Szeryk Leads Way At Weather-Hampered Canadian Junior Girls Championship

(Golf Canada) OTTAWA, Ont. – Ellie Szeryk, from London, Ont., carded a 1-under-par 71 for the second consecutive day to hold a one-shot lead in the second round of the Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Camelot Golf and Country Club.

Play was suspended for the day at 6:30 p.m. due to dangerous weather after being originally halted at 4:28 p.m. 65 golfers were unable to finish their second round.

Team Canada Development Squad’s Mary Parsons from Delta, B.C. and 54-hole leader Susan Xiao of Surrey, B.C., are one stroke back of Szeryk in a tie for second at 1 under par.

Szeryk, 15, had three birdies in Tuesday’s second round, and only one blemish on her card, a double-bogey on No. 11. She took advantage of her length off the tee and had wedges in her hand on several holes.

“I had a lot of good wedges and made some clutch putts for par,” said Szeryk. “And I think my ball-striking was pretty good overall today.”

Heading into the weekend the 2017 Ontario Junior Girls Champion will try to remain calm as she attempts to follow in her older sister Maddie’s footsteps. The elder Szeryk won the 2013 Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Cherry Downs Country Club in Pickering, Ont.

“I’m going to try not to put too much pressure on myself, because when I put too much pressure on myself I overthink it a little bit,” added Szeryk. “I’ll just keep my head down and keep working.”

Parsons had eight birdies in round two, but was plagued by inconsistency, recording 5 bogeys and a double-bogey to card a 1-under-par 71.

“I had eight birdies today so almost half the holes were under par,” said Parsons. “My bad holes were because of approach shots from the fairways. Some tightening up of irons and I should be good to go for tomorrow.”

The 18-year-old is playing in her last junior tournament, but she’s not going to let the weight of that affect her over the final 36 holes.

“Everyone is going to have to shoot a good score out here, and I don’t want to be the person standing in my own way,” added Parsons. “I think knowing I have the shots for this course and the amount of birdies that I made today is a confidence booster.”

Xiao led the way after 18 holes at 2 under par. She carded a 1-over-par 73 in round two, with missed opportunities preventing her from going lower.

“My green reading was just off by a little bit,” said Xiao. “I missed so many putts by a little bit or a lip out. I need to practice my green reading on the practice green.”

New Zealand’s Momoka Kobori is in fourth at 1 over par after a 1-under-par 71 in round two.

Parsons’ Development Squad teammate Monet Chun from Richmond Hill, Ont., had the low round of the day Wednesday, posting a 2-under-par 70, moving into a tie for fifth at 2 over par alongside fellow Development Squad golfer Hannah Lee.

Team Ontario ended British Columbia’s two-year winning streak in the inter-provincial team competition with a two-day total of 1-over-par 289, three strokes better than B.C. Ontario last won the inter-provincial team competition in 2012 at River Spirit Country Club.

