernandez The Thornhill Club |
+15 | F | +3 | 79 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 303 | |
11 | 8 | Victoria ZhengV. Zheng Granite GC |
+16 | F | +8 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 304 | |
T12 | 1 | Jasmine LyJ. Ly Kingsville Golf & Country Club |
+17 | F | +4 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 305 | |
T12 | 5 | Mary Ann HaywardM. Hayward St. Thomas Golf & Country Club |
+17 | F | +6 | 80 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 305 | |
14 | - | Sarah BeqajS. Beqaj Toronto Golf Club |
+18 | F | +3 | 73 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 306 | |
T15 | 4 | Raesa SheikhR. Sheikh TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley |
+19 | F | +2 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 74 | 307 | |
T15 | 1 | Delana BasanisiD. Basanisi Rattlesnake Point GC |
+19 | F | +4 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 307 | |
T15 | 1 | Annika HaynesA. Haynes Credit Valley Golf & Country Club |
+19 | F | +4 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 307 | |
T18 | 9 | Karyn Lee PingK. Lee Ping Brampton GC |
+20 | F | E | 77 | 79 | 80 | 72 | 308 | |
T18 | 7 | Kate JohnstonK. Johnston Brantford Golf & Country Club |
+20 | F | +1 | 78 | 77 | 80 | 73 | 308 | |
T18 | 1 | Meghan BennettM. Bennett Whitevale Golf Club |
+20 | F | +3 | 81 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 308 | |
T18 | 4 | Brooke MacKinnonB. MacKinnon Maple City Country Club |
+20 | F | +5 | 81 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 308 | |
T22 | 15 | Madison EasterbrookM. Easterbrook Beverly Golf & Country Club |
+21 | F | -4 | 78 | 78 | 85 | 68 | 309 | |
T22 | 5 | Judith KyrinisJ. Kyrinis Granite Golf Club |
+21 | F | +1 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 73 | 309 | |
24 | 2 | Terrill SamuelT. Samuel Weston Golf & Country Club |
+22 | F | +4 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 76 | 310 | |
25 | 3 | Alexandra NaumovskiA. Naumovski Brampton Golf Club |
+23 | F | +5 | 80 | 74 | 80 | 77 | 311 | |
T26 | 6 | Sydney NaroS. Naro Public Player (Golf Ontario Member) |
+24 | F | +2 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 312 | |
T26 | 1 | Diana McDonaldD. McDonald Loyalist Country Club |
+24 | F | +4 | 80 | 76 | 80 | 76 | 312 | |
T28 | 3 | Emily ZhuE. Zhu National Pines Golf Club |
+25 | F | +4 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 76 | 313 | |
T28 | 3 | Danielle SawyerD. Sawyer Shelter Valley Pines Golf Club |
+25 | F | +6 | 75 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 313 | |
T28 | 1 | Samantha SpencerS. Spencer The Club at North Halton |
+25 | F | +5 | 79 | 83 | 74 | 77 | 313 | |
T28 | 16 | Mackenzie ButzerM. Butzer Maple City Country Club |
+25 | F | +11 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 83 | 313 | |
T32 | - | Rachel PollockR. Pollock Whistle Bear Golf Club |
+27 | F | +5 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 315 | |
T32 | 10 | Monet ChunM. Chun The Summit Golf & Country Club |
+27 | F | +9 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 315 | |
34 | 8 | Sarah DunningS. Dunning Westmount Golf & Country Club |
+28 | F | +1 | 82 | 80 | 81 | 73 | 316 | |
35 | 2 | Vanessa ChychrunV. Chychrun Beacon Hall Golf Club |
+29 | F | +4 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 317 | |
36 | 1 | Sarah WestawayS. Westaway St. Thomas Golf & Country Club |
+30 | F | +6 | 81 | 83 | 76 | 78 | 318 | |
37 | 5 | Alex AmosA. Amos West Haven Golf & Country Club |
+32 | F | +5 | 86 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 320 | |
T38 | 4 | Sheila McKeenS. McKeen Public Player |
+33 | F | +6 | 76 | 81 | 86 | 78 | 321 | |
