Francis Berthiaume of Laval-sur-le-Lac was the eventual winner at the 82nd playing of the Duke of Kent, but it was not an easy path to the title.
Played annually at the Club de golf Royal Québec, the second leg of the Golf Quebec Men’s Triple Crown always attracts a strong field form Quebec and Eastern Ontario. This year was no different.
After round one on Friday Berthiaume shared the lead with Kurtis Campbell of Whitlock, both recording scores of 69, but the big fireworks would take play in the final round on July 9th.
In heavy pursuit of Berthiaume was the 2016 Quebec Men’s Match Play Champion, Dwight Reinhart of the Eagle Creek Golf Club. The veteran player and former professional posted a tournament best score of 66 (-6) on day two. It included five birdies on his final nine. It put him at 137 (-7) for the event.
With Reinhart on his heels Berthiaume stepped up his play, recording four birdies on his final nine holes, enough to capture the trophy by a single stroke, at 136 (-8).
Pierre-Alexandre Bédard of Cap-Rouge came in third with 139 (-5).
Leaderboard
| Pos | Player | Today | Thru | Total | R1 | R2 | Total | Points | Bourse/Purse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Berthiaume Laval-sur-le-Lac Club | -5 | F | -8 | 69 | 67 | 136 | 4,000 | ||
| 2 | Dwight Reinhart Eagle Creek GC | -6 | F | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 | 3,800 | ||
| 3 | Pierre-Alexandre Bédard Cap-Rouge | -4 | F | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 | 3,600 | ||
| T4 | Danny Turbide Royal Quebec GC | -3 | F | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 | 3,480 | ||
| T4 | Hugo Bernard Laval-sur-le-Lac Club | -2 | F | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 | 3,480 | ||
| 6 | Kurtis Campbell Whitlock G&CC | +1 | F | -2 | 69 | 73 | 142 | 3,240 | ||
| 7 | Joey Savoie Pinegrove | -3 | F | -1 | 74 | 69 | 143 | 3,160 | ||
| T8 | Vincent Blanchette Pinegrove | -4 | F | E | 76 | 68 | 144 | 3,080 | ||
| T8 | Chris Henri Summerlea G&CC | -1 | F | E | 73 | 71 | 144 | 3,080 | ||
| T8 | Christophe Sylvain Lorette | +2 | F | E | 70 | 74 | 144 | 3,080 | ||
| T11 | Rémi Poulin Beauceville | -3 | F | +1 | 76 | 69 | 145 | 2,840 | ||
| T11 | Max Rochette Camelot G & CC | E | F | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 | 2,840 | ||
| T11 | Brandon Lacasse Kanawaki | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | 73 | 145 | 2,840 | ||
| T14 | Stephen Layne St. Raphael GC | E | F | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | 2,600 | ||
| T14 | Sébastien Levasseur Godefroy | E | F | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | 2,600 | ||
| T14 | Vincent Mucci Rosemère | +1 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | 146 | 2,600 | ||
| T17 | Philippe Auger-Giroux Public Golfer-Golf Québec | -2 | F | +3 | 77 | 70 | 147 | 2,360 | ||
| T17 | Félix Normand Beloeil | E | F | +3 | 75 | 72 | 147 | 2,360 | ||
| T17 | Normand Martel Chambly | +1 | F | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 | 2,360 | ||
| T17 | Sébastien Lefebvre Napierville | +3 | F | +3 | 72 | 75 | 147 | 2,360 | ||
| T21 | Jean-Guy Garnier Lévis | -1 | F | +4 | 77 | 71 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Étienne Papineau Pinegrove | E | F | +4 | 76 | 72 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Jacob Peterson Kanawaki | +1 | F | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Ryan Sevigny Public Golfer-Golf Québec | +1 | F | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Jacques Lavoie Royal Quebec GC | +1 | F | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Adélard Collin Royal Quebec GC | +2 | F | +4 | 74 | 74 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Dany Munger Gatineau GC | +2 | F | +4 | 74 | 74 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T21 | Jean Bilodeau Boucherville | +3 | F | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 | 2,040 | ||
| T29 | Maxime Marengère Rivermead GC | +1 | F | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 | 1,720 | ||
