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2016 GLENCOE INVITATIONAL TOP 10 PLAYERS L-R: Jack Wood, Etienne Papineau, Evan Holmes, Emmett Oh, Jared du Toit (Champion), Matt Williams, Luke Moser, Calum Masters, Travis Fredborg and Jesse Galvon

June 16-18, 2016

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HISTORYSCHEDULE

The Glencoe Invitational was

established in 1992 to allow

for more amateur tournament

golf for players from Western

Canada. Over the last 24 years,

the event has evolved into one

of the highest ranked amateur

tournaments in Canada and

also receives international

recognition.

The tournament is listed on the

Golf Canada Order of Merit as

well as the World Amateur Golf

Rankings (WAGR).

The WAGR ranks the top amateur

golfers in the world on the basis

of their average performance in

counting events on a rolling cycle

over the previous 52 weeks. The

Invitational field is typically made

up of those in the top 50 on the

Golf Canada Order of Merit, and

the top Canadian players listed

on the WAGR. Over 50% of our

players are between the ages of

19 and 22. Past tournaments

have included players from New

Zealand, USA, Mexico, Canada’s

National Team and players from

across the country. To date, 66

former participants are now

playing on various professional

tours around the globe. You may

recognize our 2005 Champion,

Graham DeLaet who is one of

the highest ranking Canadian

playing on the PGA tour.

Monday, June 13 Qualifying Rounds

Wednesday, June 15 Practice Rounds/Opening Cocktail Party

Thursday - Saturday, June 16-18 Tournament Rounds

Friday, June 17 Invitational Horserace


2016 TOP FINISHES


1992- TO -

2015

PAST CHAMPIONS

FRIENDS OF THE INVITATIONAL

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

COUNTING EVENT IN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

2016 Jared du Toit

2015 Conner Hayden

2011 Mackenzie Hughes

2010 Mitch Evanecz

2009 Mitch Evanecz

2008 Jordan Irwin

2007 Kris Wasylowich

2006 Graham Hill

2005 Graham DeLaet

2004 Brenden Stuart

2003 Lindsay Bernakevitch

2002 Dan Swanson

2001 Lindsay Bernakevitch

2000 Jon Mills

1999 Wes Heffernan

1997 Brent Osachoff

1996 Howard Broun

1995 Vince Ramscar

1994 David Schultz

1993 Darryl James

No Competition in: ‘98, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14 2005 was played on The Meadows


