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2022 Royal Beach Victoria Open In Review

38 Canadians tee’d it up this year and a baker’s dozen made it through to the weekend but it was two U.S. players who provided the final round fireworks…

The depth of Canadian golf was on full display in early June where a full quarter of the field hailed from north of the border.

And while locals were not able to win, four players sporting the maple leaf did crack the top ten (see lists below) highlighted by Joey Savoie who posted a four round total of 14-under (65-66-69-66) and finished solo 4th.



Jeevan Sihota played his first event as a pro. While not being able to replicate his runner-up finish from last year, he did rebound from a first round two-over par 72 and shoot a six-under 64 to make the cut by one stroke. After the round, he explained what he did to right the ship, “I called my coach that night, and we went over some stuff. We figured out a little something to try in the morning and here we are today.”

Alberta’s Wil Bateman and Ontario's Michael Blair would end tied for third and Bateman would go on to win the ATB Classic presented by Volvo Edmonton in Edmonton two weeks later.

While the play of the Canadians may have been impressive, it would be two players from the U.S. who would provide the extra innings heroics at Uplands.

Scott Stevens (R) and Jake Knapp (L) ended regulation tied at 18-under and would then trade birdies over three playoff holes before Stevens would emerge victorious.



Stevens actually birdied the 430-yard, par-four 18th an impressive three times in row… first in regulation to even force the playoff and then twice more before a final birdie on the 381-yard, par-four 16th earned him the trophy, $36,000 CDN and 500 Fortinet points.

“It’s just a dream come true, really,” Stevens said. “I’ve been working my whole life to have this opportunity and to take advantage of it my first time out here is pretty awesome.”

“It was awesome. It was great,” Knapp, a PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour veteran. “I mean [Stevens] birdied 18 three times in a row and birdied 16, you can’t do much about that. It was well played by him. That’s just good golf.”

As always the really big winner was charity where for the second year in a row, a cheque in excess of $100,000 was presented to the Salvation Army.

See the PGA TOUR Canada full story HERE.

CANADIANS MAKING THE 3-UNDER CUT
    
     
Pos. Player Score
4 Joey Savoie 65-66-69-66 (14-under)
T5 Étienne Papineau 66-69-69-64 (12-under)
T10 Michael Blair 63-69-69-69 (10-under)
T10 Chris Crisologo 69-67-64-70 (10-under)
T13 Jamie Sadlowski 70-64-71-66 (9-under)
T26 Wil Bateman 67-65-68-73 (7-under)
T26 Jimmy Jones 68-69-69-67 (7-under)
T31 Jeevan Sihota 72-64-70-68 (6-under)
T41 Hugo Bernard 67-68-70-70 (5-under)
T41 Brendan MacDougall 67-67-69-72 (5-under)
T41 Max Sear 69-66-68-72 (5-under)
T46 Matthew Kreutz 68-67-68-73 (4-under)
T46 Riley Wheeldon 69-68-72-67 (4-under)
From VI From Elsewhere In BC From Canada
     
CANADIANS NOT MAKING THE 3-UNDER CUT
    
CUT Jimmy Jones 68-70—138 (2-under)
CUT Marc Bourgeois 69-70—139 (1-under)
CUT Jared du Toit 70-69—139 (1-under)
CUT Jim Rutledge 71-68—139 (1-under)
CUT Chris R. Wilson 72-67—139 (1-under)
CUT Brendan Leonard 69-71—140 (even)
CUT Austin Ryan 70-70—140 (even)
CUT James Allenby 71-70—141 (1-over)
CUT Tony Gil 70-71—141 (1-over)
CUT Kaleb Gorbahn 74-67—141 (1-over)
CUT Lawren Rowe 72-69—141 (1-over)
CUT Bryce Barker 69-73—142 (2-over)
CUT Callum Davison 71-71—142 (2-over)
CUT Adam Power 72-70—142 (2-over)
CUT Mitchell Sutton 72-71—143 (3-over)
CUT Zach Anderson 77-67—144 (4-over)
CUT Cory Renfrew 73-71—144 (4-over)
CUT Andrew Harrison 72-73—145 (5-over)
CUT Max Sekulic 69-76—145 (5-over)
CUT Blair Bursey 73-73—146 (6-over)
CUT James Colin Davis 76-74—150 (10-over)
CUT Khan Lee 73-77—150 (10-over)
CUT Drew Nesbitt 73-77—150 (10-over)
CUT a-Ethan Posthumus 77-74—151 (11-over)
CUT Matt Broughton 81-75—156 (16-over)
CUT Travis Busch 81-84—165 (25-over)