Golf Canada and the Golf Canada Foundation recently recognized Golf Manitoba President Susan Wright-Cassan (Emerald Greens Golf Course & Driving Range) presenting her with the Lorie Kane Community Spirit Awards.

The award celebrates an individual who demonstrated excellence in using golf as a platform to positively impact their communities.

Wright-Cassan was named for having made a significant impact in her community where she has been volunteering for over 20 years. Wright-Cassan currently serves as the President of Golf Manitoba and is a member of the Emerald Greens Golf Course and Driving Range in Thunder Bay. Wright-Cassan earned her community coaching certificate from First Tee and has been teaching junior golf and supporting the introductory First Tee – Canada program in Thunder Bay. Among her many contributions to the game, she has organized a variety of programming including “Golf in Schools” for over 1000 students, “Summer Camps for Kids”, the “Thunder Bay Queens”, “Try Golf Day” held in conjunction with the Thunder Bay Multi-Cultural Association and the Superior North Ladies Golf Association which has an outreach of 800 kilometers. Last year, Golf Manitoba presented Wright-Cassan with her 20-year volunteer certificate in recognition of her involvement with course rating in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

“I want to thank those that have supported me in my golf endeavors. I am honoured to be the recipient of the Lori Kane Community Leader Award. I must thank the people with the First Tee Program and Golf in School, those that I’ve met teaching at the junior and adult levels, playing at club and competitive levels and especially to those that without thinking of it, have encouraged myself and others,” said Wright-Cassan. “This is a game that I love both to play and share my passion. It is a game for all ages, juniors through senior. The social aspects at all ages, the discipline, self-imposed applications of the rules, health benefits, friendships developed and maintained over the years, and other countless benefits are a few of the reasons that I and many others are involved with the game. The Lorie Kane Community Leader Award will fuel me to carry on with the programs I’m involved with.”

Wright-Cassan will receive a $5,000 donation from the Golf Canada Foundation to advance a golf program or golf-related initiative of her choice.

The Lorie Kane Community Spirit Awards were named to honour the Canadian golf icon for a longstanding commitment to advancing the sport, charitable work and giving back to the game that defined her Hall of Fame career. Kane is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Canada Sports Hall of Fame as well as a recipient of the Order of Canada.

Golf Manitoba, in association with Golf Canada, is pleased to welcome AVID GOLF as our newest off-course member facility.

Located at 1580 Taylor Avenue in Winnipeg, AVID GOLF features six state-of-the-art indoor hitting bays equipped with Foresight Technology and GS Pro software, offering access to over 1,000 golf courses from around the world.

“As the presenting partner of the Golf Manitoba Awards, we are thrilled to advance our relationship with Golf Manitoba” said General Manager Cody Brownlee. “It’s only fitting to ensure golfers take full advantage of being able to enjoy our sport indoors when you they can’t get outside on the course.”

As an official Golf Manitoba / Canada Member Facility, AVID GOLF league and club members may purchase a Golf Manitoba / Canada Membership at a discounted rate to take advantage of various benefits including establishing and maintaining an official Golf Canada Handicap Index and up to $1,500 in annual Incident Protection Coverage.

Open to golfers of all ages and skill level, AVID GOLF has multiple membership categories available. For details, click here.

AVID GOLF offers Winter and Summer memberships with a 20% discount available to all Golf Manitoba / Canada members. To qualify for the discount, members will need to present their Golf Manitoba/Canada digital membership card, available on the Golf Canada app, at the time of purchase.

For more information, call AVID GOLF at (204) 505-2843 or go online at avidgolf.club.

Carl Lechman and David Powell (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) combined to shoot a 3-under par 69 to win the gross division title at Pinawa Golf & Country Club in the Taylor McCaffrey Men’s Senior Four-Ball Championship. The Elmhurst duo had four birdies, 13 pars and one bogey to prevail by a single stroke over Wayne Giesbrecht and Bruce North (Carman Golf & Curling Club).

Local knowledge paid off in the Net Stableford Championship as the two top teams were from the host course. Don Rogers and John Vincent won with 44 points thanks to two eagles, two birdies, 13 pars and one bogey.

Rogers had the shot of the day recording a Hole In One on the 187 yard sixth hole using a 5-wood.

Colin Houghton and Randy Plett earned the silver medal with 43 points.

For the final Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Pinawa Golf & Country Club by PGA of Manitoba Head Professional Greg Love, Proshop Assistant Manager Don Rogers, Course Superintendent Darryl Mistelbacher, Assistant Superintendent Hayden Scott and Food & Beverage Manager Danielle Joseph along with their staff and club members for their warm welcome.

36 two man teams tee off Thursday morning at Pinawa Golf & Country Club in the Taylor McCaffrey Men’s Senior Four-Ball Championship.

Back to defend their title is the 2024 championship team of Al Briscoe and Mike Walker of St. Boniface Golf Club.

New for this year’s event is a both a Net & Gross Division where teams chose which division they would like to compete in at registration.

Net Division:

• The form of play where sides of two partners compete, with each player playing his ball.
• A side’s score for the hole is based on the Stableford Scoring System.
  • A player’s or side’s score for a hole is based on points awarded by comparing the player’s or side’s number of strokes (including strokes made and penalty strokes) on the hole to a fixed target score for the hole.

