Zach Bauchou shot a final round 2-under-par 68 to win the 113th playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at The Toronto Golf Club on Thursday.

The 21-year-old from Forest, Va., limited himself to one bogey on the day and made three birdies on the back nine to win the tournament by a single stroke—a victory he has been inching towards all season.

“I’m really honoured and pleased,” Bauchou said, standing next to the 18th green moments before he was awarded the Earl Grey Cup. “I’ve had a really good summer so this caps off the summer and the good playing I’ve had. I finished third twice and I’ve been in the last group both times on those so today, to [start] in the last group and not make many mistakes, was awesome and that was really cool.”

Bauchou played the 18th green conservatively knowing he had a one-shot lead. After putting his approach shot in the middle of the green and putting it to within two feet, he huddled with his caddie and said five words to him.

“Oh, we’re going to California.”

In addition to becoming the 22nd American to claim the title of 2017 Canadian Men’s Amateur champion, Bauchou earned an exemption into the 2017 U.S. Amateur at the Riveria Country Club in Palisades, Calif., from Aug. 14-20.

In addition to participating in the U.S. Amateur Championship, Bauchou earned an exemption to the 2018 RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont, and will also be exempt from 2018 U.S. Open Local Qualifying.

Shintaro Ban of San Jose, Calif., shot one of the two low scores of the day with a 66 to move up the leaderboard and into second place at 7 under par. The 21-year-old made the turn at even par before going on a tear and making birdies on hole Nos. 10, 11, 13 and 16.

For much of the afternoon, Ban and Bauchou took turns atop the leaderboard. On the 18th green, Ban had 40 feet left for a birdie that would bring him into a tie for the lead while Bauchou still had two holes to play. Ban’s ball looked promising as it headed toward the hole, ultimately stopping inches from the cup.

“I was just trying to make sure I got the ball there,” said Ban. “I thought I had the right read but it broke a little more than expected. I mean, it was a 40-footer, I can’t ask for much. It was creeping but it just wasn’t enough.”

Napanee, Ontario native Josh Whalen was the low-Canadian of the tournament shooting a 1-under-par 69 during the final round to earn bronze medallist honours.

“I can speak for all the Canadian guys like Matt Williams and Hugo Bernard, in saying that as Canadians we really want to be the ones to take it home,” said Whalen. “Low Canadian isn’t something I thought of at the start but it’s definitely something I’m proud of and speaks to the way I played today.”

After he made a birdie on the 10th hole, Whalen was leading the tournament at 6 under par, but a bogey on No. 15 stretched Bauchou’s lead to three, which proved too much to surmount.

Fifty-four-hole leader Camilo Aguado from Colombia had a rough day after a triple-bogey on the ninth hole derailed his tournament, moving the Colombian down the standings to a T4 finish.

Team Canada National Amateur Squad member and 2016 Hugo Bernard (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que.) started in the final group but shot a 2-over-par 72 to finish tied for fourth.

Earlier in the week Bernard joined with Marc-Olivier Plasse (Mercier, Que.) and Étienne Papineau (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.) to help Team Quebec win the province’s seventh Willingdon Cup inter-provincial team championship.

The Toronto Golf Club played host to the 113th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship alongside Islington Golf Club, who co-hosted the 264-player field during the first 36 holes.

The 2018 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship will be held Aug. 6-9 at Duncan Meadows Golf Resort and Pheasant Glen Golf Resort, in Vancouver Island, B.C.