| T29 | Serge Bastien Bic | +1 | F | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 | 1,720 | ||
| T29 | Anthony Richard Royal Quebec GC | +2 | F | +5 | 75 | 74 | 149 | 1,720 | ||
| T29 | Marc-Olivier Plasse Kanawaki | +3 | F | +5 | 74 | 75 | 149 | 1,720 | ||
| T29 | Frédéric Matthey Beauce | +5 | F | +5 | 72 | 77 | 149 | 1,720 | ||
| T34 | Ian Moffatt St-Onge Milby | +2 | F | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | 1,520 | ||
| T34 | Serge Amyot Hemmingford S&CC | +2 | F | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | 1,520 | ||
| T34 | Michel Roy Royal Quebec GC | +3 | F | +6 | 75 | 75 | 150 | 1,520 | ||
| T34 | Jacques Jr. Paiement Cap-Rouge | +4 | F | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | 1,520 | ||
| T34 | Cullen Chung Royal Montreal GC | +4 | F | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | 1,520 | ||
| T39 | David Huxham Beaconsfield | +3 | F | +7 | 76 | 75 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Pierre-Étienne Langevin Public Golfer-Golf Québec | +2 | F | +7 | 77 | 74 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Mark Coldham Ottawa Hunt & GC | +3 | F | +7 | 76 | 75 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Guillaume Taché Royal Quebec GC | +5 | F | +7 | 74 | 77 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Peter Malo Royal Montreal GC | +6 | F | +7 | 73 | 78 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Félix-Antoine Froment Lévis | +5 | F | +7 | 74 | 77 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T39 | Mathieu Bélanger Hériot | +7 | F | +7 | 72 | 79 | 151 | 1,320 | ||
| T46 | Emile Ménard Pinegrove | +3 | F | +8 | 77 | 75 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Sebastien Deguire Ottawa Hunt & GC | +3 | F | +8 | 77 | 75 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Serge Bergeron Royal Quebec GC | +4 | F | +8 | 76 | 76 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | James Davis Whitlock G&CC | +5 | F | +8 | 75 | 77 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Michel Gariépy Boisés de Joly Club | +5 | F | +8 | 75 | 77 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Mikaël Langlois Atlantide GC | +6 | F | +8 | 74 | 78 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Massimo Roch Laval-sur-le-Lac Club | +6 | F | +8 | 74 | 78 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T46 | Christian Lizotte Rivière-du-Loup | +6 | F | +8 | 74 | 78 | 152 | 1,040 | ||
| T54 | Jérôme Gaudreault Lorette | +4 | F | +9 | 77 | 76 | 153 | 720 | ||
| T54 | Guillaume Bélanger Tempête | +4 | F | +9 | 77 | 76 | 153 | 720 | ||
| T54 | Benoit Robert St-Hyacinthe | +5 | F | +9 | 76 | 77 | 153 | 720 | ||
| T54 | Cédric Laverdure Laval-sur-le-Lac Club | +5 | F | +9 | 76 | 77 | 153 | 720 | ||
| T54 | François Bissonnette BlainvillierGC | +6 | F | +9 | 75 | 78 | 153 | 720 | ||
| T59 | Michel Daneau Continental GC | +6 | F | +10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | 520 | ||
| T59 | Marcel Dolbec Boisés de Joly Club | +7 | F | +10 | 75 | 79 | 154 | 520 | ||
| T59 | Thomas Frenette Malartic Golf Club | +8 | F | +10 | 74 | 80 | 154 | 520 | ||
| T62 | Étienne Brault Laval-sur-le-Lac Club | +6 | F | +11 | 77 | 78 | 155 | 400 | ||
| T62 | Jean-Simon Ross Royal Quebec GC | +6 | F | +11 | 77 | 78 | 155 | 400 | ||
| T64 | Christian Cook Lévis | +7 | F | +12 | 77 | 79 | 156 | 320 | ||
| T64 | Adam Poulin St-Georges GC | +7 | F | +12 | 77 | 79 | 156 | 320 | ||
| T64 | Étienne Gaudreau Royal Quebec GC | +7 | F | +12 | 77 | 79 | 156 | 320 | ||
| T64 | Simon Desjardins The Royal Ottawa GC | +10 | F | +12 | 74 | 82 | 156 | 320 | ||
| T64 | Emile Provost BlainvillierGC | +10 | F | +12 | 74 | 82 | 156 | 320 | ||
| 69 | Shawn Langlois Royal Estrie GC | +9 | F | +13 | 76 | 81 | 157 | 120 | ||
| T70 | Jean-Philippe Gagnon Lac St-Jean | +9 | F | +14 | 77 | 81 | 158 | 80 | ||
| T70 | Sylvain Harvey Alpin | +10 | F | +14 | 76 | 82 | 158 | 80 |
