Swift Current’s Kathy Hopfner has the first round lead at the 104th Saskatchewan Senior Women’s Championships.

Playing in her hometown, the Elmwood Golf Club member used her course knowledge, and battled the elements to shoot 6-over par 78 on Tuesday to take the lead a third of the way through the 54 hole championship.

Sitting in second place is Kim Walker of Regina, the Wascana Country Club member posted an 8-over par 80. Marcy Johnson of Fort Qu’Appelle sits third at 11-over par.

The second round of the senior women’s event will begin round two at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Chinook Golf Course.

In the men’s senior championship five-time champion Rick Hallberg took the lead on day one. The Weyburn product was the lone 55+ player to shoot under par. He was 1-under 71 in the opening round at Chinook Golf Course Tuesday.

Ken Rodgers of Regina shot even par, he’s in second place. Prince Albert’s Marty Ring sits third at 1-over par going into Wednesday’s round two.

There is a tie on top of the mid-masters (40 and over) age category. Chad McLaughlin of Outlook and Jeff Whitfield of Birch Hills were the other two players to post under par rounds in the 130 player field championships. Both are 2-under par after the first round.

Hallberg is in third in the division.

The men’s championships will begin tee times at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The tournament will conclude Thursday afternoon.

To see all the results an Wednesday’s tee times click here.

For the first time since 2005 the Saskatchewan Senior Championships are being held at Chinook Golf Course in Swift Current.

Over 130 players will converge on the southwest Saskatchewan city to compete for several championships including the overall titles and national spots.

Pauline McDougall of Prince Albert is the reigning senior women’s champion, the Cooke Municipal Golf Course member will be the first tee shot Tuesday at 7 a.m.

The senior men’s championship will start tee times at 8 a.m., defending champion Colin Coben of Delisle will be the first player off the blocks.

The Saskatchewan Men’s Mid-Masters (40 and over) will be played alongside the senior championships.

Todd Turgeon of Spiritwood is the two-time defending champion. The winner of the age division will receive an exemption into the Canadian Mid-Amateur (25 and over) Championships later this summer.

The championships will be played over three days and three rounds. The event is scheduled to end on Thursday afternoon.

To see all the details of the championships including the day one draw click here.

Brad Adams of Saskatoon has been playing golf for about four decades and on July 10, he had a round to remember.

Playing in the Army Navy Air Force Veterans in Canada, Saskatoon Unit 38 Golf League at Greenbryre Golf and Country Club, Adams had two hole-in-ones. A feat that only happens once in 67 million rounds.

Playing the gold tees, Adams aced hole three on the south side of the 12 hole course and had a one on hole 2, playing about 80 yards downhill.

Adams has been playing since his mid-20’s so about four decades, these are his first two hole-in-ones.

He spoke with Golf Saskatchewan about his love for the sport and a night at Greenbryre he won’t soon forget.

The Saskatchewan Amateur Championships concluded Friday at the Humboldt Golf Club with three of four players winning from the province.

Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg won the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship with an excellent three round performance.

Also taking titles on Thursday was Kyle’s Chloe Wills who is the amateur women’s champion. Corey Bailey from Swift Current used an 8-under par 64 on day one to hold off the field claiming the mid-amateur title on the men’s side.

On Friday Regina product Luke Cote held off the field with a 73, just enough to outlast Bailey on the final day to cap one of the most memorable Golf Saskatchewan provincial championships in recent years.

We heard from Wills, Bailey, and Cote following their wins, all firsts in the categories.

Luke Cote is the 2025 Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur champion.

The Regina product becomes the first Royal Regina Golf Club member to win the provincial amateur championship since 1968. The 20-year-old held off 114 other competitors and won the 72 hole championship with a score of 11 under par 277.

Cote was two strokes better than mid-am champion Corey Bailey and three strokes ahead of Ryan Mosher.

Cote carded rounds of 69, 70, 65, and 73 to claim his first amateur event. He did win the 2023 Saskatchewan Junior Men’s Championship.

Cote will lead Team Saskatchewan into the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships later this month at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club alongside Bailey and Mosher.

The complete results of the amateur championships can be found here.

Video interviews of the champions will be on our website Friday evening.

A pair of southwest Saskatchewan golfers are Saskatchewan champions.

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. is the 2025 Amateur Women’s champion edging 2021 champion Ella Kozak of Yorkton by one shot Thursday at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

Wills, 17, finished 1-under par over 54 holes to claim her first amateur win to go along with an under-15 and undr-17 championship.

Behind Kozak was Winnipeg’s Charmaine Hayden, she finished 10-over par to claim third place, but the Breezy Bend Golf Club member won the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

Holly Knudsen of Shamrock, Sask. was second, Carla Odnokon of Saskatoon rounded out the podium in the 25-and-over division.

Corey Bailey of Swift Current is the 2025 Saskatchewan Men’s Mid-Amateur champion after going toe-to-toe with Humboldt’s Paul Raycroft over 54 holes at the HGC.

Bailey opened with an 8-under 64 on day one, Raycroft answered with the same number in the second round, but Bailey’s 2-over par 74 on Thursday in the final round was enough to beat the hometown player by two shots.

Mitch Matichuk of Regina placed third in the mid-amateur (25+) event at 3-under par.

The Saskatchewan Amateur Men’s Championship will conclude on Friday. The cut line was survived by 22 players. Tee times will begin at 7 a.m. with the final group teeing off at 8:10 a.m.

Regina’s Luke Cote shot the round of the day, 7-under 65 to jump into the lead over Bailey. Carter Bell of Saskatoon sits in third and play in the final group.

