Zostrianos Gross (Shilo Country Club) and Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) sit atop of their respective leaderboards at Niakwa Country Club following the opening round of the Junior Boys & Girls Championship presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation.

Gross made two eagles and two birdies to spark a 3-under par 69, giving him a three stroke lead on Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club).

Ty Brewster (Team Manitoba / Quarry Oaks Golf Course) and Ryder Pufuhl (Team Manitoba / Rossmere Country Club) share the lead in the 15 & 16 Age Group following 2-over par 74’s.

Hunter Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club) shot a 77, two strokes better than Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa) in the 13 & 14 Age Group.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Junior Boys leaderboard, click here.

For the Junior Boys second round tee times, click here.

In the Junior Girls Championship, Kartusch set a personal record with eight birdies on the scorecard on her way to a 2-under par 70.

Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa) sits in second place following a 3-over par 75.

Jewel Lafleche (Niawka) leads the 13 & 14 Age Group by 17 strokes over Payton Bailey (Wheat City Golf Course).

Kailie Matthews (Kelowna Golf & Country Club) is the lone competitor in the 15 & 16 Age Group. She opened with a 97.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Junior Girls leaderboard, click here.

For the Junior Girls second round tee times, click here.

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With temperatures expected to reach a summer high this week, 85 competitors are set to converge on Niakwa Country Club for the Junior Boys & Girls Championship presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation.

The respective 54 hole championships tee off Wednesday morning starting at 7:30 with the Junior Boys followed by the Junior Girls at 10:37.

There will be a new champion in the Junior Boys event as Teerawut Boonseeor of Thailand is not taking part. A few names to keep an eye on include Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Kaleb Lambert (Team Manitoba / Elmhurst Golf & Country Club), Nathan Lepore (Whitewater Golf Club) and Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club)

For the Junior Boys opening round tee times, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Junior Boys leaderboard, click here.

Headlining the Junior Girls draw are defending champion Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club), NextGen Prairie Champion Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa), Diamond Athletic Women’s Amateur champion Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles) and Golf Manitoba Public Players Club member Cala Korman.

For the Junior Girls opening round tee times, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Junior Girls leaderboard, click here.

Registration by Member Club:

Bel Acres Golf & Country Club (1)
Breezy Bend Country Club (3)
Carman Golf & Curling Club (2)
Centennial Pines Golf Club (1)
Dauphin Lake Golf Club (2)
Elmhurst Golf & Country Club (6)
Emerald Hills Golf & Country Club – Ontario (1)
Glendale Golf & Country Club (7)
Golf Manitoba Public Players Club (11)
Heron Points Golf Links – Ontario (1)
Kelowna Golf & Country Club – British Columbia (2)
La Broquerie Golf (1)
Niakwa Country Club (4)
Neepawa Golf & Country Club (1)
Pine Ridge Golf Club (6)
Portage Golf Club (1)
Quarry Oaks Golf Course (2)
Red Lake Area Golf & Country Club (1)
Rossmere Country Club (5)
St. Boniface Golf Club (2)
St. Charles Country Club (6)
Selkirk Golf & Country Club (2)
Shilo Country Club (4)
Southwood Golf & Country Club (1)
Swan River Golf & Country Club (1)
Thunder Bay Public Player – Ontario (1)
Transcona Golf Club (1)
Wheat City Golf Course (1)
Whitewater Golf Club (1)

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Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) earned a six stroke victory over Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa Country Club) to win the Diamond Athletic Women’s Amateur Championship Sunday morning at Minnedosa Golf & Country Club.

Kartusch finished the 54 hole event at 4-over par 220.

Rhonda Orr (Southwood Golf & Country Club) earned a one stroke victory over Charmaine Hayden (Breezy Bend Country Club) to claim the Diamond Athletic Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Hayden had an impressive finish carding a 1-under par 71 during the final round.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s leaderboard, click here.

To view the photo gallery, click here.

After setting a course record Thursday to open the Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, Allan McDonald (Breezy Bend) shot a 4-under par 68 to close out Drew Jones (Shilo Country Club) by two strokes.

McDonald finished at 10-under par 206. Jones shot the low round of Sunday at 6-under par 66.

Jay Doyle (Niakwa) captured the Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Masters Championship by two strokes over Jon Schroeder (Quarry Oaks Golf Course) and Marshall Cox (Southwood).

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s leaderboard, click here.

To view the photo gallery, click here.

Golf Manitoba would like to thank our title partner Diamond Athletic and Gerald Diamond for their continued support.

We would like to acknowledge our Official Performance Partners:

Manitoba Blue Cross

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries

PUMA GOLF – Ryan Sommerfeld, Territory Manager

Sport Manitoba

Taylormade Canada – Eric Johnson, Sales & Marketing Territory Manager

We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Minnedosa Golf & Country Club led by General Manager & PGA of Manitoba Head Professional Patrick Law, Superintendent Dan Bailey, Director of Food and Beverage Services Ellen Notley, their staff, club members and volunteers for their warm welcome.

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Play resumed at 8:00 this morning.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s Mid-Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s Amateur leaderboard, click here.

Lyle MacKenzie (Niakwa Country Club) and Tyson Ehnes (Lorette Golf Course) each carded a 4-under par 68 and will enter Saturday’s final round at Minnedosa Golf & Country Club of the Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship tied atop of the leaderboard with first round leader Allan McDonald (Breezy Bend Country Club).

All three competitors are at 6-under par 138, two strokes better than Patrick Perrin (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) and Thomas Friesen (Wheat City Golf Course).

Four players are separated by just two strokes in the Mid-Masters Championship.

