Prince Albert's Noah Parent escapes the bunker on hole 15 in the 2019 Pepsi Junior Men's Lobstick. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff

By Jeff D'Andrea

Junior Men's Lobstick

P.A.’s Parent outlasted in Junior Lobstick finals

Aug 16, 2019 | 2:17 PM

It was a two-man showdown between Prince Albert’s Noah Parent and Calgary’s Nikko Sebjanic, throughout the week at the 2019 Pepsi Junior Men’s Lobstick at Waskesiu.

Both had a pair of head-to-head battles, and Sebjanic was able to win both of them. He squeezed by Parent in a playoff to start the week on Monday after both finished with a 75 in the qualifier. Then on Friday, Sebjanic outlasted Parent on 17 holes to win the Lobstick.

“This week I played unreal. The first round, I shot a 75 and I thought it was the low-qualifier for sure,” Parent, the 17-year-old St. Mary grad, said. “Then Nikko comes in and shoots a 75. Then the playoff we had was just unreal. Me and him were dropping shots like it was nothing.”

In the finals, Parent roared off to a hot start and led by two after just three holes. But Sebjanic forced the game back to all square by Hole five. Neither player had a lead of more than two throughout the match.

“I knew there were a lot of holes left, and you could always bring it back in match play. Just staying positive and staying in the present,” the 15-year-old Sebjanic said on his comeback. “Holes four, six and eight, I birdied all those holes. That helped me stay positive and know that I could still bring it back and win.”

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The match took a turn on Hole 14. With Parent down one, he had a chance at birdie to win the hole and tie up the match again, but instead three-putted and tied the hole.

“That was a really tough one. That was an easy one, that one I should make nine out of 10 times,” Parent said. “That’s what I had to make to make par. That would have brought it back to all square.”

Then after finding the bunker on his approach on 15, Parent’s par-saving putt narrowly missed and put him down two with just three holes remaining.

Parent extended the match with a nice par putt to tie Hole 16 and stay alive, but missed his birdie putt in a must-win situation on Hole 17 to end the match.

Looking ahead, Parent is preparing for the Junior PLYR Cup in Warman on Aug. 20, then playing the Golf Saskatchewn Order of Merit Tour Championship starting on Aug. 23, also in Warman.

Nikko Sebjanic poses with the 2019 Pepsi Junior Men’s Lobstick Championship Flight and the low-qualifier trophies with Waskesiu head pro Andrew Hnatiuk. Jeff D’Andrea/paNOW Staff

Championship Flight

Nikko Sebjanic defeated Noah Parent

Championship Consolation Flight

Lucas Langlois defeated Adam Husli

First Flight

Keaton Cole defeated Carter Bell

First Flight Consolation

Van Taylor defeated Max McDougall

Second Flight

Dade Bernatchez defeated Colby Dron

Second Flight Consolation

Landon Husli defeated Owen Nelson

Third Flight

Brock Dale defeated Trae Wilke

Third Flight Consolation

Tyson Wawryk defeated Ronan McDougall

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Jeff.dandrea@jpbg.ca

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