To see all the details of the championships click here.

More to come from the amateur championships Friday afternoon.

Hometown product Paul Raycroft gave Humboldt something to talk about after stroking an 8-under 64 in round two of the Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur Championship Wednesday.

Being played at his home course, the Humboldt Golf Club, Raycroft jumped nine spots up the leaderboard overtaking day one leader Corey Bailey by a shot. Bailey also carded a 64 on the first day of the championships. The Swift Current product shot 1-under 71 on Wednesday to fend off three other players tied for third overall.

Raycroft leads both the amateur and mid-amateur championships at 10-under par, Bailey is at 9-under while Lucas Sturgeon, Alex Swinnerton, and Luke Cote are knotted at 5-under par going into round three Thursday.

Mitch Matichuk of Regina is third in the mid-amateur category, which is for players 25 years of age and older. He is at 2-under par.

The mid-amateur will conclude Thursday after 54 holes. The men’s amateur title will be decided after the fourth round on Friday. The top 20 players and ties will move on to round four.

In the Women’s Amateur Championships Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. remains in the lead through two of three rounds, but Ella Kozak of Yorkton has closed the gap from four shots to two going into Thursday’s third and final round at the Humboldt Golf Club.

Wills opened the event with a 3-under par 70 Tuesday, in the second round she posted a 1-over 73, Kozak shot 74 and 72 over the first two rounds.

Mid-Amateur Women’s leader Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg is third in the amateur division.

Holly Knudsen of Chaplin, Sask. and Tayla Parry of Regina are tied for fourth overall in the amateur event 11 shots back of the lead. Hayden is at 8-over par through 36 of 54 holes.

Both women’s championships will conclude Thursday afternoon as well.

Tee times begin again at 7 a.m. on Thursday.

To see the complete results of all the championships and upcoming tee times click here.

It was a pair of southwest Saskatchewan players lead the amateur leaderboards after day one at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. opened the 54 hole championship with a 3-under par 70, four shots better than Ella Kozak of Yorkton.

Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg sits third overall in the championship going into Wednesday’s middle round. Hayden, who plays out of Breezy Bend Golf Club in the Manitoba capital leads the Women’s Mid-Amateur (25+) Championship at 4-over par.

The women’s events will begin teeing off at 7 a.m. on day two.

In the men’s championships Corey Bailey of Swift Current had a fantastic round carding an 8-under 64 to lead the field of 115 amateurs and another 59 in the mid-amateur (25+) category.

Lucas Sturgeon of Saskatoon sits a shot behind Bailey for the amateur lead, the 15-year-old carded a 7-under par 65. Jack Maharaj of Saskatoon sits third at 5-under 67.

Regina veteran Shawn McNall is tied for fourth overall with Saskatoon product Tommy Danielson at 4-under par 68. McNall is second in the over-25 mid-amateur category.

The men’s championships will resume at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

The women’s championships will conclude on Thursday, the men’s mid-amateur title will also be handed out Thursday.

The final round of the amateur men’s event will be Friday.

All the details of the championships can be found here.

The largest tournament field of the season is in Humboldt this week for the Saskatchewan Amateur Championships starting Tuesday at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

The Women’s Amateur Championship was hosted by the HGC in 2014, the men’s event has never been played in Humboldt in it’s 114 year history.

Almost 150 players are registered through the amateurs and mid-amateurs (25 and over). Four events are involved, with the amateurs and mid-amateurs being played alongside each other.

The Women’s Championships and Men’s Mid-Amateur will be played for three days over 54 holes, the men’s amateur championship will have a cut after day three and conclude on Friday after 72 holes.

HGC General Manager Corey Schweitzer said the build up to the tournaments has been fantastic and the club is ready to host the marquee events.

“Ever since players have started to show up weeks ago for a round or today during the practice round, there has been nothing but praise for the course,” he said. “The greens are amazing, possibly best ever in the history of the club. The staff has been incredible from Glenn (Wildeman, superintendent) down. We are very excited to host this event.”

Tee times will begin at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for round one. The men will tee off first on day one. Reigning amateur champion Kye Fisher of Leduc, Alta. will be the first player to hit. Defending mid-amateur champion Danny Klughart of Prince Albert will start at 7:20 a.m.

Ella Kozak of Yorkton won the women’s amateur in 2021 and the junior championship last year, she will be the first shot of the women’s championship at 2:20 p.m. Sela Ogada of Calgary won the amateur championship last year, she is not in the field. Carla Odnokon won the mid-amateur last year, she will tee off at 2:30 p.m.

The draws will be flipped for day two with the women teeing off first thing in the morning on Wednesday.

For all the details on the amateurs including tee times and the leaderboards, click here.

Grace Odnokon and Aricin Franklin are on top of the province in junior golf after claiming the overall championships in Lloydminster on Thursday.

Odnokon, 15, shot 22-over par 238 to win the overall championship by six shots over Regina’s Tayla Perry. Odnokon also claimed the under-17 championship.

The under-15 women’s champion was Yoyo Zhu of Saskatoon. The 14-year-old was sixth overall as well with a 54-hole score of 41-over par 257.

In the junior men’s championships Aricin Franklin avoided heartbreak this year and won the championship by two strokes over Ethan Hunter. Last year’s winner Ryan Mosher was third overall.

In the under-15 men’s category Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte battled from behind to overtake Melville golfer Keaton Kreklewich and win the division by a stroke. Nesbitt shot 9-over par 225 through three rounds at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre.

Hudson Deibert of Regina claimed the under-13 men’s division with a 54-hole score of 29-over par 244.

For complete results of the championships click here.