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BRANTFORD, Ont. – The field of is set for the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid Amateur Championship, presented by BDO, from August 17-21 at Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ont.

The field of 156 competitors features players aged 25 and over and from Canada and the United States. Additionally, all 10 provinces, and the territory of Yukon will be represented in Brantford.

Saskatchewan has 11 players in the field.

The Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship is a 72-hole stroke play event, with a 36-hole cut to the low 70 players and ties. The national championship was first contested in 1987 and includes an inter-provincial team competition held over the first 36 holes. The Mid-Amateur division will run concurrently with the Mid-Master division for players 40 and older.

“We are very excited to be hosting the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, at Brantford Golf & Country Club. The staff have worked extremely hard to ensure the event is successful for all the players and volunteers involved,” said Connor Doyle, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “This year’s field features a mix of past national champions, and many top mid-amateur golfers.”

There are three past Canadian Mid-Amateur champions including Cam Burke of Kitchener, Ont., Garrett Rank of Waterloo, Ont. and Rob Couture of Celina, Texas. Burke won the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2024 along with winning the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2008 and 2009. Rank is a three-time Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur champion in 2014, 2015, and 2016, he also won the Canadian College / University Individual Championship in 2012. Couture won in 2011. The final former Canadian national champion in the field is Don Martone of Sault Ste Marie, Ont. who won the 2025 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship.

For nearly 150 years, Brantford has been one of Canada’s most noted, and celebrated, member golf clubs. The current golf course is situated on land that housed nine holes that opened in 1906. It was the Thompson brothers who are the visionaries behind the foundation of the modern course, refining the existing work and adding another nine holes. Brantford is built on a rolling, rambling property, it’s a course that continues to be a joy to play. With holes overlooking the valley housing the Grand River, while others slink up hillsides towards near-perfect greensides, it takes a lifetime of play to sort out the course’s challenges.

“It’s a tremendous privilege for Brantford Golf & Country Club to host the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship. We are incredibly proud to welcome 156 of the finest amateur golfers from across Canada and the United States to experience our Club, our golf course and our community,” said Dave Newsome, General Manager, Brantford Golf & Country Club. “Championships of this calibre are special, and we are excited for the opportunity to showcase BGCC on a national stage. Most importantly, we look forward to seeing our members, volunteers and staff come together to provide the warm hospitality our Club is known for and make this a memorable championship for everyone involved.”

Practice rounds are scheduled for Monday, August 17, before the 72-hole stroke play competition begins Tuesday, August 18 and runs through to Friday, August 21.

To view the full player field, live leaderboards, and up to date tee times throughout the tournament, please click here.

Both Canadian Junior Championships have concluded with the events being played at the same time, albeit separate provinces.

In Regina, the Wascana Country Club hosted the Canadian Junior Boys Championships.

Ryan Mosher capped his fantastic junior career tying for 13th overall at 5-under par, 283. Mosher will begin his college career at Sacred Heart in the fall after two NextGen and Saskatchewan junior wins.

Wascana Country Club member Austin Nesbitt played solid on his home course with a larger gallary than most platyers all week, the 15-year-old tied for 30th at 2-over par.

Aricin Franklin tied for 35th, the Saskatoon product has one year left of junior eligibility.

Matty Schmiess built off making the cut at the Saskatchewan Amateur Championships and played all four rounds at nationals tying for 63rd.

Oliver Matyczuk was a last minute entry and took advantage making the cut and tying for 70th place as his junior career winds down,

The full results can be seen here.

The five players spoke with Golf Saskatchewan after round four on Friday.

Also on Friday at TPC Osprey just outside Toronto, the Canadian Junior Girls Championships wrapped up.

Chloe Wills of Kyle made the cut on the number after round two, but took advantage fighting back to a top 40 finish at 20-over par. She shot 77, 80, 77, and a sparkling 70 in round four concluding her excellent junior career.

Tina Liu of Warman also made the cut at the line and played four rounds. She tied for 54th at 25-over par.

The complete results can be found here.

Saskatchewan players are holding their own at the Wascana Country Club after two days of the Canadian Junior Boys Championships in Regina.

A dozen players from the province in the field of 156 started the championship on Tuesday, five will move on and continue the event over the final 36 holes.

Saskatchewan junior champion Ryan Mosher cruised up the leaderboard vaulting 36 spots with a second round 3-under par, 69. He sits tied for 23^rd at 1-under par overall.

