GOLF: CW Championships tee off Monday
VANCOUVER - Canada West golfers return to the course for the CW Golf Championships Monday and Tuesday at the Squamish Valley Golf Club.
The two-day stroke play event features golfers from eight schools, with both men's and women's team and individual titles up for grabs. Golfers from Victoria, UBC Okanagan, Fraser Valley, Alberta, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Manitoba are set to join the host UBC Thunderbirds when play tees off Monday morning.
The Thunderbirds enter the event as reigning champions on the women's side, having taken the team title at the inaugural conference championship in 2019. On the men's side, it was the Fraser Valley Cascades finishing on top in 2019.
For a full list of competing golfers, click here.
This year's championship field is loaded with winners from events hosted by Canada West schools this fall.
Calgary's Victoria Tse heads to the Championship as the most recent winner on the women's side. Tse, who finished tied for second at the 2019 conference championship, placed first at the recent Dinos Invitational. Tse's Dino teammate Lana Wong also won in southern Alberta this season, taking top spot at the U of L Invitational.
Victoria's Sukriti Harjai was the winner at the Cascades Invitational, while UBC Okanagnan Heat golfer Kendra Jones-Monk captured the women's title at the U of A Invitational in early September.
On the men's side, Fraser Valley's Eli Greene comes into the event on a high note after taking the recent Dinos Invitational individual title. Greene's teammate, Jackson Jacobs, also enters the Championship with a title this season, winning the season opening event, the U of A Invitational.
UBC's Russell Howlett won the Cascades Invitational earlier this month while Calgary's Tommy Sluka was the winner at the U of L invitational.
Team Rosters
Alberta Golden Bears & Pandas
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Jacques Plouffe
Women's Golfers:
Sarah Davis / 1st / Edmonton, AB
Kaila Gosset / 1st / Edmonton, AB
Terynn Jensen / 2nd / Canmore, AB
Men's Head Coach: Jacques Plouffe
Men's Golfers:
Nate Gerhardt / 2nd / Edmonton, AB
Ryan Hughes / 1st / Edmonton, AB
Chris Otto / 2nd / Edmonton, AB / T- 27th at 2019 CW Championship
Mitch Wiestra / 2nd / Edmonton, AB
Ryan Wittrock / 1st / Okotoks, AB
UBC Thunderbirds
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Chris Macdonald / 21st season
Women's Golfers:
Emily Li / 1st / Coquitlam, BC
Grace Bell / 1st / Calgary, AB
Una Chou / 1st / San Diego, California
Bo Brown / 1st / Mississauga, ON
Sonja Tang / 1st / Victoria, BC
Men's Head Coach: Chris Macdonald / 18th season
Men's Golfers:
Ethan Degraff / 2nd / Edmonton, AB
Russell Howlett / 1st / Delta, BC
Dylan MacDonald /1st / Markham, ON
Mackenzie Bickell / 1st / Richmond, BC
JP Kahert / 1st / Maple Ridge, BC
UBC Okanagan Heat
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Clay Stothers (3rd season)
Women's Golfers:
Emily Cornwall / 1st / Calgary /
Sam Copeland / 3rd / Calgary / T13th at 2019 CW Championship
Kendra Jones-Munk / 1st / Vernon, B.C. /
Rebecca Reitsma / 3rd / Kelowna, B.C. / 23rd at 2019 CW Championship
Kayleigh Trowman / 2nd / Tamworth, England / 16th at 2019 CW Championship
