Familiar leader after the second round of the Investors Group Ontario Men’s amateur championship.
The second round of action at the Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship took place today from the immaculate St. Thomas Golf and Country Club with some warm breezy conditions making for some challenging golf.
After day two the same name sits atop the leaderboard, Garrett Rank from Elmira Golf Club who shot a 2 under on his round today and finishes at seven under after two rounds. His round (69) started out with a two-under front (34), with three birdies and one bogey and finished his back 9 with two birdies and two bogeys (35). “I made a few more mistakes today being a little too aggressive on occasion but made some key putts within seven or eight feet,” said Rank. Moving forward he added, “I’m going to stick to my own game plan, control what I can control, try and play steady golf and have fun.”
An NHL referee when not on a course, Rank was a member of Golf Canada’s National Men’s Team from 2012-2014, and 2018 U.S. Open qualifier. He also golfed with Team Canada in the Pan American Games in 2015, as well as winning the Investors Group Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2015. Rank had a hat-trick at the Canadian Mid-Amateur championship, winning it three times in a row and finished runner-up in the 2012 U.S. Mid-Am. Winning the Canadian Mid-Am got him a ticket to three RBC Canadian Opens, making the cut in 2016.
Eric Shea of Brantford Golf and Country Club had a great day firing a five-under (66) including a beautiful 15-foot birdie putt on his last hole to jump to one under for the tournament and now finds himself in second place. Eric Flockhart, a Golf Ontario Public Player sits in third with a plus one. Home turf native Greg McKegg of St. Thomas Golf & Country Club shot another solid round (74) and sits tied for fourth with Thomas DeMarco of Essex Golf and Country Club(73) with a plus two score. A big highlight of the day was made by Tristan Renaud, a member of Team Ontario who drained an incredible albatross on the par five 14th hole.
The Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship was first played in 1923 at Lakeview Golf and Country Club. Past winners include: 2003 Masters Champion Mike Weir (1990 & 1992), Gerry Kesselring (1949, 1951, 1952, 1953), professional players Jon Mills (2001), Corey Conners (2010), Albin Choi (2012), Chris Hemmerich (2014) and Gary Cowan, who holds the record for the most Ontario Amateur Championships with nine (1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 & 1984).
Leaderboard
1 Garrett Rank Elmira Golf Club - - -7 66 69 135
2 Eric Shea Brantford G&CC - - -1 75 66 141
3 Eric Flockhart Public Player - - +1 72 71 143
T4 Thomas DeMarco Essex G & CC - - +2 73 71 144
T4 Greg McKegg St. Thomas Golf & Country - - +2 70 74 144
T4 Sam Meek Kawartha G&CC - - +2 71 73 144
T4 Cameron Corbett Lindsay Golf & Country Cl - - +2 73 71 144
T4 Thomas Giroux The Club at North Halton - - +2 72 72 144
T9 Matthew Cholod Granite GC - - +3 72 73 145
T9 Charles Fitzsimmons Thornhill Club - - +3 73 72 145
T11 Matthew Shubley Oshawa Golf & Curling - - +4 76 70 146
T11 Matt LeMay Public Player - - +4 75 71 146
T11 Gajan Sivabalasingham Meadowbrook Golf & Countr - - +4 73 73 146
T11 Brady Zordan Shanty Bay Golf & Country - - +4 69 77 146
T15 Minwoo Park Glendale Golf & CC - - +5 74 73 147
T15 Tyler Harvey York Downs Golf & Country - - +5 73 74 147
T15 Cameron Kellett St. Thomas Golf & Country - - +5 73 74 147
T15 Tristan Renaud Idylwylde Golf & Country - - +5 74 73 147