ALBERTA

1. Armstrong, A.J

2. Brown, Andrew

3. Choi, Ethan

4. Crampton, Shane

5. du Toit, Jared

6. Fry, Geoff

7. Fry, Jonathan

8. Goehring, Dale

9. Harrison, Andrew

10. Hogan, Brett

11. Holmes, Evan

12. Irwin, Jordan

13. MacDougall Brendan

14. Markiw, Brandon

15. McDowell, Chandler

16. Murphy, Patrick

17. Oh, Emmett

18. Pasula, Brett

19. Rody, Ryan

20. Saunders, Tyler

21. Secord, Scott

22. Smith, Alexander

23. Temple, Kevin

24. Williams, Matt

25. Wood, Jack

26. Yeager, Dustin

GLENCOE QUALIFIERS

27. Broeke, Nolan

28. Chudiak, Tyler

29. Corrigan, Alex

30. Hamilton, Josh

31. Rutherford, Ryan

MONDAY QUALIFIERS

32. Galvon, Jesse

33. Billingsley, Greg

34. Ferguson, Robert

35. Rose, Jeremy

2016 FIELD

BRITISH COLUMBIA

36. Macdonald, Stuart

MANITOBA

37. Fredborg, Travis

38. McMillan, Ryan

39. Sackett, Jack

40. Schade, Devon

41. Thompson, Bret

ONTARIO

42. Abraham, Trent

43. Bowie, Russell

44. Giroux, Thomas

45. Moser, Luke

46. Ranton, Trevor

47. Ross, Nicholas

QUEBEC

48. Bedard, Pierre-Alexandre

49. Blanchette, Vincent

50. Lapierre-Messier, Raphael

51. Papineau, Etienne

SASKATCHEWAN

52. Wood, Justin

NEWFOUNDLAND

53. Bursey, Blair

CALIFORNIA

54. Burnes, Tyler

VIRGINIA

55. Hayden, Conner

ALABAMA

56. Masters, Calum

SOUTH DAKOTA

57. Peterson, Cole

UTAH

58. Elftman-Hanson, Ariel

OREGON

59. Melnychuk, Ryan

WASHINGTON

60. Cole, Grant

SOUTH AFRICA

61. Sargent, Gareth

CHOI, ETHANPincher Creek, ABPincher Creek Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 CN Future Links: T16• 2015 IMG Academy Junior World

Championship: T11• 2015 Alberta Bantam

Championship: Winner

CRAMPTON, SHANEOkotoks, ABSirocco Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Saint Francis Red Flash Invitational: T9

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T20• 2015 Alberta Open: T29

DU TOIT, JAREDCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 BC Amateur Championship: Winner

• 2015 Monroe Invitational: T9• 2015 NCAA – Wyoming Cowboy

Classic: T1

HOGAN, BRETTCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T3• 2015 Alberta Amateur: Winner• Represented Canada in the 2015

Mexican Amateur• Represented Alberta in the Pacific

Coast Amateur

GOEHRING, DALECalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country Club - Invitational ChairmanHIGHLIGHTS:

• 6 time Willingdon Cup Team Member, ’91, ’94-’97, 2000

• 1988 Canadian Juvenile Champion• 1997 Canadian Amateur Champion

FRY, JONATHANCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• University of the Pacific Men’s Golf Team: Member

ARMSTRONG, A.J.St. Albert, ABWindermere Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 AB Men’s’ Amateur: T31• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 8th• 2015 Canadian Junior: T4

BROWN, ANDREWCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 AB Junior Boys Championship: T11

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T29• 2015 Alberta Amateur: T33

FRY, GEOFFCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Alberta Open: T6• 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: T8• 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur:

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IRWIN, JORDANBanff, ABBanff Springs & Slivertip Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Alberta Open: T6• 2016 Alberta Mid-Amateur: T4• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T29

HOLMES, EVANCalgary, ABEarl Grey Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T14• 2015 Alberta Amateur: T4• 2015 Canadian University

Championships: Winner

HARRISON, ANDREWCamrose, ABCamrose Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Alberta Junior Championship: Winner

• 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 2nd• 2015 Canadian Junior

Championship: 23rd

OH, EMMETTCalgary, ABBearspaw Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• The All American: T10• Presidents Day Challenge: T2• Jim West Intercollegiate: T34

PASULA, BRETTRed Deer, ABRed Deer Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Alberta Open: T23• 2015 Red Hawk Invitational: 13th• 2015 Canadian Junior Boys

Championship: T35

MACDOUGALL, BRENDANCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 MJT Srixon Series at University Golf Club: WON

• 2016 MJT OOM Series at Paradise Canyon: WON

• CN Future Links Pacific Championship: T3

MARKIW, BRANDONEdmonton, ABEdmonton Petroleum ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T18• 2015 Alberta Open: T13• 2015 Alberta Amateur: T18

WILLIAMS, MATTCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 Colin Montgomerie Collegiate Invitational: T6

• 2015 Bayou City Collegiate Classic: T4• HBU Husky Intercollegiate: T9

TEMPLE, KEVIN Calgary, ABCountry Hills Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Alberta Mid-Amateur: Winner• 2015 Canadian Mid-Amateur: T12• 2015 Canadian Mid-Master: T3

RODY, RYANCalgary, ABPinebrook Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 CN Future Links Western Championship: 3rd

• 2015 Alberta Junior Boys Championship: 5th

• 2015 CN Future Links Pacific Championship: T7

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MCDOWELL, CHANDLERSpringbrook, ABRed Deer Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 MJT OOM Series at Paradise Canyon: 2nd

• 2016 CN Future Links Pacific Championship: 5th

• 2016 Alberta PGA Masters: 3rd

MURPHY, PATRICKCrossfield, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Alberta Match Play: Winner• Alberta PGA Masters: Winner• 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur: T6

