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ONE TO WATCH: BEST AMATEUR
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Canada’s Fred H Mannix IV, 24, is the world’s highest-rated amateur player. He has held a 7-goal handicap since he was 20. In 2007, playing for Park Hyatt Alegria, he qualified for the Argentine Open Championship; in previous years, he reached the semi-finals and finals of the Camara de Diputados Cup in Buenos Aires. In 2002, playing for a Rest of the Commonwealth team against England, he won the Coronation Cup at the HPA’s special Cartier International celebrating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. In 2004 he was on the Labegorce team that captured the Queen’s Cup in England. He has competed for the USPA Gold Cup and US Open Championship. At home in Calgary, his Millarville team has won the Canadian Open five times and he has led Team Canada in several international tests overseas, including the 2001 FIP World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. He works for the Sapphire Group, a Calgary-based water treatment company.
