Mike Belbin Wins the Titleist & FootJoy PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2011

TITLEIST & FOOTJOY PGA ASSISTANTS’ CHAMPIONSHIP OF CANADA, PRESENTED BY SIMMLANDS INSURANCE SERVICES

Venue: Cherry Hill, Ridgeway, ON
Date: September 18-21
Format: 54-hole stroke-play including 36-hole cut, low 60 & ties
36 hole Inter-Zone Team Competition
Par: 36/36/72
Yardage: 7025
Purse: $60,000 ($9,000 winners share)

Final Round Results & Earnings

Hole-by-hole Scores for the week

Leaderboard:
Mike Belbin 67,67, 71 (205)
Bryn Parry 68, 68, 73 (209)
Louis-Pierre Godin 74, 68, 70 (212)
Dave Levesque 72, 72, 70 (214)
Kyle German 74, 72, 69 (215)
Brian McCann 74, 72, 70 (216)
Edd Boudreau 70, 71,75 (216)
Doug Morgan 74, 71, 72 (217)

(RIDGEWAY, ON) September 21, 2011 – Mike Belbin of the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, AB held on to his lead for the entire third and final round to win his first Titleist & FootJoy PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada, presented by Simmlands Insurance Services.

Final Scores, click here

“It feels great. I’ve been really, really close many times with seconds, thirds and fourths”, said Belbin.

I’ve wanted this one for quite a few years now and I finally closed the deal this week”, said Belbin following the awards ceremony at The Cherry Hill Club in the Niagara area.

Belbin went into the final round leading ten-under, paired with Bryn Parry of Seymore Creek Golf Centre in North Vancouver, BC, who was two back of Belbin and Edd Boudreau of Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria, BC.
Belbin played steady on the front nine with six pars and one birdie, until he bogeyed seven and double bogeyed nine. Heading to the “favoured” back nine, Belbin came back with a birdie on ten, twelve and again on eighteen capturing the title with an 11-under-par 205.

The win will give Belbin a leap in the PGA of Canada Player Rankings taking him from 18th into the top ten.

“It’s a good start. I was a little disappointed with myself in one of our local Alberta events that I didn’t play well in this year, but I wanted this one and I want to be number one and I’ll work toward it”, added Belbin.

Parry finished with a 7-under-par 209 and Louis-Pierre Godin of Trois-Rivieres, QC finished third with a 4-under-par 212.

Cherry Hill was founded in 1922 and was originally designed by renowned golf course architect Walter J. Travis. In 2009, Cherry Hill completed a major golf course renovation project developed by golf course architect Ian Andrew, lead architect for Weir Golf Design. Features of the renovation included mounded, grass-faced bunker complexes that are characteristic of Travis designed courses. The greens remain virtually unchanged since inception and are considered to be among the most authentic Travis greens in use today. Cherry Hill is one of the finest courses in the Niagara region with a rich history including having hosted the 1960 Ontario Open, the 1972 Canadian Open and the PGA Championship of Canada in 1982.

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Kelly Dixon
Director of Communications & Marketing
PGA of Canada
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Adam LeBrun
Tournament Director
PGA of Canada
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About the PGA of Canada
The PGA of Canada was established in 1911 and is the second oldest and third largest professional golf association in the world. The PGA of Canada is a non-profit Association comprised of 3,700 golf professionals across the country. The Association’s mandate is to develop, promote and support members as experts in the game and business of golf and, in so doing, serves both its Members’ needs and those of the golfing public through the association’s varied programs and events. The association consists of the National Office located in Acton, Ontario and nine Zone Offices located across the country.

About Acushnet: ??The Titleist & FootJoy brands have a tradition of excellence that have always been predicated on providing golfers with quality and performance superior golf equipment. The Canadian PGA Golf Professional has a tradition of excellence devoting their careers to helping golfers improve and enjoy the game. Together, Acushnet and the Canadian PGA Golf Professional share a successful relationship of providing the golfer with best in class products and services. For more information,visit www.titleist.com?and www.footjoy.com.

About Simmlands Insurance Services: The presenting sponsor, Simmlands Insurance Services, has had a long history with the PGA of Canada and the golf industry in general. After a dozen years with a major Montreal broker the two founding partners John Simmonds and Jim Hylands formed Simmlands in the mid-1980's and quickly saw a need for customized insurance programs for golf clubs and professionals. Within a short time Simmlands became the the premier provider of insurance products and services to the golf industry in Canada - a position that it still enjoys today. As the PGA's partner in assisting members across the country it is pleased to also provide sponsorship support at both the Provincial and National level.