An Oro-Medonte teen won the bantam boys division at this weekend’s Maple Leaf Junior Tour’s Team TaylorMade Championship at The Club at Bond Head.
Spencer Shropshire, 14, shot back-to-back rounds of 70 on the par-72 course to earn a five-stroke win over the second-place competitor.
“I feel great about winning, I played very well this tournament,” Shropshire said. “I made nine birdies and putted great which were big highlights.”
At tough moments in a tough competition, Shropshire says he turns his mind to a favourite song.
“I have an 80’s song that calms me down that I have on repeat in my head,” he said.
Shropshire won one of six age divisions at this weekend’s event.
Next up in the tour is the MJT Humber College PGM Series at Woodington Lake Golf and Country Club in Tottenham on Aug. 15-16, 2022.
The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour is Canada’s number one-played Junior Golf Tour as well as the only national junior tour run exclusively by PGA of Canada Professionals and the ‘Road to College Golf’ in Canada.
The MJT hosts close to 100 events across Canada, including free Ford Go Golf Junior Clinics, the MJT Mini Tour for 12U and multi-day events for competitive players aged 11-19 which also offer qualifiers for international tournaments.
The program has annual awards, scholarships and incentives to help reward performance and participation throughout each season.
MJT alumni include many professional tour players and PGA of Canada Professionals, as well as Canadian amateur, national and provincial junior champions. The MJT aims to develop champions, in golf and in life, promoting the game from grassroots through to the provincial, national, university and professional levels.
