Addison Kartusch (St. Charles Country Club), Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) and Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa) are the three Manitobans to make the cut following 36 holes of play at the Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Quebec for the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO.

Kartusch is 22nd on the leaderboard following a 1-over par 73 during her second round for a current 9-over par 153 tournament total. Jeri shot a 77 to sit with a 16-over par 160 total which is T43 followed by Jewel’s 81 on Thursday which has her four strokes back of her older sister on the leaderboard.

Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Wheat City Golf Club) and Camryn Thomas (Team Manitoba / St. Charles) failed to make the cut.

Team Manitoba (Kartusch, Jeri Lafleche & Oakden) finished fourth in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship at 24-over par, 15 strokes back of first place British Columbia.

For the full round leaderboard, click here.

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No Manitobans made the cut at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Quarry Oaks Golf Course) 70-81, Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) 73-77, Spence Mott (Team Manitoba / Shilo Country Club) 75-76, Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa) 76-76 and Terence Rafferty (Southwood Golf & Country Club) 78-70 were all eliminated through two rounds.

In the Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Manitoba (Brewster, Mott and St. Laurent) finished in ninth place.

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Addison Kartusch (St. Charles Country Club) shot an 8-over par 80 to lead the five Manitobans in the opening round at Club de golf Sainte Marie in Sainte-Marie, Quebec for the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO.

Kartusch is T37 on the leaderboard entering Thursday’s second round.

Also representing our province are:

T49 Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Wheat City Golf Club) +10, 82
T56 Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) +11, 83
T56 Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa), +11, 83
T116 Camryn Thomas (Team Manitoba / St. Charles) +20, 92

Team Manitoba (Kartusch, Jeri Lafleche & Oakden) is fifth in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship after round one at 18-over par 162, 12 strokes behind first place British Columbia.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

For second round tee times, click here.

Rain forced a delay to Wednesday’s second round at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Quarry Oaks Golf Course) remains the low Manitoban on the leaderboard when play was stopped.

Action has resumed this morning.

Representing Manitoba are Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club), Spence Mott (Team Manitoba / Shilo Country Club), Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa) and Terence Rafferty (Southwood Golf & Country Club).

In the Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Manitoba (Brewster, Mott and St. Laurent) is currently in eighth place at 5-over par, 10 strokes back of first place Ontario after round one.

For the second round leaderboard, click here.

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Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Quarry Oaks Golf Course) shot even par 70 and is the low Manitoban on the leaderboard following the opening round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Brewster‘s round, highlighted by four consecutive birdies on holes three through six, puts him T17, only four strokes off the lead.

Representing Manitoba are:

T51 Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) +3, 73
T79 Spence Mott (Team Manitoba / Shilo Country Club) +5, 75
T99 Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa Country Club) +6, 76
T122 Terence Rafferty (Southwood Golf & Country Club) +8, 78

In the Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Manitoba (Brewster, Mott and St. Laurent) is currently in eighth place at 5-over par, 10 strokes back of first place Ontario.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

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After six entertaining NextGen Championships and various junior tournaments from coast-to-coast, the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO is underway at Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Bathurst, New Brunswick.  

Representing Manitoba are Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club), Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Quarry Oaks Golf Course), Spence Mott (Team Manitoba / Shilo Country Club), Terence Rafferty (Southwood Golf & Country Club) and Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa Country Club).

156 of Canada’s top junior golfers will tee off in the 72-hole event and battle for the Silver Cup (awarded annually to the Canadian Junior Boys champion) as well as the top spot in the Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship over the event’s first 36 holes. The winner of the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship will earn coveted exemptions into both the U.S. Junior Amateur and 121st Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2026.  

Brewster, Mott and St. Laurent will compete for our province in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship.

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

“We have a competitive and proven field teeing off at our Canadian Junior Boys Championship this week,” commented Sam Brown, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club is a premier golf facility on our country’s east coast and will offer a unique challenge to Canada’s best young talent. This opportunity is made possible through the skilled staff and volunteers working the event and we are excited for play to get underway.”   

Located on the shores of New Brunswick’s Bathurst Harbour, Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club parlays picturesque views with a stiff challenge for golfers of every level. The surrounding water and windy conditions that Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club is known for can be spotted and experienced on 14 different holes throughout the golf course, maintaining the natural test envisioned by renowned Canadian architect C.E (Robbie) Robinson when he designed the property in 1958. 

