June 16-18, 2016

2016 GLENCOE INVITATIONAL TOP 10 PLAYERS L-R: Jack Wood, Etienne Papineau, Evan Holmes, Emmett Oh, Jared du Toit (Champion), Matt Williams, Luke Moser, Calum Masters, Travis Fredborg and Jesse Galvon PLAYER PROFILES SCHEDULE HISTORY

The Glencoe Invitational was established in 1992 to allow for more amateur tournament golf for players from Western Canada. Over the last 24 years, the event has evolved into one of the highest ranked amateur tournaments in Canada and also receives international recognition. The tournament is listed on the Golf Canada Order of Merit as well as the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). The WAGR ranks the top amateur golfers in the world on the basis of their average performance in counting events on a rolling cycle over the previous 52 weeks. The Invitational field is typically made up of those in the top 50 on the Golf Canada Order of Merit, and the top Canadian players listed on the WAGR. Over 50% of our players are between the ages of 19 and 22. Past tournaments have included players from New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Canada’s National Team and players from across the country. To date, 66 former participants are now playing on various professional tours around the globe. You may recognize our 2005 Champion, Graham DeLaet who is one of the highest ranking Canadian playing on the PGA tour. Monday, June 13 Qualifying Rounds Wednesday, June 15 Practice Rounds/Opening Cocktail Party Thursday - Saturday, June 16-18 Tournament Rounds Friday, June 17 Invitational Horserace

2 | 2016 Player Profiles 2016 TOP FINISHES

3 | 2016 Player Profiles PAST CHAMPIONS

2016 Jared du Toit 2003 Lindsay Bernakevitch

2015 Conner Hayden 2002 Dan Swanson

2011 Mackenzie Hughes 2001 Lindsay Bernakevitch

2010 Mitch Evanecz 2000 Jon Mills

1992 2009 Mitch Evanecz 1999 Wes Heffernan - TO - 2015 2008 Jordan Irwin 1997 Brent Osachoff 2007 Kris Wasylowich 1996 Howard Broun

2006 Graham Hill 1995 Vince Ramscar

2005 Graham DeLaet 1994 David Schultz No Competition in: ‘98, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14 2005 was played on The Meadows 2004 Brenden Stuart 1993 Darryl James

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ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA CALIFORNIA 1. Armstrong, A.J 36. Macdonald, Stuart 54. Burnes, Tyler 2. Brown, Andrew 3. Choi, Ethan 4. Crampton, Shane 5. du Toit, Jared MANITOBA VIRGINIA 6. Fry, Geoff 37. Fredborg, Travis 55. Hayden, Conner 7. Fry, Jonathan 38. McMillan, Ryan 8. Goehring, Dale 39. Sackett, Jack 9. Harrison, Andrew 40. Schade, Devon 10. Hogan, Brett 41. Thompson, Bret ALABAMA 11. Holmes, Evan 12. Irwin, Jordan 56. Masters, Calum 13. MacDougall Brendan 14. Markiw, Brandon ONTARIO 15. McDowell, Chandler 42. Abraham, Trent 16. Murphy, Patrick 43. Bowie, Russell SOUTH DAKOTA 17. Oh, Emmett 44. Giroux, Thomas 57. Peterson, Cole 18. Pasula, Brett 45. Moser, Luke 19. Rody, Ryan 46. Ranton, Trevor 20. Saunders, Tyler 47. Ross, Nicholas 21. Secord, Scott UTAH 22. Smith, Alexander 58. Elftman-Hanson, Ariel 23. Temple, Kevin 24. Williams, Matt QUEBEC 25. Wood, Jack 48. Bedard, Pierre-Alexandre 26. Yeager, Dustin 49. Blanchette, Vincent OREGON GLENCOE 50. Lapierre-Messier, Raphael 59. Melnychuk, Ryan QUALIFIERS 51. Papineau, Etienne

27. Broeke, Nolan 28. Chudiak, Tyler WASHINGTON SASKATCHEWAN 29. Corrigan, Alex 60. Cole, Grant 30. Hamilton, Josh 52. Wood, Justin 31. Rutherford, Ryan

MONDAY QUALIFIERS NEWFOUNDLAND 53. Bursey, Blair SOUTH AFRICA 32. Galvon, Jesse 61. Sargent, Gareth 33. Billingsley, Greg 34. Ferguson, Robert 35. Rose, Jeremy

