Breezy Bend & Transcona win Women’s Four-Ball Championships
Brian Munz
Breezy Bend Country Club & Transcona Golf Club captured the Women’s Four-Ball Championships Thursday at Portage Golf Club.
Charmaine Hayden and Veronica Van der Meer won the “A” Championship Gross Division at 2-over par 74. India Young and Keira Krahn of Carman Golf & Curling Club finished second, just one stroke back.
Stacey Borowski and Jennifer Jones of Breezy Bend finished first in the Net Division at 8-under par 64. Jody Bieber and Gail Carswell of St. Charles Country Club won the silver medal two strokes back.
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Loretta Wallace and Debra Deboer of Transcona Golf Club won the “B” Championship Gross Division with a combined score of 20-over par 92. Gwen Shorten and Sandy Sager of Breezy Bend Country Club finished in second place, just one stroke back.
Rachelle Krasny and Marilyn Sippel of Transcona finished first in the Net Division at 4-under par 68. Brenda Prystayko and Jacqui Sair of Pine Ridge Golf Club ended with a silver medal two strokes back.
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Golf Manitoba would like to acknowledge our Official Performance Partners:
Taylormade Canada – Eric Johnson, Sales & Marketing Territory Manager
We appreciate the time and effort of the host club, Portage Golf Club led by General Manager Robby Moar, Superintendent Farrol Asham and Head Chef Mike Zebransky, their staff, club members and volunteers for their warm welcome.
Portage Golf Club hosts Women’s Four-Ball Championships
Brian Munz
49 two person teams are at Portage Golf Club this morning to compete in the Women’s Four-Ball Championship.
The “A” Championship features 28 teams representing Transcona Golf Club, Portage Golf Club, Pine Ridge Golf Club, St. Charles Country Club, Rossmere Country Club, Niakwa Country Club, Elmhurst Golf & Country Club, Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club, St. Boniface Golf Club, Shilo Country Club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, Carman Golf & Curling Club, Breezy Bend Country Club and Southwood Golf & Country Club.
21 teams will compete in the “B” Championship representing Tuxedo Golf Club, Portage Golf Club, Larters at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club, Transcona Golf Club, Rossmere Golf Club, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, Southwood Golf & Country Club, Windsor Park Golf Course, Kildonan Park Golf Course, Carman Golf & Curling Club, Shilo Country Club, Pine Ridge Golf Club and Breezy Bend Country Club.
Registration for Golf Manitoba championships is now open.
To be eligible to compete in all Golf Manitoba competitions, players must be an active Golf Manitoba/Canada member and must also hold a current Golf Canada Handicap Index.
To view the 2024 championship schedule and register, click here.
For players who do not have an active Golf Manitoba/Canada membership through a member club or league, click here to learn more and join.
The championship registration process is easier, less time consuming and accessible through Golf Canada’s Score Centre.
To enter all Golf Manitoba events, you must first log into your Golf Canada Score Centre profile using a web browser and select the competitions tab found under the user menu on the top right-hand side of the web page.
Please note that personal Golf Genius accounts that are active at the club level will not permit you to register for any Golf Manitoba Championship.
Reminder, entry deadlines for most events will close 14 days prior to the start of the championship.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please do not hesitate to contact Golf Manitoba’s Director of Administration Amy Coggan via email at amy@golfmb.ca.
To view the 2024 championship schedule and register, click here.
Early registration for 2024 Golf Manitoba Championships is now open
Brian Munz
Early registration for all 2024 Golf Manitoba championships opens Monday, April 1, 2024 at 12am CST. Golf Manitoba is entering its fourth season using Golf Genius for its Tournament Management Software including all registrations. Early registration is for competitors based on their past results.
General registration for all interested competitors will open on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 12am CST.
To be eligible to compete in Golf Manitoba competitions, players must be an active Golf Manitoba/Canada member through a member club or the Golf Manitoba Public Player Program, and must also hold an up-to-date Golf Canada Handicap Index visible on the Golf Canada Score Centre at the time of registration.
If you do not have a Golf Manitoba/Canada membership you can click here to join.
Golf Genius
The championship registration process is easier, less time consuming and accessible through Golf Canada’s Score Centre. To enter all Golf Manitoba events, you must first log into your Golf Canada Score Centre profile using a web browser, please note that you will not be able to log-in through the Golf Canada app.
