GOLF: CW Championships tee off Monday
Canada West Championships set for Oct. 4-5 at Squamish Valley Golf Club
VANCOUVER - Canada West golfers return to the course for the CW Golf Championships Monday and Tuesday at the Squamish Valley Golf Club.
The two-day stroke play event features golfers from eight schools, with both men's and women's team and individual titles up for grabs. Golfers from Victoria, UBC Okanagan, Fraser Valley, Alberta, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Manitoba are set to join the host UBC Thunderbirds when play tees off Monday morning.
The Thunderbirds enter the event as reigning champions on the women's side, having taken the team title at the inaugural conference championship in 2019. On the men's side, it was the Fraser Valley Cascades finishing on top in 2019.
For a full list of competing golfers, click here.
This year's championship field is loaded with winners from events hosted by Canada West schools this fall.
Calgary's Victoria Tse heads to the Championship as the most recent winner on the women's side. Tse, who finished tied for second at the 2019 conference championship, placed first at the recent Dinos Invitational. Tse's Dino teammate Lana Wong also won in southern Alberta this season, taking top spot at the U of L Invitational.
Victoria's Sukriti Harjai was the winner at the Cascades Invitational, while UBC Okanagnan Heat golfer Kendra Jones-Monk captured the women's title at the U of A Invitational in early September.
On the men's side, Fraser Valley's Eli Greene comes into the event on a high note after taking the recent Dinos Invitational individual title. Greene's teammate, Jackson Jacobs, also enters the Championship with a title this season, winning the season opening event, the U of A Invitational.
UBC's Russell Howlett won the Cascades Invitational earlier this month while Calgary's Tommy Sluka was the winner at the U of L invitational.