André Laurendeau brings home gold at the 2024 CCAA Golf Championship

Cégep André-Laurendeau took home the gold on Friday at the 2024 CCAA Golf National Championship sponsored by PING. After finishing in second the past two years, the Boomerang finally finished the job at Red Crest Golf Club.

The Boomerang just edged out Fanshawe College, winning by two strokes with a score of +59. Fanshawe finished at +61, followed by the host Humber Hawks with a score of +77. 

Individually, it was Luke Evans (Fanshawe College) who took home the gold, finishing four-over for the tournament. After not leading for a single moment of the first three rounds, Evans shot a 70 in round four to take first place from Zach Pageau (André-Laurendeau). Pageau shot a +6 on Friday, finishing six-over on the week and taking home silver. Rounding out the top three was Ben Landers (Fanshawe College) who shot seven-over on Friday, finishing +12 overall and collecting bronze. 

Evans was the standout of the day. He was one of only three golfers to break par on Friday, which cemented his victory. His teammate John Van Blissen was the day's biggest riser, also shooting one-under to catapult from 14th to finish seventh. 

On the women’s side, it was the RSEQ-1 team that was victorious, beating the OCAA-1 squad by six strokes and shooting a +35 in the tournament. The OCAA-1 squad shot a +41, followed by OCAA-2 with a score of +85. 

Individually, it was Rosalie Langlois (RSEQ-1) who pulled off the shocker, upsetting Jordan Newlands (OCAA-1) and collecting gold. Langlois shot a tournament-best 66 (five under par) to bring home the hardware. Newlands shot a +8 to finish 20-over par, bringing home silver, she was followed by Mackenzie Cloutier (RSEQ-1) who finished bronze at +27. 

Rosalie Langlois was absolutely the story of the day. She went four under on the front half and managed eight birdies on the day. Newlands had been the leader since day one and the upset was surprising and captivating to witness. Other notable performances included Elaine Surjoprajogo (OCAA-1) who’s score of 73 pulled her up two spots on the leaderboard. 

Nate Kasowski of the NAIT Ooks and Justine Gorham of the St. Clair Saints were selected as the Men's and Women's Exemplary Leaders of the Championship respectively.