Houston, Texas – Golf Canada and the United States Golf Association (USGA) wrapped up their two-day international friendly match play event over the weekend at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. The U.S. National Junior Team emerged victorious by a 16-8 point total.
Team Canada – NextGen was led by Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. and Alex Zhang of Richmond, B.C. who all earned three points for the team from their three matches. Antoine Jasmin of Blainville, Que. also earned two points from three matches and Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta. won her individual match on Sunday to also earn a point for Team Canada – NextGen.
“We are very proud of our team from their performances on the course and representing Golf Canada off the course as well,” said Darcy Dhillon, Coach, Team Canada – NextGen Boys. “We are very appreciative of our friends at the USGA for hosting us and providing our team the opportunity to play in more competitive events early in the season. This was a great experience for everyone involved and we look forward to more collaborative opportunities in the future.”
The two-day event featured 12 players (six girls and six boys) representing each team in a mixed competition that was World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) sanctioned. The match play format consisted of mixed Foursome team matches and mixed Four-Ball team matches on Saturday with individual single matches to close the event on Sunday.
The Team Canada – NextGen squad featured 10 current members of the High-Performance program. Two additional U17 players were selected on the boys’ side to round out the team. The roster for the event included:
BOYS
Charlie Gillespie – 18, Calgary, Alta.
Antoine Jasmin – 19, Blainville, Que.
Austin Krahn – 17, Christina Lake, B.C.
*Dawson Lew – 15, Toronto, Ont.
Jager Pain – 16, Woodbridge, Ont.
*Alex Zhang – 16, Richmond, B.C.
Coaches: Darcy Dhillon – Calgary, Alta., Dr. Charles Fitsimmons (Mental Performance Coach) – King City, Ont.
*- denotes selected player
GIRLS
Aphrodite Deng – 15, Calgary, Alta.
Clara Ding – 14, White Rock, B.C.
Shauna Liu – 16, Maple, Ont.
Eileen Park – 15, Red Deer, Alta.
Nobelle Park – 15, Oakville, Ont.
Michelle Xing – 16, Richmond Hill, Ont.
Coaches: Jeff MacDonald – Halifax, N.S., Jennifer Ha – Calgary, Alta.
For more information on Team Canada, please click here.
In addition to the match play competition, there was joint team dinner following practice rounds on Friday and a closing awards ceremony following play on Sunday.
For the full results from the international friendly, please click here.
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