Home club favourite and reigning Saskatchewan amateur champion Austin Nesbitt will also spark the interest at the Wascana to another level. Already with a large gallery, the 15-year-old shot 1-under 71 and is even par through 36 holes, four shots low of the cut line.

Aricin Franklin of Saskatoon is also even par halfway through the championship and safely moving on to round three on Thursday. The 2025 Saskatchewan junior winner is tied at 32^nd with Nesbitt and several others.

Matty Schmiess of Swift Current made the cut at the Saskatchewan Amateur Championships as a 16-year-old, he will also play the final two days at nationals. The Elmwood Golf Club member is at 1-over par.

Oliver Matyczuk of Saskatoon was in Regina on the waiting list to get into the event, when there was a late withdrawal, the Riverside Country Club member got in, and without a practice round he carded back-to-back rounds of 74 to make the cut on the number.

Unfortunately, Lucas Sturgeon and Dane Giesbrecht will miss the cut by a stroke.

Brady Guenther, Wyatt Nelson, Shae Maunula, Lincoln Rogers, and Ethan Hunter all represented the province on home soil.

The team of Mosher, Maunula, and Giesbrecht tied for sixth in the two-round team competition.

To see the full results and the draw for round three click here.

Canadian Junior Girls Championships

Weather has played a factor in the Toronto area and delayed the second round of the Canadian Junior Girls Championships.

Warman’s Tina Liu and Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon are tops among Saskatchewan players at 9-over par. Liu is through seven holes, Odnokon is early into round two.

Chloe Wills of Kyle is the third member of Team Saskatchewan, she is 10-over par, also through seven holes.

Yoyo Zhu did get her second round in, the 15-year-old will miss the cut but gained valuable national experience.

Round two of the tournament will continue at 5:30 a.m. Saskatchewan time.

To see the full results click here.

Nearing mid-August, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit is winding down after a busy couple weeks.

Over the August long weekend two historic events were held.

Down in Estevan at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club the FrameTech Classic was fittingly renamed the Amanda Minchin Classic (Story to follow).

Paige Wheeler was the winner in the women’s division with a 36 hole score of 175. The Estevan resident was six shots lower than Jesseca Brown and Roxanne Willerth.

Rick Hallberg of Weyburn is the senior men’s champion at the Classic, again.

The Golf Kenosee member shot an impressive 205 over three rounds, 18 strokes clear of Dave Lavoie in second. Bryan Dew was a shot behind Lavoie for third at 224.

Regina resident Mitch Matichuk claimed the men’s title on Saskatchewan Day.

The Member at the Royal Regina Golf Club posted rounds of 70, 68, and 70 for a six shot win over both Tyler Mryglod and Daryl Donovan.

The full results can be seen here.

Also over the holiday weekend was the playing of the Men’s Northern Championship at Cooke Municipal.

Greg Swenson battled through the field to win his second northern title.

He defeated Brad Phelps in the final. Prior to downing the Saskatoon golfer 3&2, Swenson beat Cole Jenkins, Kyle Wiebe, and Jordan Biggins on route to the championship.

The full bracket results can be seen here.

The women’s OMT championship is still up in the air. Kim Walker of Regina has the lead over Alex Schmidt of Regina with the Moose Mountain Classic (Kenosee) and Ladies Lobstick Open and Matchplay.

The Moose Mountain Classic is the last event on both the men’s and senior men’s OMT. Jesse Gibson leads Connor Scissons by just over 300 points.

Hallberg has all but clinched another OMT win in the senior men’s category.

The junior schedule still has six events left.

To see the current OMT standings across all age groups click here.

Jack Keller/Golf Canada

REGINA, Sask.— Following six NextGen Championships and other junior tournaments across the country, the field for the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO is set. The national championship is set to run August 11-15 at Wascana Country Club in Regina, Sask.

Saskatchewan has 11 players in the field.

The field of 156 of Canada’s top junior golfers will tee off in the 72-hole event and battle for the Silver Cup, awarded annually to the Canadian Junior Boys champion. The winner of the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship will earn coveted exemptions into both the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur and 122nd Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2027.  

“We have a great field ready to compete for our Canadian Junior Boys Championship,” said Rogan Doyle, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “We would like to thank all the staff and volunteers at Wascana Country Club for all the work they have put in to prepare the course as we welcome some of Canada’s best young talents to Regina.”

Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask. headlines the list of in-season NextGen Championship winners teeing it up in his home province after claiming two wins in the month of June. Mosher won both the NextGen Western and NextGen Prairie Championship to earn his spot in the field.

Tiger Xie of Surrey, B.C. (NextGen Pacific), Team Canada NextGen member Alexis Rouleau of Montreal, Que. (NextGen Ontario), Lucas Zhao of Brossard, Que, (NextGen Quebec), and Ethan Reid of Toronto, Ont. (NextGen Atlantic) also joined the winners circle through the NextGen Championship circuit this summer.

Along with Rouleau, two Team Canada NextGen teammates will be in the field including Chase Jerome of Ottawa, Ont. and Eddie Gu of Aurora, Ont. The trio recently played in the 121st Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in Calgary, Alta. Rouleau led the group finishing T23, Gu finished T46, and Jerome missed the cut. In addition to Rouleau’s NextGen Ontario Championship win, he also won the Will Lowery Junior Championship on the AJGA and Golf Quebec’s Boys Junior Championship this season. Jerome’s best finish this season was runner-up at the AJGA Junior at Colgate. Gu has recorded one win this year which came at the Orlando International Amateur Championship and finished T9 at the Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship. The three teammates are all making their third appearance at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship. Rouleau’s best finish at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship was T11 in 2025, Gu finished T4 in 2024, and Jerome was T51 in 2024.

Owen Beaulac of Victoria, B.C. and Carter Lavigne of Moncton, N.B. are in the field and are past Canadian U15 champions. Beaulac won last year at Pitt Meadows Golf Club, in Pitt Meadows, B.C. Lavigne won in 2024 at the Elmira Golf Club in Woolwich, Ont. Although the Canadian U15 Championship only started in 2024, Beaulac and Lavigne look to become the first players to win both the Canadian U15 Champion and the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

“Wascana Country Club is incredibly proud to host the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship. As one of Saskatchewan’s premier golf courses, it’s an honour to welcome the country’s top young players and showcase both our club and our province on the national stage,” said Craig Prentice, General Manager, Wascana Country Club. “Championships like this inspire the next generation of golfers, and we’re excited to provide an exceptional experience for the players, their families, and everyone involved. Our members, staff, volunteers, and partners are looking forward to showcasing the hospitality that Wascana Country Club is known for.”

Since 1938, the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has brought together the top junior talent in the country for four rounds of entertaining competition. Those to have previously claimed the Silver Cup have gone on to serve memorable careers in the game of golf, including Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg (1950), George Knudson (1955), Gary Cowan (1956) and Doug Roxburgh (1970), as well as current PGA TOUR stars Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson who each won the tournament in 2006 and 2012 respectively.  

In addition to the 18-and-under championship, the 16-and-under Juvenile Championship has featured in the tournament since 1970, with the winner receiving the Jack Bailey Trophy. Only 12 players have ever claimed both the Juvenile and Junior championship in the same year, with Dawson Lew of Toronto, Ont. winning both last year in 2025.

The national championship will also feature an Inter-Provincial Team Championship that will run concurrently through the first 36 holes of competition. Each day, the lowest two out of three individual 18-hole scores will count towards the team score for players representing provinces. Team Ontario looks to win their fourth consecutive Inter-Provincial title.

The first round of the 2026 Canadian Junior Boys Championship will get underway on Tuesday, August 11 with the final round taking place on Friday, August 14. Practice rounds will take place on Monday, August 10.

To view full player field, live leaderboards, and up to date tee times throughout the tournament, please click here.

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Field of 156 will compete for national championship; all 10 provinces represented;
 inter-provincial team championship to be contested over first 36 holes

CALEDON, Ont. – The field featuring 156 of the top junior female golfers is set to compete at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in Caledon, Ont. for the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO from August 11-14.

The field is led by two-time defending champion and Team Canada NextGen member, Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. Last year, Liu became the ninth player in tournament history to win the national championship multiple times and the first back-to-back winner since Heather Kuzmich in 1982. Liu will be in search of the three-peat in Caledon and would again tie Kuzmich who was the last to win three straight between 1981 and 1983. Canadian Golf Hall of Famers, Sandra Post (1964-66) and Gail Harvey Moore (1958-60) are the only others to three-peat in tournament history.

