The Order of Merit Tours (OMT) have concluded for 2025 with eight players receiving exemptions into a Golf Saskatchewan championship next season.
Saskatchewan under-15 champion Yoyo Zhu (Saskatoon) is the winner of the OMT division. She competed in seven events this season winning six of them. The 14-year-old also represented Saskatchewan at the Canadian U15 Championships in Pitt Meadows, B.C. placing 40th overall.
The under-19 women’s winner is Tayla Perry of Regina. The Royal Regina Golf Club (RRGC) junior also played seven events on the OMT this summer. A second place finish at the Saskatchewan Junior Championship helped her hold off junior winner Grace Odnokon by just under 300 points.
The under-13 men’s age group was dominated by 10-year-old Hudson Deibert. Another RRGC star, Deibert played seven events collecting wins in five of them including the Saskatchewan championship in Lloydminster.
Another provincial junior champion is also the OMT winner in the under-15 age group. Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte is the 2025 champion. The Wascana Country Club junior was busy playing eight tournaments plus the U15 Canadian Championship for the second year in a row. Nesbitt won the Saskatchewan bantam title as well as three Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) events this year.
The closest race this season was the under-19 men’s category. Ethan Hunter had an incredible year capped by a bronze medal at the Canada Summer Games. Hunter placed second at the Saskatchewan Junior Championships and won once on the MJT. He finished just 81 points ahead of Brady Guenther.
The remaining three winners are Saskatchewan champions.
The women’s OMT champion is Kim Walker of Regina. She dominated the category this summer. The Wascana Country Club player won the Saskatchewan Senior Women’s Championship plus the Saskatoon Ladies Open and the The Ladies Northern. She was second at the Regina Ladies Open.
Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Men’s Champion Corey Bailey used a strong week at provincials in Humboldt to win the men’s OMT. His championship at the Humboldt Golf Club and second place tie in the amateur helped him hold off Mitch Matichuk of Regina, who also had a great week at the Saskatchewan championships. Bailey won by 176 points.
Rick Hallberg is the senior men’s winner. The Weyburn product also had an impressive season. Currently in Nova Scotia for the Canadian Senior Men’s Championship, the Golf Kenosee member won every event he competed in sweeping half a dozen events including provincials.
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