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Durham Lords Media Release
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Durham College golfers head into the final round at provincials with big expectations

WELLAND, Ont. – The weather conditions and golf scores both improved on day two of the 2009 OCAA Golf Championship at LochNess Links Golf Course in Welland, Ontario on Tuesday, putting the Durham College golf team in medal contention heading into Wednesday’s final round.

Durham golfer Kayleigh Kraemer shot an eight-over par 80 in round two, to sit in second place overall with 18 holes remaining. Kraemer trails Danielle Green of Humber College by five strokes, after Green shot her second consecutive round of three-over par 75. The two golfers are miles ahead of the pack as Humber’s Bev Peel sits in third place, 22 strokes behind the leader.

The Durham College men’s team moved into a medal position on Tuesday as they are tied with Fanshawe College with a two-day combined total of 605. Durham still has their eye on the provincial title only trailing Georgian College by just 13 strokes.

Brad Hickey had the round of the day for Durham carding a four-under par 68 to sit in fifth place with a two-day total of 147. Teammate Adam Lewis is in seventh place overall after shooting even par on Tuesday morning for a combined total of 147. The Lords and the rest of the pack trail Taylor Booth of Fanshawe College who has the lead at 141.

Final day action of the 2009 OCAA Golf Championships starts at 8:00AM Wednesday morning.   

2009 OCAA Golf Championship (Day Two Results)

Men's Individual
1  Taylor Booth Fanshawe 74 67 141
2  Joey Burton Georgian 76 67 143
3  Mike Zizek Humber 73 71 144
4  David Lang (alt) Humber 75 69 144
5  Brad Hickey Durham 79 68 147
6  James Skrypec Georgian 77 71 148
7  Adam Lewis Durham 77 72 149
8  Ryan Willoughby Humber 78 71 149
9  Christopher Hargest Niagara 75 74 149
10  Eric Adamo Georgian 75 75 150
11  Kasey Timms Fleming  80 70 150
12  Scott Schepens St. Clair 75 75 150
13  Kyle Gagnon Cambrian 76 75 151
14  Keegan Tyers Georgian 76 75 151
15  Rob Lewis Durham 78 74 152
16  Mark Hoffman Humber 80 72 152
17  Jamie MacDonald Fanshawe 81 72 153
18  Patrick Sears George Brown 74 79 153
19  James Castle Humber 76 77 153
20  Adrian Cord Humber 78 77 155
21  Scott Fricker Niagara 73 82 155
22  Sean Lacey Confederation 76 80 156
23  Steve Bridgland Fanshawe 82 74 156
24  Alexandre Piquette Boreal 78 80 158
25  Justin Knaggs (alt) Durham 77 81 158
26  Cameron Mennen Fanshawe 78 80 158
27  Adam Briggs Niagara 80 78 158
28  Justin Riopelle (alt) Niagara 81 77 158
29  Zachary Owen St. Clair 81 77 158

Women’s Individual
1 Danielle Green Humber 76 74 150
2 Kayleigh Kraemer Durham 75 80 155
3 Bev Peel Humber 86 86 172

Men's  Team
Division 1   
Georgian 592
Humber 596
Durham 605
Fanshawe 605
Niagara 619
St. Clair 628
Fleming (Peterborough) 638

Division 2
Cambrian 644  
St. Lawrence (Kingston) 660  16
George Brown 668  24
Mohawk 668  24
Confederation 680  36
Boreal 682  38
St. Lawrence (Cornwall) 688  44

Women's Team
Humber 322
Georgian 374
Fanshawe 386

Course Information
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.

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)