Sunday is the day everyone has been waiting for at Whispering Winds of Warren Golf & Country Club as they host the Semi Finals and Finals of the Match Play Championship presented by St. Vital Dental Centre.
Both the Women’s bracket and Men’s Super Senior backet are the only Championships with all four top seeds remaining. The Women’s Semi Finals open the day 7:30am with a family affair as the Lafleche sisters go head to head as #1 seed Jeri (Niakwa Country Club) plays Jewel (Niakwa), who is seeded 4th. #2 Charmaine Hayden (Breezy Bend Country Club) will then take on #3 Camryn Thomas (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club).
The Men’s Super Senior Semis get underway at 7:48am featuring top seed Bruce North (Carman Golf & Curling Club) against #4 Gordon Hudson (Southwood Golf & Country Club) followed by #2 Carl Lechman (Elmhurst) versus #3 Don Loewen (Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club). Honourable mention to eighth seed Ted Antoniuk (Pine Ridge Golf Club) who forced North into a five hole playoff during their quarter final.
The Men’s Senior Final Four feature #5 David White (St. Charles) versus #8 Dan Scanlon (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) teeing off at 8:06am followed by #2 Jason Groshak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) playing third seeded David Kuik (Niakwa).
The Men’s Semis conclude the morning draw at 8:24 with #8 David Spurr (Elmhurst) playing #13 Gavin Carver (Team Manitoba / St. Charles). Carver had the biggest upset in the Quarters with a 19 hole victory over fifth seed Allan McDonald (Breezy Bend). An epic Elmhurst showdown will see #2 Evan Nachtigall tangle with #6 Jordy Lutz.
For the Manitoba Blue Cross live brackets, click here.
The winners advance to the Championship Matches starting at 1:00pm.
A reminder, there is no admission for golf enthusiasts to join us at Whispering Winds of Warren Golf & Country Club to watch.
