If a ball subsequently moves after a player has marked, lifted and  replaced the the ball on the putting green, the player must always replace the ball back on its original spot.

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The 2019 Rules include a new form of stroke-play called “Maximum Score” where a player or side’s score for a hole is capped at a maximum number of strokes set by the Committee.

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RED DEER, Alta. – The world’s best amateur golfers are set to compete in the 106th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship taking place at Red Deer Golf & Country Club in Red Deer, Alta. from July 22-26.

The championship was first held in 1901, making it one of the oldest golfing competitions in the world. Red Deer Golf & Country Club will play host to 156 players from 13 countries over four stroke play rounds.

“Golf Canada is delighted to present the 2019 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at such a terrific venue,” said Dan Hyatt, the Tournament Director. “We are confident Red Deer Golf & Country Club will challenge some of the top amateur golfers as they showcase their skills.”

First organized in 1919 and on its current site since 1922, Red Deer Golf & Country Club is among the 150 oldest continuously active golf courses in Canada. The club has hosted numerous provincial and national championships, including the 1976 Alberta Open (won by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Moe Norman), the Alberta Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championship and the Canadian Golf Club Professional Championship. Red Deer Golf & Country Club is also slated to host the 2022 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship.

“The Red Deer Golf and Country Club membership and staff are anxious to host the 106th Canadian Women’s Amateur,” said Don McFarlane, General Manager of Red Deer Golf and Country Club. “Our golf course is in great condition, and we feel a great fit for this National Championship. We are proud of our facility, and look forward to showcasing it, and our community to the 156 participants and to those watching. The venue and our enthusiastic and supportive membership will ensure good competition, and a memorable week for all.”

In 2018, Yealimi Noh of Concord, Calif. won the championship by a single stroke over Dylan Kim of Sachse, Tex. Noh trailed Kim by a single stroke entering the final round and her even-par 71 was enough for her to capture the title. It was a tremendous week of golf for Noh, who made only four bogeys over the 72 holes.

Current LPGA Tour star Brooke Henderson (Smiths Falls, Ont.) is a recent winner of the event, having captured the title in 2013. Former U.S. Women’s Open Champion Ariya Jutanugarn and reigning Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion Jennifer Kupcho each won the Canadian Women’s Amateur in 2012 and 2017, respectively.

(Red Deer Golf & Country Club)

A full field of competitors will compete for the Duchess of Connaught Gold Cup and the title of Canadian Women’s Amateur champion, including Team Canada National Amateur Squad member Brigitte Thibault of Rosemère, Que., and Tiffany Kong of Vancouver, who was the low Canadian in 2018.

An inter-provincial team championship will be played in conjunction with the first 36 holes of the competition, with three-player teams vying for the inter-provincial title. Team British Columbia, consisting of Mary Parsons (Delta, B.C.), Christina Proteau (Port Alberni, B.C.) and Naomi Ko (Victoria, B.C.) shot a combined 8 over par to capture British Columbia’s second straight team championship.

The field will be reduced to the low 70 and ties for the final two rounds.

In addition to claiming the title of 2019 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion, the winner will earn exemptions into the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss., and the 2019 CP Women’s Open at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont. from August 19-25.

Additionally, the low Canadian will earn an exemption into the 2019 CP Women’s Open.

NOTABLES

Brigitte Thibault, Rosemère, Que.
The Team Canada National Amateur Squad member is the highest ranked Canadian in the field (No. 176). Having recently concluded her sophomore season at Fresno State University, Thibault is enjoying a successful 2019 season, winning the Mountain West Conference Championship and the 2019 Ontario Women’s Amateur. The 20-year-old participated at the 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship and was named to the 2019 Pan-Am Games team in June.

Sarah Dunning, Waterloo, Ont.
A member of the University of Guelph women’s golf team, Dunning qualified for the championship by winning the 2019 Canadian University/College Championship in May. The victory came in dramatic fashion, with Dunning draining a 25-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to win the tournament by one stroke. She has played the Canadian Women’s Amateur on six occasions.

Andrea Lee, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Formerly the No. 1-ranked woman on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Lee has played at the last two U.S. Women’s Open Championships. She led the United States to the gold medal in the team event at the 2017 World University games, placing fourth in the individual competition in the process. Lee finished runner-up at the 2016 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship as a 17-year-old.

Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif.
Li has reached as high as No. 4 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Only 16 years old, Li holds the record for the youngest qualifier at the U.S. Women’s Amateur (10 years old in 2013) and the U.S. Women’s Open (11 years old in 2014). She won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Tiffany Kong, Vancouver
Kong was among the leaders through the first two rounds of last year’s Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, eventually finishing in a tie for 14th as the low Canadian. She continued her solid play by finishing in a tie for third at the 2018 Canadian Junior Girls Championship a week later. Kong helped Canada to a fourth-place result at the 2018 World Junior Girls Championship.

Emilia Migliaccio, Cary, N.C.
Currently ranked No. 9 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Migliaccio is the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference individual champion, having won the event as a member of the Wake Forest University golf team. The 20-year-old participated at the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup as a member of Team USA.

More information about the 2019 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship can be found here.

It looks like Elmwood Golf and Country Club head pro Brennan Rumancik is just getting rolling in 2019.

Rumancik earned a PGA of Saskatchewan Zone Championship title up at Evergreen Golf Course in Nipawin earlier this week – his first victory of the summer season.

“It felt great – I felt pretty good going into the week, I had a couple good practice sessions before I got out there,” he said. Soon as I got out there, I fell in love with the golf course. It’s fantastic – it’s tree-lined, it’s everything you can want out of a golf course.”

The reigning Sask PGA Player of the Year said, in a tournament that he won by four strokes with rounds of 70 and 69, he used previous tournament results to finish strong.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to be in this situation a few times now in this event,” he said. “I won it two years ago trailing going into the final round. Then, last year at Chinook here in Swift Current, I was leading going into the final round and fell apart a little bit.”

“I kind of drew on some experience from last year on what went well and didn’t go well, and I took those negatives from last year and turned it into a positive this year.”

Rumancik was the lone golfer to shoot under par both rounds in the northeast, doing so with a tidy effort from tee to green.

“It was kind of everything. I hit my driver well – I didn’t it a lot during the week, but I hit it well,” he said. “My short irons were really good – that’s kind of what fed into most of it. I hit a lot of 2 irons and 4 irons off the tee, which left me a lot of 7s, 8s, 9s, pitching wedges into the greens. That’s what helped me score, I hit a lot of shots close. And, my putting was great. My putting, fortunately, is always up there, and I’m happy with how it went.”

Up next on the PGA of Saskatchewan schedule is the Pro Junior tournament, hosted right here in Swift Current at Rumancik’s home course.

“That’s one of my favourite events on the schedule. It’s not really about us pros for that event, it’s about the kids,” he said. “We get three kids on our team, and they play a fun scramble format between them, and I play my own ball. Whichever gets the best score on that hole, that’s what the kids get for their score.”

“It’s a great event to have out here at Elmwood – we’ve hosted it a few times, and it’s just an awesome event for the kids to experience as well.”

The Pro Junior tournament runs July 29 from Elmwood Golf and Country Club.

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There were two goals at the Pink Ribbon Classic, hosted by the Deer Park Ladies’ Golf Club on July 13. They were raising money for breast cancer research, and they were having fun doing it.

The day involved lots of fun and games, and different ways to approach golf on different holes. Golfers were also decked out in their finest pink gear as part of the program, with some even decorating their carts with matching pink ribbons.

Every dollar donated by players during the event went to the Canadian Cancer Society in Saskatchewan, earmarked for breast cancer research. All operating expenses were donated by either the Deer Park Ladies’ Golf Club or by area businesses.

“It’s really important to us that everybody realizes that every donation they make goes to the Canadian Cancer Society. We don’t touch anything for administration,” said Susan Rubell, event organizer.

The golfers raised more in 2019 than ever before, with a grand total of $5,233.

Story courtesy Yorkton This Week/Devin Wilger

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It’s been a long time coming but Danny Klughart is finally a provincial amateur champion.

The Prince Albert product battled back from an opening round of two-over, 74 and defeated Jehremy Ryde in a weather-delayed playoff hole at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club on Friday. Klughart was three strokes back going into Thursday’s final round of the 54-hole championship when he started to heat up. He posted the low round of the event going six-under, 66 in round three to force the playoff. After the pair had teed off in the playoff a plow wind blew through the course forcing a delay. Friday morning the playoff resumed with Klughart carding a par, Ryde bogeyed giving Klughart the title.

“I have came in second here at the Saskatchewan Amateur twice so I really didn’t want to finish second again,” Klughart said. “I knew Jehremy was playing well but I knew I had the advantage in the playoff being 60 yards ahead of him. I thought if I hit a good wedge shot in there I’d have a good putt at birdie. It feels really good.”

