Deer Valley’s Carey McLean has wrapped up her first college national championship.

McLean will conclude her first year of college with a 19^th place finish at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Canadian Championships in Ste-Victoire de Sorel, Quebec on Friday.

The SAIT student shot a three-round total of plus-53, 269 (94, 87, 88) on the par-72, 5,523-yard course.

Élizabeth Labbé of Lévis, Quebec won the championship with a 54-hole score three-under, 213.

The SAIT Trojans placed eighth overall as a team.

The championships were supposed to be 72 holes, but weather forced the cancellation of Thursday’s round.

You can see the complete leaderboard here.

Long-hitting professional Maude-Aimée LeBlanc is retiring from professional golf. The 30-year old Sherbrooke, Que., native announced her decision on her official Facebook page.

“I decided to retire from professional golf forever. Over time, I realized it wasn’t my dream and it didn’t make me happy even after good performances. I didn’t like the person I was on the golf course and I’ve always wanted to do something more rewarding than hitting a little white ball. Also being constantly away from home and the people I love was very difficult. I am very excited about the next chapter of my life and I have a lot of things I want to accomplish. I am extremely lucky to have met amazing people through golf and incredibly grateful for the support of so many people over all these years. I will never forget it ?”

LeBlanc finished 7^th at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn tour status in her first attempt. In 2012, her rookie year, she would have led the LPGA Tour in driving distance with an average of 282.6 yards, but with limited status, she did not play enough rounds to qualify.

She’s amassed more than $365K in career earnings since 2012 and currently ranks No. 393 on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. Her best year as a professional was 2016, when she earned $173,443 and finished 81^st on the on LPGA Tour’s Official Money List.

She’s competed at the CP Women’s Open 11 times (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) with her best finish being a T14 in 2016.

As an amateur, LeBlanc was a member of Golf Canada’s Team Canada high-performance program from 2006-2010. She played collegiate golf at Purdue University, where she helped her team win the 2010 NCAA Team Championship. She also captured the 2006 International Junior Orange Bowl and 2006 Canadian Junior Girls Championship.

Golf Canada wishes Maude all the best in her future endeavours.

 

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Carey McLean and the rest of the field in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championships will have Thursday off after weather in Quebec forced the event organizers to reduce the event to 54 holes.

The Deer Valley product is sitting in 19^th place at plus-37, 181 (94, 87).

Round three will be played on Friday, McLean’s group tees off at 8:40 a.m. Saskatchewan time.

Chloe Sies

Melville’s Chloe Sies has returned to the college golf circuit for UBC Okanagan.

Sies and her Heat teammates were in Victoria for the Vikes Shootout on Monday and Tuesday, the last event of their fall season.

After being fifth through day one, Sies finished in a tie for eighth at 13-over, 162 (78, 84).

The team won the silver medal at the tournament.

A provincial organization that specializes in working for people with spinal cord and other injuries is using golf to raise funds and awareness for their clients.

Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan Inc. (SCISask) recently hosted a golf tournament at Mark’s 9 Golf and Country Club just outside Prince Albert that netted the organization an estimated $15,000 for their programming. During the event on Aug. 24 the SoloRider adaptive golf cart that is housed at Saskatoon’s Silverwood Golf Course was used by Kirk Fontaine. SCISask executive director Launel Scott reached out to Golf Saskatchewan regarding the availability of the cart. The SoloRider was transported to Prince Albert for the event with great success according to Scott.

“Because the tournament was for our organization we wanted to bring awareness to and also have golfers who live with a spinal cord injury or some other physical disability so, it became a quest,” she said. “We knew the SoloRider existed, but it was a quest to find it and how we could access it.”

Fontaine was injured in a car accident three years ago and does have some leg movement but doesn’t have lower body strength to walk 18 holes. He has tried other sports such as archery, skeet shooting, and shot put, and admits golf is fun. Accessing the SoloRider and allowing Fontaine to play in the tournament brought an awareness to the cart and potential future players.

“We could provide the access to one of our clients who said they were interested in golf,” Scott said. “Secondly it created further awareness that getting the SoloRider and this possibility created awareness.”

Although the event was the first for the SCISask, Fontaine used the cart in a fundraising tournament at Harbor Golf and Resort in Elbow. Saskatoon based LA Charities hosted their third event this summer with proceeds going back to the spinal cord injury group. With that tournament and the one at Mark’s 9, Scott said the SoloRider and its use is becoming more known.

