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Alberta Golf (Carstairs) –
The province’s top junior boys and girls will descend upon Carstairs, Alberta this week for the 2021 Alberta U19 Championship at Carstairs Community Golf Club.
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 6-8
Course: Carstairs Community Golf Club
Yards/Par Boys: 6,510 Yards/Par Girls: 5,633
Field: Boys – 102 / Girls – 30
2020 champions:
Junior Boys: Hunter Thomson
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 2019 junior girls champion Annabelle Ackroyd of the Glencoe Golf & CC arrived at The Links at Spruce Grove looking for a three-peat to close out her stellar junior career. The University of Minnesota golfer achieved the three-peat with a 6 stroke victory.
On the boys side fellow Glencoe Golf and CC member Hunter Thomson joined Ackroyd with an equally impressive 8 shot wire to wire victory over runner-up Ben MacLean from St. Catharines Ontario. The 16-year-old who will attend The University of Michigan the fall of 2021 said this was the biggest win of his young career.
FULL STORY OF 2020 ALBERTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP HERE
WATCH: FULL VIDEO RECAP OF ACKROYD AND THOMSON WINNING ALBERTA U19 TITLES
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
2020 – Hunter Thomson, Annabelle Ackroyd
NOTABLES
- Georgia Barr – 2020 Alberta Girls U17 Champion
- Kaitlyn Wingnean – 2019 Alberta Juvenile Girls Champion
- Jayla Kucy – 2020 Alberta Girls U15 Champion, 2019 & 2020 McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour Champion
- Cole Bergheim – 2020 Alberta Boys U17 Champion
- Jon Vinge – 2020 Alberta Boys U15 Champion
- Tommy McKenzie – 2019 Future Links Western Champion & Alberta Juvenile Boys Champion, 2020 Alberta Match Play Finalist
- Zach Haydamack – 2020 McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour Champion
FAST FACTS
- In a new format that started in 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 23-24. TOURNAMENT INFO HERE
- The U19 Championship will be played under THESE TERMS OF COMPETITION
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