5 | 2016 Player Profiles ALBERTA ARMSTRONG, A.J. BROWN, ANDREW CHOI, ETHAN CRAMPTON, SHANE St. Albert, AB Calgary, AB Pincher Creek, AB Okotoks, AB Windermere Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club Pincher Creek Golf Club Sirocco Golf Club HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: • 2015 AB Men’s’ Amateur: T31 • 2015 AB Junior Boys • 2016 CN Future Links: T16 • 2015 Saint Francis Red Flash • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 8th Championship: T11 • 2015 IMG Academy Junior World Invitational: T9 • 2015 Canadian Junior: T4 • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T29 Championship: T11 • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T20 • 2015 Alberta Amateur: T33 • 2015 Alberta Bantam • 2015 Alberta Open: T29 Championship: Winner

DU TOIT, JARED FRY, GEOFF FRY, JONATHAN GOEHRING, DALE Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB The Glencoe Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club - HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: Invitational Chairman • 2015 BC Amateur Championship: • 2015 Alberta Open: T6 • University of the Pacific Men’s HIGHLIGHTS: Winner • 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: T8 Golf Team: Member • 6 time Willingdon Cup Team Member, • 2015 Monroe Invitational: T9 • 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur: ’91, ’94-’97, 2000 • 2015 NCAA – Wyoming Cowboy T35 • 1988 Canadian Juvenile Champion Classic: T1 • 1997 Canadian Amateur Champion

HARRISON, ANDREW HOGAN, BRETT HOLMES, EVAN IRWIN, JORDAN Camrose, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Banff, AB Camrose Golf Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club Earl Grey Golf Club Banff Springs & Slivertip Golf Club HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS • 2015 Alberta Junior Championship: • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T3 • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T14 • 2015 Alberta Open: T6 Winner • 2015 Alberta Amateur: Winner • 2015 Alberta Amateur: T4 • 2016 Alberta Mid-Amateur: T4 • 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 2nd • Represented Canada in the 2015 • 2015 Canadian University • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T29 • 2015 Canadian Junior Mexican Amateur Championships: Winner Championship: 23rd • Represented Alberta in the Pacific Coast Amateur ALBERTA MACDOUGALL, BRENDAN MARKIW, BRANDON MCDOWELL, CHANDLER MURPHY, PATRICK Calgary, AB Edmonton, AB Springbrook, AB Crossfield, AB The Glencoe Golf & Country Club Edmonton Petroleum Club Red Deer Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS • 2016 MJT Srixon Series at • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T18 • 2016 MJT OOM Series at Paradise • 2015 Alberta Match Play: Winner University Golf Club: WON • 2015 Alberta Open: T13 Canyon: 2nd • Alberta PGA Masters: Winner • 2016 MJT OOM Series at Paradise • 2015 Alberta Amateur: T18 • 2016 CN Future Links • 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur: T6 Canyon: WON Pacific Championship: 5th • CN Future Links Pacific • 2016 Alberta PGA Masters: 3rd Championship: T3

OH, EMMETT PASULA, BRETT RODY, RYAN SAUNDERS, TYLER Calgary, AB Red Deer, AB Calgary, AB Sturgeon County, AB Bearspaw Golf & Country Club Red Deer Golf & Country Club Pinebrook Golf & Country Club Glendale Golf and Country Club HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS • The All American: T10 • 2015 Alberta Open: T23 • 2015 CN Future Links Western • 2015 Alberta Open: T22 • Presidents Day Challenge: T2 • 2015 Red Hawk Invitational: 13th Championship: 3rd • 2015 Trans-Mississippi • Jim West Intercollegiate: T34 • 2015 Canadian Junior Boys • 2015 Alberta Junior Boys Championship: T19 Championship: T35 Championship: 5th • 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 7th • 2015 CN Future Links Pacific Championship: T7

SECORD, SCOTT SMITH, ALEXANDER TEMPLE, KEVIN WILLIAMS, MATT Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Country Hills Golf Club Pinebrook Golf & Country Club Country Hills Golf Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: • 2015 NAIA AII Championships: T3 • 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 6th • 2015 Alberta Mid-Amateur: Winner • 2016 Colin Montgomerie Collegiate • 2015 Golf Canada University • 2015 Canadian Junior Boys • 2015 Canadian Mid-Amateur: T12 Invitational: T6 Championships: T4 Championship: T28 • 2015 Canadian Mid-Master: T3 • 2015 Bayou City Collegiate Classic: T4 • 2015 Alberta Amateur • 2015 Calgary City Medalist: 4th • HBU Husky Intercollegiate: T9 Championships: 13th GLENCOE QUALIFIERS

