Ben Julie

Excellent Ball Striker, Smart Course Manager, Calm & Resilient Competitor

• Chipping
• Irons
• Course Management
• Up-and-Down Ability

• E.L. Crossley Secondary School Golf Team Captain — served as team captain in each of my first three years and has already been appointed captain for my fourth year

• Sawmill Golf Course Performance Team — 6 years
• E.L. Crossley Secondary School Golf Team — 2023–Present; led the team to OFSAA in each of the past three seasons
• Golf Ontario Next Wave Development Program — 2025; selected for Ontario’s high-performance development program for emerging junior talent

I have grown up around golf and around our family golf course, so I have been working there for a long time. Over the past few years, I have taken on more responsibility, including range maintenance, working in the Pro Shop, helping my dad with weekly cash, teaching junior camps, mentoring our Development Team, and managing seven weekly leagues. I have also helped at a lot of junior events over the years. In 2026, I was a Team Captain for the Niagara Junior TEAM Tour, where I helped younger players with rules, helped them get ready for their rounds, and helped with scoring after.

For most of my junior golf career, I was one of the smaller players, so I had to learn how to score without relying on distance. There were a lot of times when I couldn’t reach greens in regulation, so I had to get really good at getting up and down to save par. That helped me develop a strong short game, better course management, and the ability to stay patient and grind out scores. Over the past year, I have grown a lot and started to gain more distance, which has given me more chances to hit greens in regulation, make birdies, and score lower.

I am pretty independent when it comes to practicing and I enjoy working on my game on my own. I also take school seriously and work hard to balance school with a busy tournament schedule.

Growing up at Sawmill has had a big influence on what I want to do in the future. My goal is to study business, keep improving as a golfer, and eventually take over and lead my family’s golf course.

• 2023–24 SOSSA Team Champions — E.L. Crossley Secondary School
• 2024–25 SOSSA Team Champions — E.L. Crossley Secondary School
• 2025–26 SOSSA Team Champions — E.L. Crossley Secondary School
• Qualified for OFSAA in each of the past three seasons
• Led E.L. Crossley to OFSAA three consecutive years; only one team from the Hamilton-to-Niagara region advances to the provincial championship each season.

• Driver – 270
• Woods
  • 3 – 230
• Hybrid
  • 4 – 215
• Irons
  • 4 – 200
  • 5 – 190
  • 6 – 180
  • 7 – 170
  • 8 – 160
  • 9 – 150
• Wedges
  • 60 – 100
  • 54 – 120
  • 48 – 130
  • 44 – 140

Stats from Golf Canada App

• Handicap – +1.2
• Tournament Scoring Average in 2026 –