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.

Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) was the only Manitoban to shoot under par Monday in Saskatoon to open the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.

With a 3-under par 69, Kuntz is T14 on the leaderboard.

Other Golf Manitoba members include:

Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +1, 73
Jack Moro (Whitewater Golf Club) +1, 73
Evan Nachtigall (Shilo Country Club) +2, 74
Ryan Blair (Elmhurst) +3, 75
Drew Jones (Shilo) +3, 75
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) +3, 75
Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) +5, 77
Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin Lake Golf Club) +5, 77
Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) +6, 78
Brad Pardy (Shilo) +11, 83

After the opening round in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Team Manitoba (Blair, Jones & Kuntz) is sixth in the standings at even par. British Columbia and Ontario are tied for first place at 6-under par.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

For the second round tee times, click here.

Golf Manitoba is well represented this week as the 119th playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO tees off this morning at both the Riverside Country Club and Saskatoon Golf and Country Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Representing Team Manitoba in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship are Ryan Blair (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club), Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) and Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club).

Also in the 264 person field of competitors are:

Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club)
Brad Pardy (Shilo)
Jack Moro (Whitewater Golf Club)
Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin Lake Golf Club)
Evan Nachtigall (Shilo)
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club)
Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club)
Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst)

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

This year’s field features a number of top amateur golfers from around the world including, Max Kennedy of Dublin, Ireland, currently ranked no. 28 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Joining Kennedy are Wang Ngai Shen of Hong Kong, China (no. 155 WAGR), Mateo Fuenmayor of Colombia (no. 264 WAGR) as well as defending champion, Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont. McCulloch (no. 135 WAGR) has enjoyed a successful season at Michigan State and competed at the 2024 RBC Canadian Open and qualified for the 2024 U.S. Open.

The following 2024 Provincial Men’s Amateur Champions will also be competing in the field: Brett Jones (Alberta), Team Canada NextGen member Cooper Humphreys (British Columbia), Braxton Kuntz (Manitoba), Team Canada NextGen member Matthew Javier (Ontario), Ryan Lamswood (Newfoundland and Labrador), Alexander Mercier (Quebec) and from the host province, Kye Fisher (Saskatchewan).

Along with Humphreys, Javier and McCulloch there will be an additional nine Team Canada members competing in Saskatoon including, Laurent Desmarchais (Bromont, Que.), Isaiah Ibit (Orleans, Ont.), Alex Long (Toronto, Ont.), Ben MacLean (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Jean-Philippe Parr (St-Célestin, Que.), Luke Smith (Toronto, Ont.), Hunter Thomson (Calgary, Alta.), Ethan Wilson (St. Albert, Alta.) and Eric Zhao (North York, Ont.).

“We are excited to get the 119th playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship underway next week at two beautiful golf courses here in Saskatoon,” said Golf Canada Tournament Director Adam Cinel. “The staff and volunteers at both Riverside Country Club and Saskatoon Golf and Country Club been working tirelessly to ensure those competing will enjoy the test both courses present. We look forward to hosting a full field of 264 players as they compete for our prestigious national championship.”

Golfers from all 10 provinces and one territory are represented in the field along with 11 additional countries: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, England, France, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Ireland, South Africa, United States and Wales.

The first two rounds of this year’s tournament will be contested on both courses with the field playing each course once. Following the opening 36-holes of the championship, the field will be reduced to the top 70 players plus ties. Wednesday and Thursday’s rounds will both played at Riverside Country Club with an awards ceremony following Thursday’s final round.

“We are thrilled and honoured to co-host this prestigious national golf championship along with Riverside Country Club. It has been a great partnership as we work together with Golf Canada to make this a memorable experience for the players, spectators and volunteers,” said Warren Proctor, Host Club Committee Chair, Saskatoon Golf and Country Club. “We have had an unbelievable positive response from our membership in support of hosting this championship. I must also recognize our Club management, including course superintendent Terry McNeilly who, along with his staff have been working tirelessly to get our golf course in wonderful condition to be challenging and a fair test for the players.”

“Riverside Country Club has a long history of hosting prestigious golf events, and we look forward to welcoming some of the top tier national and international players for the 119th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship,” said Robert Klombies, Executive Director, Riverside Country Club. “It is heartening to see the level of excitement and engagement that our members and golf community exhibit to ensure players enjoy an incredible experience both at Riverside and within the City of Saskatoon.”

Established in 1895, the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship is the third oldest amateur championship in the world. The tournament was first contested as one of the newly formed Royal Canadian Golf Association’s (RCGA), now known as Golf Canada, first orders of business in 1895 at the Ottawa Golf Club.

The national championship originally began as a match play competition but changed to stroke play for the 1969 championship. It remained that way through 1994 when it reverted to match play in honour of the RCGA’s and the championship’s centennial in 1995. The championship once again reverted to stroke play in 2008 and in 2010, the tournament changed to a double field format for the first time ever.

