Pair of former CCAA golfers earn positions on National Amateur Squad
Oct. 23, 2015 – Golf Canada has announced the athletes who have been selected to represent Team Canada as part of the 2016 National Amateur Squad.
In all, ten athletes comprise Team Canada’s National Amateur Squad, including five players on the men’s team and five on the women’s. Two of these players are former Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association student-athletes.
Josée Doyon has earned a position on the women’s team, while Hugo Bernard has been named to the men’s squad. Both athletes competed in the RSEQ.
Doyon captured back-to-back CCAA gold medals in individual competition (2010, 2011) as a member of the Cégep Champlain St. Lawrence Lions.
She is coming off a remarkable season that featured a win at the Quebec Women’s Amateur in addition to three collegiate victories for the Kent State Golden Flashes. The 22-year-old’s junior season earned her Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year honours. Now in her senior year, Doyon currently sits at No. 61 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Bernard is a two-time CCAA All-Canadian and earned a silver medal for the Boomerand d’André-Laurendeau at the 2014 PING CCAA Golf National Championships.
He is returning to Team Canada after a hiatus. The 20-year-old was runner-up at the 2015 Canadian Amateur and also earned top-five finishes provincially at the Alexander of Tunis, Duke of Kent and the Quebec Men’s Amateur. He captured the Quebec Men’s Amateur title in 2013 as well as the 2012 Quebec Junior Boys championship.
The following athletes have been selected to Team Canada’s 2016 Amateur Squad:
WOMEN’S NATIONAL AMATEUR SQUAD
Maddie Szeryk, Allen, Tex. (19)
Josée Doyon, St-Georges-de-Beauce, Que. (22)
Michelle Kim, Surrey, B.C. (18)
Naomi Ko, Victoria, B.C. (18)
Jaclyn Lee, Calgary, Alta. (18)
MEN’S NATIONAL AMATEUR SQUAD
Blair Hamilton, Burlington, Ont. (22)
Jared du Toit, Kimberley, B.C. (20)
Eric Banks, Truro, N.S. (22)
Stuart Macdonald, Vancouver, B.C. (20)
Hugo Bernard, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que. (20)
With files from Golf Canada
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