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Van Loon Returns to Golf World Championships

By Todd Anderson spring hockey team. He’s looking
forward to heading back to the
t just six years old, Ingleside beautiful golf town, host of several
Aresident Landon Van Loon U.S. Open Championships in the
already possesses an incredible array past.
of memories in the sport of golf. This
August the talented youngster will be “I’m really excited,” says Van

competing in his second consecutive Loon, who finished 53rd at last
year’s event despite being one of the
golf world championship at the

prestigious Pinehurst Golf Club in youngest competitors in the field.
“I’m really happy because it’s such
North Carolina.
a big tournament. There are people

Van Loon qualified for the event everywhere. They have a parade of
after finishing 3rd in the Niagara nations. It will be fun to be on Team

Local Tour of the U.S. Kids Golf Canada again. I’m going to try and
Foundation in May. The result is win one of the big trophies.” Ingleside’s Landon Van Loon finished 3rd in the Niagara Region local

all-the-more impressive, considering tour of the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation. The ranking has qualified him

Van Loon only competed in four of Van Loon’s road to this year’s for the world championships to be held in August at Pinehurst Golf
event didn’t come easy – he made it Course in North Carolina. It’s the second consecutive year he will be
the six qualifying tournament events.
Van Loon missed the other two events by just one shot – and had to battle competing in the event. Submitted photo: Joey Van Loon

due to his commitments as goaltender adversity in the final round at the on May 24 according to his father Landon who earns the bragging
Peninsula Lakes Tour Championship
for the AAA 2008 Casselman Pirates Joey. “He had a really tough start. He rights. “I started putting when I was

was 8 over through five holes, but he two. I had a range membership when
Voted Cornwall’s Favourite managed to play the last four holes I was three and my fi rst round at
at even par to save his spot in the top Upper Canada was when I was four,
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beat, but we knew he was in trouble golf because it’s fun. I like golfi ng
Presents “Famous Sports Quotes” after his slow start on (May 24). He with my dad because we get to have
was pretty good to set small goals on talks. We make up stories.”
each hole to try and climb back into Joey cherishes the moments as
“ Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? the tournament.” He finished tied for well, although, “Landon rubs it

The opportunity to play.” Mike Singletary 3rd at the 9-hole Tour Championship in every time he gets the lowest
at +8.
score.” Joey also thinks his son’s

Van Loon missed the first of six golfi ng experiences compliment his
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19. On April 26 he finished 2nd at “It’s a nice cross-over between the
Rockway – Vineyards, shooting a two sports. If he lets in a bad goal,
NOW round at +2. On May 10 he finished or misses a two-foot putt, he’s got to

Available 2nd, shooting +7 at Seneca Hickory forget about both and just move on.”
Stick Golf Course. He missed the
Willodell Golf Course event on May Among Landon’s “career”
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May 23 event at Sparrow Lakes Golf
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Club. Van Loon finished ahead of the and a best score of -1 (35) on the

2nd place finisher of the tour in three
front 9, also at Upper Canada last
of the four events he played in, and summer.
tied him in the other. The other boy
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