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Pos	Player	Today	Thru	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Zach Bauchou [TO]  Forest, VA	-2	F	-8	66	70	68	68	272
2	Shintaro Ban [TO]  San Jose, CA	-4	F	-7	67	67	73	66	273
3	Josh Whalen [TO]  Napanee, ON	-1	F	-5	67	69	70	69	275
T4	Camilo Aguado [TO]  Colombia	+3	F	-4	66	67	70	73	276
T4	Hugo Bernard [TO]  Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC	+2	F	-4	66	67	71	72	276
T6	Lee Detmer [TO]  Washington, DC	-3	F	-3	70	72	68	67	277
T6	Maxwell Sear [TO]  Unionville, ON	-1	F	-3	72	66	70	69	277
T8	Chase Johnson [TO]  Barberton, OH	-2	F	-2	72	68	70	68	278
T8	Josh Armstrong [TO]  Australia	E	F	-2	69	69	70	70	278
T8	Matt Williams [TO]  Calgary, AB	+2	F	-2	69	69	68	72	278
T11	Garrett Rank [TO]  Elmira, ON	-3	F	-1	68	72	72	67	279
T11	A.J. Ewart [TO]  Coquitlam, BC	+1	F	-1	64	72	72	71	279
T13	Ryan Davis [TO]  Berkley Heights, NJ	-2	F	E	72	69	71	68	280
T13	Sam Meek [TO]  Peterborough, ON	-1	F	E	70	65	76	69	280
T13	Jimmy Jones [TO]  Lake Cowichan, BC	-1	F	E	68	75	68	69	280
T16	Étienne Papineau [TO]  St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC	+1	F	+1	68	72	70	71	281
T16	Joey Savoie [TO]  La Prairie, QC	+2	F	+1	66	72	71	72	281
T16	C. Tanner Napier [TO]  Paris, TX	+5	F	+1	69	65	72	75	281
T19	Patrick Cover [TO]  Huntersville, NC	+1	F	+2	71	64	76	71	282
T19	Timmy Hildebrand [TO]  Carmel, IN	+1	F	+2	66	70	75	71	282
T19	Nicholas Ross [TO]  Dundas, ON	+3	F	+2	69	69	71	73	282
T22	Marc Casullo [TO]  Aurora, ON	-2	F *	+3	71	72	72	68	283
T22	Henry Lee [TO]  Coquitlam, BC	-1	F	+3	71	71	72	69	283
T22	Sean Stuart [TO]  Halifax, NS	+2	F	+3	71	73	67	72	283
T22	Emmett Oh [TO]  Calgary, AB	+4	F	+3	74	68	67	74	283
T22	Stratton Nolen [TO]  Austin, TX	+9	F	+3	69	64	71	79	283
T27	Jake Scarrow [TO]  Dewdney, BC	E	F	+4	70	73	71	70	284
T27	Eric Flockhart [TO]  Mississauga, ON	E	F	+4	65	74	75	70	284
T27	Thomas Critch [TO]  Cedar Park, TX	E	F *	+4	72	72	70	70	284
T27	Zaahidali Nathu [TO]  Richmond, BC	+1	F	+4	72	69	72	71	284
T27	Peyton Callens [TO]  Langton, ON	+2	F	+4	68	73	71	72	284
T27	Chandler Phillips [TO]  Huntsville, TX	+3	F	+4	68	73	70	73	284
T27	Josiah Dixon [TO]  Bognor, ON	+4	F	+4	71	69	70	74	284
34	Johnny Travale [TO]  Stoney Creek, ON	-1	F *	+5	71	72	73	69	285
T35	Blake Windred [TO]  Australia	+1	F *	+6	73	70	72	71	286
T35	Henry Westmoreland IV [TO]  Wacissa, FL	+4	F	+6	72	71	69	74	286
T37	Lawren Rowe [TO]  Victoria, BC	+3	F	+7	71	73	70	73	287
T37	Blake Wagoner [TO]  Cornelius, NC	+3	F	+7	73	69	72	73	287
T37	Jeevan Sihota [TO]  Victoria, BC	+2	F *	+7	74	70	71	72	287
T37	Austin James [TO]  Bath, ON	+4	F	+7	68	73	72	74	287
T37	Spencer Soosman [TO]  Westlake Village, CA	+1	F *	+7	69	73	74	71	287
T42	Brendan MacDougall [TO]  Calgary, AB	+3	F *	+8	72	69	74	73	288
T42	Kevin Fawcett [TO]  Toronto, ON	+3	F *	+8	69	74	72	73	288
T42	Stoney Crouch [TO]  Mount Juliet, TN	+5	F	+8	72	67	74	75	288
T42	Josh Gliege [TO]  Eagle, ID	+3	F *	+8	67	71	77	73	288
T42	Philip Knowles [TO]  Jacksonville, FL	+2	F *	+8	69	72	75	72	288
T42	Jino Sohn [TO]  Chandler, AZ	+7	F	+8	69	68	74	77	288
T42	Myles Creighton [TO]  Digby, NS	+1	F *	+8	70	73	74	71	288
T42	Andre Garcia [TO]  Mansfield, TX	E	F *	+8	69	75	74	70	288
T42	Harris Bundy [TO]  Toronto, ON	-3	F *	+8	72	69	80	67	288
T42	Kaleb Gorbahn [TO]  Smithers, BC	-4	F *	+8	74	69	79	66	288
52	Lin Yuxin [TO]  China	+6	F	+9	66	74	73	76	289
T53	Charles Huntzinger [TO]  Duluth, GA	+5	F *	+10	73	70	72	75	290
T53	Charles-Eric Belanger [TO]  Quebec, QC	+5	F *	+10	72	71	72	75	290
T53	Max Sekulic [TO]  Rycroft, AB	+4	F *	+10	72	72	72	74	290
T53	Bruce Tomie [TO]  Bedford, NS	+4	F *	+10	71	73	72	74	290
T53	Sameer Kalia [TO]  Campbellville, ON	+3	F *	+10	71	73	73	73	290
T53	Graysen Huff [TO]  Eagle, ID	+2	F *	+10	68	73	77	72	290
T53	Chase Komaromi [TO]  London, ON	E	F *	+10	76	68	76	70	290
60	Joshua Seiple [TO]  Castle Rock, CO	+4	F *	+11	70	70	77	74	291
T61	Spencer Painton [TO]  Aurora, CO	+3	F *	+12	70	74	75	73	292
T61	Aidan Gavey [TO]  Caledonia, ON	+2	F *	+12	74	70	76	72	292
T61	Bryce Evon [TO]  Windsor, ON	+2	F *	+12	73	71	76	72	292
T64	Jake Koppenberg [TO]  Bellingham, WA	+10	F	+14	70	71	73	80	294
T64	Marc-Olivier Plasse [TO]  Mercier, QC	+7	F *	+14	69	73	75	77	294
T66	Taylor Durham [TO]  Vancouver, BC	+7	F *	+15	70	72	76	77	295
T66	Mark Coldham [TO]  Ottawa, ON	+7	F *	+15	72	71	75	77	295
T66	Joshua Montgomery [TO]  Ancaster, ON	+2	F *	+15	69	74	80	72	295
T69	Daniel Gale [TO]  Australia	+10	F *	+16	72	68	76	80	296
T69	Jack Wood [TO]  Banff, AB	+4	F *	+16	75	69	78	74	296
T69	Luke Moser [TO]  Waterloo, ON	+3	F *	+16	71	73	79	73	296
72	Thomas Code [TO]  Dorchester, ON	+7	F *	+18	76	68	77	77	298
73	Chad Watts Denyes [TO]  Hamilton, ON	+9	F *	+20	73	71	77	79	300
T74	Andrew Chin [TO]  Honolulu, HI	+9	F *	+22	72	71	80	79	302
T74	Benjamin Farrington [TO]  Fort McMurray, AB	+7	F *	+22	74	66	85	77	302