Please ensure the following is updated in your Golf Canada Score Centre profile:
Date of birth
Address
City, province and postal code
Cell number
Email address
Current handicap index
How To Register
To enter an event, you must first log-in to your Golf Canada Score Centre account. Next, you must select the competitions tab found under the user menu on the top right-hand side of the web page. Please see image below:
This competitions tab will take you to the championship page. From here you will select the event that you wish to register in and complete the registration process.
Please note that personal Golf Genius accounts that are active at the club level will not permit you to register for any Golf Manitoba Championship. You MUST access registration through your Golf Canada Score Centre Account.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please do not hesitate to contact Amy at amy@golfmb.ca.
You can view our 2024 championship schedule and register, click here.
Golf Manitoba is pleased to announce its 2024 Championship Schedule.
As the Provincial Sport Organization and governing body of golf in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario, Golf Manitoba conducts premier amateur golf championships to support the development of the province’s competitive golfers at Golf Manitoba member clubs.
The 2024 championship season begins May 25th at the Winkler Golf & Country Club with the Manitoba Match Play Qualifier presented by St. Vital Dental Centre and concludes with the Men’s Four-Ball Championship September 19th at Grand Pines Golf Club.
“With the calendar only a couple weeks away from January, we are excited to officially announce our 2024 Championship Schedule” said Director of Competition and Rules David Borowski. “2023 showed record numbers of people enjoying our sport and we are looking forward to growing those numbers even more in 2024. I would like to express our gratitude to the member clubs who have opened their doors allowing us to play at their course this year.”
Early registration will open from April 1st to April 15th for select players and based on their finish in 2023 Golf Manitoba Championships. These players will receive an email informing them of their status.
General registration will open on April 16th.
To view Golf Manitoba’s 2024 Championship Schedule, including all host venues and registration requirements, click here.
In addition to Golf Manitoba’s annual events, we are pleased to celebrate our athletes August 11th to 14th who will take part in the Manitoba Summer Games in Dauphin.
2024 Golf Manitoba Championship Season Calendar at a glance:
Breezy Bend Country Club will then host the championship matches from May 27 to June 2. It will be the fifth time in course history they host the event. Looking back in the record books, Breezy Bend members Jesse Skelton (2011), Garth Collings (1996) and Bill Parker (1981) previously won the Men’s Championship on their home course.
The John Blumberg Golf Course will host the All Abilities Championship, Women’s City & District Championship and U15 Championship presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation June 14th and 15th.
For the first time in course history the Diamond Athletic Men’s Mid-Amateur and Women’s Amateur Championship will be played at the Neepawa Golf & Country Club July 4th to 6th. Jeri Lafleche of Clear Lake Golf Course will be vying for her third consecutive Women’s Amateur championship.
The Junior Boys & Girls Championship presented by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation will be played July 10th to 12th at Niakwa Country Club. The last time this event was held at Niakwa, Stony Mountain’s Aaron Cockerill won the Junior Boys Championship in 2010.
Rossmere Country Club will host the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship July 22nd to 24th. Breezy Bend’s Braxton Kuntz will be looking to become the first player in Manitoba history to win four consecutive Men’s Amateur championships.
Rossmere Country Club General Manager Scott Parker
The busy month of July comes to an end at Selkirk Golf & Country Club from the 29th to 31st as they host the Hodson Financial Men’s & Women’s Senior Championship. Rhonda Orr of Southwood Golf & Country Club is vying for her ninth straight and 11th Senior Women’s Championship.
The popular two person four-ball championships close our summer of competition with the Women playing August 8th at Portage Golf Club, the Men’s Senior event at Shilo Country Club September 5th followed by the Men’s championship two weeks later at Grand Pines Golf Club on September 19th.
Manitoba Amateur Championships
Golf Manitoba annually conducts provincial golf competitions and qualifiers – which play host to more than 900 golfers who play over 1,700 rounds.
In partnership with our host clubs, volunteers, and our proud sponsors, Golf Manitoba is dedicated to supporting player development through first-class competition.
Team Breezy Bend, Team Rossmere tops at Women’s Four-Ball Championship
Golf Manitoba
It turned out to be a sunny but windy day at the Bel Acres Golf & Country Club for the first playing of the Golf Manitoba Women’s Four-Ball Championship.
In the Women’s “A” Championship, the team of Charmaine Hayden and Veronica van der Meer of the Breezy Bend Country Club topped the leaderboard in the Club Division with a 3-under par score of 70. Rhonda Orr and Fran Povoledo of Southwood, finished in second with a score of 74. Hayden and van de Meer also took top place in the Open Division.
