Fondation Nordiques

Lions Golfers in On-Top After First Round of National Championships

St. Lawrence is in first place in all four standings after the first round of the Ping/CCAA Golf National Championships which are being hosted by St. Clair college in Windsor, On.

In the women's individual standings, defending champion, Anne-Catherine Tanguay, started the tournament on the right foot, shooting a 3-over par, 74 to take first place.  Her closest competitor is, her teammate, Elyse Archambault, who shot a 79 on Tuesday, she is in a tie for second place with Danielle Greene of Humber College.

On the men's side, Samuel Rochette shot a 1-under par 70 to grab first place overall after the first day of competition.  He sits 2 shots ahead of teammate Charles Côté, who is tied with 3 other golfers in second place.

In the team Standings, the Lions are in first place in both the men and women's categories. Even if they are at a disadvantage because they are only two, Elyse and Anne-Catherine have brought their A-game to Windsor.  Their combined score of 153 is 9-strokes better then their main competition in Humber College.  On the men's side, the Lions picked up where they left off after the Provincials 10 days ago.  shooting a combined 289 which is 10 strokes better than Camosun College.  Here are complete scores for the Lion golfers:
Samuel Rochette 70
Charles Côté 72
Philippe Laforce 73
Charles Boivin 74
Joel Doyon 76
Carl Cousineau 88.

If you want to follow our team at the nationals, visit the website:  Ping/CCAA Golf Nationals