SMITH, ALEXANDERCalgary, ABPinebrook Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 6th• 2015 Canadian Junior Boys

Championship: T28• 2015 Calgary City Medalist: 4th

SECORD, SCOTTCalgary, ABCountry Hills Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 NAIA AII Championships: T3• 2015 Golf Canada University

Championships: T4• 2015 Alberta Amateur

Championships: 13th

SAUNDERS, TYLERSturgeon County, ABGlendale Golf and Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Alberta Open: T22• 2015 Trans-Mississippi

Championship: T19• 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 7th

YEAGER, DUSTINCalgary, ABMickelson NationalHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Alberta Amateur: T4• Canadian Mid-Amateur: T9• Alberta Open: T37

CORRIGAN, ALEX Calgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 Glencoe Qualifier• 2015 CJGA Nike Golf Junior

Series: T2• 2015 CN Future Links Prairie

Championships: 9th

WOOD, JACKBanff, ABBanff Springs Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Alberta Men’s Amateur: 3rd• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 12th• 2015 St. Martins Invitational: T5

CHUDIAK, TYLERCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 Glencoe Qualifier• 2012-13: UofC Golf Team

RUTHERFORD, RYANCalgary, ABPinebrook Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 Glencoe Qualifier• 2015 Alberta Mid-Amateur: T10• 2015 Calgary City Amateur: 5th

BROEKE, NOLANCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 Glencoe Qualifier• 2010 Glencoe Mother/Son

Alternate Shot Champion• 2011 Glencoe Father/Son

Alternate Shot Champion

HAMILTON, JOSHCalgary, ABThe Glencoe Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 Glencoe Qualifier

GLENCOE QUALIFIERS

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MOSER, LUKEWaterloo, ONWhistle Bear Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Ontario Men’s Amateur: 11th• 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur:

36th• 2015 Southern Ontario Open: T16

RANTON, TREVORWaterloo, ONWhistle Bear Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 CN Future Links Pacific Championship: Winner

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 13th

• 2015 Ontario Junior Boys Championship : Winner

GIROUX, THOMASGeorgetown, ONThe Club at North HaltonHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 CN Future Links Ontario: T9• 2016 CJGA Mike Series at

Peninsula Lakes: Winner• 2015 Ontario Junior Match Play

Championship:Winner

ABRAHAM, TRENTBurlington, ONBurlington Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Toronto Star Men’s Amateur: 2nd

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: 14th• 2014 CN Future Links Ontario: 2nd

BOWIE, RUSSELLMississauga, ONBrampton Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 St. Thomas Invitational: T4• 2015 Canadian University

Championships: 2nd• 2015 Monroe

Invitational: T32

Luke Moser

ROSS, NICHOLASDundas, ONHamilton Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Southern Ontario Open: T4• 2015 Toronto Star Amateur: Winner• 2015 Ontario

Amateur: 12th

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BLANCHETTE, VINCENTSt-Jean, QCPinegrove Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Duc of Kent: Winner• 2015 Canada Cup: T18• 2015 Donald Ross Intercollegiate:

T4

PAPINEAU, ETIENNESaint Jean sur Richelieu, QCPinegrove Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Quebec Amateur Championship: Winner

• 2015 Alexander of Tunis Championship: Winner

• 2015 Quebec Amateur Triple Crown: Winner

BEDARD, PIERRE-ALEXANDREChibougamau, QCChibougamau-Chapais Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Glencoe Invitaitonal: T3• 2015 Quebec Open: T11• Quebec Provincial Championships:

T3

LAPIERRE-MESSIER, RAPHAELSaint Jean sur Richelieu, QCPinegrove Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Quebec Junior Provincial Championship: Winner

• 2015 Canadian Junior Boys Championship: 3rd

• 2015 Quebec Spring Open: T4

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FREDBORG, TRAVISSelkirk, MBPine Ridge Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T3• 2015 Manitoba Amateur: T4• 2015 Pacific Invitational: T12

MCMILLAN, RYANWinnipeg, MBElmhurst Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 Rocky Mountain Junior Tour Kokopelli Classic: Winner

