What a finish by Wong !!

EUGENE WONG WINS CANADIAN TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN HISTORIC FASHION
 
 2012 Canadian Tour Championship
Scarboro Golf & Country Club
Scarborough, Ontario
Par 71 (35/36) 6554 Yards

Final Round Leaderboard

Eugene Wong, North Vancouver, BC 68-67-68-67 (-14)
Joe Panzeri, Meridan, ID 70-64-70-67 (-13)
Cody Slover, Visalia, CA 68-71-67-68 (-12)
Carlos Sainz Jr., Chicago, IL 71-64-72-68 (-9)
Matt Daniel, Richmond, BC 66-69-72-68 (-9)
Brian Unk, Lewis Center, OH 68-68-69-70 (-9)
Trey Denton, Madison, MS 70-66-67-72 (-9)
Mark Hubbard, San Jose, CA 71-65-77-64 (-7)
Nick Taylor, Abbotsford, BC 71-71-68-67 (-7)
David Markle, Shelburne, ON 68-71-68-70 (-7)

(August 26, 2012 - Toronto, ON) golfcanada - With a walk-off shot for the ages, Eugene Wong of North Vancouver, BC holed his approach from the fairway on the 72nd hole to win the Canadian Tour Championship by a single shot over Meridian, ID's Joe Panzeri.

Using a nine iron from 133 yards, Wong two-hopped the shot into the hole, giving the 21-year old his first professional victory in one of the most memorable finishes in Canadian Tour history, if not all of professional golf.

"There's a funny story to that shot," confessed Wong. "My caddie and I were walking up the fairway, and he said 'it would be nice to hole it right now, wouldn't it? I said 'yeah, it would.'"

Wong, the 2010 Jack Nicklaus Award winner as the NCAA's top player, earned $16,000 for the win and a two-year exemption on the Canadian Tour. He finished at 14-under par total, a stroke ahead of Panzeri, the 2011 International Rookie of the Year. 

"My confidence is really high now. I know I can compete with the pros and I'm happy to get my first win, so there's one milestone down," added Wong, who will compete in the Vancouver Golf Tour's, Vancouver Open next week before the final Canadian Tour event of the season the week following


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