{"id":53696,"date":"2015-06-30T11:20:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53696"},"modified":"2015-06-30T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T03:20:12","slug":"jung-wins-regional-qualifier-earns-exemption-into-canadian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/30\/jung-wins-regional-qualifier-earns-exemption-into-canadian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Jung wins regional qualifier, earns exemption into Canadian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53698\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Richard-Jung.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53698\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Richard-Jung.png\" alt=\"Richard Jung (Photo courtesy of Golf Canada)\" width=\"718\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Richard-Jung.png 718w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Richard-Jung-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Jung (Photo courtesy of Golf Canada)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MILTON, Ont. \u2013 Richard Jung fired a 10-under-par 62 to claim the third and final RBC Canadian Open regional qualifier on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Jung, of Markham, Ont., tied a course record at the Copperhead Course at RattleSnake Point, taking medallist honours to earn an exemption into the 106th playing of the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>Jung opened and closed his round with eagles to accompany seven birdies. He finished four strokes clear of second place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first event in six months, my plan was to hit fairways, greens and go for the putts where I could,\u201d Jung said. \u201cThere were some tricky holes. I had a hard time thinking in the present all day because I was so pumped and having so much fun at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old will be playing in his first Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 144 players competed in the 18-hole stroke play qualifier with 24 players advancing to the RBC Canadian Open final qualifier to be staged July 20 in Alberton, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kim of Toronto capitalized on a seven birdie performance to finish tied for second with Mississauga, Ont., native Jonathan Kim-Moss at 6-under par. The pair earned their spots in the Monday qualifier, alongside amateurs Branson Ferrier of Barrie, Ont., and Chase Komaromi of Delaware, Ont., who both shot 67 for a share of fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>The two-stage qualifying procedure for Canada&#8217;s National Open Championship features three regional qualifying events held in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario, followed by the final qualifying competition on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>The previous two qualifying events held in Ile-Bizard, Que., and Squamish B.C., awarded 25 players with spots into the final qualifying event.<\/p>\n<p>A minimum of four players will gain entry into the Canadian Open through the Monday qualifier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILTON, Ont. \u2013 Richard Jung fired a 10-under-par 62 to claim the third and final RBC Canadian Open regional qualifier &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":53698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-53696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}