FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, July 3, 2022
District Open ends in Sudden-Death Playoff
After a thrilling finish on Sunday evening, the TBDGA is pleased to announce Jamie DePiero (Whitewater GC) as the champion of the 2022 AON District Open - his first major victory. Jamie defeated Evan DeGrazia (Chapples GC) on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to take the title. Both players shot identical scores of 71-74 over the weekend. The first round was played at Fort William CC, while the final round and playoff were contested at Whitewater GC.
"It's pretty amazing," said Jamie. "There's a lot of history (on the Styffe Memorial Trophy), so to have my name on it now is pretty special. It's awesome. It feels really good."
Jamie and Evan were followed by Jeremy Kirk (Fort William CC) in third and Walter Keating (Whitewater GC) in fourth.
In the second flight, sixteen-year-old Nathan Lepore (Whitewater GC) won by five strokes over Jeff Hunter (Whitewater GC). Ed Atwill (Whitewater GC) was next in third, while Evan Merlo (Strathcona GC), Sam Orr (Fort William CC), and Mike Satten (Chapples GC) finished in a three-way tie for fourth.
In the third flight, Richard Crupi (Whitewater GC) won by four strokes over Matthew Lysak (Whitewater GC). Notably, Matthew opened the tournament with a front-nine score of 30 at Fort William CC. Rick Desmoulin Jr (Kenogamisis GC) followed in third and Frank Conci (Strathcona GC) finished fourth.
In the fourth flight, Jaden Jones (Whitewater GC) won by five strokes over Bryan Burgess (Strathcona GC), while Andy Karanasos (Whitewater GC) and Brett Otway (Whitewater GC) shared third.
Full results can be found here.
About AON
Thank you to AON for again being the District Open's title sponsor. Your support of golf in the Thunder Bay District is well appreciated.
AON in Canada provides a range of sophisticated advice and solutions in risk, retirement and health at a time when those topics have never been more important to the economy. AON designs, structures, and implements insight that may involve traditional products or programs, alternative financing techniques, or entirely new products to address a specific problem. AON offers risk advisory, risk transfer, and structured solutions that help organizations and individuals better identify, quantify, and manage their risk exposure. To help their clients design and implement secure, equitable, and sustainable retirement programs, AON provides actuarial, investment, and bundled retirement solutions. AON in Canada also offers consulting, global benefits, and exchange solutions to help clients mitigate rising health care costs and improve employee health and wellbeing.
To learn more about AON in Canada, visit their website at https://www.aon.com/canada/default.jsp.
AON Risk Reward Challenge
The winners of this year's AON Risk Reward Challenge are named below.
Round 1: Matthew Lysak with an eagle-3 on the first hole at Fort William CC.
Round 2: Scott Myles with a birdie-3 on the tenth hole at Whitewater GC.
About the TBDGA
The TBDGA is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the game of golf in the Thunder Bay District. The TBDGA is supported by and works actively with Golf Ontario, Golf Manitoba, and Golf Canada to administer the game of golf within our jurisdiction. Currently, the TBDGA oversees and works with twelve member clubs.
Media Contact: Jeremy Kirk, Communications Director. Jeremy can be reached at jakirk14@shaw.ca.