ALBERTA WOOD, JACK Banff, AB Banff Springs Golf Club HIGHLIGHTS BROEKE, NOLAN CHUDIAK, TYLER • 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 3rd Calgary, AB Calgary, AB • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 12th The Glencoe Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club • 2015 St. Martins Invitational: T5 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS • 2016 Glencoe Qualifier • 2016 Glencoe Qualifier • 2010 Glencoe Mother/Son • 2012-13: UofC Golf Team Alternate Shot Champion • 2011 Glencoe Father/Son Alternate Shot Champion

YEAGER, DUSTIN Calgary, AB Mickelson National HIGHLIGHTS: • 2015 Alberta Amateur: T4 CORRIGAN, ALEX HAMILTON, JOSH • Canadian Mid-Amateur: T9 Calgary, AB Calgary, AB • Alberta Open: T37 The Glencoe Golf & Country Club The Glencoe Golf & Country Club HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS • 2016 Glencoe Qualifier • 2016 Glencoe Qualifier • 2015 CJGA Nike Golf Junior Series: T2 • 2015 CN Future Links Prairie Championships: 9th

MONDAY QUALIFIERS

GALVON, JESSE

BILLINGSLEY, GREG

FERGUSON, ROBERT

RUTHERFORD, RYAN ROSE, JEREMY Calgary, AB Pinebrook Golf & Country Club HIGHLIGHTS • 2016 Glencoe Qualifier • 2015 Alberta Mid-Amateur: T10 • 2015 Calgary City Amateur: 5th QUEBEC ONTARIO Chibougamau, QC ALEXANDRE BEDARD, PIERRE- • • • Chibougamau-Chapais Club Golf HIGHLIGHTS: • • • Whistle Bear Golf Club • • • Burlington Golf &Country Club Waterloo, ON TREVOR RANTON, Burlington, ON TRENT ABRAHAM, HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS T3 Quebec Provincial Championships: 2015 Quebec Open: T11 2015 Glencoe Invitaitonal: T3 Championship Winner : 2015 Ontario Junior Boys Invitational: 13th 2015 Glencoe Championship: Winner 2015 CN Future Links Pacific 2014 CN Future Links Ontario: 2nd 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 14th 2nd 2015 Toronto Star Men’s Amateur: • • • Pinegrove Golf Club QC St-Jean, BLANCHETTE, VINCENT • • • Hamilton Golf Club Dundas, ON ROSS, NICHOLAS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Mississauga, ON BOWIE, RUSSELL • • • Brampton Golf Club HIGHLIGHTS T4 2015 Donald Ross Intercollegiate: 2015 Canada Cup: T18 2015 Duc of Kent: Winner Amateur: 12th 2015 Ontario Toronto2015 Star Amateur: Winner 2015 Southern Ontario Open: T4 Invitational: T32 Invitational: 2015 Monroe Championships: 2nd Canadian2015 University 2015 St. Thomas Invitational: T4 Saint JeansurRichelieu,QC RAPHAEL LAPIERRE-MESSIER, • • • The Club at North Halton • • • Pinegrove Country Club Georgetown, ON GIROUX, THOMAS HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: Championship:Winner 2015 Ontario Junior Match Play Peninsula Lakes: Winner 2016 CJGA Mike Series at 2016 CN Future Links Ontario: T9 2015 Quebec Spring Open: T4 Championship: 3rd 2015 Canadian Junior Boys Championship: Winner 2015 Quebec Junior Provincial • • • Whistle Bear Golf Club Waterloo, ON LUKEMOSER, • • • Pinegrove Golf Club Saint JeansurRichelieu,QC PAPINEAU, ETIENNE HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 2015 Southern Ontario Open: T16 36th 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur: 2015 Ontario Men’s Amateur: 11th Crown: Winner 2015 Quebec Amateur Triple Championship: Winner Alexander Tunis of 2015 Championship: Winner 2015 Quebec Amateur Luke Moser Luke BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA • • • Point Grey Golf Club • • • Niakwa Country Club Winnipeg, MB THOMPSON, BRET • • • Pine Ridge Golf Club Selkirk, MB FREDBORG, TRAVIS Vancouver, BC MACDONALD, STUART HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS: 2015 Canadian Amateur: T13 Intercollegiate: T10 Desert Mountain2016 2016 Boilermaker Invitational: 6th Conference Championship: Winner 2015 Great Northwest Athletic 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T11 Championship: T4 Manitoba2015 Amateur PacificInvitational:T12 2015 2015 Manitoba Amateur: T4 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T3 Winnipeg, MB MCMILLAN, RYAN • • • Elmhurst Golf &Country Club HIGHLIGHTS: - Individual: 4th Western Canada Games Summer WinnerOpen: 2016 Hurricane Jr. Tour Phoenix Jr. Kokopelli Classic: Winner Rocky Mountain2016 Tour Junior

