Cohen Adamson Photo: Fanshawe Falcons

OCAA:

Round 1 of the 2026 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Golf Championships is complete at FireRock Golf Club in Komoka, Ont., with a pair of student-athletes topping the respective leaderboards.

Cohen Adamson (Kemptville) of the Fanshawe Falcons and Spencer Main (Welland) of the Niagara Knights both completed a one-over round of 73 to share the clubhouse lead in the men’s tournament.

Christian Giorgi (Mississauga) and Mike McCullough (Vaughan) of the Humber Hawks and Cale Marontate (Harrow) of the St. Clair Saints are all one stroke off the pace, while Ben Hilditch (Cookstown) of the Georgian Grizzlies, Zander Battaglia (St. Thomas) of the Falcons and Xavier Bernier (Kitchener) and 2025 silver medalist Jack Gratrix (Sunderland) of the Hawks are two strokes back entering Tuesday’s second round.

In the women’s competition, 2025 bronze medalist Justine Gorham (Amherstburg) of the Saints and Mya Summers (Ridgetown) of the Falcons both achieved a five-over 78 to share the early lead, three strokes ahead of reigning national champion Jordon Newlands (Toronto) of the Hawks. Two-time OCAA medalist Bryden Dilley (Barrie) of the Grizzlies and Ava Bechard (Mississauga) of the Hawks are five and six strokes off the pace, respectively.

Mya Summers

In the team competitions, the Humber Hawks lead both races. Humber is a dozen strokes ahead of St. Clair in the men’s competition, and seven shots ahead of Fanshawe in the women’s tournament.

A total of 44 student-athletes are competing at the OCAA championships which conclude on Wednesday. Seven post-secondary institutions are represented at the competition, including Confederation College (Thunder Bay), Durham College (Oshawa), host Fanshawe College (London), Georgian College (Barrie), Humber Polytechnic (Etobicoke), Niagara College (Welland) and St. Clair College (Windsor).

The tournament consists of three 18-hole rounds, weather permitting. The men’s and women’s player posting the lowest gross score through 54 holes will earn their respective individual championship.

Men’s teams consist of four or five golfers, with the top four individual scores of each round contributing to the total team score. Women’s teams consist of two or three golfers, with the top two individual scores of each round contributing to their total score. Schools with the lowest aggregate of gross scores after 54 holes win the respective team titles.

The Humber Hawks are both the reigning men’s and women’s team champions, with the latter having won a record six straight OCAA banners. Fanshawe last won the men’s team title in 2022, and the women’s in 2018.

FireRock is a challenging par-72 championship design framed by natural grasses and trees, captivating land forms and ragged handmade bunkers. FireRock last hosted the OCAA championships in 2018.

Daily results at the championships will be available online via the championship website and OCAA.com.

The top OCAA golfers and teams will move on to compete at the 2026 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association PING Golf National Championships. The event takes place at Club de Golf Le Blainvillier in Blainville, Que., from Oct. 13-16 and will be hosted by Cegep Andre-Laurendeau.

Championship Website: OCAA.com/championships/golf/2026-27/index