Richmond golfers were prominent when the Maple Leaf Tour’s Mini Tour held its season-ending National Championship at the Tsawwassen Springs Golf Course.
Impressive scores of 71-70 (141) off the blue tees awarded Freddy Sin, 12, the MJT Peewee Boys Mini Tour National Champion’s trophy.
“I worked very hard after I got back from the World Championships. The MJT is a great tour and it has great contestants – I feel pretty good about my win,” said Sin.
He finished a comfortable eight strokes ahead of runner-up Ethan Posthumus of Coquitlam (75-74).
Meanwhile, Daniel Xu finished second in the Atom Boys Championship for 10-year-olds thanks to rounds of 71-69. He was just behind winner Justin Bjornson of Surrey.
In the girls Pee Wee Championship, it was another podium finish for a Richmond golfer as Tina Jiang fired rounds of 83-85 to earn runner-up honours. First place went to Lauren Kim of Surrey (77-84).
A junior golf clinic, sponsored by Cam Clark Ford Richmond, ran concurrently with the tournament, introducing golf to over 50 kids in the community for free.
The MJT Mini Tour will start up again next spring with tournaments across Canada. For more information, please visit www.maplejt.com or call 1-877-859-4653.