Camilo Aguado pulled out to a one-stroke lead after he shot an even-par 70 during the third round of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at The Toronto Golf Club on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Colombian carded three straight birdies on holes six, seven and eight to lead by as much as three strokes, but a triple-bogey on No. 16 limited his lead to one heading to the final round of the championship.

“I’m happy, leading by one heading to the last round,” he said, after making par on the 18th hole. “But I made a stupid mistake on 16, I shouldn’t have used my driver. I still feel good because I made three straight birdies on the front nine. I missed a couple chances on the back, but I also made some good saves, so it all worked out.”

Aguado headed to the first tee coming off two bogey-free rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday – the only two of his competitive career – and promptly hooked his opening tee shot left of the fairway, eventually making his first bogey of the tournament.

“I hit a really bad tee shot because I was a little bit nervous,” he said. “Then I hit a bad chip and missed my putt and that’s that. It had to happen at some point but I made a birdie on the next hole so it was alright.”

Bernard, the defending champion and member of Team Canada’s National Amateur Squad, shot a 1-over-par 71 to secure his spot in the final grouping, one-stroke back of Aguado.

Thursday will mark a familiar position for the 22-year-old from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que. In 2016, Bernard entered the final day of the same championship three strokes back of Blair Bursey (Gander, N.L.) and ended up shooting a 5-under-par 65 to win the event by two-strokes.

“I like to be the chaser, so I love where I am,” Bernard said. “I just need to play my game – if I can stick to that I know I will have a chance to win tomorrow.”

Despite sitting near the top of the leaderboard, Bernard hasn’t felt like he has been playing his best golf and has been relying heavily on one facet of his game.

