In his fifth year at Southern Arkansas University (SAU) Luke Cote is a collegiate champion.
The Royal Regina Golf Club member and 2024 Saskatchewan Amateur champion opened his final fall season with a win at the Dewsweeper Invitational in San Antonio this week. Playing 36 holes on the opening day of the event at TPC San Antonio, Cote shot 68 in round one and a remarkable 65 in the second round to build a large lead.
He cruised to an even par round on Tuesday to win by five strokes.
The Muleriders placed 12th as a team and will now prepare for the NSU Classic on September 20 to 22 at Page Belcher Golf Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Cote spoke to Golf Saskatchewan after winning the Dewsweeper.
Saskatoon product Carter Bell was also in the field competing for SAU. He signed for rounds of 88, 81, and 87 to place tied for 60th.
Chloe Wills is back on the course for her second year at Drury University. The Kyle product was in Henryville, Indiana for the UIndy Fall Invitational at Champions Pointe Golf Course on Sept. 8 and 9. The 2025 Saskatchewan amateur champion carded rounds of 77, 72, and 77. Good enough for a 15th place finish. The Panthers were seventh out of 13 schools in the tournament.
On Sept. 21 and 22 Drury will be in Smithville, Missouri for the Kansas City Cup at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex.
Another debut took place this month, Swift Current’s Niya Friesen was in University Place, Washington alongside her Seattle University teammates competing in the Leadership and Golf Invitational at Chambers Bay Golf Course. Friesen was playing as an individual and shot 81, 86, and 90, she placed 90th in her first ever NCAA Div. 1 event.
Next is the Red Bandana Invitational in Canton, Massachusetts on Sept. 21 and 22.
Regina’s Tayla Perry’s season at Minnesota State University Mankato has begun. On Sept. 8 and 9 Perry was in Blue Springs, Missouri at Adams Pointe Golf Club for the Central Region Fall Preview. Competing as an individual, the Royal Regina Golf Club member carded rounds of 89 and 84 to place 84th.
From there Perry and the Mavericks travelled back to Hudson, Wisconsin for the Maverick Fall Brawl hosted by their school on Sept. 14 and 15. Playing as an individual again, Perry signed for rounds of 89 and 83 to finish way higher at 48th.
The Jewel Invitational in Lake City, Minnesota is next on the schedule for Perry, that starts on Sept. 21.
Cole Taylor of Nipawin started his fall season at Park-Gilbert University in Arizona with a three-school event from Sept. 9 to 11 hosted on a trio of courses. In Chandler, Arizona at Whirlwind Cattail Golf Club he shot 77, round two was at Whirlwind Devils Claw, he posted a 74. In the third-round Taylor shot 70 at Las Colinas in Queen Creek, Arizona. He ended tied for seventh.
The Buccaneers won the event. Next up is the OUAZ Sundance Shootout in Buckeye, Arizona on Sept. 23 and 24 at Sundance Golf Club.
Justin Miller has made a strong first impression at his new school. After playing well at Southwestern Community College for a couple seasons, the Saskatoon product transferred to Tabor College. In his first event with the Bluejays Miller tied for fourth at the Central Kansas Classic on Sept. 14 and 15.
Miller shot rounds of 79, 69, and 72 at Turkey Creek Golf Course to lead Tabor to a sixth-place finish overall. The York Panther Fall Invite is next for Tabor in York, Nebraska on Sept. 21 and 22.
The Minot State University (MSU) Beavers opened their fall season at the Maverick Fall Brawl at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wisconsin on Sept. 14 and 15. Carlyle product Porter Barnett was in the field completing for MSU. He signed for rounds of 81 and 85 to place tied for 58th. The Beavers were seventh as a team.
The Jewel in Lake City, Minnesota at The Jewel Golf Club is next for MSU, that starts on Sept. 21.
Ben Staines’ second season at Aloysius College got underway in early September.
The Saskatoon native was in Wooster, Ohio on Sept. 5 and 6 at Zoar Village Golf Club. Competing for the Mounties ‘B’ team, Staines carded rounds of 78 and 73, he finished tied for 30th.
The Mounties were tied for seventh. Staines teammates competing for the ‘A’ team won the event. Aloysius was in Altoona, Pennsylvania for an event this week, Staines did not compete.
The Mounties are in Meadville, Pennsylvania for an event on Sept. 20.
The fall season got off to a busy start for Anthony Pesenti of Saskatoon at Waldorf University. The Warriors began the year at the NIACC Invitational in Mason City, Iowa on Sept. 10. Pesenti competed in the one-day event as an individual, the Saskatoon product carded a 76 and tied for 27th.
From there Waldorf hit the highway to Monmouth, Illinois for the Fighting Scot Classic hosted by Monmouth College. Again, competing as an individual. Pesenti shot 84 and 79 to place 33rd at 21-over par.
The Warriors are right back to work on Sept. 19 at the Buena Vista Invitational in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Ryan Mosher made his NCAA Div. 1 debut in early September at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial with Holy Cross. At the Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, New York on Sept. 5 and 6 Mosher played as an individual, he tied for 14th at 1-under par. The two-time Saskatchewan junior champion shot 73, 72, and 70 to tie for the school low.
The Goat Invitational in Annapolis, Maryland at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club is next starting Sept. 19.
The Saskatoon pair of Jack Maharaj and Griffin Blanch continue to be active on the course with Highland Community College.
The Cougars already have four events completed this season. On Sept. 10 and 11 Highland won the team event at the Wolfpack Challenge at Prairie Pines Golf Course in Madison, Wisconsin. Maharaj played as an individual, the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club (SGCC) member shot 76 and 72 leading to an eighth-place finish.
Blanch was performing on the Cougars team, he posted rounds of 72 and 83, that left the SGCC member tied for 21st.
The team play continued to impress the next week at the WLC Fall Invitational. The Cougars won that tournament too by 24 shots at the Washington County Golf Club on Sept. 13 in Hartford, Wisconsin.
The one-day, 36-hole event had 104 players. Maharaj was competing for the Cougars in this tournament; he carded rounds of 70 and 72 to land in a tie for third. Blanch was playing as an individual in this event, a 76 and 85 left him tied for 71st.
The Cougars will take the two-event winning streak into the Duane Chanay Invite in Moline, Illinois at Short Hills Country Club on Sept. 21 and 22.
Lastly, Brady Guenther of Saskatoon was in East Peoria, Illinois at Metamora Fields Golf Club on Sept. 8 and 9 for the Cougar Fall Classic. He opened the event with a solid 70 in round one, then shot 80 in round two dropping 23 spots on the leaderboard to land tied for 28th place.
The Cobras team tied for seventh out of 18 colleges at the event. Parkland will be in Short Hills on Sept. 21 and 22 as well joining Highland.
U of R Cougars host first event
The growing University of Regina golf team also hosted their first event in history on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Deer Valley Golf Club. To read more click here.