Regina’s Taylor Carter has been a Special Olympics golf champion before, but the 30-year-old’s recent win at the Special O World Games took the feeling to a new level.

Carter had a four round score of 190 after shooting 9-hole rounds of 47, 56, 42, and 45 to win the golf event by eight shots over a player from Korea in late June.

Carter joined Golf Saskatchewan to talk about his journey to Germany and the feeling of winning a gold medal.

The Canadian Amateur Women’s Championship will continue into the third round Thursday without any Saskatchewan representation.

Both Chloe Wills of Kyle and Autumn Neiszner of Regina were back of the cut line at the national event on Tuesday in Halifax, N.S. at the Ashburn Golf Club and will not play the final two rounds.

For Wills, making her amateur national debut, the highlight came on Tuesday in the opening round when the Sask. Landing Golf Resort member hit a hole-in-one on hole 14. That assisted her in an opening round 82, she shot 83 in round two for finish at 21-over par.

Neiszner posted an opening round 93 and followed that with a 91 for a two-day score of 40-over par, 184.

As a team the duo finished in eighth place overall in the inter-provincial competition, that honour was taken by Ontario who won by 12 shots over British Columbia.

The championship of the 109th women’s amateur will be crowned on Friday afternoon.

To see the complete results click here.

Two-time Saskatchewan junior women’s champion, college winner and national team champion, you can now add PGA of Canada Professional to the impressive resume of Melville’s Chloe Sies.

Following a college career that started in Red Deer and ended in Kelowna at the UBCO, Sies is now the general manager of the Melville Regional Park Golf Course. She is also the newest member of the PGA, receiving her certification just last week.

Golf Saskatchewan caught up with Sies earlier this summer to hear about school, taking the Melville job, working towards professional certification, her home course, and what’s next.

The Golf Saskatchewan Junior Order of Merit Tour (OMT) has been busy of late with a couple events taking place since the provincial under-19 championships in Swift Current in early July.

On July 18 and 19 the Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) made a stop at Deer Valley Golf Club for a two day event, the results can be seen here.

From July 24 and 25 the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) was just outside Saskatoon for a tournament at Moon Lake Golf and Country Club.

Tayla Perry of Regina was the winner of the under-15 girls division thanks to rounds of 81 and 83. The Wascana Country Club player was 30 shots better than fellow Regina golfer Yuna Lee. Saskatoon’s Youran Zhu was third.

Kaylee Chung of Vancouver was the lone participant in the under-19 category, largely due to the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Hampton, N.B.

On the boys’ side of the 36-hole event Hunter Kutcher of Regina was the overall winner holding off Darien Herlick of Weyburn in a playoff in the under-19 boys category and overall championship.

Both Kutcher and Herlick were at 142 following two rounds but a par for Kutcher gave him the win in his last MJT event.

A three-way tie between Brett Leonard, Davin Karst, and Josh Czuy made up third place.

In the under-15 division Saskatoon’s Aricin Franklin won again. Fresh off an under-15 provincial win and events in California (IMG Academy Junior World Championships and the Callaway World Championship) the Riverside Country member has won every bantam event on the MJT Saskatchewan slate this year and leads the OMT standings for his age group by 350 points.

Lucas Sturgeon of Saskatoon was second, North Battleford golfer Finn Silver placed third.

The under-13 division winner was Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte.

Just like Franklin, the 12-year-old returned from California events to capture another MJT title. The Wascana Country Club member shot 70 and 73 to win by seven shots over Regina’s Jun Lee.

Melville golfer Keaton Kreklewich was third at 155 (79, 76).

There was also a playoff for the under-17 title that was won by Saskatoon’s Jack Maharaj.

The 15-year-old was tied with Ryan Mosher and Dane Giesbrecht after 36 holes, but in the playoff Maharaj sunk a 15-foot birdie putt to claim the win, the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club members’ first of the year.

Ben Staines was fourth a shot outside the three-way playoff, Jordan Heller shot 152 to round out the top five.

All the results can be found here, the one-day MJT Mini-Tour was also in the Bridge City on Monday, the results are available here for the 18-hole event at Wildwood Golf Course.

To see the up to date OMT standings for all the tours click here.

Next up for the juniors on the OMT is the CJGA Saskatchewan Championship at Deer Park Municipal Golf Course in Yorkton from Aug. 1 to 3.

The Women’s OMT resumes Aug. 5 to 7 with the TS&M Woodlawn FrameTech Ladies Classic in Estevan.

The Men’s and Senior Men’s OMT also features Estevan’s FrameTech event. Cooke Municipal Golf Course in Prince Albert will hold the Men’s Northern Championship that weekend as well.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship wrapped up in Hampton, N.B. Thursday at the Hampton Golf Club.