Joining Liu are fellow national champions, Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont., who won the 2025 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and 2023 Canadian Junior Girls Championship winner Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta. The trio are joined by their Team Canada NextGen teammates Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. and 2025 Canadian Junior Girls runner-up Ruihan Kendria Wang of Vancouver, B.C.

In addition, all six NextGen Championship winners including Charlotte Tam of Burnaby, B.C. (Pacific), Keisha Han of Toronto, Ont. (Ontario), Saylar May of Rocky Mountain House, Alta. (Western), Serin Girard of Richmond, B.C. (Prairie), Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon of Vancouver, B.C. (Quebec) and Florence Ho of Nepean, Ont. (Atlantic) are in the field.

Prior to the start of the tournament, a practice round will be held on Monday, August 10, with championship rounds beginning on Tuesday, August 11. Following the first two rounds of play, the field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties included in the final two rounds. Along with the Brokenshire Trophy, players aged 16 and under will compete for the Florence Harvey Trophy, awarded to the Juvenile division winner.

An inter-provincial team competition will take place over the first two rounds, featuring teams from all 10 provinces. Each day, the lowest two of three individuals 18-hole scores will count towards the team total. The lowest aggregate score over rounds one and two will determine the inter-provincial team champions, who will claim the Mary Pyke Trophy.

Last year in Sainte-Marie, Que., Team British Columbia retained the title, finishing four shots clear of Team Ontario. Team B.C. was represented by Cadence Ko of Richmond, B.C., Emma Kral of Victoria, B.C. and Zhehui Yu of Burnaby, B.C. Kral is the only returning player in the field this year.

“We are looking forward to beginning the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship as 156 of the top amateur golfers compete for this prestigious national championship,” said Madeline MacMillan, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “We’d like to thank our partners at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley for their continued commitment to growing the game in Canada. We know the players will enjoy a memorable experience at the club and in the City of Caledon.”

Inspired by Ireland’s Portmarnock Golf Club, the Heathlands course’s fescue-covered dunes, pot bunkers and severely sloped greens pay homage to classic golf design with one of the truest tests in Ontario. Once the carefully guarded secret of local aficionados, the course opened in 1992 and has become a favourite of those seeking a traditional golf experience and a stirring challenge that pays homage to the simple-yet-brilliant creativity of classic golf design. Heathlands is ranked in the top 25 for public golf courses in Canada and has been the long-time host venue of the Osprey Valley Open, a PGA TOUR Americas event.

“We are incredibly proud to welcome these outstanding young athletes to TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley and the Heathlands course. The athletes competing this week can expect a stout challenge that will test every aspect of their game but will reward players who play boldly and create scoring chances with excellent shot making. We look forward to showcasing not only our championship venue but also the warm hospitality of our community as we celebrate the global growth of the game” said Chris Humeniuk, President, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley.

The Championship was first contested in 1955 and operated by the former Canadian Ladies Association (CLGA) until the amalgamation of CLGA and Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 2005.

The Canadian Junior Girls Championship has a long list of distinguished past champions that have etched their name on the Brokenshire Trophy. Past champions include Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Lisa Meldrum (2000), Alena Sharp (1999), Sandra Post (1964-66), Betty Stanhope (1956), Judy Darling (1957), Gail Harvey Moore (1958-1960) and Gayle Borthwick (1961). LPGA Tour players Maude-Aimée Leblanc (2006), Brooke Henderson (2012) and Maddie Szeryk (2013) also lifted the Brokenshire Trophy. Stollery Family Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Salimah Mussani (1996, 1998) is also a past Canadian Junior Girls Champion.

The 2026 Canadian Junior Girls champion will receive an exemption into the 113^th  Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and both the 2027 Canadian Junior Girls Championship and 2027 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, if eligible.

For the full player field competing in the 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, presented by BDO, click here.

Late July of 2026 will be a week Wynyard’s Ayden Melsted won’t forget when it comes to his golf game.

The 16-year-old signed for a 30 on July 26 at his home course, the Wynyard Golf Club which was witnessed by Tylan Wallin of Humboldt. That tied the club record held by Warren Lorenz in 1998.

Melsted also joins his mother Alana on the course record plague. She holds the women’s back tee record at 35.

Melsted followed the performance by shooting 63 in the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event at Moon Lake Golf and Country Club. He shot 68 in round two and won the overall junior men’s division by six shots.

He spoke to Golf Saskatchewan about the rounds and his love for the sport and Wynyard.