Jay Doyle (Niakwa) and Marshall Cox (Southwood Golf & Country Club) are at even par 144 while Curtis Markusson (St. Charles Country Club) and Ben Bandura (Selkirk Golf & Country Club) are at 146.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s Mid-Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Men’s Mid-Amateur final round tee times, click here.

In the Women’s Amateur Championship, Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles) has a five stroke lead on Cala Korman (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) and Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club).

Kartusch and Korman each fired a 1-under par 71 during Friday’s second round while Zamzow had a 2-over par 74.

Rhonda Orr (Southwood) has a five stroke lead on Hannah Diamond (St. Charles) in the Mid-Amateur Championship. Orr shot a 77 in her second round while Diamond had an 87.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Women’s Amateur final round tee times, click here.

Allan McDonald (Breezy Bend Country Club) shot a 10-under par 62, setting a new course record at Minnedosa Golf & Country Club, as the 2024 Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur got underway. The previous record of 7-under par 65 was held by Darren Hupfer in 2007.

McDonald’s round included 11 birdies, six pars and a bogey.

The 32 year old currently has a six stroke lead on Michael Coutts (Southwood Golf & Country Club) and Derek Cameron (Minnedosa). Both players shot a 4-under par 68.

Clayton Salkeid (Bridges Golf Course) currently has a two stroke lead in the Mid-Masters Championship on Nolan Tutkaluk (Shilo Country Club) and David Kuik (Niakwa Country Club).

Play is scheduled to resume Friday morning at 8:00. The second round is scheduled to tee off at 9:30.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s Mid-Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Men’s Mid-Amateur tee times, click here.

Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), at even par, played nine holes prior to play being suspended. She sits one stroke better than Hannah Diamond (St. Charles), Clara Peake (Minnedosa), Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) and India Young (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club).

Diamond currently has a two stroke lead on Rhonda Orr (Southwood) in the Mid-Amateur Championship.

Play is scheduled to resume Friday morning at 8:00. The second round is scheduled to tee off at 11:03.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Women’s Amateur tee times, click here.

Minnedosa Golf & Country Club is set to host 2024 Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur and Women’s Amateur Championships starting Thursday morning.

For the Men’s Mid-Amateur opening round tee times, click here.

For the Women’s Amateur opening round tee times, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Men’s Mid-Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross Women’s Amateur leaderboard, click here.

For the second consecutive year, Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club) and Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) are champions of the Elmhurst Invitational at Elmhurst Golf & Country Club.

Chuback won the Junior Boys title in a playoff versus Carson Inman (Portage Golf Club). Both players finished at 11-over par through 36 holes. Chuback made a par on the first playoff hole for the win.

After opening on Saturday with a 4-under par 67, Trstenjak cruised to the Men’s Championship with another 67 earning an eight stroke decision over Braxton Kuntz (Breezy Bend Country Club) and Jordy Lutz (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club). Kuntz had the low round Sunday at 5-under par 66 while Lutz had a sensational opening nine holes with a 5-under par 31.

Zamzow is wearing the Junior Girls crown once again following an 11 stroke victory over Keira Krahn (Team Manitoba / Carman Golf & Curling Club). Both players carded impressive rounds of 2-over par 75 during Sunday’s final round.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

The annual Elmhurst Invitational is underway at Elmhurst Golf & Country Club.

The 36 hole championship opened Saturday and will conclude Sunday afternoon with three divisions of competition: junior girls, junior boys and men’s division.

For the Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.

For tee times, click here.

The province’s top amateur golfers are at Elmhurst Golf & Country Club this weekend competing in the Elmhurst Invitational Amateur Championship.

The 36 hole event featuring 57 competitors will tee off at 2:00 Saturday afternoon with three divisions of competition: junior girls, junior boys and men’s division.

All three defending champions return from 2023:

• Men’s Division – Marco Trstenjak (Elmhurst)

• Junior Boys Division – Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club)

• Junior Girls Division – Crystal Zamzow (Team Manitoba / Swan River Golf & Country Club)

For the opening round tee times, click here.

Registration by Member Clubs

Breezy Bend Country Club (7)
Carberry Sandhills Golf & Country Club (1)
Carman Golf & Curling Club (2)
Dauphin Lake Golf Club (2)
Elmhurst Golf & Country Club (15)
Glendale Golf & Country Club (2)
Glen Lea Golf Club (1)
Kyalami Country Club – South Africa (1)
Niakwa Country Club (5)
Pine Ridge Golf Club (5)
Portage Golf Club (1)
Riverside Country Club – Saskatoon (1)
Rossmere Country Club (1)
Shilo Country Club (3)
Southwood Golf & Country Club (1)
St. Boniface Golf Club (1)
St. Charles Country Club (3)
Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club (1)
Swan River Golf & Country Club (1)
Wheat City Golf Course (1)
Whitewater Golf Club (2)

Thanks to the generous contributions of the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation, participants in the junior boys and girls division were assisted with their registration fee.

Once again this year, the winner of the men’s division will receive an exemption to either the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan or the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship in Manotick, Ontario.

Founded in 2003 by long-time Elmhurst member John Multan, the Elmhurst Invitational Amateur Championship has become one of the highest regarded amateur events held in the province outside of the Golf Manitoba championship calendar. The field is continually one of the strongest of the year with most of the province’s top players taking part.

Past champions include the likes of the DP World Tour’s Aaron Cockerill, along with past Manitoba Men’s Amateur Champions Garth Collings, Derek East, Todd Fanning, Matt Johnston, Brad Kirton and Peter More.