Yorkton’s Ella Kozak was the top placing Saskatchewan player at the national event tying for 24th at 19-over par. The 17-year-old Deer Park Municipal Golf Course member shot 77, 75, 75, and 76. Kozak was 22 shots back of winner Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta.

Regina’s Hallie Crozier made the cut as well carding rounds of 83, 77, 89, and 81 for a 72 hole score of 46-over par, 330. The 18-year-old was 67th overall.

Sarah Henderson of Saskatoon and Niya Friesen from Swift Current joined Crozier as Team Saskatchewan. Both players missed the cut, but gained valuable experience with several years left as junior competitors.

Friesen, 14, shot back-to-back rounds of 86 in her national debut. Henderson was also competing in her first national event, the 15-year-old posted a 94 on day one before shaving six shots off her score in round two carding an 88.

Grace Odnokon also competed as the team alternate, the 13-year-old shot 91 and 93 in her first of potentially many Canadian events.

In spite of a young team representing the province the team placed a respectable seventh overall just 13 shots back of both Ontario and Alberta at 8-over par. Ontario won the team competition through a tie breaker.

The next national event is the Canadian Amateur Women’s Championship in Halifax, N.S. at the Ashburn Golf Club. Autumn Neiszner of Regina and Kyle’s Chloe Wills are the lone Saskatchewan competitors at the championship that begins on Aug. 1.

The North American Indigenous Games wrapped up in Halifax last week with Saskatchewan taking the overall medal standings with a total of 175, three of those accomplishments were on the golf course.

Competing at the Links at Brunello in Halifax, Nova Scotia, two junior women from the province won medals as did one junior male.

In the under-16 female division Hailey Thunderchild placed third with a 54-hole score of 301.

In the under-19 female category Cassidy Strongarm made it to a championship playoff where she was edged by Nakomis Mitchell. Strongarm comes back to Saskatchewan with a silver medal.

Gabrielle Paskemin also played well finishing in fourth place, missing the podium by a dozen strokes.

Solomon Ness captured a silver medal in the male under-19 category thanks to his three round total of 237, he was eight strokes behind the winner.

Jagger Bitz finished in seventh place at 254.

Both competitors in the under-16 male category were close to the top-three but Dade Bernatchez and Dante Gamble placed fourth and fifth respectively. Bernatchez shot 226, he was nine shots back of third, Gamble fired a total score of 243.

For complete results of the golf championship at NAIG click here.

New year, same champions at the 2023 Saskatchewan Senior Championships at Cooke Municipal Golf Course on Wednesday.

Kim Walker of Regina won her third straight 55-plus championship holding off Kathy Ziglo for her fourth senior championship overall.

Joining Walker and Ziglo on Team Saskatchewan at the 2023 Canadian Senior omen’s Championship will be Prince Albert’s Pauline McDougall who was third.

Walker spoke with Golf Saskatchewan after the win.

The 60 and over competition named after Mae Balmos, was won by Robin Action of Lloydminster. She edged Moose Jaw’s Lorie Boyle for her first victory in the category.

The complete results of the championship can be found here.

Rick Hallberg captured his fourth consecutive senior championship Wednesday and fifth overall with a four shot win over Brad Phelps of Saskatoon.

Cliff Selander of Prince Albert will join Hallberg and Phelps at the Canadian Senior Men’s Championship in September.

Hallberg spoke about the win after the final round.

The super-senior (65+) came down to a playoff between Colin Coben of Delisle and Swift Current based veteran Brent Wotypka. Wotypka (pictured below) won the playoff to take the age division and seal a position at the national event as well. Also receiving quota positions at the Canadian championship is Martin Ring and Trent Kachur, both of Prince Albert.

The legends (75+) division again featured just one golfer, but Moose Jaw’s Ken Bradley continues to compete and shot 79, 81, 81 over the 54-hole event at Cooke Municipal.

The Mid-Masters Men’s Championship for players over 40 up to 54 years of age was won by Spiritwood’s Todd Turgeon with a three-round score of 1-under par, 212. Turgeon received an exemption into the Canadian Mid-Amateur Men’s Championship with the win, however he had already punched his ticket to the national event through the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Championship.

The complete results of the Senior and Mid-Masters (40+) Championships can be seen here.

The names at the top of the leaderboards at the Saskatchewan Senior Championships in Prince Albert are the same after day one, but the majority of the competitors had a longer day than what was planned during Tuesday’s second round.

At 1:50 p.m. a thunderstorm rolled over Cooke Municipal Golf Course forcing an hour and 25 minute delay, with five groups left to start their round.