Charmaine Hayden & Veronica van der meerTrudy Adamson & Cindy Grant
The team of Trudy Adamson and Cindy Grant of the Minnedosa Golf & Country Club had the Low Net score in the Club Division shooting a 4-under par 67. Finishing just 1 shot behind was Karen Nistico and Shannon Taweel of the Elmhurst Golf & Country Club. Adamson and Grant were also the Low Net winners in the Open Division.
In the Women’s “B” Championship, the team of Lea Savatic and Grace Atkins of the Rossmere Country Club took top honours in the Club Division shooting a gross score of 93. Dianna Sandstrom and Jean Garbolinsky of the Minnedosa Country Club finished runner-up also shooting a score of 93 but lost on a countback. The team of Savatic and Atkins also took top spot with the low gross score in the Open Division.
Lea Savatic & Grace Atkins
Sandy Birley and partner Sandy Shore, playing out of the Tuxedo Golf Club, earned Low Net honours with a 7-under score of 67. Finishing in the runner-up spot was Paulette Connery and Diane Wilson of the Portage Golf Club with a score of 68. Birley and Shore also won the Low Net in the Open Division.
For the “A” Championship leaderboard, please click here.
For the “B” Championship leaderboard, please click here.
A tremendous thank you to Bel Acres staff Robin Henderson, General Manager & Director of Golf, CGSA course superintendent Lance Holowaty, Amanda Slagerman, and the Bel Acres membership for their support in hosting this year’s event.
Golf Manitoba would like to also acknowledge adidas Golf Canada, TaylorMade Canada and Manitoba Blue Cross, official association partners for their continued support of our championships.
Next on the competitive calendar is the Junior Boys & Girls U15, All Abilities and Women’s City & District Championships to be played August 21 & 22 at the Selkirk Golf & Country Club.
Bel Acres Golf & Country Club, host club of the 2023 Women's Four-Ball Championship (photo: Bel Acres G & CC)
Golf Manitoba
Golf Manitoba is pleased to announce its schedule of team competitions in 2023.
The Men’s Senior Four-Ball Championship will be held on August 28 at the Minnewasta Golf & Country Club in Morden. The Men’s Four-Ball Championship will be held on September 21 at the Bridges Golf Course in Starbuck. And new for 2023, the Women’s Four-Ball will be played on August 8 at the Bel Acres Golf & Country Club in Stony Mountain.
Previously know as the Women’s Interclub Championship, the Women’s Four-Ball Championship is open to all Golf Manitoba club member and public player female golfers. As in the men’s four-ball events, teams of two in the Women’s Four-Ball will each play their own ball. The teammate with the lower score on each hole provides that team’s score for that hole.
How to enter
To be eligible to play in any Golf Manitoba championship, you must be registered as a Golf Manitoba/Canada member either through a member club or as a public player. To learn more about membership and to join Golf Manitoba/Canada, please click here.
Club Entry Golf Manitoba member clubs may enter a team(s) to represent the club in the respective four-ball championship. For clubs to enter a team, please contact Amy Coggan at Golf Manitoba.
Open Entry All Golf Manitoba four-ball championships are open to all age eligible Golf Manitoba/Canada members including public players. For more event information each event and to register online, please click below:
Entry fees for the competitions are $190 per team (teams of two) per event including GST with online registration now open by visiting golfmb.ca/competitions.
For assistance with championship registration, please read our article on how to register for Golf Manitoba events.
About Golf Manitoba Championships
Golf Manitoba annually conducts more than 15 golf competitions and qualifiers province-wide – which play host to more than 875 golfers. In partnership with our host clubs, volunteers, and our proud sponsors, Golf Manitoba is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1915. Marquee Golf Manitoba championships include the Manitoba Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Manitoba Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships.
As the governing body of amateur golf in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario as recognized by Sport Manitoba, all Golf Manitoba championships are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and are officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials. Additionally, a suite of policies and procedures, developed under the guidance of both Golf Canada and Sport Manitoba, ensure that all competitions are conducted accordingly to preserve the integrity of the sport, of player and volunteer development and stakeholder safety.
Golf Manitoba’s amateur championships are proudly supported by the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation, Diamond Athletic, Nott Autocorp, Hodson Financial, St. Vital Dental Centre, Manitoba Blue Cross, adidas Golf Canada, TaylorMade Golf Canada, Golf Canada and Sport Manitoba.