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Ryan Horn of Dauphin is taking home the biggest cheque of his career, after a fourth place finish at the Canadian Tour event in Ontario. Horn won 6-thousand dollars after finishing 9-under par, seven back of winner Byron Smith.
Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs won 33-hundred dollars, and finished tied for ninth at six-under.
Rob McMillan finished two over par.

A disappointing finish for Canada’s Ray Stewart at the Champions Tour event. He failed to hold onto his four-stroke lead Sunday, firing a final round 2-over 74 to finish at 8-under. Seven players went to a playoff with 9-under totals. Stewart, from Abbotsford B-C, made this week’s tournament by surviving a 10-man playoff in a Monday qualifier.

Steve Stricker’s drought is over. He picked up his first P-G-A Tour win in over six years with a victory at The Barclays. Stricker birdied four of his last five holes for a two-shot win over K-J Choi. Stricker moved to the top of the FedEx Cup standings with the win. Canadian Mike Weir finished tied for 41st.

And Lorena Ochoa made it three straight LPGA wins, with a five-shot victory at the Safeway Classic. Ochoa finished at 12-under, with four players tied in second place

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Times-Leader - Jim Fronzoni won the Lehman Golf Club Championship on Sunday with a two-day score of 134. Fronzoni fired a final round of 68 to win his first Lehman Championship. John Zarno (136) finished as runner up, and John Sileski (137) came in third. Zarno s

In golf, the Pine Ridge team of Mike Tibbs, Tyler Mancini, Brad Kirton and Scott Loewen won the Manitoba Mens Interclub Championship, city division, Monday at the Meadows…..The Pine Ridge foursome finished 2 shots ahead of the team from Southwood. The Rural Division was won by the Minnewasta team of Tyson Ehnes, Todd Folkett, Dale Geisbrecht and Duke Wiebe.

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Ryan Horn of Dauphin is taking home the biggest cheque of his career, after a fourth place finish at the Canadian Tour event in Ontario. Horn won 6-thousand dollars after finishing 9-under par, seven back of winner Byron Smith.
Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs won 33-hundred dollars, and finished tied for ninth at six-under.
Rob McMillan finished two over par. A disappointing finish for Canada’s Ray Stewart at the Champions Tour event. He failed to hold onto his four-stroke lead Sunday, firing a final round 2-over 74 to finish at 8-under. Seven players went to a playoff with 9-under totals. Stewart, from Abbotsford B-C, made this week’s tournament by surviving a 10-man playoff in a Monday qualifier.

Steve Stricker’s drought is over. He picked up his first P-G-A Tour win in over six years with a victory at The Barclays. Stricker birdied four of his last five holes for a two-shot win over K-J Choi. Stricker moved to the top of the FedEx Cup standings with the win. Canadian Mike Weir finished tied for 41st.

And Lorena Ochoa made it three straight LPGA wins, with a five-shot victory at the Safeway Classic. Ochoa finished at 12-under, with four players tied in second place

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Three Manitobans made the cut Friday at the Canadian Tour event in Ontario.
Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs fired a three over 73 and is one under after two rounds.. Dauphin’s Ryan Horn is one over and Rob McMillan is two-over. Wes Heffernan has a two round seven under, one stroke better than four golfers..K-J Choi has a two-stroke lead after two rounds at the Barclays tournament near New York City. His 5-under 66 Friday leaves him at 12-under.
Canada’s Mike Weir just made the cut at even par 142

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Kris Wasylowich of Lethbridge, Alta., won his second straight title at the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Wasylowich, 26, started yesterday’s round four shots back of Dave Bunker of Woodbridge, Ont., who had the lead through 54 holes. He overcame Bunker by shooting a 5-under 67 for a tournament-total score of 9-under 279.

Garth Collings of Matlock shot a 2-under 70 yesterday to finish in a tie for 12th place, 2-over for the tournament. Winnipeg’s Brad Kirton finished one stroke back in a tie for 15th.

In the mid-masters category, Collings was third behind Bunker, who won his second straight over-40 title, and Jay Campbell of London. Winnipeg’s Michael Walker finished tied for 38th after his second straight 81

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Michael Walker was the top Manitoban after round one of The Canadian Mid-Amateur Golf Championship in Delaware, Ontario.. He fired a 1 under 71 and is five shots behind the leader, Chris Markle..There are three other Manitobans competing.
Garth Collings and Brad Kirton are both at one over 73, and Brad Depap fired a nine over 81.