• 2016 Hurricane Jr. Tour Phoenix Jr. Open: Winner

• Western Canada Summer Games - Individual: 4th

MACDONALD, STUARTVancouver, BCPoint Grey Golf Club

HIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 Boilermaker Invitational: 6th• 2016 Desert Mountain

Intercollegiate: T10• 2015 Canadian Amateur: T13

WOOD, JUSTINUnity, SKElmwood G&CCHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T6• 2015 Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur:

T10

BURSEY, BLAIRGander, NLGander Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 NL Amateur Championship: Winner

• 2015 NL Junior Boys Amateur Championship: Winner

• 2015 CN Future Links Atlantic Championship: 3rd

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THOMPSON, BRETWinnipeg, MBNiakwa Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Manitoba Amateur Championship: T4

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: T11• 2015 Great Northwest Athletic

Conference Championship: Winner

SACKETT, ZACHWinnipeg, MBElmhurst Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Ram Masters Invitational: T38• 2015 Nott Autocorp Men’s

Amateur: 4th• 2015 Summit League

Men’s Championship: T9

SCHADE, DEVONBeausejour, MBElmhurst Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Manitoba Amateur Championship: Winner

• 2015 Elmhurst Club Championship: Winner

• 2015 Saskatchewan Amateur: T4

Manitoba Crew: L-R, Bret Thompson, Travis Fredborg (T10), Zach Sackett, Devon Schade.

MELNYCHUK, RYANGrants Pass, ORColumbia Edgewater Country Club

HIGHLIGHTS:

• 2015 Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship: Winner

• 2015 Oregon Amateur: T19• 2015 US Amateur

Qualifying: T13

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• 2015 HS State Championship: 3rd

• 2015 Husky Invitational: T10• Itani Homes Collegiate: T9

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MASTERS, CALUMHeadland, ALRobert Trent Jones, Highland OaksHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Sun Belt Preview: 14th

• 2015 Invitational at The Grove: T21

• 2015 Future Masters: T21

PETERSON, COLESioux Falls, SDThe Bluffs CourseHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Bradley Spring Invitational: 14th

• 2015 Coyote Classic: 10th

SARGENT, GARETHSouth AfricaDainfern Country Club, South AfricaHIGHLIGHTS

• Currently playing at Radford University

HAYDEN, CONNERChilhowie, VAThe VirginianHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Glencoe Invitational: Winner

• 2015 Virginia State Open: 12th

• Canadian Men’s Amateur: T13

BURNES, TYLERBakersfield, CAStockdale Golf & Country ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 NCAA Pebble Beach: T38

• 2015 NCAA Fresno: T44• 2015 NCAA Stockton:

T23

ELFTMAN-HANSON, ARIELOrem, UTWaiehu Golf ClubHIGHLIGHTS

• 2015 Stockton Pacific Invitational: T36

• 2015 Red Hawk Invitational: T27

• 2015 Pat Hicks Invitational: T32

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INVITATIONAL COMMITTEE

INVITATIONAL CHAIRMAN Dale Goehring

COMMITTEE

Rules/Course setup Greg Smyth

Volunteers Liz Young

Volunteers Rick Nowosad

Private Housing Program Brenda Wyne

Sponsorship Andrew Ward

Sponsorship Ryan Rutherford

STAFF

General Manager Mike Kenney, PGA, CCM

Head Professional Judy Forshner, BEd, PGA

Course Superintendent Kerry C. Watkins, AGS

Assistant Superintendent Chris Paterson, AAGS

Membership Director Natasha Sawatsky, CMP

Administrative Assistant (Invitational Administrator) Julie Repp

New Players in 2016, White Hat Honourees


Please visit glencoeinvitational.com for the full field results.

Jared du Toit is our 2016 Glencoe Invitational Champion! Congrats to one of our newest Privileged Intermediate Members. Jared was +2 over 54 holes of stroke play. Conditions were not easy with the wind and the challenging course setup. Thanks to our Turfcare team for the course conditions the players were once again very complimentary about our Forest course.

Coming in second place at +4 was Emmett Oh from Bearspaw. Tied for third at +5 was Evan Holmes from Earl Grey and actually one of the newer members of our Food & Beverage Department as well as Matt Williams who is also one of our newest Privileged Intermediate Members.

