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Victoriaville, August 12, 2025 – On Monday, the Victoriaville Golf Club hosted the very first Junior Skills TourFinal, presented in conjunction with the Victoriaville-Fenergic Canada Cup. At the end of a day showcasing the precision and technique of young golfers in action, eight athletes were crowned champion in the novice (ages 6 to 8), mosquito (ages 9 to 10), pee-wee (ages 11 to 12), and bantam (ages 13 to 14) categories for both girls and boys.

 

The winners are:

 

Novice girls: Alexiane Leblanc – 130 points

Novice boys: Éloi Benjamin – 170 points

Mosquito girls: Maeva Rouleau (public golfer) – 175 points

Mosquito boys: Colt Stewart (Hawkesbury) – 185 points

Pee-wee girls: Romy Vigneault (Stoneham) – 150 points

Pee-wee boys: Rory Levac (eQuinelle) – 195 points

Bantam girls: Victoria Massé (Blainvillier) – 125 points

Bantam boys: Antoine Payeur (public golfer) – 185 points

 

The Junior Skills Tour is designed to highlight the technical skills of young golfers aged 14 and under. Inspired by Golf Canada’s former national Junior Skills Challenge program, this new tour, unique to Golf Québec, in collaboration with Le Club Optimiste Golf Junior Région St-Laurent, focuses on three fundamental elements of the game: driving, chipping, and putting.

 

 

 

The scoring system provides three attempts for putting and chipping, as well as five attempts for drives, with the best three being counted. Points are awarded based on the accuracy and distance of the shots, or on proximity to the hole, depending on the type of shot.

 

For the official launch of the Junior Skills Tour in 2025, five qualifiers brought together the province’s 34 best young athletes for this grand finale, in a festive and competitive atmosphere that celebrated the next generation of Québec golf.

 

Golf Québec now turns its attention to the 89th edition of the Men’s Provincial Senior Championship, which has been in full swing since Monday at the Cap-Rouge Golf Club. No fewer than 120 golfers are taking part in this three-round tournament, scheduled to run until August 13.

 

Founded in 1920, Golf Québec is the provincial sport federation whose mission is to increase participation in golf, to develop excellence in golf, and to promote and govern the game of golf. Golf Québec provides discovery and introduction programs such as First Tee – Premier départ Québec as well as core services such as the Rules of Golf, Course Ratings, World Handicap System, Sport-études golf, and the Québec Golf Hall of Fame. In addition, Golf Québec conducts regional and provincial championships to bring the local golf enthusiasts to surpass themselves and eventually reach the upper spheres of professional tours. For more information, please visit https://www.golfquebec.org.

 

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Sources:

 

Émeraude Beaupré-Ayotte, Assistant Competition Director

514 252-3345, ext. 3394 – ebeaupreayotte@golfquebec.org

 

 

Émilie Bérubé

Marketing and Communication Director

514 252-3345, ext. 3393, eberube@golfquebec.org