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A few of Alberta’s up-and-coming golfers nearly brought home trophies from the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Lacombe’s Brady McKinlay finished as the runner-up, just one stroke back of the tournament champ, while Sylvan Lake’s Carter Graf was third.

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Calgary’s Tommy McKenzie, a regular at Priddis Greens, was defeated in a playoff for the juvenile title.

The 18-year-old McKinlay completed four laps of Covered Bridge Golf & Country Club in Hartland, N.B., in 13-under 275, threatening to spoil Quebec’s Christopher Vandette’s bid to repeat as the national champ.

“I was a little bit disappointed with the first two days,” McKinlay told Golf Canada after the final round. “The last two days were picture-perfect almost, I just needed a couple more shots. To keep going lower and lower up until the last day and then to do 4-under today was really good.”

McKenzie’s four-day tally was 8-under 280 but he was bested by Ontario’s Luke DelGobbo on the second hole of sudden death.

CHIP SHOTS

The 2019 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open is on tap this week but Calgary’s Jaclyn Lee — a member at Glencoe and rookie on the LPGA Tour — will miss the event due to injury … Calgary’s Nikko Sebjanic, a regular at both Lynx Ridge and Valley Ridge, claimed bragging rights at the junior edition of the legendary Lobstick tournament in Waskesiu, Sask. The 15-year-old won four straight matches to seal the crown … The PGA of Alberta Championship runs Monday-Tuesday at River Bend in Red Deer.

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