It wasn’t a Picasso or a Rembrandt but 20 year old Jaxon Lynn made enough brilliant brush strokes to frame his masterpiece with a win at the RBC Dominion Securities Central Alberta Amateur golf championship over the long weekend.
Lynn posted rounds of 68,70 and 76 to beat his closest competitor, Grant Numrich of Red Deer by seven shots.
It was not the best start on the final day for Lynn who recorded a 39 on the front nine of the final round but he did go to the back nine with a seven shot lead.
“It eased the nerves a little bit,” said the third year Business Economics student at South Dakota State. “I didn’t have to force any drivers and just hit four iron (off the tee).”
Lynn did give back a couple of shots with missed putts but he more than made up for it on his final three holes with a brilliant eagle on 16.
He did pull out driver this time and pulverized it well over three hundred yards , then lasered an eight iron, uphill from 186 yards to about thirty feet before draining the putt.
“After that I kind of settled in and I thought just make bogey and it will be okay, just to play it safe.”
He did bogey #17 but then another massive drive, followed by a pinpoint iron left him a short putt for birdie and the championship.
“It’s pretty decent. I won the Alberta Junior last year but it’s nice to win anytime.”
He said the putter was working well along with a solid driver and he feels day two was a real test.
“The second day I was really scrambly but I was putting well and that was what held me in there.”
It was the first time he had played in the CAA but the former member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club felt comfortable with his surroundings and figures he’ll come back to defend his title.
Lynn is no stranger to high level competition as the H.J. Cody graduate spent some time on the popular McLennan Ross Junior Golf tour and appreciates what he took away from that experience.
“It’s good for beginning. Mac Ross is really good for if you want to start playing competitively. It gives you the ropes of the game and stuff. It teaches you how to play competitively. They have good tours in Alberta because you can go from Mac Ross to MJT (Maple Leaf Junior Tour) and then Alberta Golf.”
He hopes to turn pro once he graduates to play on the Dakota Tour in the states and the McKenzie Tour here in Canada. He says he loves the game’s competitiveness and it fits his personality.
“I’ve always been competitive and I love to win and I love watching the ball go in the hole”.
There’s a good chance he will see plenty of that for the rest of this summer and beyond.
