Alex Scmidt of Regina is the leader of both the Saskatchewan Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur (25+) Championships after day one of the event at Golf Kenosee.

The Royal Regina Golf Club member shot an opening round of 4-over par, 77 on Tuesday to earn a four shot lead on Saskatchewan junior champion Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon.

Defending champion Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. sits in third at 9-over par, 82.

Kim Walker of Regina is second in the mid-amateur age group, eight shots behind Schmidt, she is in fourth overall. Rounding out the top five is Saskatchewan under-15 champion Natalie Maunula of North Battleford, she’s at 13-over par, 86.

Round two f the three day, 54 hole championships will be played Wednesday afternoon at Kenosee Lake.

In the men’s championships two Saskatoon golfers took the lead after the first 18 holes.

Ethan Hunter and Jesse Gibson each posted rounds of 4-under par, 68 on Tuesday.

Gibson leads the over-25 category outright, one shot ahead of Regina’s Carson Harcourt, who grew up at nearby Kipling, Sask.

Harcourt sits third overall, Carter Bell of Saskatoon is tied for fourth with Edmonton golfer Andrew Funk at 2-under par, 70.

There is a five-way tie for sixth.

Round two of the men’s championships will begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

The mid-amateur will conclude on Thursday, the men’s amateur championship will be finalized on Friday.

To see the full results and Wednesday’s full draw click here.

The Saskatchewan Amateur Championships will tee off Tuesday at Golf Kenosee as the course plays host to the combined events for the first time.

The women’s amateur has been hosted at Kenosee Lake, that was in 2014. The 25-and-over women’s division is now in it’s fourth year.

Kenosee held the 2010 Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur (25+) in 2010, the men’s amateur championship has never been hosted by Golf Kenosee. Proshop Manager Ben Brown said the course is eager to play host to the championships.

“Golf Kenosee is very excited to host this year’s amateur, we always love showing off our course and we are looking forward to seeing the best players in the province come here and enjoy our course and the area.  I know Kelvin (van Winkoop, superintendent) and his crew will have the course in fantastic shape, and it should be a good challenge,” Brown said.

The women’s championships will be played over 54 holes beginning Tuesday concluding Thursday afternoon. The Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship will also conclude after 54 holes. The men’s amateur is a 72 hole event. All players within six strokes of the leader will make the cut and play Friday. Brown said Golf Kenosee will hold up well against the best players the province has to offer, plus the park has many amenities when the rounds are complete for the day.

“We think we have a beautiful and challenging layout, all the holes are different, you will get some different lies with the rolling hills, and when it plays firm and fast you will have to be careful around the greens, Brown said. “Kenosee has lots to offer when you’re not on the course as well, bars and restaurants, walking trails for miles, camping, boating, fishing, kayaking, beaches and an inflatable waterpark on the lake. Plenty of fun for the whole family.”

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. is the defending women’s amateur champion. Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg won the event in Humboldt last year; she is not entered.

Regina’s Luke Cote is the reigning men’s amateur champion, Corey Bailey of Swift Current, Sask. comes in as the defending 25-and-over champion. There are 135 players registered through all four championships.

Wills will start the women’s event at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Cote will be first to tee off in the men’s event at 8 a.m.

To see the draw for day one click here.

Both Grace Odnokon and Ryan Mosher are two-time Saskatchewan under-19 champions following wins at the Saskatchewan Junior Championships this week in Warman.

Odnokon, 16, led from start to finish for her second straight win, which includes the under-17 trophy as well.

She will again lead Team Saskatchewan into the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championships in August. Chloe Wills (Kyle) was second, Tina Liu of Saskatoon was third, they also qualify for nationals.

Natalie Maunula of North Battleford won the under-15 girls division and punched her ticket to the Canadian Under-15 Championships in Bath, Ont. in late August.

Like Odnokon, this is Mosher’s second overall junior championship, but not consecutively. The Saskatoon product won the under-19 and under-17 titles in 2024.

Last year the now 18-year-old was third overall.

Committed to play NCAA Division 1 golf at Sacred Heart University in the fall, Mosher will test his talents at the USGA Junior Championships in Pennsylvania later this month.

He is the first Saskatchewan junior to compete in the prestigious event since Jeff Makohon in 1998.

Mosher’s score of 14-under par, 205 is the lowest under par score recorded in the event in a three tournament.

Shae Maunula is the under-17 champion.

The North Battleford 16-year-old had the lead after day one of the event, but Mosher’s record breaking performance was too much to overcome, but he was the top under-17 year-old competitor.

He placed second overall and earned a spot on Team Saskatchewan at the Canadian Junior Boys Championships in Regina in late August.

After finishing second in the under-15 men’s age group last year in Lloydminster, Melville’s Keaton Kreklewich got redemption winning the category in 2026.

The 14-year-old will also take part in the Under-15 Canadian Championships in Bath, Ont. in late August.

