Inside Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship Media Release

Match Play Championship presented by St. Vital Dental Centre set to tee off at Whispering Winds of Warren Golf & Country Club

16 matches in each of the Men’s Championship and Men’s Senior Championship are the focus Thursday afternoon at Whispering Winds of Warren Golf & Country Club as the Match Play Championship presented by St. Vital Dental Centre tees off starting at 1:00pm.

2025 Men’s defending champion Jordy Lutz (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) enters play as the #6 seed following this past weekend’s qualifier at Scotswood Links and will open the Round of 32 versus Nolan Tutkaluk (Shilo Country Club). Saturday’s Medallist, Lyle MacKenzie (Niakwa Country Club), is the #1 seed and will face Matt Glowa of the host course in the Round of 32.

David Powell (Elmhurst) is the top seed in the Men’s Senior Championship and take on Daniel Lamy (La Broquerie Golf). 2025 defending champion Cornell Ruddock (Southwood Golf & Country Club), seeded 6th, meets Murray Widdifield (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club).

The Round of 16 in both the Men’s Super Senior Championship and Women’s Championship begin play Friday afternoon.

To follow the Manitoba Blue Cross live Match Play Brackets, click here.

Registration by Member Club:


Bel Acres Golf & Country Club (1)
Breezy Bend Country Club (4)
Carman Golf & Curling Club (4)
Clear Lake Golf Course (2)
Delahunt Golf & Country Club (2)
Elmhurst Golf & Country Club (15)
Glendale Golf & Country Club (5)
Golf Manitoba Public Players Club (6)
Kenora Golf & Country Club (2)
La Broquerie Golf (1)
Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club (1)
Minnewasta Golf & Country Club (1)
Niakwa Country Club (10)
Pinawa Golf Course (1)
Pine Ridge Golf Club (4)
Quarry Oaks Golf Course (1)
Rossmere Country Club (8)
St. Charles Country Club (10)
Scotswood Links (1)
Shanks Driving Range & Grill (2)
Shilo Country Club (1)
Southwood Golf & Country Club (5)
Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club (1)
Wheat City Golf Course (1)
Whispering Winds of Warren Golf & Country Club (2)
Whitewater Golf Club (1)

With our 2026 championship season underway, Golf Manitoba would like acknowledge our Official Performance Partners:

Sport Manitoba

Manitoba Blue Cross

PUMA GOLF – Ryan Sommerfeld, PGA of Canada, Territory Manager

Taylormade Canada – Eric Johnson, Sales & Marketing Territory Manager

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