Christine Wong - Fine Tuning For U.S. Women's Open

Just back from England where she reached the Round of 32 in last week's Ladies British Amateur Championship, Wong toured the Vancouver Island course in 4-under par 68 (five birdies, one bogey) to break the old course record by two shots and claim a two-stroke advantage.

In second place at 2-under 70 is Porsche Campbell of Vancouver while 2010 Washington State Women's Amateur champion, Pamela Burneski of Surrey, B.C., is alone in third at 1-over 73.

Kyla Inaba of Kelowna, A Ram Choi of Surrey and Kelly Amundrud of Calgary, Alta. share fourth at 2-over 74.

Defending Amateur and Mid-Amateur champion, Christina Proteau is tied for 22nd at 8-over 80.

In the B.C. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, Penny Baziuk of North Saanich leads at 6-over par 78, on shot ahead of Bree Sharratt of Victoria, and Vancouverites Phyllis Laschuk and Karen Pultz. Earlier this month Laschuk won the British Columbia Senior Women's Amateur championship.

Editor's Note: The 2010 U.S. Women's Open will be played July 8-11 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.

BC Women's Amateur championship
Arbutis Ridge Golf Club, Cobble Hill

1 Christine Wong, Richmond, Quilchena G&CC -4 68
2 Porsche Campbell, Vancouver, Marine Drive GC -2 70
3 Pamela Burneski, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +1 73
T4 Kyla Inaba Kelowna, BC, Gallaghers Canyon GC +2 74
T4 A Ram Choi Surrey, The Vancouver GC +2 74
T4 Kelly Amundrud Calgary, AB, +2 74
7 Jessica Wallace Langley, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +3 75
8 Alyssa Human, Kamloops, BC, Thompson Okanagan +4 76
T9 Soo-Bin Kim, Port Coquitlam, Swan-e-set Bay Resort +5 77 77
T9 Anica Yoo, Port Coquitlam, Meadow Gardens GC +5 77 77
T9 Cari Chow, Colwood, BC, Olympic View GC +5 77 77
T9 Melissa Mabanta, langley, B. C., Fraser Valley Zone 3 +5 77
T13 Penny Baziuk, North Saanich. BC, Cordova Bay GC +6 78
T13 Lindsay Manion, Surrey, BC, Kings Links by the Sea +6 78
T13 Stephanie Wong, Richmond, Quilchena G&CC +6 78 78
T13 Jessica MacPhee, Langley, Belmont GC +6 78 78
T17 Bree Sharratt, Victoria, BC, Bear Mountain G&CC +7 79 79
T17 Phyllis Laschuk, Vancouver, BC, Point Grey G&CC +7 79
T17 Karen Pultz, Vancouver, BC, Peace Portal GC +7 79
T17 Jennifer Yang, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows GC +7 79
T17 Alison Quinlan, Victoria, BC, Uplands GC +7 79
T22 Alison Murdoch, Victoria, BC, Victoria GC +8 80
T22 Judy Hook Parksville, BC, Morningstar GC +8 80
T22 Christina Proteau, Port Alberni, BC, Alberni GC +8 80
T22 Alison Kirk-Owen, North Vancouver, BC, Capilano G&CC +8 80
T22 Leilanie Kim, Surrey, BC, Wolfpack +8 80
T22 Haley Cameron, Kelowna, Kelowna G & CC +8 80
T22 Kate Weir, Trail, W. Kootenay Reg. Zone 1 W +8 80
T22 Szu-Hsuan (Monica), Huang Qualicum Beach, Pheasant Glen GR +8 80
T22 Danelle Girard, Coquitlam, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +8 80
T31 Naomi Ko, Victoria, BC, Olympic View GC +9 81
T31 Andrea Kosa, Calgary, AB, Foreign Club +9 81
T33 Kathryn McGarvey, North Vancouver, Seymour G&CC +10 82
T33 Lynda Palahniuk, Kelowna, BC, Kelowna G & CC +10 82
T33 Kristina Gargaro, Port Moody, Meadow Gardens GC +10 82
T36 Krista Fenniak, Fort McMurray, AB, Arbutus Ridge G&CC +11 83
T36 Rosie Jeon, Coquitlam, BC, Pitt Meadows GC +11 83
T36 Darleen Michell, Ladysmith, BC, Mount Brenton GC +11 83
T36 Elaine Blatchford, Surrey, BC, Surrey GC +11 83
T36 Lauren Taylor Nelson, Granite Pointe GC +11 83
T36 Jen Woods, Kelowna, Kelowna G & CC +11 83
T36 Laura Polak, Victoria +11 83
T36 Eileen Kelly, Victoria, BC, Royal Colwood GC +11 83
T36 Kenzie Janzen, Duncan, BC, Mount Brenton GC +11 83
T45 Victoria(Jisu) Choi, Langley, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +12 84
T45 Jamie Oleksiew, Surrey, Hazelmere CC +12 84
T47 Colleen Wheatley, Shawnigan Lake, BC, Arbutus Ridge G&CC +13 85
T47 Kylie Frederick, Parksville, BC, Eaglecrest GC +13 85
T47 Amanda Baker, Nanaimo, Nanaimo-North Zone 6 +13 85
T50 Nicole Jordan, Sidney, Gorge Vale GC +14 86
T50 Carin Gallie, Victoria, BC, Victoria GC +14 86
T50 Pamela Desmarais, Victoria, Uplands GC +14 86
53 Emery Bardock, Armstrong BC, Thompson Okanagan Region +15 87
54 Keanna Mason, Maple Ridge, BC, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +17 89
T55 Aina Pettersen, Terrace, BC, Skeena Valley G&CC +18 90
T55 Karen Kloske, Lake Cowichan, BC, March Meadows GC +18 90
57 Navleen Nirmal, Nanaimo, BC, Nanaimo GC +19 91
T58 Robyn Benwell, Duncan, BC, Cowichan G&CC +21 93
T58 Stephanie Sykora, Garibaldi Highlands, Squamish Valley G&CC +21 93 T58 Connie Hang, Vancouver, BC, Point Grey G&CC +21 93
T58 Janine Kosmenko, Victoria, BC, Royal Colwood GC +21 93
T62 Sandy Bate, Victoria, BC, CFB Esquimalt GC +22 94
T62 Michelle McCann, Courtenay, BC, Glacier Greens GC +22 94
64 Michaela Staller, Surrey, Marine Drive GC +23 95
T65 Valerie Fitzpatrick, Victoria, BC, Victoria GC +24 96
T65 Stephanie Harris, Calgary, BC, Foreign Club +24 96
67 Marianne Hunt, Duncan, BC, Cowichan G&CC +25 97
68 Carla Escobar, Victoria, BC, CFB Esquimalt GC +29 101
69 Carolyn Shaw, Nanoose Bay, BC, Fairwinds G&CC +31 103
70 Mieke Dusseldorp, Nanaimo, BC, Long Beach GC +34 106
DID NOT FINISH
WD Ashley Smith, Calgary, AB, Foreign Club