March 24, 2010

CAMLACHIE – Sawmill Creek Golf Resort and Spa is pleased and honoured to announce they will be the host golf course for the 2010 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls’ Golf Championship.
 

This prestigious event will be held August 3^rd-6^th and will feature over 150 of the top female junior golfers from across Canada.
 

This tournament has been in operation since 1955.
 

It is believed this will be the first time ever a RCGA event like this has been held at any golf course in the Sarnia-Lambton area.
 

Sawmill Creek owners Dan Odorocio and Anthony Alberga, the employees of the club and the 400-plus members are excited about the Royale Cup coming to our area and are looking forward to a great week of golf.
 

The event will also give an economic jolt to the Sarnia-Lambton community as well as providing some outstanding golf for golf fans to enjoy. The best part for golf fans is there will be NO admission charge.
 

This will be the first time our national junior girl’s championship will be held in the Sarnia region and the RCGA are very excited to be coming to such a vibrant golf community and a great course at Sawmill Creek Golf Resort.

 

 Fans who come out to this event can expect to see impressive golf being played by the best young women golfers from across Canada, many of whom will go on to play high-level college golf and perhaps one day become professionals.
 

The field will be comprised of 156 players, all under the age of 19.  As of August 6^th spots in the field are open to any junior girl with a Handicap Factor less than 17.4. They are currently accepting registration at www.rcga.org/championships.
 

The winner of the championship will receive the Brokenshire Trophy in addition to the Royale Champion’s Trophy which honours the three female national amateur champions for the year (Junior, Amateur, and Senior). The top 4 finishers at each provincial junior girls championship will also compete in a concurrent inter-provincial team championship over the first two days of competition.

Championship History:

With over 50 years of history, the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship continues to produce top calibre players who contend years later for amateur and professional titles.  Top Canadian golfers like Sandra Post, Marilyn Palmer (O’Connor) Gayle Hitchins (Borthwick) and Alena Sharpe all saw early success at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship. 
 

Heather Kuzmich remains the top name in the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship record books by boasting four consecutive championship wins from 1981 to 1984.  Kuzmich, Lisa Meldrum and the legendary Mabel Thompson are the only three women to ever accomplish a ‘four-peat’ in Canadian Women’s amateur golf history.  (Mabel Thompson earned four amateur titles while Meldrum won a single junior and three amateur titles).
 

The Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship has been conducted since 1955 and has also been referred to as the CLGA National Junior Championship.

 

Previous Junior Girls’ Champions:

Many have raised the Brokenshire Trophy from the likes of Heather Kuzmich, who collected a record four straight titles, to the most recent winner Lindsay Caljouw.  Legendary golfers who have etched their names on the Brokenshire Trophy include: Sandra Post (1964-1966), Gail Harvey (1958-1960) Gayle Hitchins (1959, 1960, 1962). Recent winners like Lisa Meldrum of Kirkland, Que., (2000) and Alena Sharp of Hamilton (1999) are just starting to touch on the potential first recognized at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship.

 

Eligibility:

The Royale National Junior Girls’ Championship is open to female golfers who have not reached their 19^th birthday by midnight of the last scheduled day of the championship: August 6^th, 2010.

 

Exemptions:

• All playing members of current provincial junior teams. Provincial teams are comprised of the top four finishers in provincial junior girls championships.

Schedule:

Practice rounds will be held on Monday, August 2^nd. Championship play will be conducted Tuesday, August 3^rd through Friday, August 6^th  with 18 holes of stroke play each day. Any tie after 72 holes will result in a sudden-victory playoff. 

 

Format:

The championship is conducted at stroke play over 72 holes.  The field is open to a maximum of 156 players.  An inter-provincial team championship will also take place in conjunction with the first two rounds of stroke play.

 

Championship Awards:

The Royale National Junior Girls’ Champion will receive the Brokenshire Trophy and a commemorative award.  Additionally Royale will present the Royale Champions Trophy to the champions, which honours the three female national Amateur champions (Junior, Amateur & Senior) for the present year.  The second- and third-place finishers will also receive a commemorative award.  The winning team from the Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship will receive the championship trophy along with a commemorative award for each player.  Members of the runner-up team will also receive commemorative award.