Double Honours for B.C. Juniors

A pair of British Columbia golfers have topped the CN Future Links Junior Orders of Merit to be recognized as Canada’s top junior golfers for 2008.

Sue Kim, 17, won twice on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour to become the first amateur to win on that circuit and earn entry into the CN Canadian Women’s Open. As a result, she won the Jocelyne Bourassa Player of the Year Award.

The Langley, B.C. golfer also won the B.C. Junior titles and finished fourth at the Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.

Meanwhile, Eugene Wong, 18, won the B.C. Amateur Championship and Buick B.C. Junior title before finishing as runner-up at the Canadian Amateur. Earlier this year, Wong also won at the Callaway Junior Golf Championships.

The rest of the top five on the Junior Girls’ Order of Merit includes Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Toronto, Jessica Wallace of Langley, B.C. and Brittany Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont.

Rounding out the top five on the Junior Boys Order of Merit is Julien Goulet of St. Roch de l’Achigan, Que., Mathieu Rivard of Granby Que., Canadian Junior champion Mitch Sutton of London, Ont., and Justin Shin of Maple Ridge, B.C.

For more information, see the websites www.future-links.org or www.rcga.org/orderofmerit.