Regina’s Hudson Deibert has his second straight under-13 championship.

Still just 11 years old, he still has another year of eligibility in the age category for next season’s championship in Humboldt.

To see the full results click here.

Ryan Mosher is the new leader of the Saskatchewan Junior Men’s Championship after the 2024 winner posted a round of 5-under par, 67 on Wednesday during round two of the event in Warman.

He will take a four shot lead into the final round on Thursday at The Legends Golf Club.

Like Mosher, Wyatt Nelson and Dane Giesbrecht climbed the leaderboard and will find themselves in the final group in round three. Nelson shot 1-under par 71 in round two, the Prince Albert product is 3-under par, Giesbrecht, who is playing his final junior provincial event at his home course shot 2-under par 70, he’s tied for third with Shae Maunula at 2-under par.

Maunula was the leader after the first round, the North Battleford resident still leads the under-17 age group.

Saskatoon’s Hudson Diederichs is second in the age group at 1-over par, Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte is third.

There is now an outright leader in the men’s under 15 division. Melville’s Keaton Kreklewich shot 1-under par in round two to take a four shot lead on Jun Lee of Regina. The duo was tied after round one.

Adam Stepaniuk of Emma Lake is third at 7-over par.

There is a new leader in the under-13 age group too. Reigning champion Hudson Deibert of Regina carded his second straight 76 of the tournament, the 11-yeae-old leads Jackson Orr of Corman Park by four and round one leader Cohen Bridge (Saskatoon) by five.

Reigning under-19 and under-17 women’s champion Grace Odnokon had the lead after day one and remains on top pf the leaderboard through 36 holes in Warman.

She posted a round of 6-over par 78 leaving her at 9-over par two thirds of the way through the event.

Kyle’s Chloe Wills shot the low round of the day on the ladies’ side shooting 1-over par 73, jumping up three spots on the leaderboard into second just two strokes back of Odnokon.

Tina Liu of Warman sits third at 15-over par.

In the under-15 women’s category North Battleford junior Natalie Maunula continues to lead. She chopped four strokes off her score from round one and sits at 24-over par 168. Wynyard’s Alyxa Melsted is second at 31-over par, Clara Zhang of Saskatoon is third at 46-over par.

The final round of the championships will begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday with the under-13 men’s age group.

The final group of under-19 men will tee off at 2:30 p.m.

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

Reigning Saskatchewan under-19 and under-17 women’s champion Grace Odnokon has started well in the defense of her championships after day one of the provincial juniors.

The 16-year-old Saskatoon resident carded an opening round 3-over par 75 at The Legends Golf Club in Warman on Tuesday, she has a one shot lead over fellow Saskatonian Tina Liu.

Last year’s under-15 champion Yoyo Zhu is third at 6-over par.

In the under-15 category this year North Battleford’s Natalie Maunula has the lead after the first of three rounds in Warman.

Maunula, 14, is four shots ahead of Ayxa Melsted of Wynyard and seven shots ahead of Clara Zhang of Saskatoon. Maunula is at 14-over par.

The women’s field teed off early on day one of the three day champions, they will get the afternoon tee times on Wednesday.

Shae Maunula, also of North Battleford shot the lowest round of the day going 4-under par, 68 in the first round.

He finds himself a shot ahead of reigning under-19 and under-17 champion Aricin Franklin and Hudson Diederichs, both of Saskatoon as they sit at 3-under par.

2024 champion Ryan Mosher, Lucas Sturgeon, and Wyatt Nelson are tied for fourth at 2-under par.

Under-15 Category

The tightest category after 18 of 54 holes is the men’s under-15 division where two players are tied at 1-over par, 73.

Melville’s Keaton Kreklewich and Regina product Jun Lee each posted a 73 Tuesday to take a lead into round two.

Jace Munro of Swift Current is a shot back at 75.

Cohen Bridge of Saskatoon is the leader of the under-13 men’s age group after the opening round.

Bridge shot 4-over 75, good enough for a one shot lead over the defending under-13 chmpion Hudson Deibert of Regina.

Jackson Orr of Saskatoon sits third.

Tee times will begin again at 7 a.m. on Wednesday and continue until 3 p.m.

To see the complete results click here.

Over 130 golfers will converge on The Legends Golf Club on Tuesday for the Saskatchewan Junior (under-19) Championships in Warman.

The 76th Junior Women’s Championships will lead the event off beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Defending under-19 and under-17 champion Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon will be the first to tee off.

Tee times will continue 10 minutes apart until the final group starts at 8:10 a.m.

The 2026 Junior Men’s Championships will be played for the 100th time in Saskatchewan this week.

Aricin Franklin of Saskatoon is the defending under-19 and under-17 champion, the Saskatoon resident will tee off first at 8:30 a.m.

Tee times will continue until 3 p.m.

The championships will be played over three rounds and 54 holes pending potential playoffs on Thursday afternoon.

