Kyle Allison-Fidler from Southern Okanagan Secondary School teeing off at Osoyoos Golf Club.
Dale Cory Photo
Jamie Fortune had the best score among Southern Okanagan Secondary School golfers when the South Okanagan Valley High School Golf League made a stop at Osoyoos Golf Club Wednesday.
Fortune fired an 85, leaving him five shots behind the event winner, Cole Rezka of Osoyoos Secondary School.
That 13-over par total on OGC’s Park Meadows Course left Fortune tied for ninth place among the 51 high school golfers who took part in the event, played under sunny and warm conditions.
After four of the five league events, Fortune is averaging 85.5 strokes per round, having shot an 80 at the Penticton tournament, an 85 at Summerland and a 96 at Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf Course in Oliver.
Tony Abelan, who led SOSS golfers with an 87 at Nk’Mip last week, shot a 91 at the Osoyoos tournament.
As for other SOSS competitors, Tyson Marsel shot a 94, Ethan Williams finished at 102, Logan Malmberg shot a 103, Josh Winley came in at 108, Trevor Schorrie scored a 112, Wil Kane finished at 121, while Kyle Allison-Fidler finished with a 125 and Trent Murray 126.
There is one more zone tournament on the high school golf schedule. It will take place next Tuesday at Princeton Golf Club.
The South Zone playoffs will be held at Fairview Mountain Golf Club Wednesday, May 13. Unlike the regular tour events, during which schools can have as many players as it wants take part, each school can only register its top five players. During Zone playoffs, the top four scores count, with the top schools qualifying for Valley’s.
Penticton High School is the lone AAA school in the zone, so Pen High has an automatic birth into the Valley’s.
South Okanagan Secondary School from Oliver, Summerland, and Princess Margaret from Penticton – the AA schools in the district – will battle each other for the two available spots at Valley’s.
And, Single A schools Osoyoos Secondary, Princeton and Keremeos will fight it out on the golf course for the two spots available for Zone’s.
Dale Cory
Oliver Chronicle