“There was a lot of people there who were unfamiliar with even the existence of the SoloRider or that there is an accessible golf cart, so they were able to see that first hand,” she said.

Scott said the awareness for their clients is important but showcasing the SoloRider to courses could open the game to more people in the future.

“One of our outcome hopes is people that own golf courses would be interested in having a SoloRider at their own course,” she said.

13 teams took part in the inaugural event that will now be an annual fundraiser for the organization with four front line staff in Saskatoon and Regina. The group relies on a mentorship program to provide services to clients. It’s difficult to actively reach 1,600 people with four staff, especially in rural markets. Scott hopes the SoloRiders in Saskatchewan (Golf Saskatchewan owns one at the Royal Regina Golf Club) allow for more of their clients to access the sport and enhance their lives on a social level.

“Golf is a pretty social activity, usually you are golfing with a buddy, on a team, or with complete strangers,” she added. “It allows for people to gain or continue access to a social activity.”

The Spinal Cord Injury organization provides their clients with “life journey” programs and assistance. Starting with rehabilitation, basic home life, education assistance, inclusion, and aging with an injury or disability are core components of their work. Finding employment for injured people is a priority of theirs as well. Saskatchewan has a wheelchair sports governing body that promotes excellence for athletes across all genres, Scott said their group uses sports as life enrichment.

“Our business is assisting individuals to regain their self-reliance and their independence and their participation back into the community. The activities that we try to introduce to somebody is for those underlying purposes, not to develop athletes,” she explained.

Coincidently, October is National Disability Employment Month.

For more information on the SoloRiders and their availability in the province contact Golf Saskatchewan at 306-975-0850.

Carey McLean and her SAIT Trojan teammates were on the course for round one of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships on Tuesday.

The Deer Valley product is coming off a third-place finish at the Alberta championship a couple weeks ago. In Ste-Victoire De Sorel, Quebec, she shot an opening round plus-22, 94 to sit in 19^th place. McLean will begin round two at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The 54-hole event will conclude Friday.

SAIT is eighth as a team.

Jacob Kydd

Regina’s Jacob Kydd has been busy south of the border competing in two events over a five-day period.

The Royal Regina Golf Club member competed in the Battle at the Henge on Oct. 11 – 12 and at the NAIA Midwest Invitational on Oct. 14 – 15 for Indiana Wesleyyan University.

At the Battle at the Henge in Winona Lake, Indiana, Kydd placed tied for 24^th at plus-17, 159 (77, 82).

As a team the Wildcats placed third.

The squad travelled to Silvis, Illinois for their second event of the week. Kydd again finished in a tie for 24^th. He shot rounds of 78 and 75 to finish at 11-over par.

The Wildcats team earned fifth place overall in the 19 team competition.

One of Saskatoon’s, Saskatchewan’s, and the nation’s best female athletes are being remembered. Pat Lawson passed away on Oct. 10, a month shy of her 90^th birthday in Saskatoon.

Lawson dominated the provincial sporting scene for most of her storied life. From the time she was 10 years old into her senior years Lawson was a regular on podiums golf, tennis, speed skating, basketball, track and field, and swimming.

Lawson was inducted into several Saskatchewan Hall of Fames through her life, including the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. Hall of Fame secretary Brian Lee said Lawson will be missed across the entire sporting landscape in the province.

“The golf and sport world mourn the passing of Pat Lawson. She was a pillar for the advancement of women in sport. She will be missed but never forgotten.”

It is with profound sadness, a great sense of loss and heavy hearts that the family announces the passing of Patricia (Pat) Lawson which occurred on October 10, 2019, in the Palliative Care unit at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon with family and friends by her side. Pat had been on oxygen for the past year due to fibrosis of the lungs, and in February the PET scan confirmed cancer in both lungs. She remained relatively active (worked in the garden) until she “lost the game in overtime”. Pat was born in Saskatoon November 18, 1929 to William and Irene (Chater) Lawson. Pat was predeceased by her parents and her only sibling Ruth Nase. Pat is survived by Barbara Dorsey and by nieces Deborah Mumby, Sandra Nase, nephew Steven Nase and their children: Ryan Mumby, Stephanie DeBray, Brendan Nase (Mary, Reginald), Derek Nase (Leanne, Quinn, Elliott) as well as several other cousins and her dog Ludy. Pat will also be dearly missed by the many friends, colleagues, students, past players she coached (who affectionately referred to her as “the Queen) and many community members she had a connection with and many of whom to this day say how her leadership, coaching skills and athletic prowess has helped form a big part of who they are today.

