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Durham Lords Media Release
Monday, October 05, 2009

Durham College golf takes aim at a provincial title

OSHAWA, Ont. - The top men and women collegiate golfers in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) have concluded their pre-season rounds and will now head out to the LochNess Golf Course in Welland this week in search of their respective provincial championship gold medals. Running from Monday, October 5-7, 2009, 88 OCAA golfers will vie for team and individual bragging rights, before advancing the CCAA National Championship hosted in Windsor, Ontario.

After a strong showing leading up to the provincial championship, the Durham College golf team has big hopes heading into this week’s action.

The Lords men’s team has collected podium finishes at the Fanshawe Invitational, DC Open, and Elmira Invitational and is looking to win their eighth provincial team medal in nine years. Individually, Robbie Untinen and Don Shaw are heading into the provincial championship on a high finishing in second and fourth respectively at the Elmira Invitational. At the Niagara College Golf Classic earlier this year, Adam Lewis shot his best round of the year finishing in fifth place, just three strokes of the pace.

On the women’s side, Kayleigh Kraemer of the Lords has been nothing less than dominant this season, winning both the Fanshawe Invitational and the DC Open tournaments. She was also enroute to a dominant round at the Niagara Invitational before having to withdraw for a lower body injury. The native of Germany will have her hands full though as she will have to contend with the dominance of the Humber Hawks program. Eight of the past 12 women’s championship titles have been won by a Hawk athlete, but that streak was broken last year when Daniele Dunlop of Niagara bested a very classy field.

LochNess Links golf course was built in 2000 and is a rolling landscape of testy mounds, 110 bunkers, water, fescue and bentgrass with the occasional tree. Besides the pot bunkers, there are seven ponds to contend with and strong par-3s, including the 245-yard 8th hole. Accuracy is vital in playing LochNess Links and players will need to keep their ball in the fairway to stay clear of the rough, the bunkers and the mounding.

Championship Format:
The men’s team championship will consist of five player teams competing in 54 holes of stroke play with the top four individual scores counting toward the team total. Team play after the first round will be divided to Division I and Division II. The top half of the teams (including ties) will move to Division I and the remaining teams will be in Division II. The women’s team championship will consist of three player teams competing in 54 holes of stroke play with a minimum of two individual scores counting towards the team total.

The following teams will be competing at the 2009 OCAA Golf Championship:

Men’s Division
Collége Boréal (Sudbury)
Cambrian College (Sudbury)
Confederation College (Thunder Bay)
Durham College (Oshawa)
Fanshawe College (London)
George Brown College (Toronto)
Georgian College (Barrie)
Humber College (Etobicoke)
Mohawk College (Hamilton)
Niagara College (Welland)
St. Clair College (Windsor)
St. Lawrence College (Cornwall)
St. Lawrence College (Kingston)
Fleming (Peterborough)

Women’s Division
Fanshawe College (London)
Georgian College (Barrie)
Humber College (Etobicoke)

For daily results please visit the host website OCAA Championship website at http://www.niagaraknights.ca/golfchampionship/.

Following the OCAA Championships, golfers will head to Windsor, Ontario to take part in the 2009 Ping Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) Golf Open Championship hosted by St. Clair College from October 13-16. Golfers will tee off at the Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ontario.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)