Ben Boudreau 'Steals' CPGA Title From Jeff Buder

Ben Boudreau of Longueuil, Quebec, twice birdied the 18th hole at the Wanamaker PGA Club course in Port St. Lucie, Florida, first in regulation to get into a playoff, then on the first extra hole, to steal the title from Vancouver's Jeff Buder, who had led the tournament for two days and even held a two stroke lead after 53 holes.

"I thought if I could hit a big drive down the fairway I would have a chance to make a birdie and I just tried to do it all over again in the playoff," said Boudreau, the head professional at Le Parcours Du Cerf, who has now earned an exemption into the 2010 Canadian Open at St. George's Golf & Country Club in Toronto.

"Jeff and I had a wild fight all day long and I know he is a little disappointed but he played great golf all week and I'm just happy to be the last man standing."

On the 54th hole Buder put his drive into a bunker that led to his second bogey in two days at the same 18th hole, leaving the Head Professional from Point Grey G&CC tied at 9-under par 207 with Boudreau, two shots clear of Danny King of Milton, Ontario and three up on Quebec's Daniel Talbot of St-Basile Le Grand and Eric Landreville of Melocheville and Ontario's Ken Tarling of Sandford.

Boudreau, Head Professional at Le Parcours Du Cerf, made four birdies and no bogies during his trip around the Wanamaker Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida but it was his back-to-back birdies on the hardest hole on the golf course for the win that had everyone talking after the round.

"He had to putt first to save his par before I had a shot at my birdie on the last hole and when he missed it I said to myself this is it, just knock it in," said Boudreau, who just got back from the final stage of Champions Tour Q-School where he finished tied for 72nd place.

Boudreau, who played in the 1994 Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, looked like he was going to run out of steam in his pursuit of Buder but after making great par saves on the 16th and 17th hole the dramatics for the 18th hole fell into place.

"I'm so excited to play in the Canadian Open next year at St. George's," said Boudreau, who's scorecard was surprisingly vacant of any birdies on the par-5's in the final round, rare considering he is one of the longest players in the field. "I don't know how I did it but I didn't think about it all day until the final putt dropped."

Boudreau left Port St. Lucie, Florida, with a first place cheque for $12,000. Buder returned to Vancouver with $7,000.

"I'm obviously a bit disappointed not to close it out but my hat is off to Ben after making birdie on the hardest hole on this entire golf course, not once but twice," said Buder, Head Professional of Point Grey Golf & Country Club. "I had a fun week and I'll be back next year to see if I can win this thing."

2005 & 2006 Champion Danny King fired a 4-under par 68 to finish alone in 3rd place. If not for a double bogey on the ninth hole King would have joined the playoff with Boudreau and Buder.

Buder led off the event with an impressive bogey-free round of eight-under-par 64 in Monday's first round. He was trying to follow in the footsteps of good friend Kyle German, HP of Point Roberts G&CC, who won the event in 2008 and played in this summer's RBC Canadian Open. German finished ninth in this year's CPC with a three-under-par 69 in the final round after earlier struggling with a balky putter.

German and Vernon G&CC Executive Professional Cec Ferguson remain the only B.C.-based winners of the prestigious CPC event. With his runner-up finish, Buder earns an exemption into next year's CPC, awarded to the top 15 and ties.

Eight of the nine PGA of BC members competing in the $85,000 Florida event made the 36-hole cut.

