Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) and Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) had the low rounds of the day in the respective Boys and Girls divisions as the Manitoba Summer Games powered by Manitoba Hydro opened at Gilbert Plains Country Club.

Boge’s 74, who is representing Team Winnipeg Gold, is good for a one stroke lead in the Boys event on Team East’s Brady Comaskey (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge) and a three stoke advantage on both Team Winnipeg Blue’s Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge) and Team South’s Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa)

Winnipeg Gold leads the Team Championship at 237, two strokes better than Team East.

Carding a 77, Lafleche is 14 strokes clear in the Girls event of Team West’s Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club). Team Winnipeg Blue’s Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa) sits third on the leaderboard at 92.

Winnipeg Gold also leads the Team Championship at 173. They are 18 strokes better than Winnipeg Blue.

For the full leaderboards, click here.

The second and final round tees off Tuesday morning at 10:00.

Golf Manitoba Director of Communications & Development Brian Munz gets the latest from Carman Golf & Curling Club General Manager & PGA of Manitoba Head Professional Dean North on this week’s festivities celebrating 100 years!

Golf Manitoba is proud to announce the roster of competitors who will take part in the 2024 Manitoba Summer Games powered by Manitoba Hydro.

The 36 hole golf event will take place at Gilbert Plains Country Club on August 12th and 13th.

Representing Team South are Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Steinbach Fly-in Golf Club), Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa Country Club), Gavin Carver (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jamie Park (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club), Mackenzie Bartlett, Allie McCullough, Landry North and Cora North. The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Assistant Professional Nick Einarson (Breezy Bend Country Club).

Representing Team East are Brady Comaskey (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Matthew Michaleski (Selkirk Golf & Country Club), Ryder Pufahl (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) and Colton Drul (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Ryan McMillan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club).

Representing Team West are Daylan Duncalfe, Kale Jones, Tate Bercier (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club), Brayden Hamm, Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Payton Bailey (Wheat City Golf Course) and Blake Tomiski. The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Austin Dobrescu.

Representing Team Winnipeg Gold are Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club), Aris Mercury (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jonah Shapiro (Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club), Maisy Shewchuk (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) and Angela Sitarz (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Bret Thompson.

Representing Team Winnipeg Blue are Ryan Tuck (St. Boniface Golf Club), Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Owen Conrad (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Hunter MacLean (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club), Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club), Gracie McMillan (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) and Sadie Blazeiko (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Terry Reilly (Niakwa Country Club).

Registration by Member Club:

Carman Golf & Curling Club (1)
Elmhurst Golf & Country Club (2)
Glendale Golf & Country Club (4)
Golf Manitoba Public Players Club (4)
Niakwa Country Club (3)
Pine Ridge Golf Club (4)
Rossmere Country Club (2)
St. Boniface Golf Club (1)
St. Charles Country Club (1)
Selkirk Golf & Country Club (1)
Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club (1)
Wheat City Golf Course (1)

Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) shot a 1-under par 71 in his final round at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship Thursday in Saskatoon to finish in a two way tie for third place.

With a 12-under par 276 total, Kuntz ended four days of competition just three strokes back of champion Tyler Mawhinney of Florida.

Kuntz’s round featured four birdies and 11 pars along with three bogeys.

Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) was the only other Manitoban to make the cut and finished T74 on the leaderboard at 9-over par 297.

For the final leaderboard, click here.

Photo Courtesy: Victor Pankratz

Breezy Bend Country Club & Transcona Golf Club captured the Women’s Four-Ball Championships Thursday at Portage Golf Club.

Charmaine Hayden and Veronica Van der Meer won the “A” Championship Gross Division at 2-over par 74. India Young and Keira Krahn of Carman Golf & Curling Club finished second, just one stroke back.

Stacey Borowski and Jennifer Jones of Breezy Bend finished first in the Net Division at 8-under par 64. Jody Bieber and Gail Carswell of St. Charles Country Club won the silver medal two strokes back.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

Loretta Wallace and Debra Deboer of Transcona Golf Club won the “B” Championship Gross Division with a combined score of 20-over par 92. Gwen Shorten and Sandy Sager of Breezy Bend Country Club finished in second place, just one stroke back.

Rachelle Krasny and Marilyn Sippel of Transcona finished first in the Net Division at 4-under par 68. Brenda Prystayko and Jacqui Sair of Pine Ridge Golf Club ended with a silver medal two strokes back.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

Golf Manitoba would like to acknowledge our Official Performance Partners:

Manitoba Blue Cross

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PUMA GOLF – Ryan Sommerfeld, Territory Manager

Sport Manitoba

Taylormade Canada – Eric Johnson, Sales & Marketing Territory Manager

We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Portage Golf Club led by General Manager Robby Moar, Superintendent Farrol Asham and Head Chef Mike Zebransky, their staff, club members and volunteers for their warm welcome.

New and exclusive Golf Manitoba coverage, presented by Manitoba Blue Cross, is available by following us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and online at www.golfmb.ca.

49 two person teams are at Portage Golf Club this morning to compete in the Women’s Four-Ball Championship.