Pat grew up in Saskatoon and went to Caswell Elementary School and Bedford Road Collegiate. Following high school, she completed her BA (1950) and BEd (1953) at the University of Saskatchewan her Masters in Physical Education at University of Oregon (1959) and her PhD in Physical Education at the University of South California (1967).

In her early career she was a teacher and coach at Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon and for one year was a teacher and coach at Brittania High in Vancouver, BC until an opportunity arose at the University of Saskatchewan in 1956 when she joined the faculty of Physical Education where she was a teacher, coach and Administrator until her retirement in 1990, with a sabbatical as a full professor at the University of Arizona (1969/70).

Pat’s first athletic competition was a swimming race at age 10 – which she won. Over the course of her athletic career she won Provincial titles in six sports – swimming, speed skating, track and field, tennis, basketball and golf. At the National level she won Canadian titles in basketball, speed skating and with the senior golf team. Internationally she was a member of the Canadian Basketball team at the 1959 Pam American Games. At the University of Saskatchewan, she represented the U of S on 13 teams over four years [basketball (4), swimming (4), tennis (3), track and field (2)]. In golf, in addition to her skill in making seven hole in ones, she competed nationally seven times as an amateur and 12 times as a senior, she won the senior provincial championships five times and notably won the Waskesiu Ladies Lobstick five times over four decades.

Over her illustrious career, she has been inducted into, and received the following awards and recognitions: Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame; Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame; University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame; Bedford Road Collegiate Hall of Honour; Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame; and just in 2019 the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Additional recognitions include the College of Physical Education First and Best Award; Named a Fellow in the North American Society Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance; Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) Honor Award; Recipient of the College of Arts and Science “Alumni of Influence Award”; and just last year the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Achievement Award.

Pat was also a phenomenal volunteer and administrator over the years. Giving of her time and unwavering efforts to help make a difference in the community and the lives of many, her involvement included: Coach at the first ever Canada Games in 1967; Chairperson of Basketball in 1971 Canada Games; President and Board member of the Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union; Board member of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame; Board member and chairperson of the National Advisory Council for Fitness and Amateur Sport; a founding member of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport (CAAWS); Board member and president of the CAHPER; Board member of the Riverside Country Club (the first woman to be elected to the board); Board member and president of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame; Board member of YWCA Saskatoon; Course rater and instructor for the Saskatchewan Golf Association; and Board member of the U of S Retirees Association.

Pat was truly among the leaders in Canadian women’s physical education. Her central and unyielding purpose was to improve the conditions and practice of sport and physical recreation for girls and women. In the day, she was one of the few women to have served on the Federal Government’s National Advisory Council to the Fitness and Amateur Sport Directorate, including serving as chair for one year. Her leadership resulted in the formation of the Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union.

Pat’s quiet dignity, her professionalism, HUMILITY, loyalty and generosity brought her uncounted friends who remained fiercely loyal to her throughout her life. And we cannot omit her delicious sense of humor. It was said, by one of her former players, we have never known anyone so loved, admired and respected. That could easily have stimulated an extra-large ego, but not in Pat. For all her astonishing accomplishments, we all remained so impressed with her modesty. As coach, guide, mentor and beloved friend, Pat belongs in a special niche in many people’s heart. Heaven has just gained a star athlete, a coach, a leader, a community builder and above all else a phenomenal person.

And as in life with her modesty and humility, in her death, she has requested there will be no funeral or celebration of life. Her choices are exactly what one would have predicted, dignified and thoughtful to the end. Her wish, in lieu of flowers is for people to donate to the Palliative Care ward at St. Paul’s Hospital. You can donate online at St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. The staff there were incredible, and Pat and Barb were so dismayed to hear there are only 12 palliative care beds in Saskatoon for situations like Pat’s where true dignity and care at end of life are of the utmost importance. Thank you to all the staff in the Palliative Care; thank you to Dr. Veronica Marcoux for your great care of Pat in the final year of her life; for all your advice, friendship and caring, you were great; and a huge pat on the back to Dr. Shanna Fenton who looked after Pat for years. To all the neighbours and friends who have helped physically on the farm and brought food and reach out to help, I can’t say thank you enough. For the help and commitment from our adopted family Lynne Lacroix and Pat Nicholson they are extraordinary and the rock. Pat’s final resting place will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, in a niche overlooking the pond with a feeling of being out in the country, just the way Pat loved it.

