Jared du Toit, who is heading to Arizona State University next month, had his day in the sun on Friday, claiming the Bostock Trophy as victor of the 113th sa国际传媒 Men鈥檚 Amateur Championship at Fairview Mountain Golf Club in Oliver.
Du Toit, of Kimberley Golf Club, climbed that mountain with a final round 73 to finish with a four-day total of 10-under 278 (68-68-69-73), seven strokes up on runner-up Stuart Macdonald of Point Grey and a member of the Purdue Boilermakers NCAA golf team.
Kevin Kwon of Swaneset Bay Resort was third with rounds of 72-71-75-70.
Royal Colwood junior Keaton Gudz made a hard charge with the lowest round of the day at 5-under 67 to finish sixth overall at 290, the top Vancouver Island player, just ahead of veteran Craig Doell of Victoria Golf Club.
Gudz 鈥� who actually started the day with a bogey on No. 1 but soundly recovered with birdies at 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 16 鈥� finished 72-74-77-67, while Doell was tied for ninth with his rounds of 75-71-74-72.
Daniel Fratczek, also of Royal Colwood, tied for 11th (73-75-72-73); Brayden Eriksen of Pheasant Glen tied for 14th (74-66-75-79); Lawren Rowe of UVic (74-70-78-73), Dallas Jones of Mount Brenton (70-72-77-76) and Kevin Carrigan of Royal Colwood (75-72-71-77) were all tied for 17th.
Jake DuVall of Uplands (75-70-76-77) and Dylan Bell of Royal Colwood (74-74-73-77) were the only other Islanders to finish in the top 25, tied for 23rd.
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