Team Manitoba (Gibson, Orr, Povoledo) combined for a 21-over par start in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship at The Club at North Halton in Georgetown, Ontario.

Tammy Gibson (Niakwa Country Club) had the low round for our province at 10-over par 82, one stroke better than Hodson Financial Women’s Senior Champion Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club). Fran Povoledo (Southwood) shot a 90.

Manitoba’s sixth seed in the standings is currently 12 strokes back of first place Ontario.

Also taking part individually from Manitoba are:

Lisa Benson (St. Charles Country Club) +17, 89
Mary Turner (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) +20, 92
Susan Wright-Cassan (Emerald Greens Golf Course & Driving Range) +21, 93

American Ellen Port was the lone player under par carding a 3-under 69 to sit atop of the leaderboard.

For the full leaderboard, click here.

The 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO is underway with a field of 123 golfers competing over three rounds at The Club at North Halton in Georgetown, Ontario.

Representing Team Manitoba in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship are Hodson Financial Women’s Senior Champion Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club), Fran Povoledo (Southwood) and Tammy Gibson (Niakwa Country Club).

Also in the field are:

Lisa Benson (St. Charles Country Club)
Mary Turner (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club)
Susan Wright-Cassan (Emerald Greens Golf Course & Driving Range)

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

This year’s field competing for the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship features seven of the most recent winners including defending champion and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member, Mary Ann Hayward of St. Thomas, Ontario. Last year, Hayward battled with Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ontario right up to the final hole to claim her fourth Canadian Women’s Senior national championship.

Kyrinis, a two-time champion (2016 and 2019) is in the field in Georgetown coming off her sixth Ontario Senior Women’s Championship earlier this month at Lora Bay Golf Club in Thornbury, Ontario. Kyrinis joined Marlene Streit and Gayle Borthwick as the only six-time winners of the provincial championship.

“We are excited to welcome such a strong field with a number of past champions ready to compete for our Canadian Women’s Senior Championship at The Club at North Halton,” said Sam Brown, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “The staff at North Halton have done a tremendous job in preparing to host our national championship and will provide a great test and hospitality for our field.”

The Club at North Halton is hosting the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship while celebrating its 70th anniversary. Established in 1954, the course presents a test that allows golfers to use every club in the bag. The course features tree lined fairways, wooded ravines and natural foliage set in the valley of Georgetown. The history of the golf course itself extends back to 1914 and 1915 when local entrepreneur, J.A. Willoughby purchased two farms that would eventually become North Halton Golf and Country Club.

“We are honoured to be hosting a national championship at The Club at North Halton.  Players will be welcomed into our home and community during the championship week,” said Marc Bezaire, Director of Golf Operations, The Club at North Halton. “The field of players is very strong, we are looking forward to watching some of the best players in the country compete at the highest level.”

Conducted since 1971, the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship has featured the country’s most accomplished senior golfers including Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Marlene Streit, Gayle Borthwick, Marilyn O’Connor, Margaret Todd, Alison Murdoch and Mary Ann Hayward who all own senior national championship titles. Four women have won the national championship four times including: Marlene Streit (1985, 1987, 1988, 1993), Gayle Borthwick (1994, 1995, 1999, 2000), Alison Murdoch (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007) and Mary Ann Hayward (2010, 2011, 2013, 2023).

The Senior and Super Senior championship rounds are played concurrently over three rounds, with the low 70 players plus ties in the Senior division and a minimum of five players in the Super Senior division advancing to the final round. Players over 50 are eligible to compete in the senior championship and those 60 and over are eligible to compete for the super senior title.

In addition, the Inter-Provincial Team Championship will be played over the first 36 holes, where teams will compete for the Katherine Helleur Trophy. Last year, Team Ontario won by 14-strokes over Team British Columbia. Ontario was represented by Mary Ann Hayward, Judith Kyrinis and Terrill Samuel. It marked Ontario’s tenth title in a 12-year span, with Hayward being part of all ten championships. Kyrinis earned her sixth team title and Samuel claimed her second team title.

The winner of the 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship will earn an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship taking place September 21-26 at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Wash. Along with exemptions into the 2025 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2025 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2025 U.S. Women’s Senior Open.

John Keefer of Baltimore, Maryland is the 2024 CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open Champion.

