Two-time champion Terrill Samuel grabs lead in both the Senior and Super Senior divisions following a 71 on Wednesday
Georgetown, Ont. – Team British Columbia battled to the end to claim the Inter-Provincial Team title for the second time in three years at the 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO on Wednesday.
The team of Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, B.C., Jackie Little of Procter, B.C. and Sandra Turbide of Maple Ridge, B.C. won together in 2022 at Breezy Bend Country Club in Headingley, Man. and have done it again this year at The Club at North Halton in Georgetown, Ont. finishing with a combined score of 16-over to win the Katherine Helleur Trophy by two.
Two-time Canadian Women’s Senior champion, Jackie Little has now won the inter-provincial title for a third time and this one is special, “it means a lot to us. Ontario is pretty strong so when we can beat them it’s pretty special for B.C.”
“In Ontario too!” added Turbide.
Stouffer, also a two-time Canadian Women’s Senior champion added, “it’s very special to win this trophy again, the team event is fun because we don’t get to play a lot of team stuff anymore so it’s cool that we had the team trophy and the way we had the opening ceremonies.” Teams were paraded and piped in by province as part of the opening ceremonies on Monday evening.
This is the second inter-provincial team title for Stouffer this season after winning the title at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur in July, where she also claimed the Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master titles.
“It’s cool, it’s good. I did this a couple years ago and did it again so it’s pretty exciting to happen again,” said Stouffer.
“We’re really proud of her,” added Little.
Ontario and British Columbia have enjoyed much of the success recently in the inter-provincial team competition at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship. In the past 23 tournaments, Ontario has won 12 team titles, British Columbia is now at nine, with Alberta and Quebec grabbing one each since 2000 (there were no team events in 2020 or 2021).
Team Ontario consisting of, Mary Ann Hayward of St. Thomas, Ont., Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont. and Debbie Court of Huntsville, Ont. tied for second with Team Quebec at 18-over. Quebec was represented by, Suzanne Ricard of Montreal, Que., Marie-Thérèse Torti of Candiac, Que., and Helen Chartrand of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.
Two-time Canadian Women’s Senior champion, Terrill Samuel has grabbed the solo lead in both the Senior and Super Senior divisions following a 1-under 71 on Wednesday. Samuel now sits at 1-under for the tournament and takes a four-shot lead into the final round.
“I played awesome today except for one really bad drive and my putting, nothing would go in, but I putted tentatively and that was my fault. I just didn’t have confidence for some reason today on some of them, I was leaving them just there. I had so many birdie putts today it was too bad,” said Samuel.
Samuel credited her iron play, which is the strength of her game for her round today. The two-time champion says nerves will always be there, but she intends to stick to her plan.
“My mindset is just one shot at a time, and I know that’s a cliché but whatever your game plan is on every hole you do that, and you continue to do that, you can’t worry about what anybody else is doing, you just worry about taking care of your own business and hopefully you have a chance on 18.”
Trailing Samuel in the Senior division are Lara Tennant of Portland, Ore. and first round leader, Ellen Port of Sunset Hills, Mo. both at 3-over. Port sits alone in second in the Super Senior division behind Samuel.
The 118-player field faced a change in temperature on Wednesday as the hot and sunny conditions from yesterday changed to overcast skies and cooler temperatures for the second round at The Club at North Halton.
The Senior and Super Senior championship rounds are played concurrently over 54 holes. The cut line was set at 32-over with 72 players advancing to Thursday’s final round. Players over 50 are eligible to compete in the Senior championship and those 60 and over are eligible to compete for the Super Senior title.
The winner of the 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship will earn an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship taking place September 21-26 at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Wash. Along with exemptions into the 2025 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2025 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2025 U.S. Women’s Senior Open.
The final group of Samuel, Tennant and Port will tee off at 9:50 a.m. ET on Thursday. The tee times for Thursday’s final round can be found here.
For the leaderboard following the second round of the 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.