SASKATCHEWAN • • Elmwood G&CC Unity, SK JUSTINWOOD, HIGHLIGHTS T10 2015 Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur: 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T6 • • • Elmhurst Golf &Country Club Winnipeg, MB SACKETT, ZACH HIGHLIGHTS: Men’s Championship: T9 2015 Summit League Amateur: 4th 2015 Nott Autocorp Men’s 2015 Ram Masters Invitational: T38

NEWFOUNDLAND • • • Gander Golf Club Gander, NL BURSEY, BLAIR HIGHLIGHTS Championship: 3rd 2015 CN Future Links Atlantic Championship: Winner 2015 NL Junior Boys Amateur Winner Amateur NL Championship:2015 Beausejour, MB SCHADE, DEVON • • • Elmhurst Golf &Country Club HIGHLIGHTS 2015 Saskatchewan Amateur: T4 Championship: Winner 2015 Elmhurst Club Championship: Winner Manitoba2015 Amateur Devon Schade. Zach Sackett, Travis Fredborg (T10), Thompson, Bret Manitoba Crew: L-R, OREGON VIRGINIA

BURNES, TYLER HAYDEN, CONNER MELNYCHUK, RYAN CALIFORNIA MASTERS, CALUM CALIFORNIA Bakersfield, CA Chilhowie, VA Grants Pass, OR Headland, AL Stockdale Golf & Country The Virginian Columbia Edgewater Country Robert Trent Jones, Club HIGHLIGHTS Club Highland Oaks HIGHLIGHTS • 2015 Glencoe Invitational: HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS: • 2015 NCAA Pebble Winner • 2015 Sun Belt Preview: • 2015 Cascade Collegiate Beach: T38 • 2015 Virginia State Open: 14th Conference Championship: • 2015 NCAA Fresno: T44 12th • 2015 Invitational at The Winner • 2015 NCAA Stockton: • Canadian Men’s Amateur: Grove: T21 • 2015 Oregon Amateur: T19 T23 T13 • 2015 Future Masters: T21 • 2015 US Amateur Qualifying: T13 UTAH

PETERSON, COLE ELFTMAN-HANSON, COLE, GRANT SARGENT, GARETH

WASHINGTON Redmond, WA Sioux Falls, SD ARIEL AFRICA SOUTH South Africa SOUTH DAKOTA The Bluffs Course Orem, UT Tam O’Shanter Dainfern Country Club, HIGHLIGHTS Waiehu Golf Club HIGHLIGHTS South Africa • 2015 HS State • 2015 Bradley Spring HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Championship: 3rd Invitational: 14th • 2015 Stockton Pacific • Currently playing at • 2015 Husky Invitational: T10 • 2015 Coyote Classic: 10th Invitational: T36 Radford University • 2015 Red Hawk • Itani Homes Collegiate: T9 Invitational: T27 • 2015 Pat Hicks Invitational: T32 INVITATIONAL COMMITTEE

INVITATIONAL CHAIRMAN Dale Goehring

COMMITTEE Rules/Course setup Greg Smyth Volunteers Liz Young Volunteers Rick Nowosad Private Housing Program Brenda Wyne Sponsorship Andrew Ward Sponsorship Ryan Rutherford

STAFF General Manager Mike Kenney, PGA, CCM Head Professional Judy Forshner, BEd, PGA Course Superintendent Kerry C. Watkins, AGS Assistant Superintendent Chris Paterson, AAGS Membership Director Natasha Sawatsky, CMP Administrative Assistant (Invitational Administrator) Julie Repp

