This Oscar is truly a hard act to follow.
Coquitlam 16-year-old Oscar Baek won his second of three Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour events in which he's competed this summer, firing 72-75-147 to win the Boys 14-16 division by two strokes Tuesday at Surrey's Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club.
Baek beat out runner-up Edward Metcalfe of Surrey (73-76-149) and third-place finisher Lucas Gatto of Burnaby (75-75-150). Howard Lee, also 16 and from Coquitlam, placed fourth (77-76-153) in the 23-finisher field.
"I feel like it is a good learning experience and there is still a lot to learn with my golf game," Baek said. "Key to my victory was putting and ball-striking."
Coquitlam's Jeff Bang (81-82-163) tied for 10th in the division with Surrey's Colton Dorion, while Mitchell Anderson of Coquitlam (81-83-164) took 12th.
Coquitlam's Young Oh (80-86-166) tied for 13th, while Sean Park of Coquitlam (87-81-168) and Port Moody's Nick Krystal (85-87-172) placed 16th and 17th respectively.
In the Boys 17-19 category, Coquitlam's Myles DeBrincat (75-78-153) finished fourth after a retrogression tie-breaker, while Coquitlam's Trevor Garofano (78-76-154) was fifth.
Coquitlam's Steven Diack (78-82-160) tied for 11th, while Min Chung of Coquitlam (83-79-162) tied for 14th. Port Moody's Siddhant Agrawal (93-95-188) finished 19th. Notably, Coquitlam's Tom Bang (83-74-157) won the Golf Town Comeback Award after having improved his second-day score by nine strokes. Bang, 17, tied with Surrey's Ryan Brown for the honour and won in a three-hole putt-off.
