From The Files Of The Vancouver Golf Tour

Surrey golfer Derek Wray led the field of 64 amateur golfers in the VGT Swan-e-Set Classic May 17 with a score of 75 (+3) enoute to his second Vancouver Golf Tour amateur victory of the season.

With the 600 points for his victory, Wray has put a firm grip on his lead in the Championship Amateur side of the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada Order of Merit - now some 400 points ahead of last week's GREEN ROOM OPEN Amateur Champion Matt Rohatensky. Wray was one shot clear of Surrey Golf Club's Joey Lemieux. The VGT Spring Championship, being held next Thursday, May 28th at Hazelmere Golf Club will no doubt be an exciting one to watch to see who takes the Order of Merit Title for the Spring.

Vancouver's Sean Crowther shot 75 for his win in the Flight A Division, defeating Greg Swalwell by five shots en route to his first VGT victory. Leading up to the VGT Spring Championship, Guildford's Steve Smith (2,073 points) narrowly leads Port Moody's Andre Maille by 60 points with Northview's Dale Borland some 450 points behind in 3rd.

In Flight B action, McCleery Golf Club's Ian Sharma edged out North Vancouver's Rob Colquhoun in retrogression . Colquhoun's gross score of 81 was also good enough for low net in the Flight B competition. Northview's David Patterson leads the way in Flight B's Order of Merit standings with 1,890 points, some 600 points ahead of his next challenger Fred Walters heading into next week's Spring Championship.

Full tournament results and photo gallery of the event can be found on the VGT website at www.vancouvergolftour.com. Click on 'LIVE SCORING'.

In the Professional side of the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada Order of Merit, Hazelmere's Phil Jonas leads the charge with $2,828.66. Seymour Creek Golf Center's Bryn Parry trails Jonas by only $175 with $2,650.00 and Canadian Tour player John Shin sits in a close 3rd spot with $2,487.50. Seymour Creek Golf Center's Dave Zibrik leads the way as the top CLEVELAND/SRIXON staff player with $2,457.50, some $230 ahead of 2008 Canadian Tour player Jeremy Paradis. CLEVELAND GOLF/SRIXON CANADA has offered a bonus of $500 for both the Spring and Summer Order of Merit winners to the top CLEVELAND/SRIXON staff player.

Next VGT Event: The VGT SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP at Hazelmere Golf Club.
Registration Deadline: May 21st - Midnight!! Shotgun start on Thursday, May 28th
The VGT Spring Championship will consist of the top 40 VGT Professionals (members) and top 20 VGT Amateurs (10 Championship, 5 Flight A & 5 Flight B) on the VGT - CLEVELAND/SRIXON Order of Merit at the end of the May 11th GREEN ROOM OPEN event.
(Visit the VGT website www.vancouvergolftour.com to see the players who are invited to this event).
This event will feature a $7,500 Professional Purse based on 40 pros and some fantastic prizes for the leading amateurs in the Spring Order of Merit.

"The Spring Championship is a way for us to reward the top Pros and Amateurs for their play so far this year" stated VGT Commissioner Fraser Mulholland. "With the tournament only 10 days ahead of the Canadian Tour's City of Surrey Invitational, it also gives our local players a great opportunity to play the golf course in very similar conditions to how the Canadian Tour event will be set-up. We hope this event might just give one of our VGT players that slight advantage over all the great players that will be attending the Can Tour event".