Congratulations to Canadians Brad Fritsch and Samantha Richdale

Lost in all the hoopla that was a sensational, shocking, unexpected Sunday at the Masters were two stories that would be the golf headlines here in Canada any other week.

So my congratulations to Brad Fritsch and Samantha Richdale. Ladies first.

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Golf Canada..  Samantha Richdale won the Symetra Tour’s Florida’s Natural Charity Classic closing with a -3 69 for a one-stroke victory

The 32-year-old Kelowna, B.C., player had a -7 209 total at Lake Wales Country Club. She earned $26,250 for her fourth career victory on the tour. She won once in 2008 and twice in 2009.

Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Toronto finished T4th after a final round 69 left her at -4 for the championship.


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Golf Canada.... Brad Fritsch won the Servientrega Championship for his first Web.com Tour title, beating Ollie Schniederjans with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

The 38-year-old from the Ottawa area  shot a -1 71 to match Schniederjans at -11 277 at TPC Cartagena at Karibana. He earned full-time status on the Web.com Tour this season through qualifying school, earned US$126,000.

 

Schniederjans shot a 69, but he made a triple bogey on the par-5 18th in the playoff.

 

“This is huge,” said Fritsch,  “My whole golfing life I haven’t won a lot. This is easily the biggest win against the best field that I’ve ever faced. I mean, obviously it gives me a nice jump on getting my card for next year. To do something I’ve never really done before and to execute under pressure on 18, I love it. I want that feeling again.”

Fritsch hit what he called the greatest shot in his life on the first extra hole. With 220 yards from the right side of the fairway, the 38-year-old from Edmonton, Alberta opted for a long iron and striped it to 20 feet under the hole. From there, Fritsch only needed to make par to claim his first trophy as Schniederjans pulled his tee ball into the pond left of the fairway.