“It was a grind just like yesterday – a rough day from every part of my game except from my short game,” he said. “The short game saved me today and I’m happy with the score.”

His wedge work didn’t go unnoticed by his playing partners.

“Hugo really showed how to score well without hitting it well,” said Aguado. “If I shot like that I’d be submitting a 76 or something like that. He was just hitting amazing chips all day long.”

Tied with Bernard at 6 under par are Americans Zach Bauchou and Stratton Nolen.
Bauchou, from Forest, Va., shot the lowest of the top four after he carded a 2-under-par 68 and moved himself to the final grouping. The 21-year-old made the turn at 1 over par but went bogey free down the stretch with three birdies.

Nolen, who was coming off a second-round start that saw him register six birdies in his first six holes, shot a 71 on Wednesday. The Austin, Texas, native opened his round with a birdie but made the turn at 1 over after bogeys on holes seven and eight.

He will tee off the final round with Matt Williams (Calgary, Alta.), and Josh Whalen (Napanee, Ont.) in
the second-last group.

In addition to claiming the title of 2017 Canadian Men’s Amateur champion, the winner will earn exemptions into the 2017 U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and the 2018 RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. The champion will also be exempt from U.S. Open Local Qualifying and, if applicable, eligible to receive an exemption into the U.S. Junior Amateur, the U.S. Mid-Amateur or the U.S. Senior Amateur.

For full results click here.