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Defending champion Kris Wasylowich of Lethbridge, Alta., is a stroke back at 5-under while Victoria’s Ben Griffin and Dave Bunker of Woodbridge, Ont., are tied for third at 4-under heading into the second round.

Winnipeg’s Michael Walker is tied for ninth place after shooting a 1-under 71 yesterday. Winnipeg’s Brad Kirton and Matlock’s Garth Collings are tied for 22nd after shooting 73.

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Opening-round conditions at the Oaks Golf Club were ideal for scoring as 21 players finished the day at even-par or better.

Seven-time mid-amateur champion Graham Cooke of Hudson, Que., who was a recent runner-up in a playoff at the Senior British Open amateur championship, shot an opening-round 71 to sit tied for ninth, five shots back.

Markle, 46, also leads the mid-masters division (40 and over) heading into today. Defending champion Bunker sits two strokes back while Frank Van Dornick of Camrose, Alta., and London native Jay Campbell hold a share of third at 2-under.

Walker is tied for fifth in the mid-masters division, while Collings is tied for 22nd

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The Canadian Tour will honour five longtime contributors to the organization, including former commissioners Bob Beauchemin and Richard Grimm, at a special ceremony this week during the Jane Rogers Championship of Mississauga, Ont.Beauchemin will be named a life member of the association at a ceremony tonight at the Lakeview Golf Club, site of the Jane Rogers Championship. Beauchemin, who’s from Winnipeg, joins George Knudson, Al Balding, Dave Barr, Dan Halldorson and Moe Norman as life members of the association.

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The Manitoba Bisons Golf team is pleased to announce four recruits for the upcoming 2007 season. Bisons co-head coaches Garth Goodbrandson and Derek Ingram are pleased to announce the commitment of Jesse Skelton, Sarah Stebeleski, Joey McInnes and Riley Unger to the Bison program for the upcoming season. Skelton, from St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, has several accolades over the years. In 2006, he was medallist at Manitoba Match Play Championship (The Meadows), runner up at Manitoba Junior Championship (Carman & Breezy Bend), third place at Manitoba Optimist Championship (The Meadows & Larters), eighth place at Future Links Prairie Championship (Elmhurst) and 60th at Canadian Junior Championship (Craigowan Golf and Country Club, Ont.). In addition, he was a member of the victorious North America Cup team, member of Manitoba Junior Team, member of victorious GM Junior Mundie Putter team, competed at the MTS Classic and “All Canadian” athlete at the University of British Columbia.

In 2005, Skelton was honorable mention for Manitoba Golfer of the Year and a three time winner at the Manitoba Junior Championship (John Blumberg & South Interlake), Club Champions Championship (Links at the Lake) and Mazda MJT Championship (Niakwa). In 2004, he was a four time winner in junior tournaments and his older brother Lucas is already a member of the Bisons team.

Stebeleski, from Lorette, Manitoba, will become a two-sport athlete for the Herd this season as she already skates for the Bison women’s hockey team. As a golfer, the 20 year-old finished sixth in the 2007 Manitoba Amateur and finished fifth in the 2005 Manitoba Amateur. She was a three time member of the Manitoba Junior Girls Team and a runner-up in the 2005 Manitoba Junior. Stebeleski represented Manitoba and finished 23rd in the 2005 Western Canadian Women’s Professional Tour event.

McInnes, from Red Lake, Ontario, has represented Manitoba in the past. He was a two time member of the Manitoba team in the annual Manitoba/Minnesota Matches and a member of the 2004 Manitoba Juvenile team. McInnes registered a third in the 2006 Western Future Links Championship and had two top 10 finishes in the Manitoba Amateur. He ended up 41st in the RCGA’s Junior Order of Merit.

Unger, from Winkler, Manitoba, has been a winner at several levels. He won two age group titles in the Manitoba Junior and champion of the inaugural Manitoba Bantam Championship in 2004. Unger was part of the winning 2007 Junior Mundie Putter team. In addition, he has been a two time member of the Manitoba Junior Boys and the Manitoba Juvenile team.

Goodbrandson commented on the four recruits, “We are extremely happy of the caliber of the four new recruits. It is important and rewarding that these players decided to play at the University of Manitoba instead of choosing to play elsewhere like the United States. We believe our program is a great option to keep highly skilled players in Manitoba and this is a very positive sign for our team in the future.”