• Each team is responsible for recording their gross score on a hole on a single scorecard. The system will calculate the net scores at the scoring table.
• Maximum handicap per player is 20.0 at time of draw
• We will also take 85% of the handicaps as recommended by Golf Canada as an allowance in a Four-Ball Stableford Competition.

Gross Division

• The form of play where sides of two partners compete, with each player playing his ball.
• A side’s score for a hole is the lower gross score of the two partners on that hole.
• Maximum handicap index per player is 9.9 at time of draw
  
  For tee times, click here.
  
  For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.
  
  Vying for the championship are teams representing Carman Golf & Curling Club, Clear Lake Golf Course, Delahunt Golf & Country Club, Elmhurst Golf & Country Club, Glendale Golf & Country Club, Kenora Golf & Country Club, Kildonan Park Golf Course, Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club, Niakwa Country Club, Pinawa Golf & Country Club, Pine Ridge Golf Club, Portage Golf Club, St. Boniface Golf Club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, Shilo Country Club, Southwood Golf & Country Club, Transcona Golf Club, and Wheat City Golf Course.

Addison Kartusch (St. Charles Country Club) is off to a record breaking start to the fall calendar for women’s college golf south of the border.

Kartusch shot rounds of 71, 65 and 69 to finish at 11-under par to win the A-Ga-Ming Invitational in Kewadin, Michigan while leading her Bowling Green State University team to victory.

With a three round 205 total, Kartusch set an individual school record for the lowest 54 hole score in Falcons history while the team also set a new 18 hole program record of 285.

Hunter Oakden (Wheat City Golf Course) carded a 2-over 74 Thursday during his final round in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia at the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship.

On a day that featured three birdies, Oakden finished T10 on the leaderboard with a 2-over par 146 total.

Also representing our province were:

Ryder St. Laurent (Niakwa Country Club) 75-73-148
Maisy Shewchuk (Quarry Oaks Golf Course) 79-84-163
Angelina Sitarz (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 85-83-168
Payton Chapman (Glendale Golf & Country Club) 87-90-177
Mackenzie Bartlett (Carman Golf & Curling Club) 97-90-187

All six competitors are members of Team Manitoba.

For the final leaderboard, click here.

Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) shot an 80 in her final round Thursday at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

It was the best of her three rounds during the week to finish 27th on the leaderboard at 34-over par 250 (87-83-80).

Shelly Stouffer of British Columbia won the championship at 3-under par 213 (72-67-74) and was the only player to finish below par.

For the final leaderboard, click here.

Evan Nachtigall and Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) combined to card a 12-under par 59 to win the gross division title at Brandon’s Wheat City Golf Course in the Taylor McCaffrey Men’s Four-Ball Championship. Their round featured two eagles, eight birdies and eight pars.

The 2024 championship team of Kenny Keeler and Carson Inman (Portage Golf Club) finished in second place just two strokes back at 10-under par 61.

Tyson Ehnes and Mark Rasmussen (Lorette Golf Course) won the Net Stableford Championship with 45 points thanks to an eagle, eight birdies, eight pars and one bogey.

Braden Watts (Glen Lea Golf Course) and Teddy Wojtowicz (Shilo) earned the silver medal on a countback. They, along with Brian Bernard and Dustin Last (Carman Golf & Curling Club) tied with 43 points.

For the final Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Wheat City Golf Course led by General Manager Scott Ramsay, PGA of Manitoba Head Professional Dave Scinocca, Course Superintendent Colton Willms, Food & Beverage Manager Shannon Foster along with their staff and club members for their warm welcome.

Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) was the lone Manitoban to make the cut Wednesday following the second round of the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Orr bettered her opening round by four strokes shooting an 83 to sit T33 on the leaderboard at 26-over par 170.

Failing to make the cut (+33) were:

Susan Wright-Cassan (Emerald Greens Golf Course) 94-87 (+37)
Lisa Benson (St. Charles Country Club) 90-93 (+39)
Shannon Taweel (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 94-90 (+40)
Cathy Derewianchuk (Glendale Golf & Country Club) 99-92 (+47)
Nicole Morton (Breezy Bend Country Club) 120-111 (+87)

Manitoba finished in eighth place at 66-over par in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship (Derewianchuk, Orr and Taweel). British Columbia won at +10.

For the second round leaderboard, click here.

For third round tee times, click here.

Hunter Oakden (Wheat City Golf Course) and Maisy Shewchuk (Quarry Oaks Golf Course) were Manitoba’s top performers Wednesday in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia at the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship.

Oakden shot even par 72 to sit T8 on the boys leaderboard, only five strokes off the lead while Shewchuk carded a 7-over par 79 and is T21 in the girls event.

Also representing our province are 

– Mackenzie Bartlett (Carman Golf & Curling Club) 97
– Payton Chapman (Glendale Golf & Country Club) 87
– Ryder St. Laurent (Niakwa Country Club) 75
– Angelina Sitarz (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 85

All six competitors are members of Team Manitoba.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

For the second round tee times, click here.