The University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Golf team placed 13th out of 17 teams competiting this past weekend in Elk River, Minnesota at the Gustavus Twin Cities Classic.

Individually on the leaderboard:

T40 Trent Robertson 76-77-79-232
T40 Rory Neill 80-72-80-232
T67 Eric Prokopwich 77-79-85-241
T78 Tyler Polanski 80-78-88-246
T84 Jack Rudick 80-83-86-249

For the final leaderboard, click here.

Tyler Polanski shot rounds of 77 and 74 to finish T20 on the leaderboard and was the University of Manitoba Bisons highest finishing competitor at the Saint John’s University Fall Invitational.

The 36 hole tournament was played at St. Cloud Country Club and Blackberry Ridge Golf Club.

Also representing the Bisons were:

T27 Rory Neill 82-71-153 (+9)
T35 Jordon McDonald 75-80-155 (+11)
T35 Jack Rudick 76-79-155 (+11)
T43 Lachlan Allerton 79-78-157 (+13)
T49 Trent Robertson 86-73-159 (+15)
53 Eric Prokopowich 82-78-160 (+16)
T72 Brent Ingram 85-81-166 (+22)
T72 Cole Peters 83-83-166 (+22)
77 Derek Benson 80-91-171 (+27)

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The University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s golf team finished T8 on the leaderboard in Bemidji, Minnesota this week.

With a combined team score of +43, they ended the 36 hole competition 37 strokes back of the first place Bemidji State.

Individually, Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin Lake Golf Club) earned a 10th place finish at 5-over par 147 (74-73).

T32: Trent Robertson (Niakwa Country Club) +11 (74-79-153)
T41: Jack Rudick (St. Charles Country Club) +13 (75-80-155)
T45: Derek Benson (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) +14 (75-81-156)
T56: Brent Ingram (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +21 (82-81-163)

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Jose Mekish-Lacquette (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) shot a 2-over par 72 in his final round at the Canada West Golf Championship to finish as the highest placing University of Manitoba Bison at T16 on the leaderboard at the Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Mekish-Lacquette’s tournament total was +10, 150.

Also representing the Bisons:

29 Lachlan Allerton (Rossmere Country Club) 81-75-156
T38 Cole Peters (Niakwa Country Club) 84-76-160
43 Trent Robertson (Niakwa Country Club) 82-82-164
44 Jordon McDonald (Breezy Bend Country Club) 83-84-167

Manitoba finished seventh at +25 in the Team Championship.

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The University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Golf Team finished the 36 hole Battle of the Bear Tournament in seventh place at The Okanagan Golf Club in Kelowna.

The four person team of Peters, Robertson, Benson and Ingram ended play at +58, five strokes shy of sixth place Alberta.

Individually on the leaderboard:

T24 Cole Peters (Niakwa Country Club) 78-76-154
T31 Jordon McDonald (Breezy Bend Country Club) 79-81-160
T31 Derek Benson (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) 81-79-160
T38 Brent Ingram (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) 83-79-162
T38 Trent Robertson (Niakwa Country Club) 83-79-162

Jacob Armstrong (St. Boniface Golf Club) of the University of Fraser Valley finished T19 at +9, 153 (72-81).

Lucas O’Dell, also of UFV, won the championship at 9-under par 135 (67-68)

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Cole Peters (Niakwa Country Club) led the University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Golf Team with a 6-over par 78 in the opening round of the Battle of the Bear Tournament on the Bear Course at The Okanagan Golf Club in Kelowna.

Peters’ round included three birdies, eight pars, six bogeys and a double bogey.

Other Bisons on the leaderboard:

Jordon McDonald (Breezy Bend Country Club) +7, 79
Derek Benson (Golf Manitoba Public Players Club) +9, 81
Brent Ingram (Elmhurst Golf & Country Club) +11, 83
Trent Robertson (Niakwa Country Club) +11, 83

Jacob Armstrong (St. Boniface Golf Club) of the University of Fraser Valley had an impressive start with six birdies on his way to an even par 72.

Lucas O’Dell, also of UFV, is atop of the leaderboard at 5-under par 67.

The Bisons are currently seventh in the Team competition at +33. Armstrong’s UFV are in first place at -4.

For the opening round leaderboard, click here.

For the second round tee times, click here.

The University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Golf Team is in Kelowna to open the week.

The 36 hole, two day Battle of the Bear Tournament tees off today on the Bear Course at The Okanagan Golf Club.

The Bisons are represented by Derek Benson, Brent Ingram, Jordan McDonald, Cole Peters and Trent Robertson.

Winnipeg’s Jacob Armstrong of the University of Fraser Valley is also in the field.

For opening round tee times, click here.

For the leaderboard, click here.

Victoria, B.C. – The University of Victoria Vikes men and University of British Columbia women took home the team titles at the 2022 Canada West Golf Championships, Oct. 4.

The Vikes men finished +3 collectively with rounds of 293 and 278. UBC finished second at +7 (279, 296) in the team standings, while Fraser Valley rounded out the top three with a +9 (286, 291) over the two-day tournament. The University of Manitoba Bisons men finished in 6th place with a +43 team score (303, 308). The Bisons were lead by Stefan Lavallee and Cameron McIntyre who both finished at T16 with a two-day total of +9 (151). Also playing for the Bisons were Trent Robertson (T19), Connor Stewart (T23) and Cole Peters (T37).

The UBC women shot +19 (221, 224) as a team to earn the conference banner, followed by Victoria at +25 (226, 225) for silver, and UBCO with a +29 (225, 230) in bronze position as teams.

Neel Soni (2020 Manitoba Junior Boys Champion) who plays for the University of British Columbia, helped the Thunderbird men to a second place team finish on rounds of 74 and 73 to finish individually at T11. Jacob Armstrong, (2019 Manitoba Junior Boys Champion) playing for the University of the Fraser Valley, shot scores of 75 and 82 to finish at T25.

For more on the 2022 Canada West Golf Championship and for the full leaderboard, please click here.

It was an impressive performance by Winnipeg’s Jacob Armstrong at the Canadian University / College Championship in Bromont, Quebec.

Armstrong, playing for the University of Fraser Valley Cascades, finished his four rounds with a 9 under par 279 (69, 72, 69, 69) total.

That was good for a second place on the leaderboard, only two strokes back of Aidan Schumer of the UBC Thunderbirds.

With the silver medal performance, Armstrong will represent Team Canada at the World University Championship next month in Italy.

Five members of the University of Manitoba Bisons (Lachlan Allerton, Brent Ingram, Stefan Lavallee, Cole Peters and Connor Stewart) were also in the field, however failed to make the cut following 36 holes.

Stefan Lavallee had the low round of the day for members of the University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Golf team during the opening round of the Canadian University / College Championship in Bromont, Quebec.

Lavallee’s scorecard featured one eagle and five birdies on his way to even par 72. That puts him tied for 11th overall.

Samuel Breton Gagnon of the Champlain St. Lawrence Lions and Aiden Schumer of the UBC Thunderbirds share the lead after 18 holes at five under par 67.

Also from the University of Manitoba:

Brent Ingram +5, 77
Connor Stewart +8, 80
Lachlan Allerton +12, 84
Cole Peters +13, 85

For the complete Manitoba Blue Cross leaderboard, click here.