Golf Canada is pleased to announce the group of 46 junior and amateur athletes selected as part of the Team Canada player development program for 2022. Professional players who will be part of Team Canada in 2022 will be determined and announced in January.
The announcement marks a significant roster increase, adding 17 additional male and female athletes to the previous year’s Team Canada amateur and junior squads. The larger program size will increase the number of top developing players who receive nationally supervised coaching and support and will grow the pool of future high-potential Canadian professional golfers.
Team Canada’s 2022 National Amateur Squad consists of 21 athletes, including eight women and 13 men. The Junior Squad totals 25 athletes including 12 female and 13 male U19 athletes ages 14-18.
WOMEN’S AMATEUR SQUAD
– Brigitte Thibault | Rosemère, Qué. – Club de golf de Rosemère (23)
– Brooke Rivers | Brampton, Ont. – Brampton Golf Club (16)
– Céleste Dao | Notre-Dame-de-l’île-Perrot, Qué. – Summerlea Golf & Country Club (20)
– Monet Chun | Richmond Hill, Ont. – Public Player (20)
– Noémie Paré | Victoriaville, Qué. – Club de golf de Victoriaville (24)
– Sarah-Ève Rhéaume | Québec, Qué. – Club de golf Royal Québec (21)
– Savannah Grewal | Mississauga, Ont. – Piper’s Heath Golf Club (20)
– Taylor Kehoe | Strathroy, Ont. – West Haven Golf & Country Club (17)
MEN’S AMATEUR SQUAD
– A.J. Ewart | Coquitlam, B.C. – The Vancouver Golf Club (22)
– Brendan MacDougall | Calgary, Alta. – The Glencoe Golf & Country Club (24)
– Chris Vandette | Beaconsfield, Qué. – Summerlea Golf & Country Club (20)
– Étienne Papineau | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué. – Club de golf Pinegrove (25)
– Henry Lee | Coquitlam, B.C. – Marine Drive Golf Club (23)
– Johnny Travale | Stoney Creek, Ont. – Glendale Golf and Country Club (21)
– Laurent Desmarchais | Longueuil, Qué. – Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu (20)
– Matthew Anderson | Mississauga, Ont. – Credit Valley Golf & Country Club (21)
– Max Sekulic | Rycroft, Alta. – The Glencoe Golf & Country Club (22)
– Noah Steele | Kingston, Ont. – Cataraqui Golf & Country Club (24)
– Piercen Hunt | Hartland, WI – The Club at Lac La Belle (20)
– Thomas Giroux | Georgetown, Ont. – The Club at North Halton (22)
– Tristan Mandur | Duncan, B.C. – Duncan Meadows Golf Course (22)
National Junior Squad
JUNIOR GIRLS SQUAD
– Angela Arora | Surrey, B.C. – Beach Grove Golf Club (17)
– Anne-Léa Lavoie | Québec, Qué. – Club de golf Royal Québec (16)
– Ella Weber | Burlington, Ont. – Rattlesnake Point Golf Club (16)
– Emily Zhu | Richmond Hill, Ont. – National Pines Golf Club (17)
– Katie Cranston | Oakville, Ont. – Oakville Golf Club (17)
– Lauren Kim | Surrey, B.C. – Morgan Creek Golf Club (16)
– Lauren Zaretsky | Thornhill, Ont. – Maple Downs Golf & Country Club (17)
– Luna Lu | Burnaby, B.C. – Pitt Meadows Golf Club (14)
– Martina Yu | Coquitlam, B.C. – Meadow Gardens Golf Club (15)
– Michelle Liu | Vancouver, B.C. – Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club (15)
– Nicole Gal | Oakville, Ont. – Oakville Golf Club (16)
– Yeji Kwon | Port Coquitlam, B.C. – Swaneset Bay Resort & Country Club (15)
JUNIOR BOYS SQUAD
– Andre Zhu | Richmond Hill, Ont. – National Pines Golf Club (15)
– Ben MacLean | Niagara Falls, Ont. – Cherry Hill Club (17)
– Cooper Humphreys | Vernon, B.C. – The Harvest Club (16)
– Eric Zhao | North York, Ont. – Bayview Golf & Country Club (14)
– Ethan Wilson | St. Albert, Alta. – Glendale Golf & Country Club (17)
– Félix Bouchard | Otterburn Park, Qué. – Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu (18)
– Gavyn Knight | Parksville, B.C. – Morningstar Golf Club (17)
– James Newton | Ottawa, Ont. – The Royal Ottawa Golf Club (18)
– Jeevan Sihota | Victoria, B.C. – Gorge Vale Golf Club (17)
– JP Parr | St-Célestin, Qué. – Club de golf Ki-8-eb Golf (17)
– Malik Dao | Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Qué. – Summerlea Golf & Country Club (17)
– Mathieu Lafontaine | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Qué. – Summerlea Golf & Country Club (17)
– Owen Kim | Oakville, Ont. – Blue Springs Golf Club (17)
Team Canada Coaching Staff
The 2022 Team Canada coaching staff will support both the National Amateur and Junior Squads.
For the amateur squads, Derek Ingram of Winnipeg, Man., returns as men’s head coach with support from new assistant coaches Benoit Lemieux of Montréal, Qué., and Louis Melanson from Moncton, N.B. On the women’s side, Tristan Mullally of Dundas, Ont., returns as head coach, supported by assistant coach Salimah Mussani of Vancouver, B.C., as well as an additional women’s assistant coach to be named in the coming weeks.
On the junior side, Robert Ratcliffe of Comox, B.C., will lead the Junior Squads, supported by assistant coach Jennifer Greggain, of Langford, B.C.
Athletes will also access Team Canada’s sport science team, which includes physiotherapists Greg Redman and Andrea Kosa, psychologist Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood, and strength and conditioning coach Bryan Katz. Junior athletes will also receive supplemental support from the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific in the areas of mental performance and nutrition.
Ingram, Mullally, Ratcliffe, Greggain, Mussani, Lemieux and Melanson are all PGA of Canada members.
