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Team Canada Increases Roster By 17 Players

November 17, 2021 By GNN

Golf Canada has announced the group of 46 junior and amateur athletes selected as part of the Team Canada player development program for 2022.

Professional players who will be part of Team Canada in 2022 will be determined and announced in January.

The announcement marks a significant roster increase, adding 17 additional male and female athletes to the previous year’s Team Canada amateur and junior teams.

The objective of the larger program size is to increase the number of top developing players who receive nationally supervised coaching and support and grow the pool of future Canadian professional golfers.

The athlete roster expansion is financially supported by contributions from Golf Canada Foundation’s network of trustees, Golf Canada corporate partners and a reallocation of Golf Canada resources.

Golf Canada will also expand its group of Team Canada coaches to support the larger roster of athletes.

“This is an exciting period for Canadian golf and we are intensifying the National Team Player Development Program,” said Kevin Blue, chief sport officer with Golf Canada.

“We are in the process of additional analysis and strategic planning and we look forward to further system enhancements in 2022 with the goal of helping more Canadian players reach the LPGA and PGA Tour,” he said.

The 2022 national amateur team consists of 21 athletes, including eight women and 13 men. The junior team totals 25 athletes, including 12 female and 13 male athletes, ages 14-18.

“Supporting the Team Canada program and the next generation of Canadian golf talent is a major priority of the Foundation and our trustee donors,” said Golf Canada Foundation CEO Martin Barnard,. “Together with program partners, we are proud to provide a network of support for the continued growth of Canadian golf at the highest levels.”

Athletes named to the Team Canada amateur team who are expected to turn professional in 2022 will continue to receive support from Golf Canada during their transitions.

The following athletes have been selected to Team Canada’s 2022 amateur team:

Women’s Amateur

Brigitte Thibault, Rosemère, Qué, Club de golf de Rosemère

Brooke Rivers | Brampton, Ont., Brampton Golf Club

Céleste Dao, Notre-Dame-de-l’île-Perrot, Qué, Summerlea Golf and Country Club

Monet Chun | Richmond Hill, Ont., public player

Noémie Paré | Victoriaville, Qué., Club de golf de Victoriaville

Sarah-Ève Rhéaume, Québec, Qué., Club de golf Royal Québec

Savannah Grewal, Mississauga, Ont., Piper’s Heath Golf Club

Taylor Kehoe, Strathroy, Ont., West Haven Golf and Country Club

Men’s Amateur

A.J. Ewart, Coquitlam, B.C., The Vancouver Golf Club

Brendan MacDougall, Calgary, Alta., The Glencoe Golf and Country Club

-Chris Vandette, Beaconsfield, Qué., Summerlea Golf an Country Club

Étienne Papineau, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué., Club de golf Pinegrove

Henry Lee, Coquitlam, B.C., Marine Drive Golf Club

Johnny Travale, Stoney Creek, Ont., Glendale Golf and Country Club (21)

Laurent Desmarchais, Longueuil, Qué., Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu (20)

Matthew Anderson, Mississauga, Ont., Credit Valley Golf and Country Club

Max Sekulic, Rycroft, Alta., The Glencoe Golf and Country Club

Noah Steele, Kingston, Ont., Cataraqui Golf and Country Club (24)

Piercen Hunt, Hartland, Wisc., The Club at Lac La Belle

Thomas Giroux, Georgetown, Ont., The Club at North Halton

Tristan Mandur, Duncan, B.C., Duncan Meadows Golf Course

The National Junior team features 25 athletes (12 women and 13 men).

In September, Golf Canada hosted a selection camp at TPC Toronto in Caledon, Ont., for additional training and performance opportunities for junior golfers in contention for the National Junior team.

In partnership with the provincial golf associations and personal coaches, all golfers participated in a series of testing modules followed by a 54-hole competition.

National Junior team players will be supported with coaching from the Golf Canada national coaching staff and by others in the areas of mental performance, physiotherapy, biomechanics, and nutrition.

From March through early May, some junior team members will practice out of Golf Canada’s National Training Centre at Bear Mountain in Victoria, the fifth year that the program has provided spring training for athletes during the second semester of their school year.

The following athletes have been selected to Team Canada’s 2022 Junior team:

Junior Girls

Angela Arora, Surrey, B.C., Beach Grove Golf Club

Anne-Léa Lavoie, Québec, Qué., Club de golf Royal Québec

Ella Weber, Burlington, Ont., Rattlesnake Point Golf Club

Emily Zhu, Richmond Hill, Ont., National Pines Golf Club

Katie Cranston, Oakville, Ont., Oakville Golf Club

Lauren Kim, Surrey, B.C., Morgan Creek Golf Club

Lauren Zaretsky, Thornhill, Ont., Maple Downs Golf and Country Club

Luna Lu, Burnaby, B.C., Pitt Meadows Golf Club

Martina Yu, Coquitlam, B.C., Meadow Gardens Golf Club

Michelle Liu, Vancouver, B.C., Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club

Nicole Gal, Oakville, Ont., Oakville Golf Club

Yeji Kwon, Port Coquitlam, B.C, Swaneset Bay Resort and Country Club

Junior Boys

Andre Zhu, Richmond Hill, Ont., National Pines Golf Club

Ben MacLean, Niagara Falls, Ont., Cherry Hill Club

Cooper Humphreys, Vernon, B.C., The Harvest Club

Eric Zhao, North York, Ont., Bayview Golf and Country Club

Ethan Wilson, St. Albert, Alta., Glendale Golf and Country Club

Félix Bouchard , Otterburn Park, Qué.,  Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu

Gavyn Knight, Parksville, B.C., Morningstar Golf Club

James Newton, Ottawa, Ont., The Royal Ottawa Golf Club

Jeevan Sihota, Victoria, B.C., Gorge Vale Golf Club

J.P. Parr , St-Célestin, Qué., Club de golf Ki-8-eb Golf

Malik Dao, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Qué., Summerlea Golf and Country Club

Mathieu Lafontaine, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Qué., Summerlea Golf and Country Club

Owen Kim, Oakville, Ont., Blue Springs Golf Club

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