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Burnaby duo top golf series

Leo Harper and Bradley Gagnon picked great times to post some of their better rounds of the golf season.
Leo Harper
Burnaby’s Leo Harper walked off with the Hoselton Trophy at last week’s Ford Fall Series.

Leo Harper and Bradley Gagnon picked great times to post some of their better rounds of the golf season.

The two Burnaby golfers rode hot clubs to the top of their respective divisions at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Ford Fall Series event in Richmond last week.

Harper, 16, registered top scores on both days en route to capture the juvenile boys’ Hoselton Trophy. He followed an opening round of 1-over par 72 with a 74 on the second day to beat Burnaby’s Andy Luo and West Van’s Alexander Le-Poidevin by six strokes.

On the first day, Harper logged an even-par 35 on the front nine, and fired one bogey on the 11th hole to finish 1-over and a two-shot lead over LePoidevin. The Burnaby native’s second round included two birdies and five bogies.

“I feel like I earned it. I played well both days, despite some muddy lies I had,” Harper said in a Maple Leaf press release.

Luo, meanwhile, fired identical rounds of 76, including three birdies on the final day.

In the junior boys division, Gagnon was red-hot on the first day with an even-par 71, including three birdies. He stood seven strokes ahead of fellow Burnaby golfer Daniel Taddei after 18 holes.

It was a different story the second day, when Gagnon struggled and posted a 10-over 81. Despite the tough round, the 18-year-old won with a five-shot lead over Langley’s Kurtis Trowell. Taddei finished fifth with a score of 167 (78, 89).

Denby Carswell, meanwhile, put up a solid second day to end up in a tie for third place in the bantam boys division. The 14-year-old golfer posted 162 (84, 78), 12 shots back of Langley’s Danny Im.

On the girls side, 11-year-old Luna Lu of Burnaby shot 162 (82, 80) to finish seventh in the under-15 division, seven strokes back of the trio of Emily Zhang, Elise Liu and Jessica Ng, who tied for the two-day lead at 155. Zhang won in a one-hole playoff. Shelley Li, 12, placed 10th with a score of 173 (90, 83).