Gavyn Knight of Parksville made the most of home-course advantage in winning the sa国际传媒 boys鈥� junior golf championship Friday at Morningstar.
The Islander, who plays and works at Morningstar, won comfortably. Knight finished five shots ahead of runner-up Cooper Humphreys of Vernon. Knight was one-under-par 287 over 72 holes and Humphreys four-over 292.
Defending-champion Willy Bishop of Victoria, a member of the Canadian junior team and centralized on Bear Mountain at the Golf sa国际传媒 national training centre, was tied for seventh at 301.
Jennifer Gu of West Vancouver won the sa国际传媒 junior girls鈥� title Friday at Morningstar to follow up her sa国际传媒 Amateur runner-up finish last week. Gu was seven-over 295 over the four rounds. Runner-up Tina Jiang of Richmond was at 299. Top Islander was Chelsea Truong of Victoria, tied for fourth at 302.
The competition began Tuesday with 156 of the best Under-19 players in sa国际传媒, 111 boys and 45 girls, vying for provincial junior honours.