Obituary courtesy Arbor Memorials

Indoor golf facilities are opening across Saskatchewan with a new option in Saskatoon preparing to unlock their doors this long weekend.

For golfers in Saskatoon, they will have a new centre to play over the winter months. Jordan Orr is opening YXE Golf Lounge at 710 Cynthia St. Orr said the idea to open a simulator facility came about after he wanted to extend his own season.

“The end of the season came, and I wanted to do another round but there was snow outside,” he explained to Golf Saskatchewan. “I looked up simulators in the city and the only one here in Saskatoon was closing down, so I did a little more research and realized almost every other city has simulators and are all doing well. I thought it might be a good idea and I’ve been working at it ever since.”

Orr’s facility houses five simulators with Trugolf technology. He said getting top of the line equipment was important to being successful because players want the most realistic features available.

“The company that I got the simulators from have compared it to TrackMan, the gold standard for simulators right now. They are pretty similar for accuracy so that’s a good thing about these simulators,” Orr said.

Orr is hoping for a soft launch this Thanksgiving weekend. He will be opening a kitchen in the near feature and developing leagues, tournaments and a junior program. He compares his facility to a bowling alley, a family-oriented entertainment centre.

“My main focus was to just bring more entertainment to Saskatoon. Nobody has harsher winters than Saskatoon and longer winters as well so it blew my mind we didn’t have anything like this. I just want to provide entertainment to people,” Orr said.

The Willows Golf and Country Club has a simulator screen in the clubhouse of their course. Originally brought in for their professionals as a teaching tool, general manager Wayne Fairbairn said the bay is quite popular.

“We wanted to have students get lessons year-round from our golf pros,” Fairbairn said. “That was the main attention but, it became pretty popular. People just wanted to come play golf, have a couple drinks with their buddies and play golf for a couple hours. We do both now, we block it for about 40 hours of teaching, and we sell it for people just wanting to play golf.”

With the weather slowly turning the Willows simulator isn’t busy now. Fairbairn said players grasp at every decent day for the real thing but once the new year arrives their phone begins to ring.

“The golf really picks up in the spring,” he explained. “There’s a little bit in December when people have some holiday time, but once February rolls around and people think about golf again the simulator gets really busy.”

Over the winter the Willows does close their lounge and restaurant but if people come in to use the simulator they are licensed and will have snacks for sale. Pre-ordering some pub style munchies is also an option. Fairbairn said they purchased the simulator two years ago as another way to market their facility and it’s worked well for them.

“It’s not a homerun, it’s not going to make us a million dollars in any way but, it keeps us top of mind and keeps people coming to the club. If we can break even on this initiative it’s a win for us,” he said.

For golfers looking for more of a real feel, the Golf Dome at the Ramada in Saskatoon is open for the season. The bubbled facility features 37 hitting bays and 35,000 square feet. New manager Jon Equina said he wants to promote the facility at a new level this season.

“I want to do a lot more a lot more promotional stuff when it comes to the golf world,” Equina explained. “I am working a lot with SaskGolfer, Callaway, and a bunch of other reps and pros to bring in a different type of clientele and retain the old stuff. Our goal is to have a lot more contests, prizes, more active on social media to bring people in.”

Equina hopes the partnerships with industry reps not only helps their bottom line but is a win-win for the reps as well.

“We’re hoping to have demo days here in the winter that these companies will offer. Saturdays specially to try out the new clubs that these companies will offer as well as a TrackMan system. A lot of our reps will have a TrackMan system with them and I’m looking at purchasing one myself, I know the golfers are starting to use them a lot more. Gathering data seems to be the big thing in sports, if we can find a way to bring them in with a TrackMan it gives patrons more reason to stay here,” he said.

The Golf Dome houses an indoor softball diamond as well. The facility is home to the largest slo-pitch league in North America, 70 teams play winter ball there. They also host a junior girls softball league as well. Seven nights a week softball takes up the facility. They are open to golfers until 6 p.m. each day.

“We don’t want to change too many things,” Equina said. “We definitely know change is good and inevitable and we look forward to making our customers happy when it comes down to it.”

