Richmond's Alisha Lau broke a log-jam at the top of the leaderboard to capture the B.C. Girls Bantam Golf Championship at Qualicum Beach.
The Quilchena Golf and Country Club junior fired an outstanding final round 69 to finish one stroke ahead of Surrey's Hannah Lee with a 139 total (70-69). The 13-yearold handled the title pressure like a seasoned veteran, contrary to what she stated after her round.
"It was kind of nerve-wracking because I didn't know where my competitors were in the group behind me," she claimed. "It was a tough battle but I tried to grind it out the best I could and I just fought for it."
Five strokes back of Lau in third place was Mary Parsons, 14 of Delta. Parsons mirrored Lee's consistency (70-70), posting rounds of 72-72-144 to finish the championship at +4. Defending champion Kathrine Chan, also a junior at Quilchena, finished in seventh at +12 (76-76).
Lau was coming off a respectable fifth place finish at the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship in Courtenay a week earlier with rounds of 78-76-71.
On the boys side, Justin Yap of Quilchena was eighth (73-74), 10 strokes back of winner Roy Kang of North Vancouver.
Richmond's Diego San Pedro finished tied for second at the B.C. Juvenile Boys Golf Championship. San Pedro fired rounds 73-72-70.