The 23 year old earned his first career victory Sunday on PGA Tour Americas shooting a 5-under par 67 at Southwood Golf & Country Club, edging fellow American Neal Shipley and Canadian Joey Savoie by a single stroke.

Finishing at 26-under par 262, the win earns Keefer $40,500 and 500 Fortinet Cup points.

Shipley’s final round was also a 5-under par 67 while Savoie made a solid push during his fourth round carding an 8-under par 64.

For the final leaderboard, click here.

Golf Manitoba, the Provincial Sport Organization for the sport of Golf, is currently seeking interested individuals to serve on the Board of Directors for a two-year term commencing November 2024.

If you have a strong passion for, and understanding of the sport of Golf, we would like to hear from you.  We are searching for strategic thinkers with experience in any of the following areas: Community Engagement, Governance, Public Affairs & Communications, Quality & Performance Management, and Strategic Planning. We are committed to making golf more accessible and welcoming to diverse populations, and would encourage like-minded individuals to apply.

The role of a Golf Manitoba Board member is to act as a trustee, always serving the best interests of the organization with integrity and an open mind.  The Board is responsible for upholding our by-laws, determining policy, developing and evaluating strategic priorities, and approving annual budgets. Board members also support the directives of the association through participation on working committees.

Expressions of Interest must include the following:

• Nomination form and
• Current CV

The application deadline for open applications is September 5, 2024.   

Interested individuals who are members of Golf Manitoba Member Clubs should contact their home club’s general manager and/or head professional to begin the application process. Public Player members can contact Golf Manitoba directly by email at jared@golfmb.ca.

Serving the Manitoba and Northwest Ontario golf communities since 1915, Golf Manitoba strives to provide quality, innovative and accessible golf programs and services.  We strive to align with all golf stakeholders through a connected golf community while encouraging both youth and adults to play more golf, more often. Our Mission is to develop, promote, govern and service the game of golf in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario for the benefit of all participants.

All Expressions of Interest will be kept in confidence.

For more information:

Jared Ladobruk
Executive Director
Golf Manitoba
204.925.5729
jared@golfmb.ca

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Golf Manitoba, in association with Golf Canada, is pleased to welcome Lake of the Sandhills Golf Course at Buffalo Point as our newest member club.

Located in the southeast corner of Manitoba off Highway #12 along the shores of Muskeg Bay and Buffalo Bay, this 18 hole course can be played from five sets of tee boxes ranging from 4,996 to 6,829 yards.

Lake of the Sandhills Golf Course at Buffalo Point features a driving range, putting green and fully licensed restaurant. The fully stocked proshop also offers both club and cart rentals.

Unique to the course is The Gambler, a 19th hole measuring 137 yards that plays to an island green, located just off the patio for closest to the hole competitions.

As an official Golf Manitoba / Canada member club, all rounds played at Lake of the Sandhills Golf Course at Buffalo Point are acceptable for handicap purposes and may be recorded toward establishing or maintaining an official Golf Canada Handicap Index.

To reserve a tee time or for more information on stay and play packages, call the proshop at (204) 437-2777 or click here for their website.

The stage is set for a thrilling finish Sunday at Southwood Golf & Country Club as the final round will be played at PGA Tour America’s CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open.

Americans John Keefer and Neal Shipley are separated by a single stroke while Calgary’s Brendan MacDougall is only three strokes off the lead.

Keefer sits atop of the leaderboard at 21-under par 195 through 54 holes following rounds of 63, 61 and 71.

Shipley, who continues to be a fan favorite following his Masters and U.S. Open appearances earlier this year, has recorded rounds of 63, 64 and 69. The Pittsburgh product also talks about enjoying the Winnipeg Blue Bombers victory last Friday night.

The top Canadian is Brendan MacDougall, who continues to improve as the week goes on with rounds of 68, 66 and an impressive 8-under par 64 on Saturday.

For the full leaderboard, click here.

Sunday’s final round tee off at 7:20am. The leaders will tee off at 1:20pm.

Admission is only $10 per person.

Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Champion Braxton Kuntz of Breezy Bend Country Club and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg turned some heads making some impressive shots over the past couple days, however failed to advance to the weekend at PGA Tour America’s CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open at Southwood Golf & Country Club.

Kuntz made eight birdies during Friday’s 5-under par 67 to finish with a 36 hole total of 4-under par 140.

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg carded an 8-over par 80 in his final round to finish at 10-over par 154. It’s the best performance by a Jets player since they were granted an exemption to take part.