Over 80 players from 12 different First Nations across Saskatchewan completed in the golf event at the 2026 Tony Cote Summer Games hosted at Jackfish Lodge Golf and Conference Centre.

Teams of two played a scramble format over two days at the course on July 28 and 29.

Under 15 Girls – L to R; Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs, Prince Albert Grand Council, Agency Chiefs Tribal Council

Under 17 Girls – L to R; Onion Lake Cree Nation, Beardys Okemasis Cree Nation, Woodland

Under-15 Boys – L to R; Big River First Nation, Beardys Okemasis Cree Nation (Not pictured, Saskatoon Tribal Council)

Under-17 Boys – L to R; File Hills QuAppelle Tribal Council, Beardys Okemasis Cree Nation, Meadow Lake Tribal Council

To see the full results of the golf event click here.

It’s been quite a week for Ayden Melsted on the golf course.

A few days after shooting a course tying record (story to follow) at his home course in Wynyard, the 16-year-old posted the lowest 36 hole score in Saskatchewan Maple Leaf Junior Tour (MJT) history. Longtime Tournament Jeff Chambers said Melsted’s amazing two day score of 131 stood out over at least two decades.

“I mentioned to the crowd when I did the prize presentation that I’ve been doing this for 21 years and I never remember a score being that low. Especially to follow it up, so for a combined score, as far as I know that’s the lowest that we’ve ever had in Saskatchewan,” he said via text.

Melsted opened the event with a 9-under par, 63 and followed that with a 68. He was six shots lower than Shae Maunula of North Battleford to win the under-17 age group and the overall boys championship.

Oliver Matyczuk won the under-19 age group and was third overall.

Alyxa Melsted continued to collect MJT prizes after winning the under-15 women’s age division. That’s the Wynyard product’s fifth victory of the year.

Clara Zhang from Saskatoon was second at 163, six shots off Melsted’s scores of 81 and 76.

Tayla Perry is the champion of the 15 to 19 year-old women’s division. The Regina resident signed for rounds of 78 and 73.

Miranda Merriman from Air Ronge was second (169) and Arwen Mosher of Saskatoon placed third at 170.

Cohen Bridge of Saskatoon outdueled Regina shooter Hudson Deibert to win the under-13 men’s age group.

The Willows Club junior carded back-to-back par rounds to edge Deibert by one shot over 36 holes.

In the under-15 men’s age group Keaton Kreklewich’s impressive season continued with another victory.

The Melville, Sask. player and reigning Saskatchewan under-15 champion won his third MJT event beating Jace Munro of Swift Current, Sask. by nine shots. Kreklewich posted rounds of 68 and 69, Munro shot 71 and 75.

To see the complete results click here.

Next up on the Saskatchewan Junior Order of Merit Tours is the MJT’s Elk Ridge Golf Resort event on Aug. 15 and 16. To register click here.

Six senior provincial champions were crowned at the Meadow Lake Golf Club on Sunday evening.

Kim Walker won her sixth Saskatchewan Senior Women’s Championship. She will lead Team Saskatchewan into the Canadian Senior Women’s Championship at Rocky Mountain House, Alta. later this season. Joining Walker will be Fort Qu’Appelle resident Marcy Johnson and Swift Current’s Kathy Hopfner.

Hopfner won her second straight Mae Balmos (60+) championship, she also edged Saskatoon’s Heather Torrie in a one hole playoff to also earn a trip to the national championship.

Jim Born. Jr. has his first Saskatchewan championship since the Lloydminster. Alta. product won the mid-amateur in 2009.

Born held off Brad Phelps and Scott Allan on the final day Sunday to claim the over 55 championship and the opportunity to travel to Winnipeg for the Canadian Senior Men’s Championship at Niakwa Country Club.

Brent Wotypka of Swift Current will join Phelps and Allan at the national event after claiming the over-65 super-senior category.

In the Legends (75+) age category, Biggar, Sask. player Keith Silvernagle shot a remarkable 75 on the final day to go one under his age and claim the trophy, the first of his impressive amateur career.

Lastly, Chris Reid of Meadow Lake won the Men’s Mid-Masters (40+) Championship to earn a spot at the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship in Brantford, Ont. Aug. 18 – 21.

Reid used his hometown advantage to post a remarkable 54-hole score of 6-under par, 210 while serving as a key driver of the event being hosted by the club.

The championships were the first time in Meadow Lake for Golf Saskatchewan since 2005.

To see the full results click here.