Blue Springs Golf Club to Host Adams Golf Junior Open

August 29, 2006

Markham, Ont. - A full field of approximately 100 juniors will be looking to get their final swings in before returning to the classroom beginning on Wednesday, August 31st at the Adams Golf Junior Open. The two-day tournament, scheduled for Blue Springs Golf Club in Acton, Ont. boasts an elite group of juniors that includes almost a dozen CJGA Team Canada and national champions, as well as a number of 2006 division winners.

Fresh off his national championship title last week, 12-year-old Kristopher Kowalchuk heads into action as one of the favourites in the Boys 13 & Under Division.  He will receive stiff competition from fellow national champion and CJGA Team Canada East member, Lucas Kim, 12, of Etobicoke, Ont. as well as CJGA Team Canada member Kelvin Ho, 13, Richmond Hill, Ont. and young standout, Markham, Ont. resident Gajan Sivabalasingham, 12.

Alex Dumais, 16, of Caledon East, Ont. is set to challenge for the Boys 14-16 Division title after claiming his division at the CJGA’s national match play championship earlier this month.  Former CJGA Team Canada member Justin Shin, 14, of Richmond Hill and current Team East member Will Thornburrow, 16, of Toronto, Ont. are also expected to perform well.

Another national match play champion, Jonathan Kim, 17, of Toronto returns to action at Blue Springs gunning for his second win of the season. Ryan Terdik, 16, of Mount Pleasant, Ont. hopes to celebrate his 17th birthday with a second consecutive victory, while Toronto’s Joseph Shuchat, 17, should prove to be a strong performer after two previous top-five finishes this season.

A shotgun start will commence play at 7:30 a.m. for both days.  Tee-times will be posted at www.cjga.com 48 hours prior to the event.  Spectators are more than welcome to attend.

About Adams Golf
(A Division of Fletcher Leisure Group)
Founded in 1987, Adams Golf has established itself as a leading manufacturer in the golf industry as a result of its innovative designs. Adams Golf products can be found in the bags of a number of prominent touring professionals including Tom Watson, Larry Nelson, and Jose Maria Canizares. Adams Golf designs, markets and distributes a range of exceptional brands including innovative drivers and fairway woods such as Redline and Ovation, as well as the #1 hybrid irons in golf, the IDEA Irons. Adams Golf is the presenting sponsor of the Tight Lies Tour, a professional development tour in the United States that has produced a dozen PGA Tour professionals.

For additional information please visit www.adamsgolf.com.

About the CJGA
Registered federally as a not-for-profit association, the Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is dedicated to providing Canada's junior golfers with the necessary skills and knowledge required to lay a foundation for a future in competitive golf. Through its six-stage competitive development program that focuses on tournaments, clinics, international competitions, and mentoring programs with PGA Tour professionals, the CJGA introduces the game to juniors as young as five and offers competitive multi-day events for the more advanced golfer.  The CJGA acts as a feeder system to provincial and national competitions, collegiate and university golf, as well as professional and recreational golf. For more information please visit www.cjga.com.

The Canadian Junior Golf Association is generously supported by our National Founding Partner, HSBC Bank Canada.