Preview: 2020 Alberta U19 Championship
Alberta Golf (Spruce Grove) – 
The province’s top junior boys and girls will descend upon Spruce Grove, Alberta this week for the 2020 Alberta U19 Championship at The Links at Spruce Grove.
Considered the most prestigious prize in provincial junior golf, the Alberta U19 Championship has a long and storied history of talented youngsters who have the dream of one day playing at the highest level.
KEY INFO
Alberta U19 Championship
Dates: July 7-9
Course: The Links at Spruce Grove
Yards/Par Boys: 6,794 – 72 Yards/Par Girls: 6,078 – 72
Field: Boys – 101 / Girls – 29
2019 champions:
Junior Boys: Carter Graf
Junior Girls: Annabelle Ackroyd
Format: 3 rounds stroke play – Boys cut to low 60 and ties after 36 holes; No cut for the girls competition.
Social: #abjuniors
LOOKING BACK
Defending 2018 junior girls champion Annabelle Ackroyd of the Glencoe Golf & CC shot a 3 over round of 73 at Highwood Golf to defend her Alberta Junior Championship title with an impressive 9 stroke victory in 2019 over Victoria Tse and Kaitlyn Wingnean.
On the boys side Carter Graf of the Red Deer Golf & CC outlasted UBC golfer Ethan de Graaf to take the title with a 1 shot victory. Graf had a clutch par save on the par 4 17th hole to help secure the title.
FULL STORY OF 2019 ALBERTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP HERE
HISTORY
The Alberta Junior Boys Championship was first contested in 1938. The Alberta Junior Girls Championship record book dates back to 1932 with the juvenile division added in 1973.
2013 – Nicholas Scrymgeour; Jaclyn Lee
2014 – Tyler Saunders; Jaclyn Lee
2015 – Andrew Harrison; Katy Rutherford
2016 – Jaxon Lynn; Kenna Hughes
2017 – Max Sekulic; Kehler Koss
2018 – Chandler McDowell; Annabelle Ackroyd
2019 – Carter Graf, Annabelle Ackroyd
NOTABLES
- Annabelle Ackroyd – 2018 & 2019 Alberta Junior Champion
- Kaitlyn Wingnean – 2019 Alberta Juvenile Girls Champion
- Brooke Frerichs – 2019 Alberta Bantam Girls Champion
- Jayla Kucy – 2019 Mclennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour Champion
- Ryan Hodgins – 2018 Alberta Juvenile Champion
- Ethan Choi – Alberta High Performance Squad member
- Tommy McKenzie – 2019 Future Links Western Champion & Alberta Juvenile Boys Champion
FAST FACTS
- In a new format for 2020 the U19 Championship will be a stand alone Championship with the U17, U15, U13 Alberta Championship to be held at Alberta Springs Golf Resort August 18-19. TOURNAMENT INFO HERE
- The U19 Championship will be played under COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
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