North Carolina State University Athletics
Choi To Represent Canada at World Amateur Championship
9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 3, 2010
Oakville, Ontario - Golf Canada announced Thursday that NC State freshman Albin Choi of Toronto has been selected to represent Team Canada at the 2010 World Amateur Golf Team Championship (WATC) in Argentina.
Choi becomes the fifth player from NC State to compete in the WATC - joining Tim Clark (South Africa), Fernando Mechereffe (Brazil), Carl Pettersson (Sweden), and Bill Swartz (Canada).
Choi is accompanied on the three-member Canadian team with Cam Burke of New Hamburg, Ont., and Eugene Wong of North Vancouver, B.C.
"This year's men's team is an extremely gifted group of golfers," said Doug Roxburgh, Golf Canada's Director of High Performance. "We are pleased to have Cam, Albin and Eugene representing Canada at this prestigious international championship. They have all played extremely well and have justly earned the right to represent Canada on the world stage."
Choi, 18, captured the 2010 Canadian Men's Amateur Championship in mid-August, while also won CN Future Links championships on three separate occasions and captured the GAO's 2010 Junior Spring Classic and 2009 Junior Boys Championship.
Burke and Wong are members of Team Canada, Golf Canada's National Amateur Squad, while Choi is a member of the Golf Canada's Development Squad. All three are making their first appearance at the World Amateur Championship.
The Men's Team Championship will be conducted October 28-31 at Olivos Golf Club and Buenos Aires Golf Club. The Asociación Argentina de Golf will serve as host of the 2010 championships.
A record 73 teams from around the world have entered the 2010 Men's World Amateur Team Championship. The World Amateur Team title is determined by four days of stroke play. A country may field a team of two or three players. In each round, the total of the two lowest scores by players from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day total is the team's score for the championship.
The International Golf Federation was founded in 1958 to encourage international development of the game and to employ golf as a vehicle to foster friendship and sportsmanship. The IGF, the International Olympic Committee's international federation for golf, comprises the national governing bodies of golf in more than 120 countries.
More information about the World Amateur Team Championship is available on-line at www.worldamateur2010.org.
