A solid showing earned Burnaby’s Leo Harper third place at the B.C. Bantam boys golf championships this week at the Bowen Island Golf Course.
Harper, 14, enjoyed two strong days – including a sharp start where he shot a 1-under 69 – but wasn’t able to bridge the gap to champion Ilirian Zalli.
The Vancouver teen set a new record with an opening round of 63, then fended off any challengers with a 4-over par 74 to win by three strokes.
Harper finished four shots back (69, 72-141). His opening round of 69 was pwered by six birdies. On the second round, the Burnaby golfer was 1-under on the front nine, firing two birdies, but cooled off on the back nine, with a pair of bogeys and a double-bogey.
Tied for ninth place was Kaeden Lane. The Burnaby teen shot rounds of 76 and 79 to finish with 155, 18 shots back of the leader.
In the bantam girls championship, Burnaby’s Emily Lili Xu cut 10 strokes off her game on the second day to place tied for seventh overall, 23 shots back of winner Akari Hayashi of Victoria.
