It turned out to be a sunny but windy day at the Bel Acres Golf & Country Club for the first playing of the Golf Manitoba Women’s Four-Ball Championship.

In the Women’s “A” Championship, the team of Charmaine Hayden and Veronica van der Meer of the Breezy Bend Country Club topped the leaderboard in the Club Division with a 3-under par score of 70. Rhonda Orr and Fran Povoledo of Southwood, finished in second with a score of 74. Hayden and van de Meer also took top place in the Open Division.

The team of Trudy Adamson and Cindy Grant of the Minnedosa Golf & Country Club had the Low Net score in the Club Division shooting a 4-under par 67. Finishing just 1 shot behind was Karen Nistico and Shannon Taweel of the Elmhurst Golf & Country Club. Adamson and Grant were also the Low Net winners in the Open Division.

In the Women’s “B” Championship, the team of Lea Savatic and Grace Atkins of the Rossmere Country Club took top honours in the Club Division shooting a gross score of 93. Dianna Sandstrom and Jean Garbolinsky of the Minnedosa Country Club finished runner-up also shooting a score of 93 but lost on a countback. The team of Savatic and Atkins also took top spot with the low gross score in the Open Division.

Sandy Birley and partner Sandy Shore, playing out of the Tuxedo Golf Club, earned Low Net honours with a 7-under score of 67. Finishing in the runner-up spot was Paulette Connery and Diane Wilson of the Portage Golf Club with a score of 68. Birley and Shore also won the Low Net in the Open Division.

For the “A” Championship leaderboard, please click here.

For the “B” Championship leaderboard, please click here.

A tremendous thank you to Bel Acres staff Robin Henderson, General Manager & Director of Golf, CGSA course superintendent Lance Holowaty, Amanda Slagerman, and the Bel Acres membership for their support in hosting this year’s event.

Golf Manitoba would like to also acknowledge adidas Golf Canada, TaylorMade Canada and Manitoba Blue Cross, official association partners for their continued support of our championships.

Next on the competitive calendar is the Junior Boys & Girls U15, All Abilities and Women’s City & District Championships to be played August 21 & 22 at the Selkirk Golf & Country Club.

A look at Poplar Ridge Golf Course with Manager of Golf Lavern Popple.

For more details on Poplar Ridge Golf Course, click here.

Team Manitoba sits in a two-way tie for 5th place after the first round of the inter-provincial team competition at the 118th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. The team of Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club), Ryan McMillan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club and Evan Nachtigall (What City Golf Course) shot a team score of 1-over par 143 to sit alongside of Team Prince Edward Island. Team Alberta is alone in first place shooting a team score of 6-under par.

Ryan McMillan currently leads the way for all Manitobans carding a 1-under par round of 70 on the Paintbrush course at the Pulpit Club in Caledon, Ontario. Evan Nachtigall posted a 2-over par score of 73 while Braxton Kuntz rounded out the Team Manitoba scoring with a 6-over par score of 77.

Scoring for all Manitobans in the field:

Ryan McMillan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 71 – T27
Evan Nachtigall (Wheat City Golf Course) 73 – T87
Curtis Markusson (St. Charles Country Club) +2 through 9-holes
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) +2 through 13-holes
Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 74 – T120
Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) 77 – T189
Neel Soni (St. Charles Country Club) +8 through 14-holes
Trey Ross (Rossmere Country Club) 88 – 260

Round 1 was suspended due to darkness and will resume at 7:00am EST. The second, and final round of the inter-provincial team competition for the Willingdon Cup, will resume immediately following the conclusion of round 1 and will be played on on the Pulpit Course. Upon conclusion of the second round, the starting field of 264 players in this 72-hole event will be reduced to the low 70 players and ties.

For second round tee times, click here.

For the leaderboard and live scoring of the event, click here.

Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club), Ryan McMillan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) and Evan Nachtigall (Wheat City Golf Course) are in Caledon, Ontario this weekend set to open the 118th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship presented by BDO Monday at the Pulpit Golf Club.

Expectations are high as Kuntz and McMillan, who were separated by just a single stroke at Oak Island Golf to conclude the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur. Nachtigall finished only five strokes back with an impressive three under par 69 in his final round.

264 competitors will embark on the 72 hole event with a cut set for the top 70 players and ties following Tuesday’s second round.

Also taking part from Manitoba are Curtis Markusson (St. Charles Country Club), Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles), Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst), Neel Soni (St. Charles) and Trey Ross (Rossmere Country Club).

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.

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 new purse payout that was introduced in 2022 will continue at this year’s championship. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship will compete for a purse of $8,000 CAD. Amateur golfers may accept prize money up to a maximum of $1,200 CAD, and payouts will be awarded to the top 10 finishers and ties.

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

The 2023 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion receives an exemption into the 2024 RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Hamilton, Ont. and the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship taking place at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. from August 14-20.

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Jay Doyle (Niakwa Country Club) needed a two hole playoff to defeat clubmate Todd Fanning in capturing the 2023 Hodson Financial Men’s Senior Championship at St. Boniface Golf Club.

Doyle shot a one under par 71 in his final round to finish the 54 hole event at 214 while Fanning carded a 73 Friday. Both players made par on the opening playoff hole before Doyle birdied the second hole for victory.

Mike Walker (St. Boniface) won the Super Senior Men’s Championship by three strokes over David Klowak (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club).

Rene Abgrall (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) won the Forward Tee Championship.

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

For the eighth consecutive year, Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) is the Hodson Financial Women’s Senior Champion.

It was a 15 stroke victory for Orr, who carded an 82 in her final round, to finish her three rounds with a 241 total.

Tammy Gibson (Niakwa) and Fran Povoledo (Southwood) tied for second place at 256. Gibson shot an 80 Friday while Povoledo had an 87.

Orr also won the Super Senior Championship by the same margin over Gibson.

Dee Bullough (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) won the Net Division Forward Tee Championship.

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

We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, St. Boniface Golf Club led by Director of Operations Steve Wood, Superintendent Craig Campbell, Director of Clubhouse Operations Carly Dalmyn, the staff, club members and volunteers for their warm welcome.

Golf Manitoba would like to thank our Official Performance Partners:

adidas Golf Canada – Paige Lawrence, Territory Manager

Manitoba Blue Cross

Taylormade Canada – Eric Johnson Sales & Marketing Territory Manager

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Playing in his first senior’s event after capturing five Men’s Amateur titles, Todd Fanning (Niakwa Country Club) has a two stroke lead entering Friday’s final round of the Hodson Financial Men’s Senior Championship at St. Boniface Golf Club.

Fanning, who was four under par after his opening nine holes, went two over the back to sit at three under par, 141 through 36 holes.

Fellow Niakwa member Jay Doyle is second on the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard at 143 after a three under par 69, which featured four birdies over his final eight holes.

Mike Walker (St. Boniface) leads the Super Seniors Division by four strokes over Ken Warwick (Niakwa).

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

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

Meanwhile, Senior Women’s veteran Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) is 18 holes away from her eighth consecutive title and 10th overall since 2013.

Orr carded a 82 during her second round for a 159 total, 10-strokes clear of Fran Povoledo (Southwood) who shot an 89.

Orr also leads the Super Seniors Division by 17 strokes over Tammy Gibson (Niawka) and Lisa Benson (St. Charles Country Club).

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

For the final round tee times, click here.

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.