Other indoor golf simulators in Saskatchewan include:

Divots Indoor Golf – Regina
First Tee Indoor Golf Centre – Regina
1621 Golf Academy – Regina
The Sweet Spot – Moose Jaw
Cymbob’s Indoor Golf and Pro Shop – Yorkton (306-786-4653)
Nutrien Sportsplex – Moosomin
Let’s Golf – Lloydminster

Other indoor facilities with hitting nets and/or instruction include GolfTec, Golf Town, and Jeff Chambers Golf Academy.

If there are other indoor facilities we may have missed please email cstork@golfsk.org and we may assist in the promotion of your facility.

Any time Adam Hadwin is asked about his professional goals, he mentions playing in the Presidents Cup.

The product of Abbotsford, B.C., debuted in the international team event two years ago and it was a seminal moment in his career. After two top-five finishes to start the 2020 PGA Tour season, Hadwin is in good position to make it back to the Dec. 9-15 Presidents Cup and the 31-year-old golfer relishes the opportunity to re-immerse himself in the prestigious tournament’s atmosphere.

“It’s been on my mind since the last one ended,” said Hadwin. “It was such an incredible experience. Being a part of a team is something you rarely get in golf. So being part of such a great group of individuals that are all trying to come together for the same goal is special.”

Although Hadwin’s international team lost 19-11 to the United States at Liberty National Golf Club in 2017, he was bitten by the bug.

“I know we got waxed by the Americans but it was still such an incredible experience being around the top guys in the world,” said Hadwin. “Once you’re a part of it once you never want to be left off of it again.

“I didn’t play well enough in the past year to get into that top eight and really felt like I needed to do some good work in these fall events before (Els) would pick his team.”

Els is expected to make four selections as captain’s picks the week of Nov. 4.

Hadwin has posted some strong results early in the 2020 season. He shot a 16-under overall to finish second at the Safeway Open and then fired a 20-under overall to tie for fourth at the Shriners Hospital for Children Open.

Those back-to-back top-five finishes have Hadwin ranked fifth in the FedExCup standings with 415 points headed into this week’s Houston Open.

Hadwin’s strong play has caught the eye of at least one other person: fellow Canadian Graham DeLaet, who played in the 2013 Presidents Cup.

“I would be surprised if Ernie (Els) didn’t give him a shot to play down there in Melbourne. I think he deserves it,” DeLaet told Golf Canada earlier this week. “He’s got some experience underneath him. There are some new faces on that team so I think some of that experience is going to be helpful. He’s playing great, which has been good to see.”

Hadwin’s fast start hasn’t just made a return to the Presidents Cup possible, it’s made the rest of the PGA Tour season significantly easier.

“It definitely helps. It takes a lot of pressure off the rest of the season,” said Hadwin. “Not that I’m going to relax and rest on some good early play but being in a nice position, earning a bunch of FedEx points early, it sets up a whole season.

“I know that I’m not going to be stressing at the end of the year about keeping a job. More than anything it validates all the work we’ve been putting in.”

Hadwin is spending a couple of weeks at his home in Phoenix before heading to Asia for the ZOZO Championship in Chiba, Japan and then the HSBC Champions, a World Golf Championship event, in Shanghai.

PGA TOUR:
Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., will be in the first group teeing off at No. 1 at the Houston Open on Thursday. DeLaet, from Weyburn, Sask., Michael Gligic of Burlington, Ont., David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., and Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C., will also be in the field at the Golf Club of Houston.

St. Charles Country Club head professional Cory Kartusch was a recent winner at the PGA of Manitoba awards banquet.

Collecting honours is nothing new for the former Regina resident, according to his biography on the St. Charles website, Kartusch is an eight-time winner including Teacher of the Year (2010, 2013), Professional of the Year (2005, 2014), and Merchandiser of the Year (2004, 2008, 2009). He’s been the head pro in Winnipeg since 2003. His playing career began at the Wascana Country Club in his mid-teens, but without the assistance of Graham Coulter, golf could have ended as quickly as it started.

“Graham saw me, gave me a lesson,” Kartusch explained to Golf Saskatchewan. “Said meet you next week, I met him the next week, we kept going. What spawned from that was a group of us meeting Sunday mornings for lessons from Graham. The great part of that, well the great part for me and not him was that he never charged me. I will never forget that, ever. That would be my story on the catalyst that got me going.”

Kartusch began working at the Wascana when he was 16 years old. He attended business school in Lethbridge through their golf program which assisted in him having a long career in the industry. He said post secondary education was helpful, but he pointed back to Coulter for his career.