John Keefer of the United States is in top spot on the leaderboard at 18-under par through 14 holes thanks to nine birdies and five pars so far in his second round.

Fellow American Neal Shipley, who was the Low Amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open, is one stroke back in second place at 17-under par 127 following rounds of 9-under par 63 and 8-under par 64.

For the live leaderboard, click here.

For tee times, click here.

The Carleton Golf and Yacht continued to test some of the best Mid-Amateur golfers for the fourth day in a row, but nothing could stop Cam Burke’s dominant play as he finished at 14-under to capture the 2024 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, presented by BDO on Friday. 

Starting his day atop of the leaderboard, Burke of Kitchener Ont., got off to a tough start by making a bogey on the par-4 fourth hole. From there the 37-year-old never looked back, by making an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole and recorded four birdies for the day, shooting a final round 3-under 67.  

“It feels awesome. Obviously, every time you show up to one of these events that is what you are trying to do and you know I didn’t let myself get too far ahead of myself if that makes sense,” said Burke. “I tried to stay in the moment and just focus on what I was doing but now that it’s over, it feels pretty cool for sure. Again, I just, I don’t know my parents have been watching my dog all week so I kinda miss my dog so I will probably just go back there tonight and scoop her up and my friends and family will probably want to get something together this weekend, but nothing planned as of yet.” 

Burke won by nine strokes over David Lang and Kyle Gordon who both tied for second at 5-under. Lang finished his final round with a 3-under 67, while Gordon recorded a 2-under 68. This is Burke’s first time winning the Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship after recently capturing the Ontario Mid-Amateur championship in a playoff last month at the North Bay Golf & Country Club.

Tyson Ehnes (Lorette Golf Course) and Lyle Mackenzie (Niakwa Country Club) finished T40 on the leaderboard as Manitoba’s top two players. MacKenzie shot a 1-over par 71 while Ehnes fired a 74 to finish at 7-over par 287.

Other Golf Manitoba members to play all 72 holes included:

T45 Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) +8 70-72-74-72-288
T45 Skyler Thomas (Pine Ridge Golf Club) +8 72-73-72-71-288
T52 Patrick Perrin (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +10 79-67-71-73-290
T57 Curtis Markusson (St. Charles Country Club) +11 78-70-70-73-291
77 David White (St. Charles) +19 74-71-78-76-299

Markusson and White also competed for the Canadian Mid-Masters Championship finishing T15 and 26th respectively.

Brooks Lancaster of Kaleden, B.C won the Mid-Master division.

On Wednesday, Team Ontario defended their inter-provincial title, securing the Bruce Forbes Trophy for a record 18th time in the 30-year history of the competition. Ontario was represented by Cam Burke, Ben Thompson of Toronto, Ont., and Charles Fitzsimmons of King, Ont., who finished with a total score of 5-under to defeat Team Manitoba by seven strokes. 

For the full leaderboard, click here.

Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Champion Braxton Kuntz of Breezy Bend Country Club finished his opening round of PGA Tour America’s CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open Friday morning at Southwood Golf & Country Club with a 1-over par 73.

Kuntz’s round included three birdies and 13 pars along with one bogey, and a triple bogey on the 16th hole.

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg had an impressive start to his week opening with a 2-over par 74.

Americans John Keefer, Michael Brennan and Neal Shipley tied for top spot on the leaderboard at 9-under par 63.

For the live leaderboard, click here.

For tee times, click here.

Tyson Ehnes (Lorette Golf Course) is Manitoba’s top performer through three rounds at the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

Ehnes’ 4-over par 74 puts him T19 on the leaderboard at 3-over par 213 entering Friday’s final round at the Carleton Golf & Yacht Club in Manotick, Ontario.

Other Golf Manitoba members on the active leaderboard include:

T38 Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) +6 70-72-74-216
T38 Lyle Mackenzie (Niakwa Country Club) +6 69-71-75-216
T49 Skyler Thomas (Pine Ridge Golf Club) +7 72-73-72-217
T49 Patrick Perrin (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +7 79-67-71-217
T56 Curtis Markusson (St. Charles Country Club) +8 78-70-70-218
T74 David White (St. Charles) +13 74-71-78-223

Markusson (T16) and White (T26) are also competing for the Canadian Mid-Masters Championship.

For the full leaderboard, click here.

For tee times, click here.