Coupled with slick greens and breezy weather, the 6,700-yard property was considered to be one of the most demanding courses in Atlantic Canada following its 18-hole completion in 1962. The 243-yard par-three 17th into prevailing winds and 447-yard par-four 13th featuring sloping fairways in addition to a three-tiered green are among the most vigorous tests one will find on the property and help differentiate Gowan Brae Golf & Country Club in Canada’s modern golf landscape.  

Since 1938, the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has brought together the top junior talent in the country for four rounds of entertaining competition. Those to have previously claimed the Silver Cup have gone on to serve memorable careers in the game of golf, including Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg (1950), George Knudson (1955), Gary Cowan (1956) and Doug Roxburgh (1970), as well as current PGA TOUR stars Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson who each won the tournament in 2006 and 2012 respectively.  

Both Junior and Juvenile championship rounds are played concurrently over 72 holes and are open male amateur golfers that have not reached their 19th and 17th birthday respectively by August 1st. All competing players, no matter their division, must have their Handicap Index below 10 to be eligible to compete in the tournament.

Innisfail, Alta. – Zostrianos Giordani-Gross shot a final round score of 2-over par 74 at the 2024 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at Innisfail Golf Club in Innisfail, Alberta. The Shilo Country Club member and 2024 Manitoba Junior Boys Champion finished the 72-hole event at 12-over par on rounds of 72-78-76-74 placing him in a tie for 56th place.

Payne Wood (Team Manitoba) of the St. Boniface Golf Club also made the 36-hole cut with rounds of 74-73-86-74 for a 19-over par score of 307 placing him in a tie for 69th place. Earlier in the week, Giordani-Gross, Wood and Carson Inman (Team Manitoba / Portage Golf Club) finished in 6th place in the inter-provincial team competition of the championship.

Isaiah Ibit of of Orleans, Ontario, entered the final round two shots back of 54-hole leader Charlie Gillespie of Calgary, Alberta. Ibit, a Team Canada NextGen member, shot a final round of 6-under par 66 to finish the event at 16-under par and 5 shots clear of Gillespie.

For a full recap of the event including the final round standings, please click here.

Payne Wood is the low Manitoban after 36-holes of play

Innisfail, Alta. – Carson Inman, Zostrianos Giordana-Gross and Payne Wood concluded the 36-hole inter-provincial team competition of the 2024 Canadian Junior Boys Championship with a final round score of of 7-over par 151 placing them in 6th place. Wood (Team Manitoba / St. Boniface Golf Club) shot second round score one-over par round of 73 while Giordani-Gross of (Shilo Country Club) contributed with a 6-over par round of 78. Carson Inman (Team Manitoba / Portage Golf Club) was 13-over for the day shooting 87.

Team Ontario has successfully defended their title as the Inter-Provincial Team champions. Team Ontario entered the day with a two-shot lead over Team British Columbia (B.C.) and that is exactly how things would end, as the defending champions finished with a combined 10-under score to win back-to-back team championships.

Both Payne (T40) and Giordani-Gross (T59) made the 36-hole cut with scores of 147 and 150 respectively.

Other Manitoba 36-hole scores:

MC – Kaleb Lambert (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +12

MC – Carson Inman (Team Manitoba / Portage Golf Club) +23

Spencer Shropshire of Ramana, Ontario, leads the way carding his second straight round of 6-under par 66 putting him two shots in front of first round leader Matthew Javier.

For the second round leaderboard including the Inter-Provincial Championship team scores, click here.

For the third round tee times, click here.

Zostrianos Giordani-Gross (Shilo Country Club) shot even par 72 to open the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Innisfail, Alberta. Giordani-Gross is the highest ranking Manitoban on the leaderboard at T23.

Also representing our province:

T51 – Payne Wood (Team Manitoba / St. Boniface Golf Club) +2, 74

T90 – Kaleb Lambert (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +5, 77

155 Carson Inman (Team Manitoba / Portage Golf Club) +15, 87

Matthew Javier of Toronto and British Columbia’s Austin Krahn share first place on the leaderboard at 7-under par 65.

Team Manitoba (Giordani-Gross, Inman, Wood) sits fifth in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at 2-over par 146. Team Ontario is first at 8-under par 136.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

For the second round tee times, click here.

The 2024 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO tees off this morning with a field of 156 junior golfers competing over four rounds at Innisfail Golf Club in Innisfail, Alberta.

Representing Team Manitoba in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship are Zostrianos Giordani-Gross (Shilo Country Club), Carson Inman (Team Manitoba / Portage Golf Club) and Payne Wood (Team Manitoba / St. Boniface Golf Club). Kaleb Lambert (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) is also in the field.

