Glendale Golfs

Corina Kelepouris of Drayton Valley, Alta., now living in California, is entered. The 35-year-old pro defeated amateurs Laura Matthews and Jessica Luciuk by two shots. Luciuk is also entered.

The players will be chasing $41,250 at this event, with the winner earning a double prize — a payday of $6,875 and an exemption straight into the CN Canadian Women’s Open, the $2.25- million LPGA Tour event taking place later in the summer in Ottawa.

The winner from events Nos. 1 and 2 this season was amateur Sue Kim of B.C., who will not be in Winnipeg. Kim’s double victory has added that extra Open exemption to the order of merit standings and now the top three, instead of the top two, will also get entries to Ottawa.

Competing at Glendale will be several players with local connections. Amateurs Jill Hardy of Elmhurst, Stacey Bieber of St. Charles, Kathryn McKenzie of Winnipeg and Angela Daykin of Thunder Bay, Ont., are among them.

Bobbi Brandon, formerly of Dauphin, and Christin Thomson of Fort Frances, Ont., also have experience on the Manitoba golf scene.

As well, the runners-up from the event in London, Ont., earlier this month, Jennifer Greggian of B.C. and Jessica Carafiello of the U.S. will be here. American Susan Choi, who lost to Kim in a three-way playoff in the tour’s opening event in Richmond, B.C., in May, will also play Glendale.

Head pro Jim Steep said Thursday that the RCGA has asked Glendale for a course near 6,500 yards, which seems to perfectly fit the description of the club’s white tees at 6,491 yards for a par of 73. The RCGA has also asked the club to keep the rough at its current height of two-and-a-quarter inches and speed up the greens fractionally to 10.5 to 11 on the stimpmeter.

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The Links at Crow Wing, the new Graham Cooke/Wayne Carleton creation at Niverville, is still on track for at least a partial opening next spring.

Work continues to progress on the much-awaited links-style course with an old-country feel, owner Kerry Church said this week.

“We’re well along with the drainage and irrigation work on the front nine,” Church said. “Things are moving right along and I’d expect the seeding will begin in the next four weeks.”

Cooke was at the site two weeks ago to direct some shaping and drainage refinements on the back nine. He gave the green light for the finishing work to proceed on the front.

Now Church, like many other course operators, said the rain can stop any time.

“It had been dry but we need it to dry out a little. You expect some rain and I live in a farming community, so I have to wear two hats on that issue,” he said, laughing.

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