Piercen Hunt

Q&A

  • 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.

  • Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?

    I play golf left-handed despite being right-hand dominant.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    I always use the same coin (a loonie) as a ball mark for every round.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    It’s a small town with great people and a friendly atmosphere.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    I always use the same ball maker.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?

    I’m really good at NBA 2K.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    The people and how quiet and peaceful it is.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    Using a loonie as my ball marker.

  • 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

  • Q: How did you get into golf?

    My mom signed me up for a golf summer camp and I fell in love with it.

  • 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.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    The diversity.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    No.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    My family, friends and Oakville Golf Club.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    I always have 2 tees in my hair.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    It is peaceful, safe, close to the city, and it is right by the ocean.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    No.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Q: What is something most people don’t know about you? Any hidden talents?

    I was born in Finland and speak Russian.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    The people, scenery and my golf club.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    I always mark my ball with a dot on each side of the number on both sides.

  • 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

  • Q: What are some of your nicknames?

    I have never had any real nicknames but some of my close friends call me Hunt.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Q: Do you have any siblings?

    I have four older siblings. Lyn, Jenny, John, and Byron.

  • Q: What was the last book you read?

    Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy

  • Q: Who would play you in a movie about your life?

    Bradley Cooper

  • 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.

  • Q: What exercise do you dread the most?

    The beep test is borderline torture.

  • Q: What was the last picture that you took on your phone?

    A picture of me, post wisdom teeth removal, very puffy cheeks.

  • Q: What is the best thing about your hometown?

    The Calgary Stampede every July.

  • Q: Do you have any superstitions?

    I don’t have any.

  • 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.

  • 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