T15 Robbie Latter Credit Valley Golf & Coun - - +5 75 72 147
T20 Cougar Collins Rocky Crest Golf Club - - +6 72 76 148
T20 Matthew Anderson Credit Valley Golf & Coun - - +6 77 71 148
T20 Freddy D'Angelo Lookout Point Country Clu - - +6 74 74 148
T20 Matthew Vihant The Summit G&CC - - +6 73 75 148
T24 Thomas 'Jack' Simpson Beacon Hall GC - - +7 76 73 149
T24 Ty Celone Public Player - - +7 75 74 149
T24 Taylor Beckstead Tangle Creek Golf & CC - - +7 74 75 149
T24 Dave Bunker Brampton GC - - +7 72 77 149
T24 Crawford McKinlay Public Player - - +7 73 76 149
T24 Philip Arci King's Riding GC - - +7 72 77 149
T30 Devan Dodd Highland Country Club - - +8 75 75 150
T30 Ben Snaidero Public Player - - +8 75 75 150
T30 Ranen Oomen-Danckert Shelburne G & CC - - +8 75 75 150
T30 Davey Morton Craigowan G & CC - - +8 76 74 150
T30 Gordon Gibson Cedar Brae GC - - +8 75 75 150
T30 Shyamal Nagindas Public Player - - +8 74 76 150
T36 Arjun Walia Public Player - - +9 75 76 151
T36 Brendan Seys Maple City Country Club - - +9 74 77 151
T36 Marc Casullo The Summit G&CC - - +9 77 74 151
T36 Nick Hofland Hamilton G & CC - - +9 79 72 151
T36 Jacob Lehman Toronto Golf Club - - +9 74 77 151
T36 Yaroslav Ilyenko Meadowbrook Golf & Countr - - +9 72 79 151
T36 Mackenzie Tout Royal Ashburn Golf Club - - +9 75 76 151
T36 Curtis Hughes Beach Grove G&CC - - +9 76 75 151
T36 Jaret Chipman St. Catharines Golf & Cou - - +9 73 78 151
T36 Tyler Hull Bayview G&CC - - +9 76 75 151
T36 Conner Watt Public Player - - +9 77 74 151
T47 Gregory Goad Galt Country Club - - +10 80 72 152
T47 Zach Viminitz Public Player - - +10 78 74 152
T47 Chase Komaromi The Oaks GC - - +10 77 75 152
T47 Noah Steele Cataraqui Golf & Country - - +10 78 74 152
T47 Craig Stefureak Dundas Valley Golf & Curl - - +10 76 76 152
T47 Brendan Dunphy Whitevale GC - - +10 79 73 152
T47 Adam Graham Sarnia G&CC - - +10 74 78 152
T47 Aidan Gavey Beverly Golf & Country Cl - - +10 75 77 152
T47 Adam Migur Weston G&CC - - +10 75 77 152
T56 Zachary Greifenberger Weston G&CC - - +11 82 71 153
T56 Michael Ayotte Public Player - - +11 74 79 153
T56 Ryan Jeffrey St. Thomas Golf & Country - - +11 79 74 153
T56 Jackson Bowery Greenhills Golf Club - - +11 79 74 153
T56 Quinn Richardson Cutten Fields - - +11 78 75 153
T56 Nolan Jarv The Club at North Halton - - +11 78 75 153
T56 Nicholas Ingoglia Briars Golf Club - - +11 81 72 153
T56 Peter Willis Public Player - - +11 75 78 153
T56 Ben Thompson Scarboro Golf & Country C - - +11 81 72 153
T56 Mackenzie Carter Kawartha G&CC - - +11 77 76 153
DID NOT MAKE THE CUT
MC Ranga Sugathapala Public Player +12 76 78 154
MC James Hill Beach Grove G&CC +12 78 76 154
MC Callum Biehn The Club at North Halton +12 79 75 154
MC Robert McCracken Bay of Quinte Golf & CC +12 74 80 154
MC Zachary Bankuti Public Player +12 78 76 154
MC Tyler Douse Westmount G & CC +12 77 77 154
MC Anthony Occhiuto Cutten Fields +12 81 73 154
MC Steven Houle Riverbend Golf Community +12 73 81 154
MC Chad Watts Denyes Public Player +12 77 77 154
MC Ryan Mcinerney London Hunt and CC +12 76 78 154
MC Robert Wilkinson Dundas Valley Golf & Curl +12 76 78 154
MC Gj Kuhn Public Player +12 76 78 154
MC Thomas Latter Credit Valley Golf & Coun +12 78 76 154
MC Jeffrey Clarke Glencairn GC - L/S +13 77 78 155
MC Daniel DiFrancesco Heron Point Golf Links +13 78 77 155
MC Brad Walsh West Haven G & CC +13 80 75 155
MC Peter Beneteau Camden Braes Golf & Count +13 75 80 155
MC Derek Dalziel Public Player +13 78 77 155
MC Nicolas Corbett Granite GC +14 75 81 156
MC Tyler Cormier OslerBrook G&CC +14 79 77 156