T38 | 1 | Tasha MacdonaldT. Macdonald Public Player (Golf Ontario Member) |
+33 | F | +8 | 85 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 321 | |
T38 | 3 | Taylor SimoneauT. Simoneau St. Catharines Golf & Country Club |
+33 | F | +9 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 321 | |
T38 | 19 | Emily WardE. Ward Grand Niagara Golf Course |
+33 | F | +16 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 88 | 321 | |
T42 | 3 | Jue WenJ. Wen Cedar Brae Golf Club |
+35 | F | +7 | 83 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 323 | |
T42 | 5 | Lilian Klekner-AltL. Klekner-Alt Public Player (Golf Ontario Member) |
+35 | F | +10 | 77 | 84 | 80 | 82 | 323 | |
T44 | 4 | Lauren ZaretskyL. Zaretsky Ladies Golf Club of Toronto |
+36 | F | +6 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 324 | |
T44 | 10 | Cynthia ZhaoC. Zhao Station Creek Golf Club- North Course |
+36 | F | +13 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 85 | 324 | |
46 | 5 | Brooke RiversB. Rivers Brampton Golf Club |
+37 | F | +11 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 83 | 325 | |
47 | 5 | Brooke SharpeB. Sharpe Whistle Bear Golf Club |
+39 | F | +6 | 81 | 82 | 86 | 78 | 327 | |
T48 | - | Jennifer LochheadJ. Lochhead Hamilton Golf & Country Club |
+40 | F | +10 | 79 | 86 | 81 | 82 | 328 | |
T48 | 1 | Ivy SteinbergI. Steinberg Granite Golf Club |
+40 | F | +11 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 328 | |
T50 | - | Addison WallwinA. Wallwin Barrie Country Club |
+43 | F | +12 | 86 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 331 | |
T50 | 1 | Sukriti HarjaiS. Harjai Grand Niagara Golf Course |
+43 | F | +11 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 331 | |
52 | 7 | Jordon NewlandsJ. Newlands Toronto Golf Club |
+44 | F | +16 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 88 | 332 | |
53 | - | Nicole GargarellaN. Gargarella Lambton Golf & Country Club |
+48 | F | +13 | 80 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 336 | |
DID NOT FINISH | |||||||||||
MC | - | Kimberly RisulmiK. Risulmi Piper's Heath Golf Club |
+23 | 84 | 83 | 167 | |||||
MC | - | Jessie MercerJ. Mercer Black Bear Ridge Golf Course |
+23 | 82 | 85 | 167 | |||||
MC | - | Marion ReidM. Reid Islington Golf Club |
+25 | 83 | 86 | 169 | |||||
MC | - | Sarah GallagherS. Gallagher Blue Springs Golf Club |
+26 | 83 | 87 | 170 | |||||
MC | - | Angella LeeA. Lee Westmount Golf & Country Club |
+27 | 89 | 82 | 171 | |||||
MC | - | Tatiana HulanT. Hulan West Haven Golf & Country Club |
+27 | 79 | 92 | 171 | |||||
MC | - | Barbara MaslankoB. Maslanko Rebel Creek Golf Club |
+28 | 86 | 86 | 172 | |||||
MC | - | Maggie Jennings-CampbellJennings-Campbell Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club |
+29 | 89 | 84 | 173 | |||||
MC | - | Melanie BurgessM. Burgess Beach Grove Golf & Country Club |
+31 | 87 | 88 | 175 | |||||
MC | - | Vaijayanti BharkhadaV. Bharkhada Caledon Woods Golf Club |
+32 | 93 | 83 | 176 | |||||
MC | - | Connie FarmerC. Farmer Islington Golf Club |
+34 | 94 | 84 | 178 | |||||
MC | - | Jennifer KnoxJ. Knox The Club at North Halton |
+35 | 88 | 91 | 179 | |||||
MC | - | Kimberley LeggeK. Legge Saugeen Golf Club- S/L |
+36 | 91 | 89 | 180 | |||||
MC | - | Cathy WelsandC. Welsand Galt Country Club |
+37 | 83 | 98 | 181 | |||||
MC | - | Katie McTaggartK. McTaggart Cutten Fields |
+38 | 95 | 87 | 182 | |||||
MC | - | Kelly RiccardiK. Riccardi Beach Grove Golf & Country Club |
+64 | 112 | 96 | 208 | |||||
WD | - | Ana PericA. Peric Trafalgar Golf & Country Club |
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DQ | - | Lauren BevanL. Bevan Whitevale Golf Club |
+36 | 84 | 79 | 89 | 252 |