Golf Manitoba names rosters for Manitoba Summer Games
Golf Manitoba is proud to announce the roster of competitors who will take part in the 2024 Manitoba Summer Games powered by Manitoba Hydro.
The 36 hole golf event will take place at Gilbert Plains Country Club on August 12th and 13th.
Representing Team South are Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Steinbach Fly-in Golf Club), Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa Country Club), Gavin Carver (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jamie Park (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club), Mackenzie Bartlett, Allie McCullough, Landry North and Cora North. The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Assistant Professional Nick Einarson (Breezy Bend Country Club).
Representing Team East are Brady Comaskey (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Matthew Michaleski (Selkirk Golf & Country Club), Ryder Pufahl (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) and Colton Drul (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Ryan McMillan (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club).
Representing Team West are Daylan Duncalfe, Kale Jones, Tate Bercier (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club), Brayden Hamm, Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Payton Bailey (Wheat City Golf Course) and Blake Tomiski. The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Austin Dobrescu.
Representing Team Winnipeg Gold are Brayden Boge (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club), Aris Mercury (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jonah Shapiro (Glendale Golf & Country Club), Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club), Maisy Shewchuk (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) and Angela Sitarz (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Bret Thompson.
Representing Team Winnipeg Blue are Ryan Tuck (St. Boniface Golf Club), Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club), Owen Conrad (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Hunter MacLean (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club), Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club), Gracie McMillan (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) and Sadie Blazeiko (Team Manitoba / Golf Manitoba Public Players Club). The Head Coach is PGA of Manitoba Professional Terry Reilly (Niakwa Country Club).
Registration by Member Club:
Carman Golf & Curling Club (1)
Elmhurst Golf & Country Club (2)
Glendale Golf & Country Club (4)
Golf Manitoba Public Players Club (4)
Niakwa Country Club (3)
Pine Ridge Golf Club (4)
Rossmere Country Club (2)
St. Boniface Golf Club (1)
St. Charles Country Club (1)
Selkirk Golf & Country Club (1)
Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club (1)
Wheat City Golf Course (1)
Kuntz top Manitoban to open Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship
Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) was the only Manitoban to shoot under par Monday in Saskatoon to open the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.
With a 3-under par 69, Kuntz is T14 on the leaderboard.
Other Golf Manitoba members include:
Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +1, 73
Jack Moro (Whitewater Golf Club) +1, 73
Evan Nachtigall (Shilo Country Club) +2, 74
Ryan Blair (Elmhurst) +3, 75
Drew Jones (Shilo) +3, 75
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) +3, 75
Adam Blair (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) +5, 77
Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin Lake Golf Club) +5, 77
Hudson Hunnie (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) +6, 78
Brad Pardy (Shilo) +11, 83
After the opening round in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship, Team Manitoba (Blair, Jones & Kuntz) is sixth in the standings at even par. British Columbia and Ontario are tied for first place at 6-under par.
For the opening round leaderboard, click here.
For the second round tee times, click here.
Kartusch cards 2-over par 74 in Round 3 at Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot her second consecutive 2-over par 74 Thursday at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.
Sitting T53 on the leaderboard at 11-over par 227, her third round included four birdies, 10 pars, two bogeys and two double bogeys.
Fun fact: Kartusch has birdied the par four, sixth hole in all three rounds entering Friday’s finale.
For the full leaderboard, click here.
For final round tee times, click here.
Peake top Manitoban to open Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club had Manitoba’s low round to open the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.
She made back to back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes along with 10 pars en route to a 5-over par 77.
Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) shot a 6-over par 78, Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) a 79 and Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) a 93.
Team Manitoba (Kartusch, Lafleche & Zamzow) is fourth in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship at 13-over par. Alberta is first at even par.
Australia’s Momo Suglyama sits in first place shooting a 6-under par 66.
For the full leaderboard, click here.
For second round tee times, click here.
Four Manitobans set to compete at 110th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
The 110th playing of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO, tees off this morning at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, British Columbia.
The championship, which was first held in 1901, is one of the longest tenured amateur events in the world. The inaugural tournament at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Que., featured only three players. Fast forward over a century later, 156 players will look to engrave their name onto the Dutchess of Connaught Gold Cup in 2024.
Representing Manitoba in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Championship are Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) and Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club). Clara Peake (Minnedosa Golf & Country Club) is also in the field.
For tee times, click here.
For the leaderboard, click here.
The championship will feature a competitive field of top female amateur golfers, national team members, provincial champions and elite international amateurs. The 72-hole stroke play competition runs through until Friday. The field will be cut to the low 70 players (including ties) after the second round.
The tournament will welcome 118 Canadians along with 38 international players, including 22 from the United States, six from Australia, two from Chinese Taipei along with representation from Barbados, Colombia, Hong Kong, China and Mexico.
The Inter-Provincial Team Championship will be played in conjunction through the first 36 holes of the competition with eight three-player teams vying for the title. Last year Team Ontario consisting of Jasmine Ly (Windsor, Ont.), Joline Truong (Mississauga, Ont.) and Sydney Naro (Toronto, Ont.) were crowned champions.
