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McCafferty Claims Nike Golf NB Mid-Amateur Championship

Drew McCafferty of the Moncton Golf Club has claimed his 1^st Nike Golf NB Mid-Amateur Championship. McCafferty grinded out a final round 72, leaving him at +5 for the championship, good enough for a 2 shot victory over 5 other players in the field.

McCafferty had a strong start with two birdies on the front, making the turn at one under par 35. He followed up with a birdie on the tenth hole. After a double bogey on the fourteenth hole, McCafferty finished strong with a birdie on the 420 yard, 17^th hole. McCafferty, who is actually one day shy of his 25^th birthday, becomes the youngest player to win the Nike Golf NB Mid-Amateur Championship. He is eligible because of the August 18^th age deadline which coincides with the 1^st round of the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship.

Also determined today was the New Brunswick Mid-Amateur Team, a team of four players who will be traveling to the 2008 Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship scheduled for August 18^th-22^nd at the Pheasant Glenn Golf Resort in Qualicum, BC. Canadian Mid-Amateur team competition requirements are such that at least two members of each provincial team must have reached the age of 40.

The 5-way tie for second place resulted in a three hole playoff for the three final spots on Team NB. After the action was finished, Edward Reevey from the Riverside Country Club, Dale Kinnie from the Moncton Golf and Country Club, and Tony MacKinnon from the Fredericton Golf Club were the three others who came out with the opportunity to represent New Brunswick at the national championship.

In the playoff, Reevey began with a par and a bogey, but hit two beautiful shots on the 18^th and tapped in a short putt for birdie, leaving him at even par. Reevey earned a spot in the playoff by posting a 4 under par 68 on Friday, the lowest round by any player this week. Kinnie also began with a par and a bogey and he drained a 15 footer on the 18^th green for his par, which left him at +1. Gary Melanson actually finished in a team position at the end of the playoff, but Melanson is unable to attend the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship and as a result, MacKinnon became the 4^th team member. Fredericton’s Adam Atkinson, who also took part in the playoff, finds himself in the alternate position for the team.

By virtue of his finish in the playoff, Melanson claimed the NB Mid-Masters (40+) crown for the 2^nd straight year.

Paul Stackhouse from the Hampton Golf Club claimed the Overall Net championship, finishing at net one under par, 215. Stackhouse was also the 3rd division gross champion after finishing at 245. In the 2nd division, Michael Graham from the NBGA Public Players Club finished in a tie for 1st with Jamie Thibault from the Moncton Golf and Country Club after the pair both finished the week at a 15 over par, 231.

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The New Brunswick Golf Association, a non-profit organization founded in 1934, is the official governing body for amateur golf in New Brunswick. In January of 2006, the NBGA officially merged with the New Brunswick Ladies Golf Association (NBLGA), resulting in one united governing body for amateur golf in the province. Programs offered by the NBGA to its 14,000 members include: 18 provincial championships, rules of golf education, course rating and handicap services, junior golf development programs and member club marketing initiatives.

For more information contact:

Pierre Arsenault, NBGA

Email: parsenault@nbga.nb.ca

Phone: (506) 461-4534

Nike Golf NB Mid-Amateur

June 27, 2008

Sussex Golf & Curling Club

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