Tristan Mandur accomplished a major feat Friday afternoon, winning the 2016 sa国际传媒 Junior Boys Golf Championship on his home course at Arbutus Ridge, wrapping up the title with a final round of 2-under 68 for a 279 total.
Mandur, who last month claimed the Zone 5 championship, out-legged national junior team member A.J. Ewart of Pitt Meadows by a single stroke. Adam Veenstra 鈥� of Smithers, but also a Shawnigan Lake School graduate 鈥� was third, two more shots back. Mandur, Ewart and Veenstra now form Team sa国际传媒 for the Canadian championship in Newfoundland Aug. 1-4.
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Mandur recorded five birdies and three bogeys on the day and turned in rounds of 70-71-70-68 for the victory. He was running neck-and-neck (one shot up at the turn) with Zone 5 teammate Keaton Gudz of Royal Colwood until Gudz suffered a nightmarish nine on the par-4 11th as he sent two shots out of bounds to take him out of it.
It was that type of week for Gudz, who suffered a quadruple-bogey eight on the par-4 sixth hole in Round 1 and a triple-bogey six on the par-3 17th on Day 2.
In Round 3, Gudz had turned in a tidy 1-under 69 as he and Duncan鈥檚 Callum Davison were the only two to break 70 on a cool and wet Thursday. Gudz had it to 5-under after 10 holes on Friday.
Mandur, Gudz, Nolan Thoroughgood and Cam Bourque also helped Zone 5 take the team title after three rounds. Mandur and Veenstra, who were also schoolmates, tied for top spot in the best-ball crown with Gudz and Ewart.
Meanwhile, at the sa国际传媒 Womens鈥� Amateur at Beach Grove Golf Club, Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam ran away with a six-shot victory over Mary Parsons of Mayfair Lakes.
Keel recorded rounds of 70-68-69-73 for a 280 total and the win. Jamie Huo, who lists Kent., Washington, as home, but is affiliated with Uplands Golf Club, was third at 291 (73-71-74-73).