Regina’s Kim Walker and the entire women’s field was on the course when the air horns signaled the stoppage due to lightning. The pause didn’t alter the Wascana Country Club’s players’ game immensely, reigning back-to-back champion shot 75 Monday in round one, that vaulted to 80 in rainy conditions Tuesday. She leads the event by nine shots over Kathy Ziglo of Saskatoon.

Prince Albert’s Pauline McDougall was the big mover of the day jumping to third from eighth thanks to an 8-over 81 on Tuesday.

See all the results here.

The final round will begin late Wednesday morning.

In the men’s senior championship a three-way tie after round one is now down to two.

Defending champion Rick Hallberg of Weyburn and Prince Albert player Cliff Selander remain tied for the lead, they followed their 74 on Monday with 1-over par 72 during the second round.

Martin Ring, also of Prince Albert was tied after day one, he shot 77 in round two and still sits in third and will play in the same group in the championship round Wednesday.

Several players had better rounds in the rain on Tuesday and climbed the leaderboard, Brad Phelps of Saskatoon moved up four spots to fourth place, Shawn Strelau, also of Saskatoon moved up five positions to fifth, he’s tied with Prince Albert’s Trent Kachur for fifth.

Delisle’s Colin Coben climbed 10 spots into a tie for seventh.

Spiritwood’s Todd Turgeon retained his lead atop the Mid-Masters (40+) Championship, he shot 1-over par 72 on Tuesday, Turgeon leads the age division by five shots over Hallberg.

The men’s results are here.

The championship round begins at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the presentation of the trophies will be at approximately 6 p.m.

Kim Walker of Regina has a large lead after day one of the 2023 Saskatchewan Senior Women’s Championship at Cooke Municipal Golf Course in Prince Albert.

The Wascana Country Club member carded a pair of birdies on route to an opening round score of 3-over par 75 on Monday. The two-time reigning champion has a nine shot lead through 18 of the 54 hole championship.

Kathy Ziglo of Saskatoon and Lorie Boyle from Moose Jaw sit tied for second place at 11-over par 84. Robin Acton of Lloydminster is fourth at 85, Jo-Anne Schiller (Lloydminster) and Kathy Hopfner (Swift Current) are tied for fifth at 86.

The full results are here.

In the Mid-Masters (40+) Championship Todd Turgeon sits on top of the leaderboard at 2-under 69. He leads reigning champion Rick Hallberg by five shots after day one at Cooke Municipal Golf Course.

Three players are tied in third place including Kris Carley (Carnduff), Brent Wotypka (Swift Current), and Dave Christiansen (Nipawin) all carded rounds of 4-over par 75 on Monday.

The Saskatchewan Senior Men’s Championship is led by the three-time champion Hallberg of Weyburn.

The Golf Kenosee member sits on top the 55+ leaderboard, but he has company.

Prince Albert players Martin Ring and Cliff Selander also opened the championship with 3-over par 74’s on Monday.

Three players are tied for fourth at 75 including Wotypka, Christiansen, and Saskatoon’s David Bird.

The full results of all the men’s age divisions can be found here.

The second round of the three round tournaments continues Tuesday starting with the first tee time at 7:30 a.m.

For the second straight year Prince Albert’s Cooke Municipal Golf Course will host provincial golf championships.

The Senior (50+) Women’s, Senior (55+) Men’s, and Mid-Masters (40+) Championships will run coincidently from Monday to Wednesday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the course that hosted the 2022 Amateur Championships last July. The senior event was slated to be at Cooke in 2020 but was rescheduled due to the pandemic. Now ready to welcome over 120 competitors to the “Gateway to the North” city General Manager Darcy Myers said the club is excited to add another successful event to the course’s historic resume.

“We look forward to hosting the 2023 Saskatchewan Senior Championships at the Cooke Municipal Golf Course. We hope everyone enjoys what our area has to offer,” Myers said.

The Senior Women’s Championship has 25 players in the field including two-time reigning champion Kim Walker of Regina.

Over 100 men will compete in their events, with many players competing in both championships if age eligible.

Weyburn’s Rick Hallberg has held the senior trophy for the last three years and four of the previous five, the Golf Kenosee player is also the back-to-back mid-masters title holder.

Saskatchewan will enter a team in both the Canadian Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s Championships, the winner of the mid-masters will receive a quota spot to the Canadian Mid-Amateur (25+) Championship as well.

Pending weather delays the champions will be crowned on Wednesday evening.

For complete details of the Senior Women’s Championship click HERE.

For complete details of the Senior/Mid-Masters Men’s Championships click HERE.