After four bogeys on the front side, Spence Proteau rebounded with four birdies and a single bogey the rest of the way home to take the lead in both provincial championships.
Langley's Sue Kim, Kristina Gargaro of Port Moody, Christine Wong of Richmond and Lindy LaBauve of Scottsdale, Arizona share a four way tie for second place at 2-over par 74, while Soo-Bin Kim of Port Coquitlam sits alone in sixth at 4-over 76.
Defending champion, Kira Meixner of Richmond, an amateur player on the Duramed FUTURES Tour in the U.S., is tied for twelfth after shooting 78.
Defending B.C. Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion Jackie Little of Port Alberni is four shots behind Spence P{roteau afrer carding a 5-over par 77. Lynda Palahniuk of Kelowna is in third place at 79. Newly crowned B.C. Senior Women’s champion, Alison Murdoch of Victoria, is in fourth at 8-over 80. Jessica Luciuk of Barrhead, AB and Karen Pultz, Surrey, round out the top five at 9-over.
The mid- amateur, open to female amateurs 25 years of age and older as of June 30, 2009, is a 54-hole championship while the Ladies Amateur is 72 holes with club and zone championships included. The top four finishers will represent B.C at the Royale Cup Nationale Women's Amateur Championship at Royal Oaks Golf Links in Moncton, NB. July 27 – July 31.
More information can be found at www.bcga.org.
British Columbia Women's Amateur Championship
First Round
1 Christina Spence Proteau, Port Alberni, 73
T2 Lindy LaBauve, Scottsdale, AZ, 74
T2 Sue Kim, Langley, 74
T2 Kristina Gargaro, Port Moody, 74
T2 Christine Wong, Richmond, 74
6 Soo-Bin Kim, Port Coquitlam, 76
T7 Jackie Little, Port Alberni77
T7 Valentina Trillo, Port Moody, 77
T7 Alyssa Human, Kamloops77
T7 Kyla Inaba, Kelowna, BC, 77
T7 Lauren Taylor, Nelson, 77
T12 Kira Meixner, Richmond, 78
T12 Megan Osland, Kelowna, 78
14 Lynda Palahniuk, Kelowna, 79
T15 Elyse Kinley, Blind Bay, 80
T15 Alison Murdoch, Victoria, 80
T15 Victoria (Jisu) Choi, Langley, 80
T15 Melissa Mabanta, langley, 80 T15 Marli Mikulecky, Osoyoos, 80
T20 Karen Pultz, Surrey, 81
T20 Dominique Pytlewski, West Vancouver, 81
T20 Jessica Luciuk, Barrhead, AB, 81
T20 Jen Woods, Kelowna 81
T24 Stephanie Wong, Richmond, 82
T24 Ashley Mcdonald, Calgary, AB, 82
T24 Alix Kong, West Vancouver, 82
T24 Lindsay Manion, Surrey, 82
T28 Penny Baziuk, North Saanich. 83
T28 Phyllis Laschuk, Vancouver, 83
T28 Haley Cameron, Kelowna, 83
T28 Ashley Smith, Calgary, AB, 83
T32 Holly Horwood, Vancouver, 84
T32 Sandra Turbide, Maple Ridge, 84
T32 Karen Kloske, Lake Cowichan, 84
T32 Ahnna Kim, Coquitlam, 84
T36 Kristy Chew, Vancouver, 85
T36 Alison Quinlan, Victoria 85
T38 Madison Kapchinsky, Kelowna, 86
T38 Carin Gallie, Victoria, 86
T40 Nicole Jordan, Sidney, 87
T40 Kate Weir, Trail, 87
T40 Leilanie Kim, Surrey, 87
T40 Kim Carrington, Calgary, AB, 87
T40 Taylor Kim, Surrey, 87 87
T45 Stephanie Sykora, Garibaldi Highlands, 88
T45 Janine Kosmenko, Victoria, 88
T45 Erika Ramberg, Surrey, 88
T48 Kim Evans, Terrace 89
T48 Kylie Frederick, Parksville, 89
T48 Danelle Girard, Coquitlam, 89
T48 Rhea Lees, Vancouver, 89
T52 Emery Bardock, Armstrong, 90
T52 Connie Hang, Vancouver, 90
T54 Cindy Young, Kelowna, 91
T54 Elaine Blatchford, Surrey, 91
T56 Kalli Gordon, Parksville, 92
T56 Rhonda Murray, Merritt, 92
T58 Betty Ann Shiels, Prince George, 93
T58 Kathleen Mears, Prince George, 93
T58 Eileen Kelly, Victoria, BC, 93
T61 Michelle MacMorland, Surrey, 94
T61 Michaela Staller, Surrey, 94
63 Maureen Turner, Vernon, BC, 95
T64 Emily Nicol, Kelowna, BC, 97
T64 Louise Beaudet, Oliver, 97
T64 Barbara Vincent, Williams Lake, 97
67 Rhonda Poullos, Kelowna, BC, 101
BC Women's Mid-Amateur Championship
First Round
1 Christina Spence Proteau, Port Alberni, 73
2 Jackie Little, Port Alberni, 77
3 Lynda Palahniuk, Kelowna, 79
4 Alison Murdoch, Victoria, 80
T5 Jessica Luciuk, Barrhead, AB, 81
T5 Karen Pultz, Surrey, BC, 81
T7 Penny Baziuk, North Saanich, 83
T7 Phyllis Laschuk, Vancouver, 83
T9 Holly Horwood, Vancouver, 84
T9 Karen Kloske, Lake Cowichan, 84
T9 Sandra Turbide, Maple Ridge, 84
12 Carin Gallie, Victoria, BC, 86
T13 Kim Carrington, Calgary, AB, 87
T13 Nancy Chow, Richmond, 87
T15 Janine Kosmenko, Victoria, 88
T15 Erika Ramberg, Surrey, 88
T17 Kim Evans, Terrace, 89
T17 Rhea Lees, Vancouver, 89
19 Connie Hang, Vancouver, 90
T20 Elaine Blatchford, Surrey, 91
T20 Cindy Young, Kelowna, 91
T22 Melanie Grant, Kelowna, 93
T22 Kathleen Mears, Prince George, 93
T22 Betty Ann Shiels, Prince George, 93
25 Michelle MacMorland, Surrey, 94
26 Maureen Turner, Vernon, 95
27 Kahina Morisset, Vancouver, 96
T28 Louise Beaudet, Oliver, 97 97
T28 Kelly Flaherty, Williams Lake, 97 97
T28 Barbara Vincent, Williams Lake, 97 97
31 Leslie Weaver, Cranbrook, 98
32 Rhonda Poullos, Kelowna, 101
33 Stephanie Harris, Calgary, 102
34 Evelyne Penin, Vancouver, 107
Missed Cut
WD Laura Driscoll, Surrey
WD Kathryn McGarvey, North Vancouver