“I knew I loved being at the golf course, I really enjoyed watching Graham’s passion about the club and about how he embraced owning the business and how much passion he had towards making that work indirectly through servicing the members. The loyalty came back to the proshop and I always wanted to be in my own business and at the time logic told me combining golf and the opportunity to be a proshop owner was the right thing for me,” Kartusch said.

Kartusch left Regina for Ottawa and spent a year at the Carlton Golf and Yacht Club where he worked under another Graham. Graham Gunn took Kartusch under his wing and pushed him to work hard within the industry.

“He really lit the fire under my butt in terms of hey, if you want to be successful long term at this game you better know how to make people better,” he said. “To this day we talk on the phone weekly about golf swings and teaching and how we’re doing, it’s phenomenal. I was only in Ottawa for a year, but it was extremely impactful.”

Wanting to be closer to home, Kartusch and his family moved west to Winnipeg. Since his arrival in the Manitoba capital yearly honours have followed including this year’s Professional Development honour. He said the awards he has collected over his career are proud moments but in 2005 when he won the PGA of Canada Professional of the Year, that was a monumental honour.

“They are all great moments, but it was quite surprising to win Canadian club professional of the year, to win that national award which they deem the highest honour a golf professional can achieve, which I’m not so sure of personally but it really blew me away. It was quite the honour and I will always cherish that,” Kartusch said.

Kartusch has taught many junior golfers and amateurs during his career. Several have gone on to NCAA collegiate careers, he’s also coached three Manitoba champions. He said teaching and giving back to the game are important to be successful, he added having a passion might be the most crucial ingredient for a long career.

“If you are looking to get into the golf business you need to make sure it’s a true passion of yours and you have a true vision of what you are getting into,” he said. “The second thing I’d say is you cannot stop learning and educating yourself, there’s no end to it. The moment you end that is the moment your career may start to move a little bit backwards and you will wonder why.”

An accomplished player himself, Kartusch has several professional wins and he holds the course record of 63 at Regina’s Tor Hill Golf Course, he did that in 1998.

The college golf season is continuing into the fall in the United States. A handful of Saskatchewan student-athletes were on the course over the last couple days.

Roman Timmerman/Kade Johnson

Saskatoon’s Roman Timmerman took the lead at the Holiday Inn Express Classic into Tuesday’s final round, but the Southern Arkansas University (SAU) junior couldn’t hold on.

Timmerman shot back-to-back 69’s on Monday, today the Riverside Country Club member carded a 12-over, 80 that left him in a solid 15^th place in the event. Fellow Mulerider Kade Johnson also finished at five-over, 218 to join the six-player tie for 15^th.

The team finished in a tie for fifth in the event held at St. Joseph, Missouri’s St. Joseph Country Club.

The Muleriders next tournament is on Oct. 21 and 22 in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Brody Istace

Brody Istace of Kindersley finished in a tie for 28^th at the Redhawk Fall Classic on Monday and Tuesday.

Competing for Columbia International University, Istace shot seven-over, 151 (74, 75) during the 36-hole tournament in Athens, Alabama. Istace was 18^th after round one.

The Rams placed seventh as a team, the club will compete at the NCCAA National Championship from Oct. 20 to 23.

Jace Carlisle

Jace Carlisle was among five players competing for Lake Superior State University Lakers on Sunday and Monday.

The Estevan product finished the Northwood Invitational with a score of 240 (77, 75, 87). The freshman was 50^th overall in his second college event. The team finished seventh overall.

The next Lakers action is on Oct. 13 and 14 in Deerborn, Michigan.

Connor Scissons

Arizona Christian University student Connor Scissons placed tied for 29^th in his event in Prescott, Arizona.

The Saskatoon product shot plus-19, 232 (77, 77, 78) at the Antelope Hills North Course on Monday and Tuesday. Scissons stood his ground during the third round staying steady on the leaderboard.

The Firestorm won the silver medal in the team competition at plus-21.

The NAIA Men’s National Preview is the school’s next scheduled event in early November.

Alex Schmidt

Regina’s Alex Schmidt continues her strong year at Lewis-Clark State with another top-10 finish.

The Warriors’ women’s golf team was in Spokane, Washington competing in the Lilac Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. She finished in eighth place with a two-round score of 155. The Warriors’ “A” Team finished second overall, the school’s “B” squad was third.

The Warrior Cup on Nov. 2 and 3 is the team’s next event.