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Calgary’s Sydney Scraba had some extra motivation for Sunday’s final round of the Future Links Prairie Championship.

One of her biggest fans — her dad, Dwayne —was following and cheering her on.

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It was, of course, Father’s Day.

And what better gift for her proud pops than a triumph and trophy presentation at the three-day regional showdown in Manitoba?

“It means a lot to me. And especially with my dad there on Father’s Day, it means even more,” said Scraba, who is part of the Class of 2018 at Ernest Manning and headed south in August to join the women’s golf squad at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “I wanted to do it for him, for all that he’s done for me.”

Scraba, a junior member at Canyon Meadows, finished three laps of Portage Golf Club in 13-over 229, surging to a four-shot victory.

The difference was Saturday’s spin of 1-under 71, the only sub-par round among the girls at one of six Future Links events on the summer calendar. Scraba sandwiched that superb score with a pair of 79s.