Jamieson Junior Golf Tour at Willow Ridge Blenheim

The Jamieson Junior Golf Tour opened its 2019 tour at Willow Ridge in Blenheim on a rainy Fathers’ Day. The Junior Boys division was won by Callahan Polowick from the Links of Kent who fired a 67.The Junior Girls division was won by Kyla Charlebois of Pointe West GC.

The Collegiate Men’s division was won by Finn O’Brien playing on his home course with a score of 73 and playoff win over Tecumseh’s Blake Dell who plays for Ohio Wesleyan University. The Collegiate Women’s division was won by Melanie Burgess who plays for the University of Windsor. The next event is July 9th at Seven Lakes. The Jamieson Junior Golf Tour features players from Essex and Kent counties.

Many of its players have competed on the provincial and national level. Over just the past 10 years players have gone onto play collegiate golf in Canada and the United States on scholarships at Michigan, UNLV, Georgia, Michigan State, Illinois State, NIU, Morehead State, Laurentian State, Lake Superior State, Bowling Green, University of Windsor, South Eastern Oklahoma State, Lynn University, St Clair College, Western University, Furman University, Wayne State, UBC, University of Detroit. Last year’s graduate Thomas Demarco played in last week’s PGA Canadian Open.

Photos by Glenn Gervais – In Play! magazine