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The University of Manitoba Golf Team will be holding their first annual team classic tournament on September 4 at Southwood Golf and Country Club. The format is a Texas Scramble, which will have a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. with the registration desk open at 11:30 a.m. To register, please download the registration form (PDF). To become a sponsor, please download the sponsor application (PDF).

The fundraiser event has three options for the community to participate and assist the Bison Golf program. As a hole sponsor, the benefits include four entries into the Bisons Golf Team Classic Tournament, including all contests and muligans, acknowledged as Hole Sponsor, company name and profile in Bisons Golf Team Classic Tournament dinner program plus additional recognition as a corporate contributor to the University of Manitoba Golf Program, advertising receipt for proceeds of your contribution and name entered to win “Sponsor Prize”. The investment as a hole sponsor is $1,500.

As a gold partners (sponsor one of: Dinner, Golf Carts, Lunch & Wine) there are numerous benefits which include four entries into the Bisons Golf Team Classic Tournament, including all contests and muligans, acknowledgement as “Major Contributor” with special signage at a designated hole, company name and profile in the dinner program plus additional recognition as a corporate contributor to the University of Manitoba Golf Program, advertising receipt for proceeds of your contribution and name entered to win “Sponsor Prize”. The investment is $3,000.

As a Corporate Partners, the benefits are company name or logo on the registration gift, four entries into the Bisons Golf Team Classic Tournament, including all contests and muligans, company name and logo on Bisons Golf Team Classic Tournament banner and profile in the dinner program plus additional recognition as a corporate contributor to the University of Manitoba Golf Program, advertising receipt for proceeds of your contribution and name entered to win “Sponsor Prize”. This investment is $5,000.

For more information, please contact either Bison Golf coaches or make cheques payable and mail entry to: Bison Golf Team Classic; c/o Golf Manitoba, 200 Main Street - Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4M2.

Bison Notes: The sixth Annual Bison Sports Golf Classic is fast approaching and there are only 36 spots left for the tourney. The tournament will take place on Wednesday August 22 at Bridges Golf Course. Tee-off time has been set for 1 p.m. with registration beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The entry fee for the Bison Sports tournament is set at $160 and will include: a tax receipt, 18 holes of golf (Texas Scramble format), full use of the practice facilities, golf cart, lunch, buffet dinner, a souvenir gift bag and the opportunity to win some great prizes. All proceeds from the tournament will go towards the Bison Athletic Scholarship Fund and Athletic Awards. For more information or to register contact Jennifer Everard, Event Coordinator at 474-8146.

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Michael Walker was the top Manitoban after round one of The Canadian Mid-Amateur Golf Championship in Delaware, Ontario.. He fired a 1 under 71 and is five shots behind the leader, Chris Markle..There are three other Manitobans competing.
Garth Collings and Brad Kirton are both at one over 73, and Brad Depap fired a nine over 81..

And, the Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Championship started Tuesday in Waskesui, Saskatchewan. Judy Lang of Manitoba is 15 shots behind the leader, Penny Macdonald.

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The team from the Southwood golf club won the Manitoba women’s Interclub championship Monday at Selkirk. Rhonda Orr, Vanessa Watson, Trish Jordan and Jamie Jones combined for a low gross of 252, 4 shots ahead of the team from St. Boniface. Low Net honors went to the Transcona foursome of Carol Martel, Fran Rebeck, Bev Mehmel and Linda Saunders

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Lorena Ochoa has won the C-N Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton. She shot a two-under 69 to finish three shots ahead of Paula Creamer. It’s Ochoa’s second straight victory and her fifth of the L-P-G-A season.At the Canadian Tour’s Montreal Open, Ryan Horn of Dauphin finished 5-under in a tie for 27th. The winner is Brent Schwarzrock, who finished at 24-under par.

Meanwhile, rookie Brandt Snedeker finished at 22-under to win the Wyndham Championship. Four others were tied for second at two shots back.

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Golf was devised by the Scottish in the 14th or 15th century. It was banned at one time by the Scottish Parliament to ensure that its citizens practiced archery. In the 18th century, the first golf associations and clubs were formed, including the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1744) and the Saint Andrews Society of Golfers. The latter is now called the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew’s.

