The last Saskatchewan junior primer ahead of the Junior Women’s and Men’s Championships was held on the weekend at Deer Valley Golf Club when the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour held a 36-hole event near Regina.

Hallie Crozier (pictured below) of Regina continued her strong season with another victory. The Royal Regina Golf Club member shot 74 and 76 for a total of 150 taking the 15-19 girls division.

Chloe Wills of Kyle was second, Payton Oakden of Brandon, Man. was third.

Calgary golfer Olivia Johnson won the under-15 girls category just edging Regina’s Tayla Perry by one shot. Grace Odnokon was third just six shots off the lead.

Regina’s Yuna Lee placed fourth.

On the boys’ side, it was Saskatoon’s Carter Degelman (pictured below) taking the overall win in a playoff over Solomon Ness. Both Saskatoon players were tied at 153 before Degelman picked up the championship.

Davin Karst of Assiniboia was a shot back in third place.

In the bantam age group Saskatoon’s Aricin Franklin won for the third time in three MJT events. The 14-year-old Riverside Country Club member was four shots lower than Ethan Hunter of Casa Rio, Sask.

Hunter Oakden of Brandon, Man. claimed third place.

The juvenile boys’ winner was Saskatoon’s Jack Maharaj. The 14-year-old went 74-81 for a 36-hole total of 155, good enough for a three-shot win in the age group (under-17) and just two back of the overall win.

Swift Current’s Ryder Woods was second, Aiden Walker of Regina finished in third place.

To see all the results of this event and the Mini Tour one day tournament click here.

Registration is still open for the Saskatchewan Junior Championships that begin on July 4 at Chinook Golf Course in Swift Current, click here for all you need to know about the event including accommodations.

The PGA Tour Canada’s Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open will continue this weekend without any local contingent.

Four players from Saskatchewan that earned exemption into the field of 156 failed to shoot their way to the two under par cutline.

Saskatoon’s Josh Nagy was the lowest shooter from the province finishing at 143, he opened with a 74 and shot a solid 69 on day two.

Chase Pochylko earned his first start in a professional event after punching his way in through at Monday’s qualifier. He also shot 69 on Friday, but an opening round of 75 was too much to overcome.

Ty Campbell of Saskatoon was in the field thanks to his conditional status, the Riverside player shot 75 and 70 Thursday and Friday.

Regina golfer Will Blake got his spot through his Scotia Wealth Open win. The Royal Regina Golf Club member shot 77 and 74 in his first professional event as well.

The complete results from the Elk Ridge Open can be seen here.

The 2023 Golf Canada NextGen Prairie Championship has come and gone at Nipawin’s Evergreen Golf Course, but by all reports the event went fantastically.

Golf Saskatchewan and Evergreen Golf Course President Kevin Duchscherer helped plan the event and was on hand all weekend for the championship.

Brock Ochitwa ran a Saskatchewan amateur men’s golf gauntlet last week on route to his first Men’s Lobstick championship at Waskesiu Golf Course.

The Saskatoon Golf and Country Club player defeated Dave Stewart, 2020 champion Trevor Bloom, Mike Smith, Danny Klughart and eventually Brent Ryan in the final Saturday to put his name in the historic record books of the event.

Ochitwa spoke with Golf Saskatchewan about the win.

The complete results of the Lobstick can be seen here.

Elsewhere in the Saskatchewan golf circuit, five players travelled to Calgary last weekend for the Glencoe Invitational.

Ella Kozak of Yorkton was the lone Saskatchewan female in the event, she placed tied for 14th after posting rounds of 76, 74, and 73 to finish at 7-over par, 223.

In the amateur men’s division Chase Pochylko led the way with a stellar sixth place performance at 1-over par, 217. An opening round of 75 pushed the Riverside Country Club player behind, but he improved each day firing 72 in round two and 70 in round one.

The Saskatoon product followed the top-10 showing with a 3-under par, 67 on Monday at the Elk Ridge Open qualifier at Cooke Municipal Golf Course. He will join Ty Campbell, and Josh Nagy in the field of the PGA Tour Canada event.

Back in Calgary, Alex Swinnerton was the other local to play an extra day after the plus-5 cut at The Glencoe.

The Saskatoon native posted back-to-back 72’s before dropping to 78 in the final round, Swinnerton was a solid 17th.

Swinnerton missed out on the Elk Ridge Open through the qualifier, but will play in the Mickelson National Invitational from July 5 – 7 at the Mickelson National Golf in Calgary.

Josh Nagy was a shot off the cut line at 6-over par, Marc Sweeney finished 11-over par.

The results are here.

South of the border Weyburn’s Darien Herlick competed in the North Dakota U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier, he fired 74 and just missed qualifying for the national prestigious event.

The results are here.

Cala Korman of Killarney, Man. and Kye Fisher from Leduc, Alta. are the 2023 Golf Canada NextGen Prairie Championship winners,

The 54-hole tournament returned to Saskatchewan for the first time since 2019 with 67 players competing for 12 spots at the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships later this summer.

In the girls event Korman was victorious holding off Regina’s Hallie Crozier by three shots. Winnipeg’s Addison Kartusch claimed third place. Chloe Wills of Kyle earned a spot at nationals joining Crozier.

Sela Ogada and Jeri Lafleche also earned exemption into the Canadian Junior Girls Championship.

In the boys championship, an opening round of 75 didn’t slow down Kye Fisher of Leduc, Alta. He posted rounds of 68 and 67 to win the event by seven shots with an impressive 6-under par, 210 over the weekend.