Once again thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that make this event possible!

INVITATIONAL COMMITTEE

TOP 20 FINISHERS

Dale Goehring INVITATIONAL CHAIRMAN


MOST BIRDIES: All with 13! Jesse Galvon, Evan Holmes, Luke Moser & Emmett Oh MOST PARS: All with 35! Jared du Toit, Stuart MacDonald & Matt Williams

BIRDIE STREAK OR BETTER: Bret Thompson with four in a row (14-17: R1)

PLAYER STATS FOR THE 2016 GLENCOE INVITATIONAL

Our Top 3: L-R, Matt Williams (T3), Jared du Toit (Champion), Emmett Oh (T2), Evan Holmes (T3).

Jared du Toit and Emmett Oh reading green


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Calgary-born, B.C.-raised golfer Jared du Toit among players to watch at Glencoe Invitational

Wes Gilbertson, Calgary Herald

There’s a good chance, a few years back, that you might have spotted the smooth-swinging youngster during one of your divot-digging escapes to the East Kootenays.

Because, by his own admission, Jared du Toit logged as many hours as the mowers at Kimberley Golf Club.

“I would play an outrageous amount of golf there,” du Toit said with a chuckle. “Mom would drop me off early-morning in the summer and we’d stay out there until sundown and just enjoy every minute of it.”

This summer, you could spot du Toit at the mall, at the movies or, most likely, on the fairways and greens at Glencoe Golf & Country Club.

Because the 21-year-old — a representative of Golf Canada’s national amateur team and currently the top guy from the Great White North in the World Amateur Golf Rankings — is once again calling Calgary his birdie-seeking home-base.

“I’m sure I probably took my first golf swings somewhere in Calgary,” said du Toit, who was born in the Stampede City but moved to B.C. before hitting double digits in the age department.

“I did kind of grow up playing golf tournaments with a lot of people in the Calgary area or in Alberta, so I do have a really good friendships here. And there’s a lot more competition here … When you’re surrounded by better players, you feel like you have to elevate your game to compete, and that was a big reason why I did come to Calgary last summer and this summer.

“I definitely feel like surrounding yourself with better competition can only benefit you.”

This week, du Toit is certainly surrounded by top-notch competition.

The Calgary-born, B.C.-raised golfer will be shooting to bring a trophy back to … well … just down the road to his uncle’s basement in Lakeview as one of the favourites at the Glencoe Invitational. The three-round showdown tees off Thursday morning.

Defending champion Conner Hayden of Chilhowie, Va., is back to defend his title on the firm and fast Forest Course at the 45-hole private hangout. Hayden was the only American in the field last summer, but there are eight of ’em for the latest instalment.

The lengthy list of locals is also headlined by Scott Secord (Country Hills) — a two-time winner of the Canadian University/College Championship — and Brett Hogan (Glencoe), who finished in a tie for third at the Invitational last June and triumphed at the Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship a few weeks later.

Du Toit is one of 14 members of the host club who will tee it up this week, except that it would be a stretch to claim home-course advantage.

After all, the 2015 B.C. Amateur champion is a new intermediate member at Glencoe and — after a trip to the NCAA Championships with the Arizona State Sun Devils and then a third-place performance at the Monroe Invitational in New York — didn’t even arrive in Calgary until the weekend.

He played the Forest for the first time Monday, then gave the 7,505-yard brute another go the following day.

During Wednesday’s tournament-preview media day, du Toit served as a tour-guide-of-sorts for fellow national-teamer Stuart Macdonald of Vancouver.

“I was joking around with a couple of friends, saying ‘It’s probably a good idea to see my home course a couple of times before the event,’ ” du Toit said.

So now, after three practice spins, how about a scouting report?

“I think just the smartest player will get it done,” du Toit said. “There are definitely a lot of big numbers out there.”

Big names, too.

Not yet, but just wait.

Graham DeLaet won this event. Adam Hadwin, David Hearn and others tried.

As du Toit noted during Wednesday’s media scrum, “I think a lot of amateurs at this event, you’ll see them on TV in a couple of years.”