MC Raymond Oh Meadowbrook Golf & Countr +14 79 77 156
MC Graham Hill Sarnia G&CC +14 79 77 156
MC Andrew Nagel Barrie CC +14 78 78 156
MC Peter Leone Grand Niagara GC +14 77 79 156
MC Ward Kyle Idylwylde Golf & Country +14 82 74 156
MC Dylan MacDonald York Downs Golf & Country +15 84 73 157
MC Josh DiCarlo Pointe West GC +15 77 80 157
MC William Gautreau Scarboro Golf & Country C +15 77 80 157
MC Tyson Turchanski Public Player +15 85 72 157
MC Riley Goss Rosedale Golf Club +15 80 77 157
MC Ryan Neil North Bay G & CC +15 80 77 157
MC Nicholas Mihalo Roseland Golf & Curling C +15 85 72 157
MC Alex du Boulay Greenhills Golf Club +16 79 79 158
MC Joseph MacNeil Barrie CC +16 81 77 158
MC Trevor Corner Rattlesnake Point GC +16 80 78 158
MC Phil Leahy Westmount G & CC +17 79 80 159
MC Cade Preston Vespra Hills Golf Club +17 80 79 159
MC Lachlan O'Hara Credit Valley Golf & Coun +17 79 80 159
MC Evan MacLean Idylwylde Golf & Country +17 80 79 159
MC Cole Nead Public Player +18 79 81 160
MC Morgan Rubes Georgian Bay Club +18 80 80 160
MC Nathanial Coombes Bowmanville Golf & Countr +18 81 79 160
MC James Grigjanis-Meusel Public Player +18 79 81 160
MC John Burghardt Blue Springs Golf Club +18 75 85 160
MC John Boncoddo Brantford G&CC +18 77 83 160
MC Michael Dubois Brantford G&CC +19 86 75 161
MC Adam Bain Granite GC +19 83 78 161
MC Sudarshan Yellamaraju Blue Springs Golf Club +19 81 80 161
MC Trevor Ranton Whistle Bear Golf Club +19 81 80 161
MC Garrett Atkinson Rattlesnake Point GC +19 76 85 161
MC Steven Poulos Weston G&CC +19 78 83 161
MC Andrew Cox Whistle Bear Golf Club +20 79 83 162
MC Jake Dupuis Lookout Point Country Clu +20 82 80 162
MC Andrew Pearson Hamilton G & CC +20 81 81 162
MC Logan Lammerant Sparrow Lakes Golf Club +20 84 78 162
MC Malcolm Glumpak Rattlesnake Point GC +20 83 79 162
MC Josiah Dixon Cobble Beach Golf Links +20 76 86 162
MC Ethan Cardwell Oshawa Golf & Curling +20 77 85 162
MC Matt Munro Public Player +20 82 80 162
MC Nic Francis Dundas Valley Golf & Curl +21 81 82 163
MC Gavin MacIver Public Player +21 85 78 163
MC Luke McLean Coppinwood +21 84 79 163
MC Zack Mason Donalda Club +21 79 84 163
MC Connor Stalteri Quarry GC +21 85 78 163
MC Michael Forbes The National Golf Club of +21 84 79 163
MC Jake Bryson Public Player +21 83 80 163
MC Brad VanPuymbroeck St. Thomas Golf & Country +21 79 84 163
MC Josh Montgomery Dundas Valley Golf & Curl +21 81 82 163
MC Darren Young Craigowan G & CC +21 80 83 163
MC Jeffrey Ash Tangle Creek Golf & CC +22 86 78 164
MC Michael Moore Meadowbrook Golf & Countr +22 87 77 164
MC Adam Briggs Public Player +22 82 82 164
MC Stefan Nicoara King's Riding GC +22 85 79 164
MC Jackson Behm The Club at North Halton +22 80 84 164
MC Matthew Thoms King Valley Golf Club +23 82 83 165
MC Robin Petras Public Player +25 83 84 167
MC Quinn Kerr Greystone Golf Club +25 86 81 167
MC Spencer Higginbottom Beach Grove G&CC +26 85 83 168
MC Robert Sunstrum Highland Country Club +26 82 86 168
MC Cody Watson Rockway Vineyards +27 89 80 169
MC Stephen Longo Oshawa Golf & Curling +27 87 82 169
MC Jared Bell Caledon Woods GC +27 84 85 169
MC Blake Dell Beach Grove G&CC +27 88 81 169
MC Michael Desautels Wyldewood Golf & Country +27 87 82 169
MC Matt Gardy Westmount G & CC +29 87 84 171
MC Zachary Katzenstein Cedar Brae GC +30 87 85 172
MC Ryan Spratt Falcon Ridge GC +33 87 88 175
MC Robbie Campbell Public Player +40 88 94 182
MC Matthew Peesker York Downs Golf & Country +40 86 96 182
MC Ryan Kennedy Glendale Golf & CC +44 89 97 186
JWD Jaron Brown Public Player +15 86 86