Full Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Today	Thru	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Ellie Szeryk  London, ON	–		-2	71	71			142
T2	Susan Xiao  Surrey, BC	–		-1	70	73			143
T2	Mary Parsons  Delta, BC	–		-1	72	71			143
4	Momoka Kobori  New Zealand	–		+1	74	71			145
T5	Hannah Lee  Surrey, BC	–		+2	73	73			146
T5	Alisha Lau  Richmond, BC	–		+2	72	74			146
T5	Monet Chun  Richmond Hill, ON	–		+2	76	70			146
T5	Jasmine Ly  Windsor, ON	–		+2	72	74			146
T5	Phoebe Yue  West Vancouver, BC	–		+2	75	35			110
T5	Cassidy Laidlaw  Calgary, AB	–		+2	74	36			110
T5	Kate (Dahye) Choi  Surrey, BC	–		+2	74	36			110
12	Emily Zhu  Richmond Hill, ON	–		+3	72	75			147
13	Céleste Dao  Notre-Dame-de-L’Île-Perrot, QC	–		+4	74	74			148
T14	Esther Subin Lee  Maple Ridge, BC	–		+5	74	75			149
T14	Victoria Liu  Vancouver, BC	–		+5	77	72			149
T14	Mathilde Denicourt  St-Cesaire, QC	–		+5	71	42			113
T14	Catherine Zhang  Toronto, ON	–		+5	78	35			113
T14	Melany Chong  Mississauga, ON	–		+5	77	21			98
19	Hailey McLaughlin  Markham, ON	–		+6	77	37			114
T20	Karen Zhang  Richmond, BC	–		+7	73	78			151
T20	Alyssa DiMarcantonio  Maple, ON	–		+7	75	40			115
T22	Sarah-Eve Rheaume  Québec, QC	–		+8	77	75			152
T22	Katy Rutherford  Calgary, AB	–		+8	79	73			152
T22	Vivian Lee  Hong Kong	–		+8	73	79			152
T22	Akari Hayashi  Victoria, BC	–		+8	75	41			116
T22	Euna Han  Coquitlam, BC	–		+8	73	43			116
T22	JiaYin Liu  Kitchener, ON	–		+8	79	37			116
T28	Emma (Hyeji) Yang  Langley, BC	–		+9	75	63			138
T28	Angela Zhang  Vancouver, BC	–		+9	72	66			138
T28	Chaewon Baek  Langley, BC	–		+9	74	59			133
T28	Victoria Zheng  Markham, ON	–		+9	77	56			133
T28	Haley Yerxa  Ottawa, ON	–		+9	80	37			117
T33	Tiana Cruz  Richmond Hill, ON	–		+10	77	77			154
T33	Mu Chen (Angel) Lin  Surrey, BC	–		+10	78	56			134
T33	Shania Remandaban  Coquitlam, BC	–		+10	81	37			118
T36	Camryn Roadley  Winnipeg, MB	–		+11	77	78			155
T36	Sarah Beqaj  Toronto, ON	–		+11	74	81			155
T36	Audrey Paradis  Blainville, QC	–		+11	80	75			155
T39	Kehler Koss  Calgary, AB	–		+12	80	76			156
T39	Rebecca (Lu Yang) Jiang  Langley, BC	–		+12	79	57			136
T39	Lory Paradis  Blainville, QC	–		+12	79	41			120
T39	Cynthia Zhao  Toronto, ON	–		+12	77	43			120
T39	Delana Basanisi  Mississauga, ON	–		+12	81	39			120
T39	Lauren Bevan  Pickering, ON	–		+12	80	40			120
T45	Sandee Park  West Vancouver, BC	–		+13	84	53			137
T45	Emily Xu  Burnaby, BC	–		+13	83	38			121
T45	Taylor Stone  Calgary, AB	–		+13	79	37			116
T48	Brigitte Thibault  Rosemère, QC	–		+14	80	78			158
T48	Emily Ward  Niagara Falls, ON	–		+14	79	79			158
T48	Sukriti Harjai  Niagara Falls, ON	–		+14	84	33			117
T48	Brooke MacKinnon  Chatham, ON	–		+14	83	24			107
52	Jennifer Gu  West Vancouver, BC	–		+15	80	43			123
T53	Élizabeth Labbé  Lévis, QC	–		+16	82	58			140
T53	Vanessa Chychrun  Aurora, ON	–		+16	83	41			124
T53	Natalie Chu  Vancouver, BC	–		+16	85	39			124
T53	Claire Lovan  Surrey, BC	–		+16	82	42			124
T53	Adele Chun  Richmond Hill, ON	–		+16	82	22			104
T58	Kelly Hellman  Nelson, BC	–		+17	80	81			161
T58	Raesa Sheikh  Markham, ON	–		+17	79	67			146
T58	Dylann Armstrong  North Gower, ON	–		+17	82	62			144
T58	Ashley Chow  North York, ON	–		+17	80	61			141
T62	Tillie Claggett  Calgary, AB	–		+18	85	77			162
T62	Emily Romancew  Pierrefonds, QC	–		+18	83	79			162
T62	Sharmaine Rapisura  Calgary, AB	–		+18	82	60			142
