Jeri Lafleche (Clear Lake Golf Course), Cala Korman (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) and Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club) combined for a third place finish during the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.

Korman shot a one over par 73 during her second round while Peake carded an 80 for our province to finish with a +18 total over 36 holes.

Only Ontario (+5) and British Columbia (+17) had a better team finish than Manitoba.

Individually, Korman 79-73-152 was the only Manitoban to make the cut advancing to Thursday’s third round.

Also representing Manitoba, but failing to make the cut of 154:

Lafleche 74-81-155
Peake 80-80-160
Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) 76-86-162

For the complete leaderboard, click here.

For Thursday’s third round tee times, click here.

The 2023 Hodson Financial Men’s and Women’s Senior Championships are underway at St. Boniface Golf Club.

Golf Manitoba Director of Communications Brian Munz caught up with Gerry Hodson of Hodson Financial to discuss their ongoing Title Partnership.

Todd Fanning (Niakwa Country Club) had the low round of the day carding a one under par 71 to carry a two stroke lead into Thursday’s second round.

Mike Walker (St. Boniface) and Dan Scanlon (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) are tied for second place at 73.

Jay Doyle (Niakwa), John Multan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) and Al Briscoe (St. Boniface) round out the top five on the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard at 74.

Walker leads the Super Senior Division by three strokes over David Klowak (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club).

Dwight Kearns (Shilo Country Club) has an 18 stroke lead on Rene Abgrall (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) in the Forward Tee Division.

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

For the Men’s Senior second round tee times, click here.

Defending champion Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) has a three stroke lead on Fran Povoledo (Southwood) through 18 holes of the Women’s Senior Championship.

Orr opened the 54 hole event with a three over 77. Heather Shayna (Southwood) shot an 84 while Lisa Benson (St. Charles Country Club) and Michelle Gisiger (Niakwa) round out the top five at 86.

Orr also leads the Super Senior Division by nine strokes over Benson.

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

For the Women’s Senior second round tee times, click here.

Jeri Lafleche (Clear Lake Golf Course) carded Manitoba’s best round to open the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship shooting a two over par 74.

Brooke Rivers of Ontario is atop of the leaderboard at the Ashburn Golf Club following a seven under par 65.

Also representing Manitoba:

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) +4, 76
Cala Korman (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) +7, 79
Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club) +8, 80

Team Manitoba (Lafleche, Korman, Peake) is tied for third place with Alberta in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at +9, only one stroke behind second place British Columbia and five back of first place Ontario.

For the complete leaderboard, click here.

For Wednesday’s second round tee times, click here.

The field of 88 competitors is set to tee off Wednesday morning at St. Boniface Golf Club for the 2023 Hodson Financial Men’s and Women’s Senior Championships.

70 Men and 18 Women will be vying for the 2023 championship over three rounds.

The Women’s event is led by Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club), who is looking for her eighth consecutive title and 10th overall since 2013. Three time champion Tammy Gibson (Niakwa Country Club) is the only other champion of this Women’s Senior tournament over the last 12 years.

It has been a whirl wind week for Orr, who recently qualified to play in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open August 24-27 in Oregon.

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

As for the Hodson Financial Men’s Senior Championship who will tee off Wednesday morning at 8:00, Rob Oliphant (Rossmere Country Club) is back to defend his title.

Also keep an eye on three time champion Mike Walker (St. Boniface) and five time Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur champion Todd Fanning (Niakwa).

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

A look at the Southport Golf Club with Manager of Recreation Facilities Madison Connolly.

For more details on the Southport Golf Club, click here.

It was a fun day for 53 competitors, family members, volunteers and staff as Southwood Golf & Country Club hosted the 2023 Junior Skills Challenge.

Participants were divided until three groups where they all competed throughout the afternoon at driving, chipping and putting stations.

For the photo gallery, click here.

RESULTS

Girls 8 and Under
1st: Reilly Roberts
2nd: Allison Brownridge
3rd: Mila Nelson

Girls 9-11
1st: Angelina Sitarz
2nd: Lindley Kurz
3rd: Sadie Blazeiko

Girls 12-14
1st: Sierra Negrich
2nd: Mikaila Padar

Boys 8 and Under
1st: Joshua Fullante
2nd: Jack Holmes
3rd: Brett Delmonte-Lobban

Boys 9-11
1st: Ty Montour
2nd: Tiago Miranda
3rd (tie): Jake Hodgson & Ryan Small

Boys 12-14
1st: Owen Conrad
2nd (tie): Gavin Carver & Emerson Kollinger

For the complete Junior Skills Challenge leaderboard, click here.

The 2023 Junior Skills Challenge was made possible thanks to the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation, the Southwood Golf & Country Club, Cobra Puma Golf, Government of Canada, R&A, PGA of Canada and Golf Canada.

Colwyn Abgral (Golf Tec) fired rounds of 66, 69 for a nine under par total of 135 to claim the top spot and earn his first PGA victory at the 2023 Callaway PGA of Manitoba Championship.  Abgral made 13 birdies over the two days at the Niakwa Country Club giving him a 5 stroke margin over his nearest competitors.

Dean North (Carman Golf & Curling Club) and Terry Reilly (Niakwa Country Club) finished in a tie for second place at 4 under par. 

The 41 player field was the largest the event has seen in recent years and a strong testament to the dedication of our Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario members.  

The PGA of Manitoba would like to thank our title sponsor, Callaway Golf for their ongoing dedication and support while also extending thanks to the management, staff and membership at the Niakwa Country Club for playing host to our premier event of the season.

For the complete leaderboard, click here.

Marissa Naylor (Niakwa Country Club) was Manitoba’s top player at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in Creemore, Ontario.

Naylor shot an 85 during her third round to finish in a tie for 22nd place on the leaderboard at 244.

Also representing our province were:

Charmaine Hayden (Breezy Bend Country Club) 85-245
Hannah Diamond (St. Charles Country Club) 88-257
Katherine McGlenen (Breezy Bend Country Club) 84-260
Nicole McGlenen (Breezy Bend Country Club) 86-273

For the complete leaderboard, click here.

Cala Korman (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) finished play at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in New Brunswick as our province’s top performer.

Korman (pictured) carded her second consecutive five over par 76 during her final round to finish at 307.

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot a 77 to wrap up play at 310 while Jeri Lafleche (Clear Lake Golf Course) ended with a 79 and 313 total.

For the complete leaderboard, click here.

Charmaine Hayden (Breezy Bend Country Club) had Manitoba’s low score of the day during the second round of the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in Creemore, Ontario.

Hayden birdied two of her final four holes en route to an 81 and a two day total 160.

Also representing our province:

Marissa Naylor (Niakwa Country Club) 77-82-159
Hannah Diamond (St. Charles Country Club) 79-90-169
Katherine McGlenen (Breezy Bend Country Club) 88-88-176
Nicole McGlenen (Breezy Bend Country Club) 88-99-187

Team Manitoba (Naylor, Hayden Diamond) finished fourth in Inter-Provincial Team Championship at +19, five strokes back of first place Quebec.

For the complete second round leaderboard, click here.

For third round tee times, click here.