Top male amateur golfers from Canada, Korea, Australia, Colombia, New Zealand, Peru, Indonesia and the United States will vie for national supremacy at the 108th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.
The championship will be contested Aug. 7-10 at two Ontario courses: Camelot Golf and Country Club in Cumberland and Club de golf Outaouais in Rockland.
The winner of Canada’s oldest national golf championship earns exemptions into the 2013 RBC Canadian Open at the historic Glen Abbey Golf Club as well as the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Additionally, the winner is eligible to receive exemptions into the U.S. Amateur Public Links, U.S. Junior Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and USGA Senior Amateur Championship, if applicable.
The 240-player field is led by defending champion and Team Canada National Squad member Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas. He posted a four-day tally of 10-under par 274 at Niakwa Country Club and Elmhurst Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg to claim the 2011 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship title.
This year’s championship will also feature over 30 international players vying for the historic Earl Grey Trophy, including James White of Acworth, Ga., who was a co-winner of the 2012 Byron Nelson Award as a top senior player in collegiate golf in the United States. White, a product of Georgia Tech, is currently ranked No. 73 in the WAGR, and competed internationally for the United States in the 2012 Palmer Cup.
Indonesia's Clement Kurniawan, just two weeks ago winner of the Furman University Championship, will try to follow this up by showing a good result here as well.
The Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship is open to male amateur golfers who are members of a club belonging to Golf Canada, or clubs in other countries which are in good standing with their respective golf association.
After the first two rounds, the field will be reduced to the low 70 players and ties for the remaining two rounds finishing Friday, August 10 at Camelot Golf and Country Club.
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