Taylor BC's top junior
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Taylor led the Yale Lions golf team to a B.C. high school championship last year, and now he will lead Team B.C. into the 2006 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, to be held Aug. 7 to 10 at Sussex Golf and Country Club in Sussex, N.B.
'I was making putts and hitting the fairways when I needed to,' said Taylor. 'I was more consistent with every aspect of my game and trying not to take any dumb shots.'
Taylor carded rounds of 68, 71, 68 and 70 to finish at 11-under 277. Burnaby's, Rafael Lee kept Taylor on his toes to finish second at two shots back, with rounds of 68, 69, 71 and 71.
'Raf played really well,' said Taylor. 'He made a lot of putts to keep him in there.'
Kevin Spooner of West Vancouver, Ian Mulder of Abbotsford and Dale Stypula of Cranbrook finished in a three-way tie for third place at eight-under 280. A playoff for the final two spots on the B.C. Team saw Spooner and Mulder emerge victorious.
Defending champion Eugene Wong of Vancouver finished tied for ninth at five-under 283, and earned a spot at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.
There were numerous other Ledgeview golfers who vied for the B.C. Junior title. Adam Hadwin tied for ninth with a score of 283, Brett Webster was 17th with 288, Lucas Bogdan was 20th at 291, Blair Coan tied for 50th at 303 and Brett Stewart was 53rd at 304.
Ledgeview won the B.C. Junior Club Championship by five strokes over Marine Drive, and the club's players contributed to the Zone winning the B.C. Zone Championship by 20 strokes.
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