She had three excellent days, and one off day.
For Burnaby’s Sumie Francois, the difference between first and fourth could have been all that played out on the third day at the B.C. Junior Girls golf championship last week at Pemberton’s Big Sky Golf Club.
The teen began the tournament with pace-setting rounds of 2-under 70 and par-72 to lead by a stroke entering the third day.
Unfortunately, it proved to be a tough third day, as 16-year-old Francois struggled to a 10-over 82, including six bogies and three double-bogies.
But just as quickly as it slipped away, Francois regained her form on the fourth round with another par round, giving her 296 over the four-day event.
She placed eight shots back of Mary Parsons of Delta.
Second place for Harper
Leo Harper led after one round, but Vancouver’s Ilirian Zalli plowed through the next two rounds to cart off the bantam boys title at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour’s Odlum Brown Classic-PGA of B.C. junior golf championship in Surrey.
The 13-year-old Harper, of Burnaby, had a one-stroke lead after shooting 3-under 69 on the first day. Rounds of 73 and 75 were countered by rounds of 68 and 72 from Zalli, 14, who won by six strokes.
Finishing fifth overall was Burnaby’s Andy Luo, 12 shots off the pace after a three-day total of 223 (73, 74, 76).
Ruggers pad resume
The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club’s Connor Sampson helped the B.C. under-19 men’s Fifteens team collect the Canadian Rugby title 10 days ago.
B.C. defeated the Prairie Wolf Pack 31-10 in the final, with Sampson counting one of the tries.
It was the fourth time in five years that B.C. had emerged triumphant in the national championships.
Earlier, they had bested the Voyageurs 25-15, Rugby Ontario 19-10, and the Atlantic Rock 36-15 en route to the final.
In the women’s u20 championships, B.C. finished fourth. Among the players representing the province were BLRC’s Camila Maslo and Tess Woldring.