For the opening round tee times, click here.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

“We have a great field ready to compete for our prestigious Canadian Junior Boys Championship,” said Sam Brown, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “We’d like to thank the staff and volunteers at Innisfail Golf Club for all the work they’ve put in to prepare the golf course as we welcome some of Canada’s best young talent to Innisfail. The club has great experience hosting a number of provincial championships and we are excited to get play underway.”

Innisfail Golf Club is hosting the Canadian Junior Boys Championship while celebrating its centennial year. Established in 1924, the Bill Robinson designed course features 27 holes with three different 9-hole courses each with a scenic and diverse experience. The tournament will be contested on the Aspen and Spruce nines. Innisfail Golf Club has previously hosted the Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship on three occasions as well as the Alberta Senior Ladies Championship.

“We are so proud to be hosting an event like this with the best young talent in the field from across the nation.  The club has been around for 100 years and can be challenging for many. Diligent strategy is required to play well here or may find some of the tough shots out there in a hurry. Subtle, yet distinct…pictures don’t the contours or elevation changes justice,” said Jeff McDowall, Head Professional, Innisfail Golf Club. “We hope those who are playing enjoy the experience at Innisfail Golf Club and all competitors do their best in the pursuit for a national championship title.”

Established in 1938 with the first championship played at London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont., the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has given Canadians a glimpse into the future glory that many of its champions have gone on to enjoy. Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg, George Knudson, Gary Cowan, and Doug Roxburgh have all won the Silver Cup before moving on to amateur and professional careers.

2023 RBC Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor won the Junior in 2006, the only Canadian male golfer to win the trifecta of national championships comprised of the Canadian Junior Boys, Canadian Men’s Amateur, and Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship. Brooke Henderson who is the lone female Canadian golfer to win the Canadian Junior Girls, Canadian Women’s Amateur, and the CPKC Women’s Open.

In addition to the 18-and-under Junior Championship, the 17-and-under Juvenile Championship was added in 1970, with the winner receiving the Jack Bailey Trophy. Since its inception, only 11 golfers have won both the Juvenile and Junior titles — Jim Rutledge, Jeff Makahon, Rob McMillan, Jesse Collinson, Dustin Risdon, Gord Scutt, Rafael Lee, Mitch Sutton, Charles-Éric Bélanger, Christopher Vandette and Alex Zhang.

The Junior and Juvenile championship rounds are played concurrently over four rounds, with the low 70 players plus ties in the Junior division and a minimum of ten players in the Juvenile division advancing to the final 36 holes. The Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship will be played over the first 36 holes, where teams will compete for the Junior Inter-Provincial Championship Trophy. Last year, Team Ontario finished three shots clear of Team British Columbia to win the championship.

The Junior champion of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship earns an exemption into the 2025 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship as well as the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

Alex Zhang shot a final round of 74 to win the 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at the North Bay Golf and Country Club in North Bay, Ont. on Thursday.

Zhang took a one-shot lead into the final round and that’s how it would end as he becomes the 11th player in tournament history to win both the Silver Cup (Junior Championship) and the Jack Bailey Trophy (Juvenile Championship), and the first player to win both since Christopher Vandette in 2018.

He joins Jim Rutledge, Jeff Makahon, Rob McMillan, Jesse Collinson, Dustin Risdon, Gord Scutt, Rafael Lee, Mitch Sutton, Charles-Éric Bélanger and Vandette as those who have won both championships.

Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot a one over par 73 to finish tied for 37th on the leaderboard at +12, 300. Chuback’s round featured four birdies – on the first, 10th, 11th and 16th holes.

Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) carded a final round 80 to end play at +23, 311.

With the victory, Zhang has earned an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship as well as the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

Zhang will also be awarded a cheque of $1,200. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, competed for a purse of $8,000 CAD. Along with Zhang, the top-10 finishers earned prize money.

Jake Houston of Baie-D’Urfe, Que. and James Lee of Whistler, B.C. both finished at 1-under to earn silver medalist honours in the Junior Championship. Lee also earned solo silver medalist honours in the Juvenile Championship and Matthew Javier of North York, Ont. took home bronze medalist honours finishing at even par.

For the final standings of the 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

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Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) made two birdies in his opening six holes while carding a six over par 78 during today’s third round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in North Bay, Ontario.

Through 54 holes, Chuback is T56 on the leaderboard at +11, 227.

Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) is four strokes back of Chuback in 70th place at +15, 231 following a seven over par 79 today.

For the third round leaderboard, click here.

For the final round tee times, click here.