(Courtesy of Saint Leo Athletics)
Saint Leo men’s golf standout
Hugo Bernard came from behind to win the 112th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship on Aug. 11 at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Bernard, a sophomore at Saint Leo, won by two strokes with a four-round total 271 (-11) over Andy Zhang, 273 (-9). Bernard, the first Canadian to win the title since 2011-12, opened slowly with a first round 73 (+3) before firing off rounds of 64 (-6), 69 (-1) and 65 (-5) to capture the Canadian Men’s Amateur title. With the win, Bernard became the first Quebec native to win the tournament since Craig Matthew in 1998.
