WINDSOR, Ont. - Durham's Tiffany Albath is 18
holes away from winning consecutive provincial women's golf
titles.
Albath shot an 80 on Tuesday to move two strokes ahead of St.
Clair's Heather MacKenzie at the 2012 Ontario
Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Golf Championships at the
Roseland Golf & Curling Club in Windsor, Ont. The tournament is
being hosted by St. Clair.
Albath is attempting to become just the third OCAA women's golfer
to successfully defend her individual title, and the first since
Georgian's Katie Ferguson in 2002. Albath is also
eying her third individual medal, winning silver in 2010.
MacKenzie shot an 81 in her second day of competition. St. Clair
teammate Ashley Unrau currently sits in bronze
medal position, shooting an 86. Albath, MacKenzie and Unrau all
improved on their first round scores by one stroke.
The St. Clair women are primed to dethrone Durham as women's team
champions, taking a 14-stroke lead into Wednesday's final round.
MacKenzie and Unrau have combined for 334 strokes, compared to
Albath and Stephanie Mole's 348.
On the men's side, Georgian's Colton Kalkanis
holds a one-stroke lead over Seneca's Mitchel
Kennedy after both golfers shot a 71 on Tuesday. A trio of
golfers are two strokes behind the lead, including
Christian McCullough and Alex
Dumais of Humber and James Skrypec of
Georgian, setting up what should be a dramatic finish on Wednesday.
McCullough was the only golfer to shoot an even-round 70 in Round
2.
Four other golfers are within five strokes of Kalkanis. Humber's
Ben McFaul is four strokes off the pace, while
Shea Varty of Durham, Cam Head of
Fleming and Brennan Smith of St. Lawrence-Kingston
are five shots back.
The most improved golfer from Round 1 was Nathan
Clouthier of St. Lawrence-Brockville, who rebounded from a
97 on Monday to shoot 76. Tim Lemovre of St.
Lawrence-Kingston scored the only eagle of the tournament on the
Par 5 second hole.
Humber widened its lead in the men's team competition with a score
of 577 through two days of competition. Georgian sits three strokes
back, while Durham is in bronze medal position, 15 shots off the
pace.
The tournament consists of three 18-hole rounds, weather
permitting. The male and female player posting the lowest gross
score through 54 holes will earn their respective individual
championship.
Men's teams consist of four or five golfers, with the top four
individual scores of each round contributing to the total team
score. Women's teams consist of two or three golfers, with the top
two individual scores of each round contributing to their total
score. Schools with the lowest aggregate of gross scores after 54
holes win the respective team titles.
Golfers are representing 15 Ontario college campuses, including
Boréal, Centennial, Confederation, Durham, Fanshawe,
Fleming, Georgian, Humber, Mohawk, Niagara, St. Clair, St. Lawrence
(Brockville, Cornwall and Kingston), and Seneca.
OCAA Leaderboard: http://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao12/event/gao12227/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
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