Klughart, a member at Cooke Municipal Golf Course has been one of the hottest players on the Order of Merit Tour (OMT) winning his last two starts. Despite an opening round of two over par, he felt the championships were in his sight.

“I have been hitting the ball really well, if I just got my putter going I’d have a good chance of shooting five or six under. I figured if I did that for two rounds I’d be awfully close,” he said.

Klughart wins both the amateur championship and the mid-amateur (25-plus) provincials and will represent Saskatchewan at both national championships. He said with the effort he’s put into his game the accomplishment is well worth it.

“I’ve put a lot of work into my game this year. I’ve played a lot and addressed my weaknesses that have held me back in the last few years” he said.

Despite a silver medal performance in both events and a trip to nationals, Ryde is basking in the result. He said after an injury kept him out of the Canadian nationals a year ago he’s excited for the opportunities.

“I am really excited to go back to nationals,” he said. “It was unfortunate I missed last year but I think my game is in a good spot. I’m really happy to make it back, that was one of my goals for the week,” he said.

Justin Wood defeated Roman Timmerman in a playoff for third in the amateur championship to claim the bronze medal. The pair was on the green when the weather disrupted play Thursday afternoon. Wood drained his birdie putt Friday morning; Timmerman never got a chance to shoot. He will attend nationals however with a fourth-place finish.

Shaun Dunphy of Saskatoon placed third in the mid-amateur event, he will represent the province in Toronto. St. Walburg’s Scott Thompson is the alternate.

The national teams are still being finalized, Golf Saskatchewan is sending nine amateurs to the Canadian Championship and 13 to the mid-amateur event.

The complete tournament results can be seen here.

After 54 holes of the Saskatchewan Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championships at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club it was Mother Nature doing the driving late Thursday afternoon.

With Danny Klughart and Jehremy Ryde walking towards their balls on the 18^th fairway to decide a winner of both events a plow wind battered the course sending the players to the clubhouse in a panic. Ryde said he thought they had time to finish the hole as the weather moved in.

“It wasn’t in my mind to hurry,” Ryde said. “I saw the TaylorMade flag by the green whipping, I yelled at my caddy to not go anywhere near the trees and let’s get out of here.”

On the leaderboard Ryde was up a stroke on Sean Mills and Shaun Dunphy at the start of the day, Dunphy and Mills both shot three-over, 75 to drop to a tie for sixth. Klughart shot the lowest round of the tournament on Thursday with a 66 to jump seven spots and force the playoff. Ryde said he couldn’t get a putt to fall down the stretch.

“I couldn’t get one to go, I had a couple five to seven footers that I couldn’t get to go down. I had a good putt on 18 that I just missed on the high side. I will come hit some putts in the morning and see what happens.”

Klughart was striding towards his ball when he saw the branches and trees starting to fly across the fairway.

“There was a branch pretty close, I turned around and asked an official if we could go in?” Klughart explained. “I turned around and there was one pretty close to me. That was pretty wild.”

The Cooke Municipal Golf Club member started the week slow with an opening round 74 but found his game the last two days going nine-strokes under par. He said his play has picked up over the last couple days.

“I played really well the last two days. I hit it really well and started to make some putts the last two rounds,” Klughart said.

Meanwhile, Roman Timmerman and Justin Wood were set to putt to decide the third-place finisher in the amateur event. They left their balls marked and headed for cover.

The playoffs were suspended by the referee committee, the four players will pick up where they left off at 8 a.m. Friday.

The national teams and quota spots for the national amateur and mid-amateur championships will be finalized as well on Friday. To see all the results click here.

The two-day golf event at the Tony Cote Games has wrapped up at the Meadow Lake Golf Course.

74 golfers took part in the event across four different age groups, two boy’s groups and two girl’s competitions. The two round event features a two-player scramble format under the Stableford scoring system. Players competing in the boy’s juvenile (under-17) and junior (under-19) age categories play 18 holes; the under-15 and under-13 boy’s age groups play nine holes. The girls, both under-17 and under-19 also play nine holes per day.

The winners of the gold medal in the Under-17/Under-19 boy’s division was Estyn Hyman and Hunter Paskemin. Teigan wapass and Grant Gardiner won the silver medal and Marcus Cameron and Matthew Ryder took home the bronze.

In the under-13/under-15 boy’s category, Keston Gerard and Lebron Thunderchild won the gold. Taking home the silver medal was Chad Robert and Dade Bernatchez, Payton Young and Tyson Naytowhow placed third claiming bronze.