Men's Head Coach: Clay Stothers (3rd season)
Men's Golfers:
Nik Federko / 4th / Kelowna, B.C. / 4th at 2019 CW Championship
Ethan Hunt / 3rd / Kelowna, B.C. / T16th at 2019 CW Championship
Jeremy Laverdiere / 1st / Kelowna, B.C. /
Adrian Murray / 1st / Delta, B.C. /
Justin Towill / 1st / Kelowna, B.C. /
Calgary Dinos
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Jamie Reimer
Women's Golfers:
Georgia Mackenzie / 1 / Calgary, AB
Raveena Masuta / 2 / Uccle, BEL
Victoria Tse / 2 /Calgary, AB / T-2nd at 2019 CW Championship
Emily Wong / 2 / Calgary, AB / 28th at 2019 CW Championship
Lana Wong / 1 / Calgary, AB /
Men's Head Coach: Jamie Reimer
Men's Golfers:
Ethan Banks / 2 / Calgary, AB / T-11th at 2019 CW Championship
Ronnie Postnikoff / 2 / Comox, BC /
Cale Singular / 1 / Bassano, AB /
Tommy Sluka / 1 / Canmore, AB /
Ben Wong / 1 / Calgary, AB
Fraser Valley Cascades
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Cody Stewart
Women's Golfers:
Emery Bardock / Year 4 / Armstrong, BC / T-18th at 2019 CW Championship
Alex Brunner / Year 1 / Osoyoos, BC
Ella Gifford / Year 1 / Beaumont, AB
Coral Hamade / Year 1 / Langley, BC
Lucy Park / Year 1 / Gyeongju, South Korea
Men's Head Coach: Aaron Pauls
Men's Golfers:
Jacob Armstrong / Year 2 / Winnipeg, MB / T-25th at 2019 CW Championship
Eli Greene / Year 1 / Nanaimo, BC
Jackson Jacob / Year 2 / Langley, BC
Jacob Lucki / Year 4 / Agassiz, BC
Ben Whiton / Year 3 / Langley, BC
Lethbridge Pronghorns
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Dallas Ducheminsky
Women's Golfers:
Sophia Makela/ 1st year/ Lethbridge, AB
Kennedy Malloy/ 1st year/ Cochrane, AB
Takara Mikado/ 1st year/ Lethbridge, AB
Rylee Virostek/ 1st year/ Mountain View, AB
Men's Head Coach: Dallas Ducheminsky
Men's Golfers:
Michael McDougall-Price/ 2nd year/ Lethbridge, AB/ T-33 at 2019 CW Championship
Nolan Jensen/ 2nd year/ Airdrie, AB/
Mitchell Fleming/ 1st year/ Calgary, AB
Mark Mercier/ 1st year/ Lethbridge, AB
Nick Sprovieri/ 1st year/ Calgary, AB
Manitoba Bisons
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Golf Head Coach: Derrik Goodwin
Women's Golfers:
Marissa Naylor / 4 / Winnipeg, MB / 8th at 2019 CW Championship
Dayna Dubnicoff / 3 / Winnipeg, MB / 27th at 2019 CW Championship
Men's Golfers:
Stefan Lavallee / 5 / Steinbach, MB
Anthony Leicht / 3 / Winnipeg, MB
Cameron McIntyre / 4 / Winnipeg, MB / T-20th at 2019 CW Championship
Cole Peters / 2 / Steinbach, MB / T-20th at 2019 CW Championship
Connor Stewart / 4 / Winnipeg, MB / T-27th at 2019 CW Championship
Victoria Vikes
(Name / Year / Hometown / 2019 CW result)Women's Head Coach: Justin Clews
Women's Golfers:
Sukriti Harjai / 3 / Niagra Falls, ON / 9th at 2019 CW Championship
Kathleen (Megan) Hodgson / 3 / North Bend, Wash. / T-10th at 2019 CW Championship
Mirai Hayashi / 2 / Victoria, BC / N/A
Fiona McCombe / 1 / Las Vegas, Nev. / N/A
Mackenzie Scott / 2 / Gagetown, NB / N/A
Men's Head Coach: Justin Clews
Men's Golfers:
Robin Conlan / 4 / Berlin, Germany / T-11th at 2019 CW Championship
Josh Miller / 5 / Victoria, BC / 9th at 2019 CW Championship
John Morrow / 3 / Tsawwassen, BC / N/A
Andrew Bruce / 3 / Corner Brooke, NL / N/A
Zach Ryujin / 2 / North Vancouver, BC / T-7th at 2019 CW Championship