ST. LAWRENCE-CORNWALL SET TO HOST OCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

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CORNWALL, Ont. - The top golfers in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) are set to take over the Cornwall Golf and Country Club for the 2011 OCAA Golf Championships, hosted by St. Lawrence College.

The tournament runs from Monday through Wednesday. Student-athletes competing in the scheduled 54-hole tournament represent 16 Ontario college campuses, including Boréal, Cambrian, Confederation, Durham, Fanshawe, Fleming-Peterborough, George Brown, Georgian, Humber, Mohawk, Niagara, St. Clair, St. Lawrence (Brockville, Cornwall and Kingston), and Seneca.

Humber is the five-time defending OCAA men's team champions, and returns a strong group to provincials. Defending men's individual gold and silver medalists Mark Hoffman and Adrian Cord will make their swan song at the OCAA championships, having both just represented Canada last month at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. Hoffman is the top intercollegiate golfer in the nation, winning Golf Canada's Canadian University/College Championship last May. Humber's men earned a 2010-11 triple crown of sorts, winning the team title at this tournament, provincials and nationals.

Durham's men were runner-up to Humber last year, and will look to make its case for an OCAA title in 2011. Durham's David Lang is coming off a tournament win at Niagara on Wednesday where he shot a five-under par 67, one stroke better than Humber's Alex Dumais.

Other men's teams that may threaten Humber's bid for a six-peat are Georgian and Niagara. Georgian won team bronze at both the provincials and nationals last year. Keegan Tyers, who finished in fifth place at last year's OCAA championship, is back with Georgian this year. Defending OCAA men's individual bronze medalist Ryan Curran leads a Niagara team which is coming off a win at the Niagara Invitational.

Another notable veteran making his return to the OCAA championships after a one-year hiatus is Fanshawe's Taylor Booth, the OCAA silver medalist in 2009.

Defending OCAA women's individual champion and national bronze medalist Kayleigh Kraemer is coming off a four-stroke win at the Niagara Invitational, and is looking to partner up with teammate Tiffany Albath once again to bring another women's team title to Durham. Albath is the defending silver medalist at both the provincials and nationals.

Other women making their return to provincials are defending individual OCAA bronze medalist Jasmine Paton of Georgian, and Heather MacKenzie of St. Clair, who placed sixth at last year's OCAA tournament. MacKenzie and St. Clair teammate Ashley Unrau recently teamed up to take the women's team title at the Niagara Invitational, finishing second and fourth, respectively.

Rain is currently in the weather forecast for Monday, but is expected to clear the remainder of the tournament. Leaderboards will be made available on OCAA.com courtesy of the Golf Association of Ontario.

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