Emily Zhu wins the 2019 Canadian Junior Girls Championship. (Supplied by Golf Canada)

By David Opinko

Emily Zhu wins Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Lethbridge Country Club

Aug 2, 2019 | 4:15 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A winner has been crowned at a prestigious golf tournament held in Lethbridge this week.

After days of heavy competition, Emily Zhu came out on top thanks to a strong final two rounds.

“I’m still kind of in shock,” says Zhu. “Going into this tournament I really wanted to win, so this win makes me feel really, really good. I tried to play it like yesterday – focus on my shot and focus on hitting each one as good as I can.”

They key moment in her victory came on No. 11 when Zhu birdied and the then-first-place YanJun Lio double-bogeyed.

The Richmond Hill, Ontario native finished the final round Friday four under par at 68. This follows her round three result of 67 (-5), and 70 (-2) in both of the first two rounds.

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By the end, she had a combined 13 under par.

Liu finished second at eight under, while the defending champion Celeste Dao was third at three under.

The full results from Golf Canada can be found here.