Kong and Kwon Capture BC Bantam Crowns

From Amanda Malone
Manager, Communications & Marketing
BC Golf Association

Kwon, 13, a member at Swan-e-set Bay Resort in Pitt Meadows, started the second round of the Boy's Bantam championship in a three-way tie for second but quickly made a move to the top of the leaderboard Tuesday after firing five birdies on the front nine for a 6-under 57 and a 36-hole score 4-under par 122.

Sunny Li of Surrey, held on for second place at 2-under 124 while Monday's leader, Kevin Lee of Surrey slipped to a third place finish at 2-under 124 by retrogression. Local hopeful, Brandon Ortiz of Westbank rounded out the top four in the boys' championship at 5-over 131.

In the girls' championship play, Kong, 12, who plays out of Vancouver's Marine Drive, started the day with birdies at holes one and two and posted the low tournament round for girls at 1-over 64 and a final tally of 6-over par 132.

Round one leader, Taylor Kim of Surrey, finished in second at 9-over 135 followed by Haley Kruse of Victoria, at 14-over 69 and Grace Chua of Surrey at 17-over 143.

The BC Bantam Championship is a 36-hole stroke play gross competition with the Boys and Girls competing separately. Players must not have reached their 14th birthday by the final day of the championship.

The BC Girls' and Boys' Bantam Championship is one of 12 provincial championships conducted annually by the BCGA. A full listing of players, the leaderboard and post-round results can be found on the BCGA website at www.bcga.org.

Boy's BC Bantam Championship
Two Eagles Golf Club
4,226 Yards - Par 63

1 Kevin Kwon, Coquitlam, BC, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 65 57 122
2 Sunny Li, Surrey, BC, Morgan Creek 65 59 124
3 Kevin Lee, Surrey, BC, Fraser Valley Zone 3 62 62 124
4 Brandon Ortiz, Westbank, BC, Two Eagles CG 65 66 131
5 Mark Valliere, Nanaimo, BC, Nanaimo GC 68 65 133
6 Tony Ko, Langley, BC, Fraser Valley Zone 3 69 66 135
7 Gunntas Sidhu, Port Coquitlam, BC, Meadow Gardens 72 67 139
8 Lynden Jeffrey, 100 Mile House, BC, Marmot Ridge GC 71 74 145
9 Oscar Baek, Coquitlam, BC, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 77 68 145
10 Brenan Moroney, Rossland, BC, Rossland-Trail 73 75 148
11 Scott Meredith, Whitehorse, YT, Mountainview 78 74 152
12 Derrick Walters, Williams Lake, BC, Williams Lake Golf & 79 74 153
13 Tyler McKay, Rossland, BC, Rossland-Trail 74 80 154
14 Jake Hamilton, Victoria, BC, Uplands GC 80 75 155
15 Jack Lilly, Victoria, BC, Uplands GC 73 83 156
16 Colton Share, Lake Country, BC, The Okanagan 75 82 157
17 Logan Yanick, Courtenay, BC, Crown Isle GC 82 76 158
18 Derek Pike, Port Alberni, BC, Alberni 77 82 159
19 Alex Shill, Prince George, BC, Prince George G & CC 87 76 163
20 Brett LaBossiere, Williams Lake, BC, Williams Lake Golf 89 76 165
21 Braden McKay, Rossland, BC, Rossland-Trail 84 85 169
22 Ryan LaBossiere, Williams Lake, BC, Williams Lake Golf &TC 82 88 170
23 Lionel Taylor, Kelowna, BC, Kelowna G & CC 88 84 172
24 Matthew Putnam, Kamloops, BC, Aberdeen Hills 91 85 176
25 Jared Wylie, Tumbler Ridge, BC, Tumbler Ridge 95 85 180
26 Jason Kearns, Chetwynd, BC, Natural Springs Golf R 94 87 181

Girl's BC Bantam Championship
Two Eagles Golf Club
4,226 Yards - Par 63

1 Alix Kong, West Vancouver, Marine Drive 68 64 132
2 Taylor Kim, Surrey, BC, Fraser Valley Zone 3 65 70 135
3 Haley Kruse, Victoria, Gorge Vale GC 71 69 140
4 Grace Chua, Surrey, Hazelmere 73 70 143
5 Ally Shin, Port Moody, Meadow Gardens 75 73 148
6 Jessica Claggett, Kelowna, BC, Two Eagles CG 72 89 161
7 Rachelle Nielsen, Summerland, BC, Ponderosa 87 92 179