- Warren Sye
Warren Sye (born 1956) is a
Canadian amateurgolf er who has won several important championships.Biography
Sye was born
Toronto ,Ontario . He began playing at a young age at the Weston Golf Club in Toronto, where his father, a low-handicap player, had a membership. He attended theUniversity of Houston on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1980. While there, he was a teammate with players such asFred Couples ,Blaine McCallister , andJim Nance .Sye was a member of the Canadian team which won the
Eisenhower Trophy inVenezuala in 1986, along withBrent Franklin , Mark Brewer, and Jack Kay Jr. ["Golf in Canada: A History", byJames A. Barclay ,Toronto ,McClelland and Stewart , 1992.]Sye has won the
Canadian Amateur Championship twice, in 1990 at his home course, Weston Golf Club, and in 1994 atHamilton Golf and Country Club . Also, Sye finished third in the Canadian Amateur in 1988. [http://www.rcga.org, the Canadian Amateur results archive.] He has won the Ontario Amateur Championship five times, the first time in 1988 at the Board of Trade Club (West Course), where he crushed the field with an 11-stroke margin over the runner-up. Sye finished as runner-up in the 1998U.S. Mid-Amateur , held at NCR Country Club inKettering, Ohio , losing in thematch play final to John "Spider" Miller.Sye broke the longstanding course record at the Hamilton club with a round of 62, smashing the previous mark of 64, which had been first set in 1930 by
Tommy Armour , and then tied in 1977 byJim Nelford . The Weston Golf Club has conferred honorary life membership upon Sye. He currently works as a sales representative in the golf industry, and has remained anamateur golfer playing recreationally, while taking a break from the competitive golf scene in recent seasons.References
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