The “A” Championship features 28 teams representing Transcona Golf Club, Portage Golf Club, Pine Ridge Golf Club, St. Charles Country Club, Rossmere Country Club, Niakwa Country Club, Elmhurst Golf & Country Club, Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club, St. Boniface Golf Club, Shilo Country Club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, Carman Golf & Curling Club, Breezy Bend Country Club and Southwood Golf & Country Club.

For the tee times, click here.

21 teams will compete in the “B” Championship representing Tuxedo Golf Club, Portage Golf Club, Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club, Transcona Golf Club, Rossmere Golf Club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, Southwood Golf & Country Club, Windsor Park Golf Course, Kildonan Park Golf Course, Carman Golf & Curling Club, Shilo Country Club, Pine Ridge Golf Club and Breezy Bend Country Club.

For tee times, click here.

Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) shot a 3-under par 69 in his third round at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship Wednesday in Saskatoon.

Currently at 11-under par 205, Kuntz is in a three way tie for second place on the leaderboard, just one stroke back of American Tyler Mawhinney for first place.

Kuntz’s round featured an eagle on the 16th hole, four birdies and 10 pars along with three bogeys.

Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) shot a 77 to sit at T57.

For the third round leaderboard, click here.

For the final round tee times, click here.

Golf Manitoba Director of Communications & Development Brian Munz takes us “Inside the Ropes” with QX 104 morning show host Karly Troschuk at Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club.

Karly talks about her passion for the sport of golf, her family’s involvement and who her dream foursome on course includes.

Team Manitoba (Ryan Blair, Drew Jones & Braxton Kuntz) finished in third place today in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship at the Canadian Men’s Amateur in Saskatoon.

The trio combined to finish at even par, nine strokes back of first place British Columbia.

Individually, Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) and Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) are the two Golf Manitoba members to make the cut and will play rounds three and four.

Kuntz is T2 on the leaderboard carding a 5-under par 67 in his second round while Trstenjak is T31 following a 3-under par 69. Trstenjak’s round featured a hole-in-one on the seventh hole.

The cut was +1, 145. Failing to advance were:

Evan Nachtigall (Shilo Country Club) +2, 146
Jack Moro (Whitewater Golf Club) +3, 147
Ryan Blair (Elmhurst) +8, 152
Drew Jones (Shilo) +8, 152
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) +12, 156
Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin Lake Golf Club) +12, 156
Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) +12, 156
Brad Pardy (Shilo) +15, 159
Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) +18, 162

For the second round leaderboard, click here.

For the third round tee times, click here.

With exactly 50 days to go until the Presidents Cup returns to The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, U.S. and International Teams are starting to take shape with just three more events until the top six automatic qualifiers are locked up following the BMW Championship on Sunday, August 25.

Over the last two weeks, the only movement inside the top six for the U.S. Team has been Sahith Theegala and Patrick Cantlay switching spots, currently sitting at No. 5 and 6, respectively. The top four players have remained unchanged with Scottie Scheffler further cementing his spot at No. 1 following a final-round 62 in Paris to secure a gold medal in the Olympic men’s golf competition. 

“I think any time you can be part of the Olympics is really special and for golf to be on the Olympic stage is a tremendous amount of fun for us. I think after the first Olympics, I think it held pretty high place in our game and I think it still stands today,” said Scheffler. 

The 2024 U.S. Team will be comprised of six (6) automatic qualifiers and six (6) Captain’s picks, with a weighted system based on FedExCup Points from January 1, 2023, through August 25, 2024. The automatic qualifiers will be the top six eligible U.S. players in the OWGR after completion of the 2024 BMW Championship.

Top-6 U.S. Team standings:

1.         Scottie Scheffler

2.         Xander Schauffele

3.         Collin Morikawa

4.         Wyndham Clark

5.         Sahith Theegala

6.         Patrick Cantlay

For the International Team, Matsuyama remained atop the standings after earning the bronze medal in Paris, while Tom Kim moved up to No. 2 following an eighth-place finish. Outside of Kim and Sungjae Im switching spots between Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, the rest of the top six remains unchanged over the last two weeks with Jason Day, Byeong Hun An and Adam Scott rounding out the group.

With Canadian icon Mike Weir serving as captain of the International Team, much attention has been put on the top players from the host country for this year’s Presidents Cup. With three weeks to go, there are currently five Canadian players inside the top 15 in the International Team standings: Corey Conners (8), Nick Taylor (10), Adam Hadwin (12), Taylor Pendrith (13), and Mackenzie Hughes (15).

The 2024 International Team will be comprised of six (6) automatic qualifiers and (6) Captain’s picks, with the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) being used to determine the former. The automatic qualifiers will be the top six eligible international players in the OWGR after completion of the 2024 BMW Championship. 

Top-6 International Team standings:

1. Hideki Matsuyama
2. Tom Kim
3. Sungjae Im
4. Jason Day
5. Byeong Hun An
6. Adam Scott

To view the complete 2024 Presidents Cup standings for both teams, please click here.