Who are these Canucks ??

 I have had some inquiries about who some of our guys at Q school are, so here is a little background for the guys at this stage..

Derek Gillespie.. Height: 5'9 Weight: 175

Birthdate: June, 1978 Resides: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
University: University of Arizona (Communications)

Played 9 events on the CanTour this year..
Played his best game of 2010 at the ATB Financial Classic where he finished T-3... Finished T-6 at the 2009 Players Cup, his best result that year... Finished 3 times in the Top 10 in 2008: Seaforth (5th), Vancouver (T-9), and Saskatchewan (T-10)... Finished one stroke behind the winner at the 2007 Iberostar Riviera Maya Open, the 2007 Free Press Manitoba Classic, and the 2007 Roxul Jane Rogers Championship... Led the Tour in both birdies (225) and eagles (13) in 2007... Played in the Canadian Open from 2000 to 2005 and 2007... Won the 2003 Corona Ixtapa Classic by eight shots... Finished 4th at the Nationwide Tour's Samsung Canadian PGA Championship in 2003... Won the Agnico Eagle Award for Most Improved Canadian in 2002, one year after taking home Canadian Rookie of the Year honours... Tied course-record 64 at the 2002 Michelin Ixtapa Classic... 2-time Ontario Junior Amateur Champion (1993 and 1995)... Won the 1994 Ontario Juvenile... Voted to the University of Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.


Will Mitchell  Height: 6'0 Weight: 205

Birthdate: October, 1985 Resides: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
University: Durham College, George Brown College

Only played 2 events on the Canadian Tour this year...
Won Pepsi Tour event in early 2009...Lost his card in 2008 but regained non-exempt status for 2009 at Fall Q-School...Fired 75-71-70-75-291 at 2007 Fall Q-School to earn Exempt status in 2008...2007 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association champion...2007 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association champion...Finished 8th at World University Championship...Willie Park Champion...Finished 6th on the Great Lakes Tour Order of Merit in 2007...Turned professional in 2007...Enjoys fishing, judo and working out.

Adam Speirs..Height: 6'2 Weight: 175

Birthdate: November, 1978 Resides: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
University: University of Miami

Played 9 events on the CanTour this year..
Player Director on the Canadian Tour Board... Finished T-30 at the 2010 Times Colonist Open... His best finish of the 2009 season was a T-23 at the 2008 Argentine Masters... In a very popular victory, he won his first Canadian Tour title at the 2008 Greater Vancouver Charity Classic by one stroke over Wes Heffernan and Byron Smith... Had three Top 10s in 2007: a T-2 at the Riviera Nayarit Classic, a T-4 at the Northern California Classic, and a T-9 at the Jane Rogers Championship... Played in the 2007 U.S. Open... Opened the 2007 season with a 79 at the San Jose International Open and then never shot worse than a lone 74 the rest of the season... Won the 2007 Pepsi Tour event… His only Top 10 of 2006 was a T-7 at the Northern California Classic... His 2003 rookie season saw him finish T-27 in his first Canadian Tour event at the TravelTex.com Canadian Tour Classic... Gained exempt status on the Canadian Tour at the 2002 Fall Qualifying School... Used a sponsor's exemption to finish T-19 at the 2002 MTS Classic in his hometown of Winnipeg, just after qualifying for the 2002 U.S. Open... Won the Johnny Owens Collegiate in 2001... Won the Manitoba Amateur in 1999 and 2001.

James Love   Height: 6'3 Weight: 185

Birthdate: July, 1983 Resides: Denver, Colorado, United States
University: University of Denver

Played 8 events on the CanTour this year
Struggled early in the 2009 season and considered quitting competitive golf before beginning his turnaround with a 4th place finish at the Roxul Jane Rogers Championship and capping it off with an emotional victory at the Tour Championship where he defeated Lucas Lee on the first playoff hole... Ended up 9th on the 2009 Order of Merit... Finished 3rd at the 2008 Saskatchewan Open and had a T-8 at the Nationwide Tour’s Price Cutter Championship as well as a T-12 at the Livermore Valley Championship... As a rookie in 2007, he made 8 of 14 cuts with a T-11 at the Northern California Classic his best finish... Won the Barona Collegiate Cup Individual title and Pioneer Classic while at the University of Denver.

James Allenby  Height: 6'2 Weight: 180
Birthdate: - Resides: Langley, British Columbia, Canada
University: Oregon State University

Played in 9 events on the CanTour this year
Started the 2010 season with 3 Top-10 results: T-4 at the Times Colonist Open, T-9 at Riviera Nayarit Classic, and 7th at the Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship... Missed the cut at four of his first six events in 2009 before making five of his next seven... Low round of the year was an opening round 65 at 2009 Desjardins Montreal Open where he finished T-27... Earned exempt status at the 2008 Fall Qualifying School... First Team All Pac-10 at Oregon State in 2007/2008... Honourable Mention All-American in 2007/2008... Finished 5th at BC Amateur and 4th at Canadian Amateur in 2008.

Roger Sloan  Height: 6'1 Weight: 190

Birthdate: May, 1987 Resides: Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
University: University of Texas - El Paso

Played in 9 events on the Cantour this year
Came in T-4 at the 2010 Times Colonist Open, shot a course-record 61 in the final round... Earned non-exempt status for 2010 at the 2009 Fall Qualifying School... Was unable to make the cut in 2 events in 2009... Earned a Finance degree from University of Texas-El Paso where he was a Second Team All Conference and NCAA Regional Selection in 2009.

Craig Matthew Height: 5'11 Weight: 172

Birthdate: September, 1975 Resides: Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada
University: Ohio State

Only played in 5 events on the Cantour this year, made 0 cuts
Played in 7 events in 2009 making the cut twice... Made 1 of 14 cuts in 2008... Veteran member played four events in 2007 but did not make a cut... Top finish of 2006 was a T-12 at the Barton Creek Classic... Had season-best T-4 in 2005 at the Barton Creek Challenge... Won first pro title at the 2001 Ontario Open Heritage Classic, defeating Bob Conrad in a playoff... Won the Most Improved Canadian Award in 2001... Had consecutive top-ten finishes on the Nationwide Tour in 2001.

Jaimie Kureluk   Jaimie splits his time between his duties at the Cottonwood G&CC as Asst Pro in Calgary and his time on the Gateway Tour..

Devin Carrey Height: 5'11 Weight: 175

Birthdate: June, 1987 Resides: South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
University: Louisiana

Played 9 events on the Cantour this year
Collected a T-7 at the 2010 Tour Championship to go along with 3 other Top-25 results in his first year on the Canadian Tour... Fired rounds of 74-69-70-68-281 to finish T-10 at the 2009 Fall Qualifying School and earned exempt status for 2010... Attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he earned a BS in marketing... Interested in sports and travel... 2009 Individual selection for NCAA Division One Regionals... Winner of three collegiate tournaments... Finished inside the Top 10 a total of 20 times... Finished T-19 at the 2008 Canadian Amateur and made it to the round of 32 in 2007... Finished T-21 at the 2007 BC Amateur, 18th in 2008 and 8th in 2005 BC Amateur... Winner of seven Maple Leaf Junior Tour events in three seasons... Three-time member of Team Canada for the Maple Leaf Junior Tour.

Bryn Parry Bryn lives in North vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

He is enjoying his first year on the Nationwide Tour where a second place finish at the Henrico Open demonstrated that he belonged.

He teaches out of the Seymour Creek Golf Centre when he is in town and takes great pride in the progress of his juniors.

Thanks to CanTour.com for bios on all these guys

Follow all their scores here at  fairwaysplus.blogspot.com

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com