Fellow Alberta golfer Seth Mottershead-Yee was second and Cayden Kwan of Unionville, Ont. made the podium in third.

Saskatoon’s Tommy Danielson was the top Saskatchewan player tying for fourth and earning a national spot. Luke Cote of Regina also qualified for the Canadian Junior Boys Championship winning a two-hole playoff claiming the sixth and final exemption alongside Kenny Taylor of Edmonton.

Martensville golfer Myles Johnson also had a shot being in the playoff, he will seek a spot at nationals at the Saskatchewan Junior Championships in Swift Current from July 4 to 6.

For all the results of the championship click here.

Photos from the event are available here.

Regina’s Hallie Crozier continued her solid play in Nipawin at the NextGen Prairie Championship and will enter the final round one shot off the lead.

The Royal Regina Golf Club member fired her second straight 77 at Evergreen Golf Course Saturday leaving her at 10-over par, 144 gong into Sunday’s championship round.

Crozier is behind Manitoba’s Addison Kartusch who has led the event since Friday’s first round.

Manitoba’s Cala Korman will join the pair in the final group Sunday that will tee off at 11 a.m.

On the boy’s side there is still a two-way for the lead at 1-under par, just like after Friday’s round one, but two new players sit atop the leaderboard after moving day.

Spruce Grove’s Seth Mottershead-Yee and Kye Fisher of Leduc will enter the final round with scores of 143. Fisher had the low round of the day stroking a 68 after 75 in round one. Mottershead-Yee has rounds of 73 and 70 on his card.

Cayden Kwan of Unionville, Ont. will play in the final group with the Alberta golfers.

The top Saskatchewan player remains to be Saskatoon’s Carter Bell. The Riverside Country Club player was tied for the lead after day one, but a second round 76 dropped him to a tie for fifth at 3-over par, 147.

Myles Johnson and Luke Cote are the other two Saskatchewan players inside the top-10 going into Sunday’s final round.

The final group will tee off at 10:10 a.m.

To see all the results from the championship click here.

Day one of the 2023 NextGen Prairie Championship in Nipawin is in the books..

On the women’s side of the under-19 event, Winnipeg’s Addison Kartusch leads the way after shooting a 2-over par, 74 on Friday during round one of the 54-hole, three-day championship.

The St. Charles Country Club member is just three strokes ahead of Regina’s Halie Crozier and fellow Manitoban Cala Korman. Both Crozier and Korman carded 77’s on opening day of the first NextGen tournament in Saskatchewan since 2019 in Yorkton.

Saskatoon’s Grace Odnokon rounds out the top five after the first day thanks to a 10-over par 82. Toronto’s Ava Gilbert sits in fourth at 7-over par.

To see all the results and Saturday’s second round tee times click here.

In the boys category their is a tie after day one with a log jam of golfers coming up behind the leaders.

Saskatoon’s Carter Bell and Edmonton’s Kenny Taylor sit in the lead tied at 1-under par, 71.

A trio of players are a pair of shots back including Jackson Delaurier, Ryan Garbutt, and Seth Mottershead-Yee all went to the tent with scores of 1-over 73.

Another half dozen players are tied for sixth at 3-over 75.

The complete results are available here.

Round two will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.

The championship will conclude on Sunday afternoon.

Jack McDonald was inducted into the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame in 2013, but the Kamloops, B.C. resident has continued to give back to the game in Canada.

McDonald was recently in Saskatoon helping to teach golf referees through the Tournament Administrators and Referee School (TARS) at Riverside Country Club, the same venue where McDonald was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

McDonald sat down with Golf Saskatchewan to discuss his start in the game, his love for the Rules, working golfs biggest events and what the game means to him and his family.

Saskatoon’s Ty Campbell scored well over 72 holes last week at the PGA Tour Canada Q School tournament at Crown Isle Resort.

Campbell, the 2020 Saskatchewan amateur champion, shot 70, 68, 74, and 70 to finish at 6-under par, 282. The Riverside Country Club members tie for 14th placing earned Campbell ‘conditional membership’ on the Tour this season.

Campbell has received word he will be in the field for this weekend’s Royal Beach Victoria Open at Uplands Golf Club chasing a portion of the $200,000 purse.

He joined Golf Saskatchewan from Victoria, where Campbell is preparing for the opening event of the PGA Tour Canada season, the work he’s put in to earn a little more security, plus his thoughts on Nick Taylor’s win at the RBC, 16 years after the Canadian Amateur win at Riverside Country Club.

Medicine Hat golfer Glen Erickson is the Senior Men’s Lobstick champion for the second time.

Erickson outlasted Weyburn’s Rick Hallberg in a four-hole playoff to claim the prestigious tournament, adding to his win in 2018.

He was sitting in third place going into the final round however the Saskatoon-born Erickson shot the week’s low round of 69 to force a playoff. Repeating the first hole over and over a bogey on the fourth try sealed the win.

Erickson spoke to Golf Saskatchewan about returning to Waskesiu, the win, and playing in a loaded championship flight during the 54-hole championship.

36-hole leader Doug Kozak finished third, Cliff Selander was fourth, while Brad Phelps and Mark Albert rounded out the top-five tying at 226.

Rick Yano was the super-senior winner.

The complete results can be seen here.

Next on OMT schedules:

• Juniors – The Willows Club Junior Open | June 10/11
• Women’s – Saskatoon Women’s Open | June 17/18
• Men’s – Men’s Lobstick | June 13/18
• Senior Men’s – Auto Clearing Senior Men’s Championship | June 20/22