QUEBEC CITY – Round three of the 2014 PING CCAA Golf National Championship was rained out, forcing the event to be reduced to 36 holes. Durham College finished the second round with a two-day total of 616, earning a top 10 finish at the national championship.

At the OCAA provincial finals, Durham erased a 10-stroke deficit in the third round to land a spot at nationals and win a bronze medal. Unfortunately, due to the heavy rainfall and poor forecast on Friday, the Lords never had the chance to take to the course for the final round at nationals and have a repeat performance.

The Holland Hurricanes captured their first-ever CCAA national championship title, as CCAA all-Canadian Eric Locke led the Hurricanes to a tournament-best overall score of 286 in round two on Thursday. Holland placed three shots ahead of the Camosun Chargers to earn gold. The defending champions University of the Fraser Valley Cascades were forced to settle for bronze, six strokes back of the Hurricanes. The host St. Lawrence Lions finished in fourth place, one-shot back of a medal.

In the individual competition, Jarred Callbeck of Camosun College fired rounds of 68 and 70 for a one-shot victory. Callbeck had a 36-hole total of 138 to sit at six-under. Hugo Bernard (139) of Cégep André-Laurendeau fired a 68 in difficult conditions on Thursday which earned him a silver medal. Adam Poulin (140) of Champlain St. Lawrence finished third at four-under. An impressive total of 10 golfers were under par after two rounds.

Ben Reid (Ajax, Ont.) was Durham's top golfer, finishing in 21st place overall after rounds of 72 and 77. Bill Irvine (Lindsay, Ont.), who had the low round for Durham on Thursday at 74, ended up with a two-day score of plus-nine, good enough to finish tied for 43rd place overall. Brent Clements (Pickering, Ont.) and Craig Conroy (Bowmanville, Ont.) were plus-11 and plus-15 respectively.

The CCAA national championship caps off a great year for the Lords, as they rebounded from a disappointing 2013 season. Second-year head coach Tyler Martin was named the OCAA coach of the year, while the Lords had the lowest round of the OCAA championship en route to a bronze medal.

Source: Durham College