New Players in 2016, White Hat Honourees

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Jared du Toit is our 2016 Glencoe Invitational Champion! Congrats to one of our newest Privileged Intermediate Members. Jared was +2 over 54 holes of stroke play. Conditions were not easy with the wind and the challenging course setup. Thanks to our Turfcare team for the course conditions the players were once again very complimentary about our Forest course. Coming in second place at +4 was Emmett Oh from Bearspaw. Tied for third at +5 was Evan Holmes from Earl Grey and actually one of the newer members of our Food & Beverage Department as well as Matt Williams who is also one of our newest Privileged Intermediate Members. Once again thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that make this event possible!

Dale Goehring INVITATIONAL CHAIRMAN

TOP 20 FINISHERS

Please visit glencoeinvitational.com for the full field results.

13 | 2016 Player Profiles PLAYER STATS FOR THE 2016 GLENCOE INVITATIONAL

MOST BIRDIES: All with 13! Jesse Galvon, Evan Holmes, Luke Moser & Emmett Oh MOST PARS: All with 35! Jared du Toit, Stuart MacDonald & Matt Williams BIRDIE STREAK OR BETTER: Bret Thompson with four in a row (14-17: R1)

Jared du Toit and Emmett Oh reading green Our Top 3: L-R, Matt Williams (T3), Jared du Toit (Champion), Emmett Oh (T2), Evan Holmes (T3).

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15 | 2016 Player Profiles MEDIA

Calgary-born, B.C.-raised golfer Jared du Toit among players to watch at Glencoe Invitational

Wes Gilbertson, Calgary Herald

There’s a good chance, a few years back, that you might have spotted After all, the 2015 B.C. Amateur champion is a new intermediate the smooth-swinging youngster during one of your divot-digging member at Glencoe and — after a trip to the NCAA Championships escapes to the East Kootenays. with the Arizona State Sun Devils and then a third-place performance at the Monroe Invitational in New York — didn’t even Because, by his own admission, Jared du Toit logged as many hours arrive in Calgary until the weekend. as the mowers at Kimberley Golf Club. He played the Forest for the first time Monday, then gave the 7,505- “I would play an outrageous amount of golf there,” du Toit said with a yard brute another go the following day. chuckle. “Mom would drop me off early-morning in the summer and During Wednesday’s tournament-preview media day, du Toit served we’d stay out there until sundown and just enjoy every minute of it.” as a tour-guide-of-sorts for fellow national-teamer Stuart Macdonald This summer, you could spot du Toit at the mall, at the movies or, of Vancouver. most likely, on the fairways and greens at Glencoe Golf & Country “I was joking around with a couple of friends, saying ‘It’s probably Club. a good idea to see my home course a couple of times before the Because the 21-year-old — a representative of Golf Canada’s event,’ ” du Toit said. national amateur team and currently the top guy from the Great So now, after three practice spins, how about a scouting report? White North in the World Amateur Golf Rankings — is once again “I think just the smartest player will get it done,” du Toit said. “There calling Calgary his birdie-seeking home-base. are definitely a lot of big numbers out there.” “I’m sure I probably took my first golf swings somewhere in Calgary,” Big names, too. said du Toit, who was born in the Stampede City but moved to B.C. before hitting double digits in the age department. Not yet, but just wait. “I did kind of grow up playing golf tournaments with a lot of people in Graham DeLaet won this event. Adam Hadwin, David Hearn and the Calgary area or in Alberta, so I do have a really good friendships others tried. here. And there’s a lot more competition here … When you’re As du Toit noted during Wednesday’s media scrum, “I think a lot of surrounded by better players, you feel like you have to elevate your amateurs at this event, you’ll see them on TV in a couple of years.” game to compete, and that was a big reason why I did come to Calgary last summer and this summer. Or in a handful of weeks. “I definitely feel like surrounding yourself with better competition can The winner of the Glencoe Invitational will earn a pass to the final only benefit you.” qualifier for the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open. This week, du Toit is certainly surrounded by top-notch competition. Like all of his teammates in Golf Canada’s national program and so many others in the field at the Glencoe Invitational, du Toit hopes to The Calgary-born, B.C.-raised golfer will be shooting to bring a eventually earn his living on that grand stage. trophy back to … well … just down the road to his uncle’s basement in Lakeview as one of the favourites at the Glencoe Invitational. The “As time goes on, I feel like if I keep doing the right things, hopefully three-round showdown tees off Thursday morning. my chances will get better and better,” he said. “I think I’m on pace for all my goals, and hopefully this summer, I can stay on pace and Defending champion Conner Hayden of Chilhowie, Va., is back to maybe even surprise myself with some of my play.” defend his title on the firm and fast Forest Course at the 45-hole private hangout. Hayden was the only American in the field last summer, but there are eight of ’em for the latest instalment. The lengthy list of locals is also headlined by Scott Secord (Country Hills) — a two-time winner of the Canadian University/College Championship — and Brett Hogan (Glencoe), who finished in a tie for third at the Invitational last June and triumphed at the Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship a few weeks later. Du Toit is one of 14 members of the host club who will tee it up this week, except that it would be a stretch to claim home-course advantage.