*Jeff Buder, Point Grey G&CC 64-72-71--207 - - T1st (lost playoff) $7,000
Kyle German, Point Roberts G&CC 73-73-69--215 - - 9th $2,350
*Scott Dickson, Shaughnessy G&CC 74-73- 72--219 - - T22nd $864
Rob Anderson, Shadow Mountain GC 77-72- 70--219 - - T22nd $864
*Daryl Stubbs, Cove Links GC 72-73-75--220 - - T29th $625
Greg Pidlaski, Kelowna G&CC 71-75-76--222 - - T37th $455
Dave Bolton, Savage Creek GC 77-70-78--225 - - T47th $350
*Ross Mantell, Qualicum Beach GC 76-76-74--226 - - T50th $313
Jesse Crowe, Mabel Lake G&CC 80-75--MC

* B.C. Zone Team member
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B.C.'s zone team in the Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship waged a tight battle for inter-zone supremacy against strong teams from Ontario and Quebec, but came up short. Ontario won the title with a six-under total of 426, followed by Quebec at five-under 427. BC combined for a 36-hole total of 428, four under par, good for third place among the nine CPGA zone teams.The top three scores of the four team members each day counted for the team total.

B.C.'s team members each earned $350 from the total inter-zone purse of $5,000.
Teams were selected on the basis of individual professionals' finishes in the qualifier for the CPC, which was the PGA of BC Championship held in August at Crown Isle Golf Resort.

2009 CANADIAN PGA CLUB PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

1 *Ben Boudreau, Longueuil, QC 70 69 68 207
1 Jeff Buder, Vancouver, BC 64 72 71 207

* Boudreau won Playoff on the 1st extra hole

3 Danny King, Milton, ON 69 72 68 209
4 Daniel Talbot, St-Basile Le Grand, QC 72 71 69 212
4 Ken Tarling, Sandford, ON 71 70 71 212
4 Eric Landreville, Melocheville, QC 69 70 73 212
7 Brett Burgeson, Airdrie, AB 71 71 71 213
8 Chris Barber, Kingston, ON 70 72 72 214
9 Kyle German, Surrey, BC 73 73 69 215
10 Bruce Rogerson, Brantford, ON 73 73 70 216
10 Ian Doig, Sharon, ON 71 74 71 216
10 John Hastie, Lively, ON -1 73 72 71 216
10 Pascal Edmond, Blainville, QC 72 74 70 216
10 Eric Laporte, St-Liguori, QC 71 74 71 216
10 Hocan Olsson, St-Bruno, QC 74 71 71 216
10 Dean North, Carman, MB 74 70 72 216
10 Martin Plante, Blainville, QC 70 74 72 216
18 Jeff Murdoch, Stony Plain, AB 74 70 73 217
18 Geoff Kehler, Selkirk, MB 77 65 75 217
20 Scott Allred, Calgary, AB 68 77 73 218
20 Dan Greenwood, Burlington, ON 74 70 74 218
22 Scott Dickson, Vancouver, BC 74 73 72 219
22 Daniel Santerre, Coteau Du Lac, QC 71 75 73 219
22 Greg Colekessian, Collingwood, ON 72 77 70 219
22 Rob Anderson, Cranbrook, BC 77 72 70 219
22 Jean Leduc, Gatineau, QC 73 72 74 219
22 Terence Kolar, Kanata, ON 74 71 74 219
22 Greg McGarry, Edmonton, AB 72 71 76 219
29 Adam Chamberlain, Bathurst, NB 73 75 72 220
29 Daryl Stubbs, S. Delta, BC 72 73 75 220
29 Brian French, Creemore, ON 72 71 77 220
32 Mark Kappes, Amherstburg, ON 72 75 74 221
32 Michel Dagenais, Gatineau, QC 75 73 73 221
32 Troy Howe, Moncton, NB 72 73 76 221
32 Jeff Cuthbertson, Morinville, AB 75 74 72 221
32 Jeff Chambers, Swift Current, SK 83 66 72 221
37 Greg Pidlaski, Kelowna, BC 71 75 76 222
37 Gar Hamilton, Mississauga, ON 71 73 78 222
39 Bob Flaro, Ottawa, ON 75 73 75 223
39 Jonathan Schaepper, Arnprior, ON 73 75 75 223
39 Darrell Buchanan, North Gower, ON 77 73 73 223
39 Richard Willan, Toronto, ON 76 75 72 223
39 David Main, Burlington, ON 71 73 79 223
44 Marc Girouard, St-Sauveur, QC 72 75 77 224
44 Scott Knapp, Regina, SK 72 76 76 224
44 Ryan Davis, Brantford, ON 73 80 71 224
47 David Bolton, Ladner, BC 77 70 78 225
47 Alan Carter, Jasper, AB 73 77 75 225
47 Dale Pedersen, Kingston, ON 75 76 74 225
50 Mike Silver, London, ON 72 74 80 226
50 Eric Mercier, Ste-Therese, QC 76 73 77 226
50 Samuel Yawney, Sudbury, ON 73 76 77 226
50 Philippe Mongeau, Mascouche, QC 76 75 75 226
50 Tim Sawatzky, Calgary, AB 78 74 74 226
50 Ross Mantell, Qualicum Beach, BC 76 76 74 226
56 Marc Hurtubise, Chambly, QC 75 74 78 227
56 George Lacko, Sudbury, ON 75 76 76 227
56 Scott Mikkelsen, Russell, ON 77 75 75 227
59 Doug Warner, East York, ON 72 75 81 228
59 Drew Smythe, St. Catharines, ON 73 77 78 228
59 Marc Foucault, Hull, QC 72 78 78 228
59 Trevor Giggey, Charlottetown, PE 71 81 76 228
63 David Banks, Burlington, ON 74 73 82 229
63 Chris Wehrle, Cambridge, ON 74 73 82 229
63 Dave McMillan, Winnipeg, MB 74 75 80 229
63 Keith Whitecotton, Spruce Grove, AB 79 74 76 229
67 Bill Wogden, Barrie, ON 75 78 77 230
67 Wayne Fairbairn, Calgary, AB 72 81 77 230
69 Gordon Courage, Cochrane, AB 74 78 79 231
70 Chris Learmonth, Deep River, ON 75 78 79 232