To see the complete draw and follow the leaderboard from Warman click here.

Chase Pochylko of Saskatoon is the 2026 Concorde Group Corp Saskatoon Men’s Open Championship winner.

The Riverside Country Club member was a pair of shots off the lead after the first round at his home club, but the 22-year-old carded a tournament low 4-under par, 67 Sunday at Holiday park Golf Course to edge Dallas Lequyer by one shot.

Pochylko finished at 4-under par, 139. Lequyer shot 71 and 69, tying for third place was Jesse Gibson and Ryan Mosher at 2under par, 141.

Will Danielson rounded out the top five at 1-under par, 142, he was the top professional in the field that had 51 players.

To see the full results click here.

Next up on the Saskatchewan Men’s Order of Merit Tour (OMT) is the Saskatchewan Amateur and Mid-Amateur (25+) Championships at Golf Kenosee from July 14 to 17. Currently 138 players are registered for the combined women’s and men’s championships.

To register for one of the final spots click here.

With files from Golf Canada

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In this video, golfers from the 2026 BDO National Golf League championship explain what makes their teams work and how they are able to achieve more together than alone.

Four players from Saskatchewan were awarded the opportunity to compete at the NGL Championships as well.

Lori Beale, Barbara Dean, Ron Neustaeter, and Ron Bailey earned the opportunity through the provincial qualifier last September.

Beale, who plays at the Royal Regina Golf Club had this to saw about the experience.

Overall, it was an amazing and unique experience. I am extremely grateful to Golf Saskatchewan and the NGL for this opportunity. I appreciated the timely communication and from a project management perspective, the committee did an outstanding job of making us feel welcome and ensuring that we were well taken care of. It was a well organized event, and I appreciated the amount of work and effort that was put into it. Every worker and volunteer that I met was very helpful and kind.

This is a must see and must do experience of a lifetime for all golfers. I highly recommend that more golf clubs provide this opportunity to their memberships. This is one of the few national golf events for recreational golfers of all handicaps. I hope that participation grows so that we could have a separate category for the ladies and a mixed team event.  

The highlight of the weekend was watching the two top teams’ playoff for first place and a terrific prize! We were sitting in the RBC stands watching the playoff of the 18th hole of the TPC Osprey North while servers provided us with drinks and appetizers. It was wonderful and exciting and thoroughly enjoyed the banter. One of the players had a 29 handicap – chants of “one of us” was heard in the stands.  

Every year we have different events in the province, and each club will “pay” for their representative team to participate in the event. However, we didn’t have much of a turnout last September at the Royal Regina to determine the provincial team to send off to Toronto. I think that there were only five ladies’ teams? And they each had to pay for their own golf and associated fees. I really hope that this event continues to grow.

Dean is also a member at the Royal, she was equally impressed with the event.

I would like to thank the NGL organization for the opportunity to participate in this event. The meals and accommodations for the tournament were wonderful. Their hospitality was first class all the way!

It was wonderful to meet and interact with golfers from other courses across Canada.

TPC Toronto Osprey Valley has gorgeous facilities. Playing the Heathlands course was very challenging and the 60 kilometre per hour wind blowing didn’t help but it was an opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of this tournament.

I would encourage all golfers, no matter what your handicap is, to participate in qualifying for this event. NGL gave us a wonderful experience treating us like Professionals! Thank you so much! It was Awesome!

The Saskatchewan NGL final will be held at Tor Hill Golf Course in Regina on Sept. 17.

For more details on the NGL click here.

Canada Day 2026 will go down in history for the Birch Hills Golf Course and the community.

On July 1, the club celebrated their 100th anniversary and also cut the ribbon to mark the grand opening of a newly constructed clubhouse.

Golf Saskatchewan spoke with long-time resident and current president Darryl Braaten following the ceremony and 1926 themed sold-out tournament.

To see more photos from the celebration click here.

This past weekend the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club (SGCC) played host to almost 100 amateurs and seniors for the Reliance Gregg’s Central Amateur.

This year Jonny Bell took the amateur title while Ron Swan was the victor in the senior open.

Bell, a member at the SGCC defeated Bennett Scissons and defending champion Jesse Gibson in a playoff on Sunday afternoon. All three were tied 2-over par, 146 through 36 holes.

Zachary Szakas placed fourth, two shots back of the playoff. Shaun Dunphy rounded out the top five at 6-over par, 150.

Swan, a Regina resident and member at the Wascana Country Club also won the event in a playoff. He edged fellow Reginian Ken Rodgers. Both two at 2-under par, 142 after two rounds.

Rick Hallberg of Weyburn was third at 2-over par, 146.

SGCC members Brian Humble and Milt Grolla tied for fourth at 150.

To see all the results click here.

Next on the Saskatchewan Men’s OMT and Senior men’s OMT is the Concorde Group Corp Saskatoon Men’s Open Championship on July 4 and 5 at Holiday Park and Riverside Country Club.