ROUND 2 RECAP & WATCH | Gross & Kartusch maintain top spot at the Junior Boys & Girls Championships presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation at Niakwa Country Club
Zostrianos Gross (Shilo Country Club) shot a 1-under par 71 to enjoy a six stroke lead on Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club) entering Friday’s final round. Rafferty carded a 2-over par 74.
Ryder St. Laurent (Team Manitoba / Niakwa) shot a 1-under par 71 to lead the 13 & 14 Age Group over Hunter Oakden (Team Manitoba / Glendale Golf & Country Club) by seven strokes.
Grant Secord (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) opened the 12 & Under Age Group with an 84 and is 11 strokes up on Austin Tutkaluk (Team Manitoba / Shilo).
For the Junior Boys final round tee times, click here.
Addison Kartusch (Team Manitoba / St. Charles) eagled the 17th hole in shooting a 3-over par 75 In the Junior Girls Championship. At 1-over par through 36 holes, she leads Jeri Lafleche (Niakwa) by five strokes.
Jewel Lafleche (Niakwa) has a 37 stroke advantage on Payton Bailey (Wheat City Golf Course) in the 13 & 14 Age Group.
For the Manitoba Blue Cross Junior Girls leaderboard, click here.
For the Junior Girls final round tee times, click here.
ROUND 1 RECAP & WATCH | Gross & Kartusch lead Junior Boys & Girls Championships presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation at Niakwa Country Club
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.
PREVIEW | Junior Boys & Girls Championship presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Founation at Niakwa Country Club
Brian Munz
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.
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)
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.
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.
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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.
LIVE SCORING | McDonald shoots new course record at Minnedosa Golf & Country to open Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur, Kartusch leads Women’s Amateur
Brian Munz
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.
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.
The 36 hole championship opened Saturday and will conclude Sunday afternoon with three divisions of competition: junior girls, junior boys and men’s division.