Dustin Wilson, PGA of Canada Teaching Professional at Whitewater Golf Club, talks with Golf Manitoba Director of Communications & Development Brian Munz about overcoming his addictions and moving forward in an effort to help others both on and off the golf course.
Wilson also discusses the Raising the Barr Foundation Charity Golf Tournament and Ball Drop held annually in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Team Manitoba Girls Head Coach Bri-ann Tokariwski visits with Golf Manitoba Director of Communications & Development Brian Munz to talk about bringing home the 2023 Tex Noble Professional Development Award.
Tokariwski is also an Assistant Golf Professional at Elmhurst Golf & Country Club.
Golf Manitoba Director of Communications & Development Brian Munz sits down with Southwood Golf & Country Club Head Professional Andrew Steep to talk about the 2023 Murray Tucker Class “A” Professional of the Year award.
Steep also won this award in 2017.
Devon Schade of Larters At St. Andrews Golf and Country Club shot a 3-under par 68 during his final round at The Ranch just outside of Edmonton to finish in a tie for third place at the PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada.
Schade’s 54 hole 10-under par 203 total was two strokes back of winner YoHann Benson.
Also representing Manitoba and Northwest Ontario:
T19 Colwyn Abgrall (GOLFTEC Winnipeg) E, 213 (76-68-69)
T32 Bret Thompson (Golf Mentor) +5, 218 (71, 72, 75)
T47 Walter Keating (Whitewater Golf Club) +10, 223 (76-75-72)
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Devon Schade of Larters At St. Andrews Golf and Country Club shot a sparkling round of 7-under par 64 Wednesday at The Ranch just outside of Edmonton during the second round of the PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada.
Schade’s round included an eagle, six birdies, 10 pars and a bogey.
Schade’s 36 hole 7-under par 135 total is two strokes behind second place David Li Sheman of Emerald Hills Golf Club and three back of leader Wes Heffernan of the Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre.
Also representing Manitoba and Northwest Ontario:
Bret Thompson (Golf Mentor) +1 143 (71, 72)
Colwyn Abgrall (GOLFTEC Winnipeg) +2 144 (76-68)
Walter Keating (Whitewater Golf Club) +9 151 (76-75)
Failing to make the cut were Bennett Dalke (Niakwa Country Club), Jeremy Gallant (St. Charles Country Club) and Dustin Wilson (Whitewater Golf Club).
Team Manitoba finished T4 in the Team Inter-Zone Championship at 4-under par. Alberta was 1st at 15-under par.
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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.
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Derrik Goodwin of Glendale Golf & Country Club shot a 2 under par 68 to claim the PGA of Manitoba Sigurdson Financial Fall Championship.
The 18 hole event was contested at Larters at St. Andrew’s Golf and Country Club.
Colwyn Abgrall of GolfTEC finished second on the leaderboard just two strokes back while Elmhurst Golf & Country Club’s Matt Lorenz and Bret
Thompson of Golf Mentor tied for third place with 71’s.
Jason Ludke of Pine Ridge Golf Club captured the 2022 PGA of Manitoba Fall Championship at the Carman Golf and Curling Club.
Ludke carded a 68 in his final round to finish the 36 hole event at 139. Devon Schade of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club and Glendale Golf & Country Club’s Justin Ford tied for second at 141.
The Assistants Champion is Justin Ford of Glendale, who needed a playoff to claim the 2022 title.
Devon Schade of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club earned a 4 stroke victory over fellow club member Matt Lorenz and Terry Reilly of Niakwa Country Club to win the PGA of Manitoba PING Spring Championship.
Schade won the 18 hole event at Southwood Golf & Country Club finishing with a 66.
GOLFTEC Winnipeg’s Bret Thompson and Colwyn Abgrall rounded out the top 5 on the leaderboard. Thompson was 71, Abgrall 72.
The PGA of Canada announced its 2021 National Award Winners during its virtual awards reception on Thursday, January 27, 2022.
Winnipeg’s Bri-ann Tokariwski, assistant professional at the Elmhurst Golf & Country Club and head coach of the Golf Manitoba Junior Girls Development Team, was named the Moe Norman Apprentice Professional of the Year. It is the first national award for Tokariwski who has also won the Apprentice of the Year zone award in Manitoba four consecutive years in a row from 2018 to 2021.
Also winning a national award was Alan Scott of the Lakeland Group of Companies. Scott, who is a past president of the PGA of Canada, received the Dick Munn Executive Professional of the Year Award.
Golf Manitoba Junior Boys Development Team head coach Derrik Goodwin was nominated for two national awards including the Jack McLaughlin Junior Leader of the Year and George Knudson Teacher of the Year Awards.
Five other Manitoba Zone professionals were also nominated for awards including Derek Ingram of Golf Canada, Jeremy Gallant of St. Charles Country Club, James Steep of Southwood Golf & Country Club, Kris Ehnes of Breezy Bend Country Club and James Chapman of Glendale Golf & Country Club.
The PGA of Canada also inducted 7 members into its Hall of Fame at the awards event including Manitoba’s Harry Brotchie.
Brotchie is a long-standing member of the PGA of Canada, current President of the NGCOA, Past PGA of Canada President (1993-1994), Past PGA of Manitoba Zone President (1985-1986), and earned the PGA of Canada Master Professional designation in 2003.
More information about the 2021 PGA of Canada National Awards is available here.