Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia (July 11,
2013) -- Kevin Carrigan fired
a three-under-par third round at the Springs at
Radium but lost all but one
of his four streak lead heading into the final
round of the 111th BC Amateur
Championship, co-hosted by the Springs at
Radium in Radium Hot Springs
and the Copper Point Golf Club in Invermere.
Carrigan, the 2012 Canadian Men's Mid-
Amateur champion from Victoria,
started the day four strokes ahead of his
nearest competitors Kevin
Spooner of West Vancouver and Maple Ridge's
Kevin Kwon. After posting
four birdies on the front nine and another two
on holes 10 and 11, it looked
like Carrigan was running away with the
Championship. That, however, was
not the case.
In the group ahead of him was a charging
Charlie Hughes of Langley. The
University of Washington Husky alum was
making birdies from everywhere,
posting a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 in his
third round, jumping the
leader board to finish the day a single stroke
back of Carrigan's 201 total
(-13) at 12-under-par.
"I felt pretty good for most of the day," stated
Hughes.
"I felt good with the putter. Most of the day I
felt good and I had a lot of
birdie looks. My swing feels a lot better now so
I just gotta go to the
range, tune it up and try and make birdies
[tomorrow]. Everyone is making
birdies so that is the name of the game right
now."
Carrigan, who didn't play poorly by any stretch
of the imagination, was
slightly dejected following his round thinking
what could have been.
"I shot myself in the foot. I doubled the par
three [14th] and then missed a
short birdie putt on the next hole. I just
struggled coming in and it had
nothing to do with nerves just a couple of bad
strokes and that is the way
it goes."
Asked how he would prepare for tomorrow with
the lead at the BC
Amateur, Carrigan didn't hold back on his
plans.
"Just go out there, hit drivers and keep it in
play. The driver was going
really well today so I am excited to go back
out there and hit some
fairways."
Playing in his group today was Spooner, a
fellow U of Washington alum and
former team mate of Hughes, who started his
round off with a chip around
double bogey before righting the ship and
going seven-under-par over his
next 17 holes to post a third round 67. With
the 203 total, Spooner sits at
-11 overall and will be paired with Hughes and
Carrigan in tomorrow's final
pairing.
"I had a couple of bad chips and made 6 to
start out," said Spooner, a
member of Capilano Golf and Country Club in
West Vancouver.
"There was a lot of birdies out here so I was
able to stay patient after that
start, hit a couple of close iron shots and make
a couple putts."
Sliding down the leader board after an even-
par 72 on a day that had red
numbers from most of the leaders was Kwon.
After getting his round to -4
through 13 holes, Kwon would give four strokes
back over his next three
holes, capped by an uncharacteristic triple
bogey on the 15th hole. Kwon
now sits at -6 over and will be paired with
fellow Team Canada
Development Squad member Adam Svensson of
Surrey and Nanaimo's Zach
Anderson in tomorrow's final round.
Round of the day went to San Diego State
University Aztec Kevin Ko of
Coquitlam who posted an eight-under-par 64.
Ko started his round by going
eight under through his first eleven holes
before hitting a cold streak and
parring out. At one point, thoughts of a 59
were creeping into the gallery
who was in attendance at the Springs at
Radium.
The final round is set to take place tomorrow
morning at 7:30am at the
Copper Point Golf Course in Invermere.
The top-3 competitors from the 111th BC
Amateur Championship will
represent British Columbia on Team BC at the
Canadian Men's Amateur
Championship to be held August 6-9, 2013 at
the Royal Colwood Golf Club
and Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria, British
Columbia.
ABOUT THE British Columbia Amateur
72 hole stroke play championship with a cut
after
36 holes. No gender or age restriction. Players must
qualify through their zone, be previously exempt or
play in the Supplemental Qualifier.
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