WINNIPEG – Thunder Bay golfer Barry Caland has earned a spot at the Canadian Senior Men’s Amateur Golf Championship. On the women's side, Susan Wright-Cassan also qualified.
Caland, 54, fired a seven-over 78 on Wednesday to finish seventh overall at the Manitoba senior men’s golf championship at the Glendale Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg, 13 shots off the pace set by Niakwa Country Club’s Todd Fanning.
Caland entered the final round tied for third place.
A rough first nine on Wednesday cost him a chance for a better finish, with bogeys on the second, fourth and sixth holes, before double-bogeying the par-five eighth.
He birdied the par-three 16th.
Kenora’s Bill Isfeld finished 23 shots behind Fanning, after closing with a seven-over 79 in Round 3 of the 54-event.
Kenora’s John Francom was 66th, finishing with a 67-over 283 total.
Rhonda Orr of the Southwood Golf and Country Club won the women’s championship by 20 strokes over Cathy Derewianchuck of the host club, finishing with a 19-over 235 total.
Wright-Cassan shot rounds of 93, 95 and 87 to snag a spot at the Canadian Senior Women's Amateur Championship which begins on Aug. 26 in Nanaimo, B.C. Wright-Cassan plays out of Emerald Greens Golf Course in Thunder Bay.
Caland will compete at the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship, being held from Sept. 9 to 12 at Kenwo Golf Club in New Minas, N.S.
This story has been updated to include the fact that Susan Wright-Cassan qualified for the Canadian Senior Women's Amateur Championship.