The object of golf is to hit a little ball using a “club” into a hole some distance away. While the first golf clubs were fashioned from tree branches, today’s clubs are manufactured from graphite and titanium clubs for greater distance and accuracy. Golf courses typically have 18 holes, with long tree-lined fairways and manicured greens. To add to the challenge, some holes are protected by water barriers and sand traps, and the fairways surrounded by “rough” grass. Some holes are even hidden from the tee-off (with a bent “dog leg” fairway).

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Calgary’s Wes Heffernan set a new course record with a 9-under 63 Thursday in the first round of the Canadian Tour’s Montreal Open at the Saint Raphael golf course.
Heffernan has a two-stroke lead on current tour leader Spencer Levin and Roberto Castro.
Dauphin’s Ryan Horn finished round one at two under 70 while Winnipeg’s Adam Spiers fired an even par 72..And, It was a great first day Thursday for golfer Laura Diaz at the Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton. She sank a 33-foot putt on the 10th hole and carded a six-under-65 in the tournament’s first round to take the clubhouse lead. Diaz has a one shot lead over Kelli Kuehne and Kyeong Bae. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp is five back.

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The two remaining Manitobans were eliminated from match play competition at the Canadian Mens Amateur Golf Championship at the Riverside Country Club in Saskatoon on Wednesday.Both Michael Keast and Brad Kirton lost their round two matches.

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In golf, Dauphin’s Ryan Horn is six shots off the pace after three rounds at the Montreal Open. Horn sits at 9-under after a 3-under 69 Saturday. Levin Spencer is tied with Byron Smith for the lead, at 15-under.

Lorena Ochoa is in good shape heading into Sunday’s final round at the LPGA’s CN Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton. She fired a 7-under 64 to sit at 14-under total, and holds a four-stroke lead. Paula Creamer and Laura Diaz are tied for second at 10-under. Alena Sharp is tied for 13th at 4-under.

And at the PGA Windham Championship, Jeff Overton finished the third round in first place at 18-under. There is a 4-way log-jam for second place with Billy Mayfair, Anders Hanson, Carl Petterson and Tim Petrovic..they’re all at 15-under heading in to the final round.

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Grab your clubs and head to the 20-odd public or semi-public golf courses around town

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This province’s top junior golfers will play for pride this week in the Manitoba/Minnesota Matches at the White Bear Yacht Club in Dellwood, Minn.

The two-day event that begins tomorrow will feature the top eight junior men and top six junior women competing against their counterparts from the bordering state in best ball, alternate shot and individual matches in a Ryder Cup-style format.

“It’s been going on since the early 1980s, so there’s a long tradition in the event,” Golf Manitoba’s director of player development Garth Goodbrandson said yesterday from Saskatoon where he is with Manitoba’s men’s team at the Canadian Amateur.

“There’s been some fantastic players play (in it) over the years.”

Those players include the likes of local products Glen Hnatiuk, Rob McMillan and Todd Fanning. PGA Tour pro Tim Herron also played for Minnesota back in his junior days.

Manitoba’s men’s team in the event will be anchored by two-time junior champ Kevin Giesbrecht of Carman, while the girls’ team will be led by junior champion Chelsea Hummelt of Selkirk.

This event is one of the few times over their competitive careers that these golfers will experience a team atmosphere where they are playing for more than just themselves.

“It’s a nice team format that they don’t normally get,” Goodbrandson said of the event that alternates between the two districts every year. “It’s a great opportunity for the players and I know they all look forward to playing in it.

“There’s a lot of pride playing against the Americans. It’s an international event, so it is well respected.”

CANADIAN AMATEUR: Manitoba’s Mike Keast is in a six-way tie for fourth place after two rounds of stroke play at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at the Riverside Country Club in Saskatoon.

The Niakwa member came in with a 2-over-par 74 yesterday and will begin today’s 64-player match play event to determine the national champion as one of the top seeds.

Manitoba amateur champion Brad Kirton will also play in the matches. He finished in a tie for 37th with a two-day total of seven-over-par 151 and fired a one-over-par 73 yesterday to stay in contention.

Matlock’s Garth Collings qualified for a playoff for the final match play spots after finishing in a 15-way tie for 59th at nine-over-par 153. He carded a one-under-par 71 in the first round, but ballooned to a 10-over 82 yesterday.

