McArthur Wins His Second Club Pro Championship in Four Years
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-07-28
By PGA OF ALBERTA
Players were treated to another perfect day at the PING Club Pro Championship hosted at the prestigious Windermere G&CC. The course provided an excellent challenge for players throughout the two days as they battled to keep scores low as possible.
After a back and forth battle, Craig McArthur of Edmonton Junior Golf at Jagare Ridge came out victorious over Jeff Cuthbertson (Stony Plain GC) on the first playoff hole to win the 2020 Club Pro Championship title!
Both players played excellent today shooting 1-under 70’s with three birdies and two bogeys each. Craig maintained the lead for the better part of today until making a bogey on hole #16 par 4 to drop to 2-under for the Championship to split the lead with Jeff. Both players missed their par putts on #17 to fall back to 1-under setting the stage for an exciting finish on the challenging par 4 eighteenth.
After making a great recovery chip for his third shot, Craig saved par on #18 to tie Jeff and force a playoff after both players finished 71-70 (1-under) for the Championship.
On the first playoff hole, Jeff just missed his par putt leaving the door open for Craig to win his second Club Pro Championship in 4 years after winning in 2017 at The Derrick G&WC.
Falling a bit back of the leaders in 3rd place at 3-over for the Championship was Jamie Gerlitz (Picture Butte GC). Starting the day at even par with the leaders, Jamie finished the front nine at 2-over and was unable to keep up with his playing partners falling out of contention.
Moving up three spots today on the leaderboard and finishing in 4th place was Jeremy Lavallee (Northern Bear GC) after turning his game around to shoot an even par 71 today to finish 6-over for the Championship.
Rounding out the top 5 in a three-way tie was Host Professional Brice MacDermott (Windermere G&CC), Josh Fleming (GOLFTEC Calgary Beacon Heights) and Eric Porter (Lethbridge CC). All players ended the Championship at 7-over.
Special shoutout to Adam Pederson (Westlock GC) for making an ace today and winning a skin on hole #8 (par 3) playing 155 yards!
Click here for full Championship results.
Thank you to our host venue Windermere G&CC for a terrific two days. Next Championship stop on the schedule is the one and only PGA of Alberta Championship hosted at River Bend G&RA in Red Deer on August 17 & 18.