CORNWALL, Ont. - The Durham Lords continued their dominance on the fairways on Wednesday, winning their second straight Ontario Colleges Athletics Association (OCAA) women's team golf title.
Durham's Tiffany Albath dethroned teammate
Kayleigh Kraemer for the women's individual title,
as both finished on top of the leaderboard for the second straight
year. This year's championship was hosted by St. Lawrence College
at the Cornwall Golf and Country Club.
"It's a nice one to have, even though all the scores were not as
great as last year," Albath said, explaining that the wet
conditions Monday and Tuesday and windy conditions on Wednesday
contributed to the high scores.
Albath adds a gold medal to last year's silver by posting
back-to-back rounds of 79. Albath's three-round total of 242 was
three strokes better than Kraemer's. Both Albath and Kraemer are
from Germany. They came to Canada to attend Durham's professional
golf management course.
Kraemer was a gracious second-place finisher, as she said she was
happy to contribute to the winning team.
"We care more about the team finish than the individual," she
said.
For Kraemer, it marks a third OCAA individual medal, after winning
silver in 2009 and gold in 2010.
Albath and Kraemer defeated Georgian's pairing of Jasmine
Paton and Nicole Belcourt by 43 shots to
give Durham the women's team championship. Paton added another
individual bronze medal to her collection, finishing in third place
for a second straight year with a three-day total of 262.
St. Clair's Ashley Unrau finished fourth with a
score of 267. Rounding out the Top 5 was Georgian's Belcourt, who
ended the tournament with a combined score of 268. There were 11
golfers in total in the women's competition.
Albath and Kraemer will look to defend Durham's national women's
golf championship later this month. The 2011 PING Canadian
Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Golf National Championship,
hosted by Holland College, will take place Oct. 18-21 at Brudenell
River Golf Course in Roseneath, P.E.I. Albath and Kraemer are the
defending CCAA individual silver and bronze medalists,
respectively.
With files from St. Lawrence College
2011 OCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS LEADERBOARD
Women's Individual
Women's Team
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