Kyle German Posts Huge Canadian PGA Club Pro Win

For German, who has tied for fifth the last two years in this tournament, the victory represents his greatest achievement as a player, his richest payday on the course and presents the Point Roberts G&CC head pro with his first opportunity to compete on the PGA TOUR.

The CPGA Club Pro title comes with an exemption into the 2009 RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in Oakville, ON.

Earlier, German spearheaded a strong performance by the PGA of BC zone team in the inter-zone team competition, with BC finishing a strong second, two strokes behind the winning team from Ontario. The BC team of German, Scott Dickson of Shaughnessy G&CC, Bill Kelly of Glacier Greens GC and Dave Bolton of Savage Creek GC, each won $400 from the team purse for their runner-up finish.

A total of 12 BC professionals were in the field of 107 players from across Canada, having qualified through their play in the PGA of BC Championship at Quilchena G&CC in August. Ten BC pros earned cheques

From the CPGA

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA Kyle German, Head Professional at Point Roberts Golf and Country Club, proved once again that he could fight his demons on the 18th hole after winning by one shot over Marc Girouard, Head Professional at Balmoral Club de Golf in Morin Heights, QC in an exciting playoff that brought him back to the hole where he posted a ten only two days before.

German fired a 72 adding to his first round 73 and second round 68 for a 213 three-day total.

"Today I made a commitment to myself to just play golf and not think about how the rest of the field was playing, I have struggled with that in the past, so going into our final hole I had no idea where I was until Girouard and I chatted about it on the tee."

German posted four birdies and four bogeys in his round today hitting 14 greens in regulation. German admitted he was fairly nervous when his first shot off the tee in the playoff was heading in the same direction as the tee shot from the first round where he posted a ten. "That ten almost bit me but I got away with it," stated German who has placed tied for fifth for the past two years in this Championship. "My birdie on 18 yesterday definitely helped my confidence heading into the playoff hole, I just told myself to make the same swing as the day before, but after I hit it about three paces from where I was in the first round on pine straw and wood chips, I felt a little bit nervous. I called the rules official, got relief, then I hit one of the new hybrids that I picked up this week from Titleist and hit it 193 yards just left of the hole off the fringe into a really bad lie," states German. &l dquo;I tried to call on my inner Tiger, but chunked it unfortunately." German finished the playoff hole by putting from the fringe to three feet from the pin and then sunk the putt for the win.

"It was a challenging day out there today with the wind, as it was blowing fairly strong putting you two or three clubs back in selection," stated German who was tied with Danny King at four under par at the turn, one shot off the co-leaders Dean North and Marc Girouard. "I was really comfortable with my ball striking today and so I felt that if you connected solid, the wind wouldn't affect your position. My ball striking combined with my confidence on the green really gave me the advantage out there today."

With this win, German receives an exemption into the 2009 RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in Oakville, ON. When German was reminded of this, he admitted that he had not even recalled the opportunity until friend Rob Anderson mentioned it on the 18th green after the win. "I have played in a few Canadian Tour events through qualifiers and a few zones events in BC but have never played in a PGA Tour event, that's for sure."

This is German's fourth year playing in the Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship. "From the moment you get here until the moment you leave it feels like a tour event," states German who has won two events on the Vancouver Tour. "Everything about the event from Acushnet's presence on the range to the facility itself feels first class."

When asked what he will do with the $12,000 prize cheque, German says that he and his wife will be putting the money towards their first born, who is due late March of 2009. "I am definitely going to be putting these funds aside for baby supplies and a lot of diapers," states German who is heading to Las Vegas next week to play in the "Vegas Baby" pro-am.

The Ontario Zone team (Danny King- 69-72, Matt Peavoy - 71-77, Dan Clark - 68-76, Dan Greenwood - 78-77) had two successful rounds to claim the InterZone team competition, after competing against the eight other zones across Canada. Going into the final, leading by three shots over Alberta, Ontario arrived victorious with a final score of 434 over the British Columbia Zone team 436, and the Quebec Zone team with a total score of 437.

The score for the InterZone competition is determined by the calculation of the best three scores in each four man team. The purse for the InterZone competition is $5000, with $500 going to each player on the winning team, $400 to each player on the second place team, and $350 going to each player on the third place team.

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2008 Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Canadian Pro Championship
Port St. Lucie, Florida - - Par 72

1 - *Kyle GERMAN, Surrey, BC 73-68-72---213 - - $12,000
2 - Marc Girouard, St. Sauveur, QC 73-68-72---213 - - $7,000
3 - Dean North, Winnipeg, MB 71-70-74---215 - - $4,000
3 - Brett Burgeson, Airdrie, AB 70-73-72---215 - - $4,000
5 - Danny King, Milton, ON 69-72-76---217 - - $2,750
6 - Jean Leduc, Gatineau, QC 71-75-72---218 - - $2,475
6 - Dan clark, Aurora, ON 69-76-73---218 - - $2,475
8 - Scott Dickson, Vancouver, BC 70-75-74---219 - - $2,400
9 - Hocan Olsson, St. Brunno, QC 74-76-70---220 - - $2,275
9 - Scott Allred, Calgary, AB 68-80-72---220 - - $2,275
*Won on the 1st hole of a sudden death playoff

British Columbia Members

T13 - Rob Anderson, Kelowna, BC 73-73-77---223 - - $1,800.00
T17 - Daryl Stubbs. Delta, BC 70-74-82---225 - - $1,250
T25 - Bill Kelly, Lazo, BC 73-79-75---227 - - $729.17
T25 - Greg Pidlaski, Kelowna, BC 75-76-76---227 - - $729.17
T39 - Dave Bolton, Ladner, BC 75-77-78---230 - - $435.00
T50 - James Legault, North Vancouver, BC 82-73-79---$321.67
T53 - Jeremy Johnson, Invermere, BC 77-81-77---215 - - $302.50
68 - Levi Arcega, Coquitlam, BC 74-86-80---240 - - $230.00

For final results visit www.cpga.com