Curtis Chan - U.S. Kids Golf World Champion

Curtis Chan was one of a number of Canadians entered recently in the World Championship, which was staged August 6-8 on the famed Pinehurst #2 course. He qualified for the final through competition organized by the Canadian Junior Golf Association.

Lucas Lukovic of Canada finished 27 shots back of Chan (77-79-78—234) in 49th place while Marc Casullo shot (88-85-79) 252 and finished 113th.

World Champ[ionship - - Top 10
1     Chan, Curtis      Canada      68      70      69      207
2     Moore, Tyler     Escondido/California     72     70     71     213
3     Shaun, Corey     San Diego/California     70     71     72     213
4     Morikawa, Collin     La Canada Flintridge/Cal     72     73     69     214
5     Martin, Joshua     Pinehurst/North Carolina     69     70     75     214
6     Dou, Ze Cheng     China     71     71     73     215
6     Inokawa, Shosei     Japan     72     72     71     215
8     Strydom, Tristen     South Africa     74     69     73     216
9     Horsfield, Sam     Davenport/Florida     77     71     69     217
10  Young, Cameron     Garrison/New York     69     72     77     218

Chan also competed in the match play portion of the World Cup Team matches. Paired with Shonsei Inokowa of Japan on the International side, the pair lost 3&2 to the U.S. team of Tyler Moore and Corey Shaun of California. The matches finished with four wins a side but the U.S. claimed the title on the first hole of a playoff.

In the Girls12-year-old Division, Canadian Claire Hernandez (85-83-88—256) tied for 51st.

Other Canadian results included:
Boys 11 - -  Isaac Chen, T12 (73-73-72--218)
Boys 11 - -  Brendan Seys, T38  (75-77-77—229)
Boys 11 - -  Max Clift., T85 (83-79-84—0246)
Boys 11 - -  Kyle Macdonald, T120 (91-83-85—259)
Boys 10 - -  Shuo (harry) Huang, T28 (78-75-76—229)
Boys 10 - -  Samuel Su, T73 (85-81-77—243)
Boys 10 - -  Anthony Occhiuto, 114 (90-86-80—256)
Boys 10 - -  Sean Trapp, 140 (88-91—100—279)
Boys 9 ----- Peyton Callens, T27 (77-83-74—234)
Boys 9 ----- Perry Xin, 35 (80-81-74—235)
Boys 9 ----- Nicklaus Naumovski, 36 (84-80-73—237)
Boys 9 ----- Callum Davison, 51 (86-78-78—242)
Boys 9 ----- Daniel Core, T67 (82-86-81—249)
Boys 9 ----- Matthew Anderson. T97     (95-84-84—263)
Boys 9 ----- Tyler Read, 107 (86-88 -95 –269)
Boys 8 ----- Michael Crisologo, T28 (42-41=39 –122)
Boys 8 ----- Johnny Travale, 56 (39-    42-48--129)
Boys 7 ----- Kelvin Lim, 3      (39-37-35—111)
Boys 7 ----- Ilirian Zalli, 4 (36-38-38—112)
Boys 7 ----- Zachary Tosi, 44 (45-46-42—133)
Girls 11 - -  Zaafina Naqvi, 56  (96-85-92—273)
Girls 9 ----- Chloë Currie, 27  (43-42—133)
Girls 8 ----- Tiffany  Kong, 8  (41-38-40--119)
Girls 8 ----- Haley Barclay, 40 (46-50-53—149)