ALBATH, DURHAM WINS OCAA WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

CORNWALL, Ont. - The Durham Lords continued their dominance on the fairways on Wednesday, winning their second straight Ontario Colleges Athletics Association (OCAA) women's team golf title.

Durham's Tiffany Albath dethroned teammate Kayleigh Kraemer for the women's individual title, as both finished on top of the leaderboard for the second straight year. This year's championship was hosted by St. Lawrence College at the Cornwall Golf and Country Club.

"It's a nice one to have, even though all the scores were not as great as last year," Albath said, explaining that the wet conditions Monday and Tuesday and windy conditions on Wednesday contributed to the high scores.

Albath adds a gold medal to last year's silver by posting back-to-back rounds of 79. Albath's three-round total of 242 was three strokes better than Kraemer's. Both Albath and Kraemer are from Germany. They came to Canada to attend Durham's professional golf management course.

Kraemer was a gracious second-place finisher, as she said she was happy to contribute to the winning team.

"We care more about the team finish than the individual," she said.

For Kraemer, it marks a third OCAA individual medal, after winning silver in 2009 and gold in 2010.

Albath and Kraemer defeated Georgian's pairing of Jasmine Paton and Nicole Belcourt by 43 shots to give Durham the women's team championship. Paton added another individual bronze medal to her collection, finishing in third place for a second straight year with a three-day total of 262.

St. Clair's Ashley Unrau finished fourth with a score of 267. Rounding out the Top 5 was Georgian's Belcourt, who ended the tournament with a combined score of 268. There were 11 golfers in total in the women's competition.

Albath and Kraemer will look to defend Durham's national women's golf championship later this month. The 2011 PING Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Golf National Championship, hosted by Holland College, will take place Oct. 18-21 at Brudenell River Golf Course in Roseneath, P.E.I. Albath and Kraemer are the defending CCAA individual silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

With files from St. Lawrence College

2011 OCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS LEADERBOARD
Women's Individual
Women's Team

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