Pos	Player	Today	Thru	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Camilo Aguado [TO]  Colombia	E	F	-7	66	67	70
T2	Zach Bauchou [TO]  Forest, VA	-2	F	-6	66	70	68
T2	Hugo Bernard [TO]  Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC	+1	F	-6	66	67	71
T2	Stratton Nolen [TO]  Austin, TX	+1	F	-6	69	64	71
T5	Matt Williams [TO]  Calgary, AB	-2	F	-4	69	69	68
T5	Josh Whalen [TO]  Napanee, ON	E	F	-4	67	69	70
T5	C. Tanner Napier [TO]  Paris, TX	+2	F	-4	69	65	72
8	Shintaro Ban [TO]  San Jose, CA	+3	F	-3	67	67	73
T9	Josh Armstrong [TO]  Australia	E	F	-2	69	69	70
T9	Maxwell Sear [TO]  Unionville, ON	E	F	-2	72	66	70
T9	A.J. Ewart [TO]  Coquitlam, BC	+2	F	-2	64	72	72
T12	Emmett Oh [TO]  Calgary, AB	-3	F *	-1	74	68	67
T12	Joey Savoie [TO]  La Prairie, QC	+1	F	-1	66	72	71
T12	Nicholas Ross [TO]  Dundas, ON	+1	F	-1	69	69	71
T15	Lee Detmer [TO]  Washington, DC	-2	F *	E	70	72	68
T15	Chase Johnson [TO]  Barberton, OH	E	F	E	72	68	70
T15	Josiah Dixon [TO]  Bognor, ON	E	F	E	71	69	70
T15	Étienne Papineau [TO]  St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC	E	F	E	68	72	70
T19	Chandler Phillips [TO]  Huntsville, TX	E	F	+1	68	73	70
T19	Jimmy Jones [TO]  Lake Cowichan, BC	-2	F *	+1	68	75	68
T19	Sean Stuart [TO]  Halifax, NS	-3	F *	+1	71	73	67
T19	Timmy Hildebrand [TO]  Carmel, IN	+5	F	+1	66	70	75
T19	Jino Sohn [TO]  Chandler, AZ	+4	F	+1	69	68	74
T19	Sam Meek [TO]  Peterborough, ON	+6	F	+1	70	65	76
T19	Patrick Cover [TO]  Huntersville, NC	+6	F	+1	71	64	76
T26	Ryan Davis [TO]  Berkley Heights, NJ	+1	F	+2	72	69	71
T26	Henry Westmoreland IV [TO]  Wacissa, FL	-1	F *	+2	72	71	69
T26	Peyton Callens [TO]  Langton, ON	+1	F	+2	68	73	71
T26	Garrett Rank [TO]  Elmira, ON	+2	F	+2	68	72	72
T30	Austin James [TO]  Bath, ON	+2	F	+3	68	73	72
T30	Zaahidali Nathu [TO]  Richmond, BC	+2	F	+3	72	69	72
T30	Lin Yuxin [TO]  China	+3	F	+3	66	74	73
T30	Stoney Crouch [TO]  Mount Juliet, TN	+4	F	+3	72	67	74
T34	Jake Koppenberg [TO]  Bellingham, WA	+3	F	+4	70	71	73
T34	Blake Wagoner [TO]  Cornelius, NC	+2	F *	+4	73	69	72
T34	Henry Lee [TO]  Coquitlam, BC	+2	F *	+4	71	71	72
T34	Jake Scarrow [TO]  Dewdney, BC	+1	F *	+4	70	73	71
T34	Eric Flockhart [TO]  Mississauga, ON	+5	F	+4	65	74	75
T34	Lawren Rowe [TO]  Victoria, BC	E	F *	+4	71	73	70
T34	Thomas Critch [TO]  Cedar Park, TX	E	F *	+4	72	72	70
T41	Brendan MacDougall [TO]  Calgary, AB	+4	F	+5	72	69	74
T41	Marc Casullo [TO]  Aurora, ON	+2	F *	+5	71	72	72
T41	Kevin Fawcett [TO]  Toronto, ON	+2	F *	+5	69	74	72
T41	Charles Huntzinger [TO]  Duluth, GA	+2	F *	+5	73	70	72
T41	Blake Windred [TO]  Australia	+2	F *	+5	73	70	72
T41	Charles-Eric Belanger [TO]  Quebec, QC	+2	F *	+5	72	71	72
T41	Josh Gliege [TO]  Eagle, ID	+7	F	+5	67	71	77
T41	Jeevan Sihota [TO]  Victoria, BC	+1	F *	+5	74	70	71
T49	Spencer Soosman [TO]  Westlake Village, CA	+4	F *	+6	69	73	74
T49	Philip Knowles [TO]  Jacksonville, FL	+5	F	+6	69	72	75
T49	Johnny Travale [TO]  Stoney Creek, ON	+3	F *	+6	71	72	73
T49	Daniel Gale [TO]  Australia	+6	F	+6	72	68	76
T49	Max Sekulic [TO]  Rycroft, AB	+2	F *	+6	72	72	72
T49	Bruce Tomie [TO]  Bedford, NS	+2	F *	+6	71	73	72
T55	Marc-Olivier Plasse [TO]  Mercier, QC	+5	F	+7	69	73	75
T55	Myles Creighton [TO]  Digby, NS	+4	F *	+7	70	73	74
T55	Joshua Seiple [TO]  Castle Rock, CO	+7	F	+7	70	70	77
T55	Sameer Kalia [TO]  Campbellville, ON	+3	F *	+7	71	73	73
T59	Graysen Huff [TO]  Eagle, ID	+7	F	+8	68	73	77
T59	Taylor Durham [TO]  Vancouver, BC	+6	F *	+8	70	72	76
T59	Mark Coldham [TO]  Ottawa, ON	+5	F *	+8	72	71	75
T59	Andre Garcia [TO]  Mansfield, TX	+4	F *	+8	69	75	74
63	Spencer Painton [TO]  Aurora, CO	+5	F *	+9	70	74	75
T64	Michael Crisologo [TO]  Richmond, BC	+8	F *	+10	72	70	78
T64	Aidan Gavey [TO]  Caledonia, ON	+6	F *	+10	74	70	76
T64	Chase Komaromi [TO]  London, ON	+6	F *	+10	76	68	76
T64	Bryce Evon [TO]  Windsor, ON	+6	F *	+10	73	71	76
T68	Harris Bundy [TO]  Toronto, ON	+10	F	+11	72	69	80
T68	Thomas Code [TO]  Dorchester, ON	+7	F *	+11	76	68	77
T68	Chad Watts Denyes [TO]  Hamilton, ON	+7	F *	+11	73	71	77
T71	Kaleb Gorbahn [TO]  Smithers, BC	+9	F *	+12	74	69	79
T71	Jack Wood [TO]  Banff, AB	+8	F *	+12	75	69	78
T73	Andrew Chin [TO]  Honolulu, HI	+10	F *	+13	72	71	80
T73	Joshua Montgomery [TO]  Ancaster, ON	+10	F *	+13	69	74	80
T73	Luke Moser [TO]  Waterloo, ON	+9	F *	+13	71	73	79
76	Benjamin Farrington [TO]  Fort McMurray, AB	+15	F	+15	74	66	85