Canadian Golf Hall of Famer George S. Lyon won the Amateur eight times between 1898 and 1914 and was runner-up two more times. Fellow Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Sandy Somerville made it to the match play final ten times between 1924 and 1938, capturing six championships. Other past champions include Canadian Golf Hall of Famers and four-time winners, Nick Weslock (1957, 1963, 1964, 1966) and Doug Roxburgh (1972, 1974, 1982, 1988). Most recently, two-time PGA TOUR winner and two-time Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion, Mackenzie Hughes (2011, 2012) and 2023 RBC Canadian Open and four-time PGA TOUR winner Nick Taylor (2007). The last time the Canadian Men’s Amateur was held in the city of Saskatoon was in 2007 at Riverside Country Club, when Taylor won.

Nick Taylor is the only Canadian male golfer to have won the Canadian Junior Boys (2006), Canadian Men’s Amateur (2007) and RBC Canadian Open (2023) titles. Brooke Henderson is the only Canadian female golfer to win the national championship trifecta, having won the Canadian Junior Girls (2012), Canadian Women’s Amateur (2013) and the CPKC Women’s Open (2018).

The national championship will also feature an Inter-Provincial Team Championship that will take place over the first 36-holes of the tournament. Team Ontario will be defending their title as 10 provinces and one territory will be vying to etch their names into the Willingdon Cup.

The 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion receives an exemption into the 2025 RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) in Caledon, Ont. and the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship taking place at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. from August 12-18. The winner will also receive an exemption from local qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur Championship. In addition, the winner will receive $1,200 CAD.

For the full player field competing in the 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) capped off the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia with her best round of the week. 

Carding a 1-over par 73, Kartusch moved up five spots on the leaderboard to finish T48 at 12-over par 300.

Fun fact: Kartusch birdied the par four, sixth hole in all four rounds.

Yurang Li of California finished at 8-under par to win the national championship. 

For the full leaderboard, click here.

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot her second consecutive 2-over par 74 Thursday at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia. 

Sitting T53 on the leaderboard at 11-over par 227, her third round included four birdies, 10 pars, two bogeys and two double bogeys.

Fun fact: Kartusch has birdied the par four, sixth hole in all three rounds entering Friday’s finale.

For the full leaderboard, click here.

For final round tee times, click here.

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) is the lone Manitoban to make the cut at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia. 

Shooting a 2-over par 74 in her second round, Kartush is T65 on the leaderboard at 9-over par 153.

The cut was +10.

Also representing our province were:

Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club) +11, 77-78
Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) +11, 77-78
Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) +36, 93-87

Team Manitoba (Kartusch, Lafleche & Zamzow) combined for a two round 20-over par total to place fourth in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship. Ontario won at 4-over par.

For the leaderboard, click here.

For third tee times, click here.

Brad Moore (Pine Ridge Golf Club) & Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) finished atop of the leaderboard Wednesday afternoon at Selkirk Golf & Country Club to claim the 2024 Hodson Financial Men’s & Women’s Senior Championship.

Moore carded a 1-under par 70 in his final round to finish the 54 hole event at 4-over par 217.

Todd Fanning (Niakwa Country Club) ended play in second place three strokes back of Moore while the bronze medalist is Dwayne Heinrichs (Bel Acres Golf & Country Club).

In the Super Senior Championship, Mike Walker (St. Boniface Golf Club) won by nine strokes over Ken Warwick (Niakwa).

For the final Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

In the Women’s Senior Championship, Orr won her ninth consecutive title.

Despite shooting an 85 in her third round, Orr beat Fran Povoledo (Southwood) and Tammy Gibson (Niakwa) by three strokes.

Orr also claimed the Super Senior Championship by three strokes over Gibson.

For the final Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

Golf Manitoba would like to thank our title partner Hodson Financial for their continued support.

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We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club led by Golf Manager Mike Hill, Superintendent Ian Brooks, Food Services Manager Diane Thomas, their staff, club members and volunteers for their warm welcome.

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Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club had Manitoba’s low round to open the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.

She made back to back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes along with 10 pars en route to a 5-over par 77.

Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) shot a 6-over par 78, Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) a 79 and Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) a 93.

Team Manitoba (Kartusch, Lafleche & Zamzow) is fourth in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at 13-over par. Alberta is first at even par.

Australia’s Momo Suglyama sits in first place shooting a 6-under par 66.

For the full leaderboard, click here.

For second round tee times, click here.

Brad Moore (Pine Ridge Golf Club) has a one stroke lead on Todd Fanning (Niakwa Country Club) and Mike Walker (St. Boniface Golf Club) entering Wednesday’s final round at Selkirk Golf & Country Club in the Hodson Financial Men’s & Women’s Senior Championship.

Moore carded a 5-over par 76 during Tuesday’s second round to jump into top spot on the leaderboard. Fanning came out the gate strong with a 1-under par 34 on the front nine, but then struggled with a 41 on the back. Walker suffered six bogeys and a double in his second round.

In the Super Senior Championship, Walker has an 11 stroke lead on Golf Manitoba Public Players Club members Bill Moslenko and David Klowak.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s Senior leaderboard, click here.

For the final round tee times, click here.

In the Women’s Senior Championship, Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) shot an 8-over par 80 to lead Fran Povoledo (Southwood) by six strokes entering tomorrow’s finale. Povoledo also carded an 80. Tammy Gibson (Niakwa Country Club) dropped into third place following an 88.

Orr has an eight stroke lead on Gibson in the Super Senior Championship.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s Senior leaderboard, click here.

For the final round tee times, click here.