Or in a handful of weeks.

The winner of the Glencoe Invitational will earn a pass to the final qualifier for the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open.

Like all of his teammates in Golf Canada’s national program and so many others in the field at the Glencoe Invitational, du Toit hopes to eventually earn his living on that grand stage.

“As time goes on, I feel like if I keep doing the right things, hopefully my chances will get better and better,” he said. “I think I’m on pace for all my goals, and hopefully this summer, I can stay on pace and maybe even surprise myself with some of my play.”

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Top ranked Canadian amateur Jared du Toit chips on the range prior to teeing off in the Glencoe Invitational June 15, 2016 at the Glencoe Golf & Country Club. Ted Rhodes / Calgary Herald

Inspired by a major role model, Jared du Toit crowned champion at 2016 Glencoe Invitational

Wes Gilbertson, Calgary Herald

There was no jubilant jump.

No emotional fist-pump.

No hoots or hollers.

After watching his winning putt drop below ground level, Glencoe Invitational champion Jared du Toit simply exhaled, slowly allowing a little air out of his lungs after three stressful spins of the firm and fast Forest Course at what he’s now calling his home club.

“That’s an unreal golf course. Hard, to say the least,” the Calgary-born and once again Calgary-based du Toit said after clinching his victory with a bogey on his final assignment.

“There are no really easy holes out here. You can definitely make a big number on pretty well every hole. So yeah, it is stressful. Walking off that last green, you’re just relieved that it’s done.

“But it’s a really good championship golf course. I don’t think it gets the recognition it deserves.”

Glencoe’s Forest Course did, indeed, show its teeth this week.

The 21-year-old du Toit signed for a three-round tally of 2-over 218, two shots better than Calgary’s Emmett Oh (Bearspaw).

Two other locals split third spot, with Evan Holmes (Earl Grey) and Matt Williams (Glencoe) each finishing their business in 5-over 221.

All told, 61 competitors combined for three times as many bogeys (992) as birdies (326) on the 7,505-yard brute.

The scoring average for the latest instalment of the Glencoe Invitational — and we’re talking about a field of collegiate golfers and other top-notch amateurs — was a bloated 79.82.

There’s one guy in du Toit’s contact list, though, who was feeling even more stress Saturday.

His friend and Arizona State Sun Devils teammate, Jon Rahm, is digging divots this week at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Rahm treated himself — or tormented himself? — to two more rounds as the only amateur to survive the 36-hole cut.

When du Toit drained his winning putt, Rahm was sharing a slot on the leaderboard at Oakmont with some fella named Jordan Spieth. (Spieth finished his third round at 4-over, while Rahm was at 7-over when play was suspended due to darkness.)

“Everyone is always surprised to see his name, but all the guys on our team and most people in college golf, we weren’t surprised at all, because he does everything well,” du Toit said of Rahm, who capped his senior campaign as the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan Award as the NCAA’s best golfer. “He was a huge role model for me this year, and I definitely learned a lot from him.

“Just from a golf standpoint, the guy does everything unbelievable — unreal short game, unreal ball-striking, makes a lot of putts. That’s a pretty good formula, obviously. And he’s the most competitive guy I know, probably. When you have that kind of trait in you, mixed with natural abilities, I don’t want to jinx it, but he’s sort of a can’t-miss kid.”

Raised in Kimberley, B.C., du Toit is more of a late-bloomer, but he’s undoubtedly trending in the right direction.

He’s a first-year selectee to Golf Canada’s national amateur squad and currently the top Canuck in the world amateur golf rankings.

He’s also a new member at Glencoe, and he made quite an introduction over the past few days.

In fact, he’s the first representative of host club to win the Glencoe Invitational since way back in 1995 — the same year in which he was born.

“Coming in, I hate to say it, but based on my own expectations, I was sort of expecting and expected to win. It was really kind of win-or-bust for me,” du Toit admitted. “Just signing that scorecard and coming out on top, it feels pretty good.”

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PLAYER PROFILES - Glencoe Invitationalglencoeinvitational.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016...2 | 2016 Player Profiles SCHEDULE HISTORY The Glencoe Invitational was established in