SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Grizzlies and Hawks are perched at the top of the leaderboards after the opening round of the 2021 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Golf Championships.
Georgian's Christian Leduc (Innisfil) was the only golfer to shoot an even-par 72 on Monday, one shot better than three others, including brother and teammate Noah Leduc (Innisfil). Also tied for second place is a pair of St. Lawrence teammates, Peter Beneteau (Odessa) and Jamaal Moussaoui (Kingston). Yet another pair of teammates, Jack Sue (Richmond Hill) and Colin Warren (London) of Fanshawe are both three strokes behind the frontrunner after 18 holes.
On the women's side, three Humber golfers top the leaderboard, including Elaine Surjoprajogo (Brampton) who opened the tournament shooting a six-over 78. Defending OCAA gold medalist Hayley McCallum (Mississauga) sits in second, two strokes back, while another Hawk, Madison Ouellette (Amaranth) is tied for third with Durham's Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge), four shots off the pace.
In the team competition, the Georgian men lead second-place St. Lawrence and Fanshawe by six strokes. Humber has a commanding 19-shot lead over Durham and St. Clair in the women's event.
The middle round of the scheduled 54-hole tournament takes place Tuesday at the Crimson Ridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Sixty student-athletes from 10 schools are competing at the championship, including Confederation College (Thunder Bay), Durham College (Oshawa), Fanshawe College (London), Georgian College (Barrie), Humber College (Etobicoke), Lakehead University (Orillia), Niagara College (Welland), St. Clair College (Windsor), St. Lawrence College (Kingston) and host Sault College.
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. Humber is the three-time reigning OCAA men's team champion, while Humber also won the women's team title in 2019.
Crimson Ridge boasts a spectacular collection of natural Northern Ontario landscape. This course is a journey through bent-grass tees and greens, and dwarf bluegrass fairways and rough. Waterfalls, creeks, numerous elevation changes, mature hardwoods and incredible views and vistas await on this scenic par 72 layout.
This design has been expertly crafted by Kevin Holmes, and it incorporates natural features with generous and playable tree-lined fairways, large, gently-contoured greens and strategically-placed bunkers that create a true but fair test of golf for all ability levels.
The top OCAA golfers and teams will move on to compete at the 2021 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Golf National Championships, presented by PING. The event takes place at the Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ont., from Oct. 11-15 and is hosted by St. Clair.
Results via Golf Ontario: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/7775353175116138736
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