The 156 player field features seven of Team Canada athletes led by defending champion Lauren Kim (Surrey, B.C.) – who shot a final round 2-under 71 to claim the title last year along with teammates, Angela Arora (Surrey, B.C.), Katie Cranston (Oakville, Ont.), Nicole Gal (Oakville, Ont.), Michelle Liu (Vancouver, B.C), Alissa Xu (Richmond Hill, Ont) and Lauren Zaretsky (Thornhill, Ont.).
Team Canada NextGen will also be represented with nine members of the team set to compete including, Vanessa Borovilos (Etobicoke, Ont), Anna Huang (Vancouver, B.C), Shauna Liu (Maple, Ont.), Luna Lu (Burnaby, B.C), Lindsay McGrath (Oakville, Ont.), Eileen Park (Red Deer, Alta.), Swetha Sathish (Oakville Ont.), Michelle Xing (Richmond Hill, Ont.) and Vanessa Zhang (Vancouver, B.C.).
Clara Ding of White Rock, B.C. is the youngest player in the field at the age of 13 and there are two members of Royal Colwood Golf Club teeing it up this week, Cynthia Adamek and Jiyue Wu.
Royal Colwood Golf Club is a world-class golf course that offers a challenging and scenic layout, set amidst a beautiful forest of towering trees and manicured fairways. Designed by Arthur Vernon Macan in 1913, the course has hosted numerous high-profile tournaments. The par 72 course features strategically placed bunkers and winding fairways that demand strategic accuracy and skill. The course’s natural scenic landscape is enhanced by its serene surroundings, with sparkling water features and an abundance of wildlife.
“Royal Colwood Golf Club is honoured to add the 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur to our club’s rich history of prestigious golf events. We are excited to welcome the top amateur women golfers from around the world to Victoria while we showcase our golf course over the four days of competition,” Gordy Scutt, Head Golf Professional at Royal Colwood Golf Club. “Hosting this event is an exciting opportunity and we are confident that Royal Colwood will provide a memorable experience for the players, guests and surrounding community.”
Last year Team Canada member, Lauren Kim won the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax, N.S. Team Canada athletes have won the past three Canadian Women’s Amateur Championships. Prior to Kim’s victory last year, Monet Chun of Richmond Hill, Ont. won the 2022 championship at Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ont. and Lauren Zaretsky won in 2021 at Edmonton Petroleum Golf and Country Club in Spruce Grove, Alta.
The 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion will receive an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship taking place August 5-11 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. In addition, the winner will receive an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open, taking place August 18-24 at Mississaugua Golf Club in Mississauga, Ont.
For more information about the 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship please click here.
Kartusch finishes T3 at Canadian Junior Girls Championship
Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) will go into the Golf Canada record books tying for third place at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Vancouver.
Carding a final round 4-over par 76, Kartusch finishes the four day event at 3-over par 291.
Two other Manitobans played all four rounds:
– T58 Cala Korman (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) 82-75-79-82-318
– T58 Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) 77-86-79-76-318
For the full leaderboard, click here.
Kartusch tied for 1st place entering final round at Canadian Junior Girls Championship
Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot a 2-under par 70 during her third round at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Vancouver.
With a 1-under par 215 total, Kartusch is in a four way tie for first place on the leaderboard entering Thursday’s final round.
Two other Manitobans made the cut advancing to the final two rounds:
– T43 Cala Korman (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) 82-75-79-236
– T69 Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) 77-86-79-242
For the full leaderboard, click here.
For the final round tee times, click here.
Team Manitoba finished second at Canadian Junior Girls Championship; Kartusch T4 entering third round
Team Manitoba (Addison Kartusch, Jeri Lafleche & Cala Korman) combined for a second place finish in the Inter Provincial Team Championship at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Vancouver.
Over 36 holes, the trio were 9-over par, just eight strokes back of British Columbia.
Individually, Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) is T4 on the leaderboard entering the third round at 1-over par 145 (71-74), four strokes behind leader Shauna Liu of Ontario.
Also representing Manitoba are:
– T37 Cala Korman (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) 82-75-157
– T65 Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) 77-86-163
Failing to make the cut:
– India Young (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club) 83-87
– Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) 85-89
– Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) 87-89
– Payton Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club) 93-84
– Keira Krahn (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club) 92-92
– Gracie McMillan (Team Manitoba / Pine Ridge Golf Club) 102-98
For the full leaderboard, click here.
For the third round tee times, click here.
Jones atop of the leaderboard entering final round of the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship at Rossmere Country Club
Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) had the low round of the day carding a 4-under par 66 and will carry a two stroke lead over Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) entering Wednesday’s final round of the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship.
Jones made five birdies, 12 pars and one bogey during his second round at Rossmere Country Club to sit at 6-under par 134 through 36 holes.
Kuntz shot his second straight 2-under par 68.
Lyle MacKenzie (Niakwa Country Club) is also in contention, only four strokes off the lead, after a 3-under par 67.
For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.
For the final round tee times, click here.
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LIVE LEADERBOARD | Round 2 – Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur at Rossmere Country Club
Play is underway at Rossmere Country Club for the second round of the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship.
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