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Canadian Amateur men’s golf championship, which continues until Friday at Saskatoon’s Riverside Country Club, has not been kind to a number of past champions and contenders.Early Tuesday morning, Calgary’s Todd Halpen fell by the wayside after losing out in a 15-golfer playoff held to determine the final six spots in the 64-player field moving on to match play competition.

Halpen — who was the 2006 Canadian Amateur championship runner-up to Richard Scott — was out of the picture quickly after bogeying the first playoff hole.

Manitoba’s Garth Collings — the 2003 Canadian Mid-Amateur champ — was another playoff victim.

Earlier, Langley, B.C.’s Darren Wallace — who, at 15, became the youngest-ever Canadian Amateur champion back in 2004 — failed to qualify for match play. So did three-time Amateur champ Doug Roxburgh of Vancouver, B.C., and New Brunswick’s Marc Bourgeois, a Canadian Amateur finalist in 2004.

As well, Cambridge, Ont.’s Victor Ciesielski, who made the cut at the 2006 Canadian Open as an amateur, couldn’t make the cut in Saskatoon.

A number of foreigners saw their trips to Saskatoon shortened. Australia’s Philip Watkins, based in Smyma, Tenn., failed to make the cut, as did Elliot Wainwright of California and Columbia’s Sebastian Pinzon-Naranjo.

Joey Benedetti, of Huntington Beach, Calif., did survive the cut. He qualified in the 22nd spot and was supposed to meet up against Brad Kirton of Winnipeg in his first-round match Tuesday. However, Kirton won by default after Benedetti was disqualified for an off-course incident.

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A handful of golfers at this year’s Canadian Amateur championship have paid the price for a variety of infractions.

Benedetti was the latest to suffer the consequences after he violated the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s (RCGA) code of conduct.

New Zealand’s Brenden Stuart was assessed a pair of penalty strokes at the start of his round Monday for violating RCGA rules that forbid golfers from hitting golf balls between rounds at a non-designated practice site.

Stuart was caught hitting balls across the South Saskatchewan River behind the 18th hole Sunday night during the pitch-fork fondue night festivities. Even if his hitting escapade was all in good fun, it cost him a couple of strokes that were slapped on to the start of what would become an eight-over-par 80 Monday — but it did not prevent him from qualifying for match play Tuesday.

Stuart, from Wellington, N.Z., but currently based in Portirua, Wash., qualified as the No. 39 seed among 64 golfers with a two-round score of 151. He went on to win his first-round match Tuesday against Bradley Ingarfield of Calgary.

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Prince Albert’s Ron Stewart signed the wrong score on his scorecard Sunday, so he was disqualified immediately from any possible match-play competition and his tally Sunday did not count toward the Willingdon Cup team competition that day. His mistake resulted in a three-stroke swing in Saskatchewan’s team total from 227 to 230 because each provincial team counts the best three of four team members’ scores and Stewart’s original score had been one of Team Saskatchewan’s top three.

He was allowed to play in the final day of the Willingdon Cup competition even though he was automatically disqualified from match play.

Earlier, Ontario’s Adrian Singh was penalized three strokes for slow play during the qualifier.
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Kris Wasylowich’s hopes for a national amateur title were dashed on Wednesday as the Lethbridge, Alta., native was upset in third-round match-play by Fredericton’s Michel Landry at the Canadian men’s amateur golf championship.Landry, the No. 16 seed needed an extra hole to edge top-seed Wasylowich on the 19th. The match also saw Wasylowich fire a six-under-par score for 18 holes and pull even with Landry on the 18th after sinking a stellar 60-foot downhill putt.

“It’s tough to have a round like that and then lose,” said Wasylowich. “Mike played well, but it’s hard to swallow when you shoot a day like that.”

Landry, 22, credited being pitted against the No. 1 seed and using the underdog label as his motivation to advance.

“I don’t think anyone expected me to win today,” said Landry. “He had a lot of people rooting for him; I wanted to use that as motivation. I played it shot-for-shot and tried to hang in there.”

Nick Taylor of Abbottsford, B.C., continued to send a message as the No. 3 seed knocking off Darren Hupfer of Edmonton 7 and 6. Taylor has advanced easily through the match-play seedings, ousting Toronto’s Daniel Kim and Britt Pronk of London, Ont. Last year, Taylor lost to eventual champion Richard Scott of Kingsville, Ont., in the quarterfinals.