For the second straight year, Brooklin Fry is the Sask. U-19 and U-17 women's champion. (Clark Stork/Golf Saskatchewan)

By paNOW Staff

Junior golf championship

Shell Lake’s Brooklin Fry claims second straight Sask. Junior Championship

Jul 16, 2021 | 11:51 AM

Following in the steps of one of her idols, Shell Lake’s Brooklin Fry won her third Saskatchewan Junior Women’s Championship in four years on Thursday at Hillcrest Golf Club in Moose Jaw. The 16-year-old won her second straight championship by eight shots over Saskatoon’s Sarah Grieve.

The last time the title was held by the same person three times was when Prince Albert’s Brooke Hobson won the event in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

“That was my goal. I think she won her third junior title here at this course too, so to be able to do that same as her is pretty awesome,” Fry said. “I’ve looked up to her for a long time. We both played on the same hockey team so to be able to do that was pretty awesome.”

According to Golf Saskatchewan, Fry was coming off a fourth-place performance in Swift Current in the Women’s Amateur Championship so defending her junior title was important to her.

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“It feels pretty awesome actually, this was my goal going into this year, well half of it,” she said. “I was going for the women’s too, but I had some trouble with my irons that week. Right after that I was kicking myself a little bit, so I went to the range every day and worked on myself to get better this week.”

Fry will now prepare for the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Leduc, Alta. The week after that she will compete in the National Women’s Championship in Spruce Grove, Alta.

Grieve and Yorkton’s Ella Kozak will make up the Saskatchewan team as the top three players.

On the men’s side, Regina’s Hunter Kutcher made a birdie on the first playoff hole in Moose Jaw on Thursday to edge Alex Swinnerton for the championship.

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