Piercen Hunt
Q&A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
I started playing when I was very young and slowly grew to love the game more. Golf became a large part of my life in my early teenage years as I began to play and compete more.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I play golf left-handed despite being right-hand dominant.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
I always use the same coin (a loonie) as a ball mark for every round.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith.
Thomas Giroux
Q&A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
My dad started taking me to a park to hit golf balls when I was really young and as I grew older my brother and I would play endless rounds at a Par 3 course.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I come from a very large family. I have 33 aunts and uncles.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
It’s a small town with great people and a friendly atmosphere.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
I always use the same ball maker.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Start Me Up” by The Rolling Stones
Equipment
- Hybrids: Titleist TSi3
- Irons: Titleist TMB; Titleist CB
- Wedges: Vokey SM8 Chrome
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Max Sekulic
Q&A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
My parents introduced me to the game when i was around 8 years old. At that time I learned to play golf at Chinook Valley Golf Club, a local 9-hole course, and would spend most of my summers there as a junior golfer.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I grew up on my family’s farm, where I learned to drive agricultural machinery (Combine, Swather, tractor etc.).
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
The people, I always enjoy going back to Rycroft, Alberta to see my family and friends from junior hockey and high school.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
In a tournament round I always try to be the first one in my group to head to the starting hole.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“All Along the Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix
Equipment
- Driver: Titleist TSi3
- Woods: Titleist TSi2
- Irons: Titleist U 200; Titleist 620 MB
- Wedges: Vokey SM8
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
A.J. Ewart
Q&A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
My dad was a golf pro and got me into golf at a really young age. He would take me with him to the driving range and eventually to the golf course.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I’m really good at NBA 2K.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
The people and how quiet and peaceful it is.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
Using a loonie as my ball marker.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Red Nation” by The Game.
Equipment
- Driver: Titleist TSi3
- Woods: Titleist TSi2
- Irons: Titleist T-100S
- Wedges: Vokey SM9 Raw
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Savannah Grewal
Q&A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
My mom signed me up for a golf summer camp and I fell in love with it.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I am fluent in 3 languages (English, French and Swedish) and I am currently learning Korean.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
The diversity.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
No.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Burning Up (Fire)” by BTS.
Equipment
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Monet Chun
Equipment
- Woods: Titleist TSi2; Titleist TSi3
- Wedges: Vokey SM9
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Nicole Gal
Q & A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
My dad and grandpa brought me to a driving range when I was 4 and I loved it ever since.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I took dance for 12 years and I still really like it.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
My family, friends and Oakville Golf Club.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
I always have 2 tees in my hair.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be
“Edge of Darkness” by Greta Van Fleet
Equipment
- Driver: Titleist TSr3
- Woods/Hybrids: Titleist TSr3; Titleist TSi2
- Irons: Titleist T-100
- Wedges: Vokey SM9
- Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Lauren Kim
Q & A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
We had plastic baby golf clubs in our house and the first time I hit my parent’s new TV, they said “time to go to the range!” Since then, I fell in love with the game.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I played guitar for 6 years – don’t ask me to play anything because I forgot everything I learned…
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
It is peaceful, safe, close to the city, and it is right by the ocean.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
No.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Dancing Queen” by ABBA.
Equipment
- Driver: Titleist TSr3
- Woods: Titleist TSr3
- Irons: Titleist U·505; Titleist T-200; Titleist T-100
- Wedges: Vokey SM9 Raw
- Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Katie Cranston
Q & A
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Q: How did you get into golf?
When I was younger I would always participate in all the sports at school, when I was ten they had a school golf day so without ever touching a club before I did it and loved it.
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I was born in Finland and speak Russian.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
The people, scenery and my golf club.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
I always mark my ball with a dot on each side of the number on both sides.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“All The Right Moves” by OneRepublic.
Equipment
- Driver: Titleist TSi3
- Woods/Hybrids: Titleist TSr2; Titleist TSi3 Premium
- Irons: Titleist T-200; Titleist T-100
- Wedges: Vokey SM8
- Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Hunter Thomson
Q & A
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Q: What are some of your nicknames?
I have never had any real nicknames but some of my close friends call me Hunt.
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Q: How did you get into golf?
When I was 4 years old my dad borrowed the hole-cutter from the Calgary Golf & Country Club and he cut three hole locations with real pins in our backyard. I would spend hours a day hitting whiffle balls back and forth
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Q: How do you mark your golf ball?
I put one dot beside each number, then I put three dots over the “Pro V1” line, then three other dots opposite that.
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Q: Do you have any siblings?
I have four older siblings. Lyn, Jenny, John, and Byron.
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Q: What was the last book you read?
Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy
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Q: Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Bradley Cooper
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Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?
I competitively ski raced for the Banff Alpine Racers before I switched to golf full time.
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Q: What exercise do you dread the most?
The beep test is borderline torture.
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Q: What was the last picture that you took on your phone?
A picture of me, post wisdom teeth removal, very puffy cheeks.
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Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?
The Calgary Stampede every July.
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Q: Do you have any superstitions?
I don’t have any.
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Q: What is the most surprising thing in your golf bag?
A wrench for my Clicgear. It failed me once, so I always keep it in there.
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Q: If you could have a walk-up song on the first tee box, what would it be?
“Worst Behaviour” by Drake
Equipment
Ball: Titleist Pro V1