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Inspired by a major role model, Jared du Toit crowned champion at 2016 Glencoe Invitational

Wes Gilbertson, Calgary Herald

There was no jubilant jump. No emotional fist-pump. No hoots or hollers. After watching his winning putt drop below ground level, Glencoe Invitational champion Jared du Toit simply exhaled, slowly allowing a little air out of his lungs after three stressful spins of the firm and fast Forest Course at what he’s now calling his home club. “That’s an unreal golf course. Hard, to say the least,” the Calgary- born and once again Calgary-based du Toit said after clinching his victory with a bogey on his final assignment. “There are no really easy holes out here. You can definitely make a big number on pretty well every hole. So yeah, it is stressful. Walking off that last green, you’re just relieved that it’s done. “But it’s a really good championship golf course. I don’t think it gets the recognition it deserves.” Glencoe’s Forest Course did, indeed, show its teeth this week. Top ranked Canadian amateur Jared du Toit chips on the range The 21-year-old du Toit signed for a three-round tally of 2-over 218, prior to teeing off in the Glencoe Invitational June 15, 2016 at the two shots better than Calgary’s Emmett Oh (Bearspaw). Glencoe Golf Two other locals split third spot, with Evan Holmes (Earl Grey) and & Country Club. Ted Rhodes / Calgary Herald Matt Williams (Glencoe) each finishing their business in 5-over 221. All told, 61 competitors combined for three times as many bogeys (992) as birdies (326) on the 7,505-yard brute. The scoring average for the latest instalment of the Glencoe Invitational — and we’re talking about a field of collegiate golfers and “Just from a golf standpoint, the guy does everything unbelievable — other top-notch amateurs — was a bloated 79.82. unreal short game, unreal ball-striking, makes a lot of putts. That’s a pretty good formula, obviously. And he’s the most competitive guy I There’s one guy in du Toit’s contact list, though, who was feeling even know, probably. When you have that kind of trait in you, mixed with more stress Saturday. natural abilities, I don’t want to jinx it, but he’s sort of a can’t-miss His friend and Arizona State Sun Devils teammate, Jon Rahm, is kid.” digging divots this week at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Rahm treated Raised in Kimberley, B.C., du Toit is more of a late-bloomer, but he’s himself — or tormented himself? — to two more rounds as the only undoubtedly trending in the right direction. amateur to survive the 36-hole cut. He’s a first-year selectee to Golf Canada’s national amateur squad When du Toit drained his winning putt, Rahm was sharing a slot on and currently the top Canuck in the world amateur golf rankings. the leaderboard at Oakmont with some fella named Jordan Spieth. (Spieth finished his third round at 4-over, while Rahm was at 7-over He’s also a new member at Glencoe, and he made quite an when play was suspended due to darkness.) introduction over the past few days. “Everyone is always surprised to see his name, but all the guys on In fact, he’s the first representative of host club to win the Glencoe our team and most people in college golf, we weren’t surprised at all, Invitational since way back in 1995 — the same year in which he was because he does everything well,” du Toit said of Rahm, who capped born. his senior campaign as the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan “Coming in, I hate to say it, but based on my own expectations, I Award as the NCAA’s best golfer. “He was a huge role model for me was sort of expecting and expected to win. It was really kind of win- this year, and I definitely learned a lot from him. or-bust for me,” du Toit admitted. “Just signing that scorecard and coming out on top, it feels pretty good.”

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