T62	Kiley Rodrigues  Kingston, ON	–		+18	83	59			142
T62	Sophia Bian  Vancouver, BC	–		+18	85	41			126
T62	Sydney Scraba  Calgary, AB	–		+18	86	40			126
T62	Kayli Melissa  Parksville, BC	–		+18	84	42			126
T62	Leah John  Vancouver, BC	–		+18	83	38			121
T70	Alicia Easthope  St. Albert, AB	–		+19	82	81			163
T70	Amy Ehlert  Maple Ridge, BC	–		+19	82	81			163
T70	Elizabeth Blier  St. Bruno, QC	–		+19	79	84			163
T73	Kristen Giles  Georgetown, ON	–		+20	82	82			164
T73	Stephanie Chelack  Calgary, AB	–		+20	87	62			149
T73	Zhiying Zhou  Niagara Falls, ON	–		+20	76	73			149
T73	Yasmine Daoud  Pierrefonds, QC	–		+20	84	44			128
77	Lexie McKay  Aurora, ON	–		+21	85	44			129
T78	Laura Jones  Moncton, NB	–		+22	89	77			166
T78	Chloe Currie  Mississauga, ON	–		+22	83	83			166
T78	Shirin Anjarwalla  Nanaimo, BC	–		+22	83	83			166
T81	Sara Cumby  Canaan, NS	–		+23	84	83			167
T81	Taylor Simoneau  St. Catharines, ON	–		+23	81	66			147
T81	Karianne Lefebvre  Ottawa, ON	–		+23	91	25			116
T84	Annabelle Ackroyd  Calgary, AB	–		+24	88	80			168
T84	Bobbi Uhl  Erickson, MB	–		+24	83	85			168
T84	Jayla Yoonji Kang  Surrey, BC	–		+24	92	25			117
T87	Kiley MacDonald  Bedford, NS	–		+26	84	86			170
T87	Elaine Giantsopoulos  Richmond Hill, ON	–		+26	91	43			134
T89	Heather McLean  Port Williams, NS	–		+27	79	92			171
T89	Mackenzie Morrison  Toronto, ON	–		+27	86	70			156
T91	Alicia Henault  St-Guillaume, QC	–		+28	87	85			172
T91	Mikyla Albert  Selkirk, MB	–		+28	95	21			116
T93	Vaijayanti Bharkhada  Brampton, ON	–		+29	84	74			158
T93	Sarah-Maud Longchamps  Lévis, QC	–		+29	95	27			122
T95	Chloe Sies  Melville, SK	–		+30	90	84			174
T95	Kaitlyn Wingnean  Edmonton, AB	–		+30	86	88			174
T95	Sienna Kraus  Maple Ridge, BC	–		+30	91	47			138
T95	Abby White  Simcoe, ON	–		+30	98	25			123
T95	Isabella Landry  Manotick, ON	–		+30	101	17			118
T100	Meghan McLean  Port Williams, NS	–		+31	90	85			175
T100	Laura Wong  West Vancouver, BC	–		+31	93	82			175
T100	Kayla Burke  Port Colborne, ON	–		+31	98	62			160
T103	Samantha Copeland  Calgary, AB	–		+32	88	88			176
T103	Sarah Gallagher  Burlington, ON	–		+32	89	87			176
T103	Jessica Marks  Calgary, AB	–		+32	93	68			161
T106	Haley Baker  Halifax, NS	–		+34	86	92			178
T106	Hannah MacNeil  Shaunavon, SK	–		+34	88	90			178
108	Megan MacGregor-Coste  Gatineau, QC	–		+35	94	49			143
T109	Alexa Wingnean  Edmonton, AB	–		+37	88	93			181
T109	Madison Barber  Bath, ON	–		+37	97	84			181
111	Sarah Holt  Waterville, NB	–		+38	93	89			182
T112	Taylor Cormier  Corner Brook, NL	–		+39	86	97			183
T112	Andreanne Laforest Allard  Chicoutimi, QC	–		+39	98	85			183
T112	Mackenzie Deveau  Moncton, NB	–		+39	95	88			183
115	Laura Wesselius  Intervale, NB	–		+40	84	100			184
T116	Abbey Baker  Halifax, NS	–		+41	93	92			185
T116	Julie Gauvin  Dieppe, NB	–		+41	94	91			185
T116	Sarah Grieve  Saskatoon, SK	–		+41	102	47			149
T119	Kate Gregoire  Ste Anne, MB	–		+44	98	90			188
T119	Alexandra Schmidt  Regina, SK	–		+44	96	92			188
121	Sasha Baker  Dunnville, ON	–		+45	103	86			189
122	Gabrielle Landriault  Cornwall, ON	–		+49	104	53			157
123	Athena Zeng  Vancouver, BC	–		+51	96	99			195
124	Chelsea Fracke  Kanata, ON	–		+54	97	101			198
T125	Maddy Pytura  Ottawa, ON	–		+56	95	105			200
T125	Danielle Cumby  Canaan, NS	–		+56	99	101			200
127	Jacqueline Giles  Georgetown, ON	–		+66	106	104			210
128	Paige Hickey  Corner Brook, NL	–		+79	112	111			223