In the under-17/under-19 girl’s competition, Avis Cook and Danica Daniels were the winners, Jayda Thomas and Vanetta Tipewan collected the silver medal and Tori McDonald won bronze. She did not have a partner to compete with and placed third playing her own ball.

The under-13/under-15 division was won by Mya Whitecap and Jennifer Ratt. Caress Bigeagle and Sidonie Pelly are the silver medalists, Aline Head and Chloe Young received the bronze medal.

The complete results can be found here.

The Tony Cote Games, formerly known as the Saskatchewan First Nation Games are open to athletes under 20 representing 13 Tribal Councils across the province.

There’s a new leader on top of the Saskatchewan Amateur and Mid-Amateur championships at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club.

Eston’s Jehremy Ryde shot a four-under, 68 to vault himself up three spots into first overall in both championships on Wednesday. Ryde, who plays out of the Riverside Country Club in the Bridge City sits one stroke ahead of both Shaun Dunphy and Sean Mills, both sit at five-under par going into Thursday’s championship round. Ryde said his 70 was solid on Tuesday but during the middle round of the event everything went right on route to a tie for the lowest 18 holes of the championship.

“I drove it a lot better today,” he told Golf Saskatchewan after the round. “I got myself in position to have some shorter clubs in, I hit a lot of greens. I was 15 or 16 greens in regulation today which really helped.”

Ryde wasn’t the only competitor making a charge on day two, St. Walburg’s Scott Thompson (left) was also four-under on Wednesday, he went from 17^th to sixth place, four strokes back of Ryde. Prince Albert’s Danny Klughart also charged ahead during the second round. The Cooke Municipal Golf Course member moved up nine positions into eighth overall in the amateur. Mills had a tie for the lead after the first round with Humboldt’s Mike Herperger and Calgary’s Jared Hundza. Herperger grinded out a plus-one, 73, he’s in a tie for sixth with Thompson. Hundza was five-over par dropping him to a tie for 17^th.

17-year-old Josh Nagy sits all alone in fourth at minus-four, Justin Wood is at minus-three to round out the top five. Ryde said he won’t change his mindset going into the final round.

“It’s pretty much the same plan for tomorrow. My caddy and I have a distinct game plan about how to play the course and hopefully I hit good shots and get the putts to go in tomorrow,” he said.

Not much changes on the mid-amateur leaderboard which is for players over 25 years old. Nagy and Wood are not in the mid-am field, that pushes Thompson and Herperger into a tie for fourth place. Klughart sits in sixth.

The complete results can be seen here.

A total of nine national amateur spots are up for grabs and 12 Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship positions are open. With many of Saskatchewan’s top amateur’s in the hunt, Ryde said Thursday is bound to be a great round.

“I’m fortunate enough to play with a lot of these guys at Riverside and around the city and tournaments. It will be fun to play with Shaun (Dunphy) again tomorrow, he’s a great guy. We’re all really looking forward to it,” Ryde said.

The final round begins teeing off at 7 a.m.

Saskatchewan’s 2018 mid-amateur champion has picked up where he led off at last year’s tournament.

Humboldt’s Mike Herperger is tied for the first-round lead in both the amateur and mid-amateur championships at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club (SGCC). Herperger, who won the mid-am last year and placed second in the amateur behind Kade Johnson fired five birdies on route to a three-under, 69 on Tuesday. Two Alberta golfers are also on top of the leaderboard, Jared Hundza of Calgary and Beaumont’s Sean Mills also sit at three-under par.

The logjam down the leaderboard continues in second place, Jehremey Ryde (Eston), and Josh Nagy (Saskatoon) are tied for fourth at minus-two. Dave Stewart, Roman Timmerman, and Justin Wood, all of the Bridge City are tied for seventh place at one-under par.

Tied in 10^th at even par, 72 are Ty Campbell (Saskatoon), Brad Phelps (Saskatoon), Micheal Smith (Saskatoon), Johnson (Yorkton), and Kyle Wiebe (Madison).

In the mid-amateur field, which is golfers over the age of 25, Herperger and Mills lead. Saskatoon’s Shaun Dunphy is tied with Ryde in third at two-under, 70. Stewart sits alone in fifth, Phelps and Smith are tied for sixth place.

The full results can be seen here.

Round two of the 54-hole championships will begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday at the SGCC.

The winners will be crowned on Thursday afternoon.

The top three players from Saskatchewan in each field will represent the province at the Canadian championships later this summer. Six quota spots will be filled for the national amateur, there are nine quota positions for the mid-amateur national tournament.