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