---- FAILED TO QUALIFY ----
71 Dennis Firth, Markham, ON 81 73 154
71 Dan Clark, Markham, ON 76 78 154
71 Jean Châtelain, Mont-Tremblant, QC 78 76 154
71 Richard Larwood, Stanhope, PE 82 72 154
75 Jesse Crowe, Armstrong, BC 80 75 155
75 Bradlee Ryall, Mississauga, ON 83 72 155
75 Chris Moreby, Cambridge, ON 76 79 155
75 Craig McArthur, Edmonton, AB 78 77 155
75 Brian Dueck, Estevan, SK 84 71 155
75 Steven Wood, Winnipeg, MB 77 78 155
81 Gary Boyce, Mississauga, ON 78 78 156
81 Tom Jackson, Collingwood, ON 78 78 156
81 Phil McCluskey, Drumheller, AB 73 83 156
81 George Lacy, Sharon, ON 76 80 156
85 Nick Trichilo, Georgetown, ON 77 80 157
85 Scott Parker, Winnipeg, MB 75 82 157
87 Shane Dick, Winnipeg, MB 79 79 158
88 Eric Robillard, Gatineau, QC 81 78 159
88 Glen Mills, Winnipeg, MB 80 79 159
90 Abe Buckle, Cornwall, ON 83 77 160
90 Dustin Doyon, Collingwood, ON 77 83 160
92 Alex Jewers, Dartmouth, NS 78 83 161
93 Dale Tomlinson, Carstairs, AB 81 82 163
93 Jeff Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie, ON 81 82 163
95 Frank McMulkin, Toronto, ON 82 82 164
96 Roan Vollmer, Markham, ON 82 84 166
96 Rob Hickson, Milton, ON 83 83 166
98 Jamie Windjack, Saskatoon, SK 83 84 167
99 Kyle Mulligan, Lloydminster, SK 82 87 169
100 Randal Taylor, St. Catharines, ON 86 87 173
101 Lance Fullarton, Toronto, ON 87 90 177
102 Carlo Blanchard, Rosemere, QC 86 NC
103 Matthew Yustin, Gormley, ON WD
103 Brian Hutton, Burlington, ON WD