DURHAM GOLFER WILL MITCHELL PLACES 8TH AT WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Durham College standout golfer, Will Mitchell, who is the defending OCAA Collegiate Champion, placed 8th overall in the World at the 2006 World Unversity Golf Championships held September 5th thru 9th in Turin, Italy.

The local native, playing with his talented Durham College Lords team, qualified for the World University Championships by finishing in the top 5 at the RCGA Canadian University-College National Championships held in Thornhill this past June. Mitchell will be entering his second year of studies at Durham College in the highly regarded Professional Golf Management program will also enter his second season as a part of the two-time defending OCAA Golf Champions and CCAA Defending National Silver medalists.

The talented young golfer opened the World's with a tough 78 and then bounced back in big time fashion with a 69 in Round two of the 4 round World event. He then posted an amazing 66 in round 3 at the Circolo Golf Club of Torino, which was the second lowest round of the World Championships. His final round 69 placed him 8th in the World at total of 282 just one stroke behind Gordon Yates of Great Britain at 281 and just 9 strokes behind the Gold Medalist Yuta Ikeda of Japan who carded a 273. (Mitchell's scoring: 78-69-66-69--282)

Mitchell's 282 led Team Canada in scoring and also helped lead our Canadian contingent to a solid 4th place finish in the world (853 total) just 2 strokes behind Bronze medalists Great Britain (851). Japan won gold with a 4 round team total of 841 while the USA took Silver at 847.

"What a terrific accomplishment for Will and the entire team! stated DC-UOIT Athletic Director, Ken Babcock. I am not surprised at Will's excellent placing and the solid team finish for Canada. He is a special talent and a great kid. The level of College and University golf in Canada is soaring and we are very proud of Will and his accomplishments!"

Canada's team consisted of the top 6 finishers at the RCGA University-College Nationals held at Thornhill. Team Canada was made up of Mitchell (Durham College), 20th Jade Dennnill (University of Victoria) 72-72-72-71-287 -1, 21st ......Geoff McLeod (University of Western Ontario) 72-74-72-71-289 +1.....28th Blake Rowe-Sleeman (UBC) 73-72-74-72-291 +3.......34th Brad Kirton (University of Manitoba) 74-71-72-75-292 +5, and 48th Ryan Willoughby (McGill University) 76-72-74-76-298 +10.

An amazing accomplishment for the Durham College standout, finishing 8th in the world at the World University Gold Championships. The event consisted of the 15 best golf playing countries in the world. Mitchell returns home from Italy today to Pearson International Airport in Toronto.

Please find the complete individual standings and team standings from the 2006 World University Golf Championships held in Turin, Italy.

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