Round to remember for Saskatoon golfer

Brad Adams of Saskatoon has been playing golf for about four decades and on July 10, he had a round to remember.

Playing in the Army Navy Air Force Veterans in Canada, Saskatoon Unit 38 Golf League at Greenbryre Golf and Country Club, Adams had two hole-in-ones. A feat that only happens once in 67 million rounds.

Playing the gold tees, Adams aced hole three on the south side of the 12 hole course and had a one on hole 2, playing about 80 yards downhill.

Adams has been playing since his mid-20’s so about four decades, these are his first two hole-in-ones.

He spoke with Golf Saskatchewan about his love for the sport and a night at Greenbryre he won’t soon forget.

Saskatchewan champions speak after amateurs in Humboldt

The Saskatchewan Amateur Championships concluded Friday at the Humboldt Golf Club with three of four players winning from the province.

Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg won the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship with an excellent three round performance.

Also taking titles on Thursday was Kyle’s Chloe Wills who is the amateur women’s champion. Corey Bailey from Swift Current used an 8-under par 64 on day one to hold off the field claiming the mid-amateur title on the men’s side.

On Friday Regina product Luke Cote held off the field with a 73, just enough to outlast Bailey on the final day to cap one of the most memorable Golf Saskatchewan provincial championships in recent years.

We heard from Wills, Bailey, and Cote following their wins, all firsts in the categories.

Cote wins Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur Championship

Luke Cote is the 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Men's Championship.

Luke Cote is the 2025 Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur champion.

The Regina product becomes the first Royal Regina Golf Club member to win the provincial amateur championship since 1968. The 20-year-old held off 114 other competitors and won the 72 hole championship with a score of 11 under par 277.

Cote was two strokes better than mid-am champion Corey Bailey and three strokes ahead of Ryan Mosher.

Cote carded rounds of 69, 70, 65, and 73 to claim his first amateur event. He did win the 2023 Saskatchewan Junior Men’s Championship.

Cote will lead Team Saskatchewan into the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships later this month at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club alongside Bailey and Mosher.

The complete results of the amateur championships can be found here.

Video interviews of the champions will be on our website Friday evening.

Wills win first Sask. am; Bailey battles back to win men’s mid-am

Chloe Wills is the 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Women's Champion.

A pair of southwest Saskatchewan golfers are Saskatchewan champions.

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. is the 2025 Amateur Women’s champion edging 2021 champion Ella Kozak of Yorkton by one shot Thursday at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

Wills, 17, finished 1-under par over 54 holes to claim her first amateur win to go along with an under-15 and undr-17 championship.

Behind Kozak was Winnipeg’s Charmaine Hayden, she finished 10-over par to claim third place, but the Breezy Bend Golf Club member won the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

Holly Knudsen of Shamrock, Sask. was second, Carla Odnokon of Saskatoon rounded out the podium in the 25-and-over division.

Corey Bailey of Swift Current is the 2025 Saskatchewan Men’s Mid-Amateur champion after going toe-to-toe with Humboldt’s Paul Raycroft over 54 holes at the HGC.

Bailey opened with an 8-under 64 on day one, Raycroft answered with the same number in the second round, but Bailey’s 2-over par 74 on Thursday in the final round was enough to beat the hometown player by two shots.

Mitch Matichuk of Regina placed third in the mid-amateur (25+) event at 3-under par.

The Saskatchewan Amateur Men’s Championship will conclude on Friday. The cut line was survived by 22 players. Tee times will begin at 7 a.m. with the final group teeing off at 8:10 a.m.

Regina’s Luke Cote shot the round of the day, 7-under 65 to jump into the lead over Bailey. Carter Bell of Saskatoon sits in third and play in the final group.

To see all the details of the championships click here.

More to come from the amateur championships Friday afternoon.

Wills retains lead in Women’s Amateur; Raycroft goes low to take men’s lead on home course

Paul Raycroft sinks a birdie putt on hole 15 at the Humboldt Golf Club leading to an 8-under par 64 on Wednesday.

Hometown product Paul Raycroft gave Humboldt something to talk about after stroking an 8-under 64 in round two of the Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur Championship Wednesday.

Being played at his home course, the Humboldt Golf Club, Raycroft jumped nine spots up the leaderboard overtaking day one leader Corey Bailey by a shot. Bailey also carded a 64 on the first day of the championships. The Swift Current product shot 1-under 71 on Wednesday to fend off three other players tied for third overall.

Raycroft leads both the amateur and mid-amateur championships at 10-under par, Bailey is at 9-under while Lucas Sturgeon, Alex Swinnerton, and Luke Cote are knotted at 5-under par going into round three Thursday.

Mitch Matichuk of Regina is third in the mid-amateur category, which is for players 25 years of age and older. He is at 2-under par.

The mid-amateur will conclude Thursday after 54 holes. The men’s amateur title will be decided after the fourth round on Friday. The top 20 players and ties will move on to round four.

In the Women’s Amateur Championships Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. remains in the lead through two of three rounds, but Ella Kozak of Yorkton has closed the gap from four shots to two going into Thursday’s third and final round at the Humboldt Golf Club.

Wills opened the event with a 3-under par 70 Tuesday, in the second round she posted a 1-over 73, Kozak shot 74 and 72 over the first two rounds.

Mid-Amateur Women’s leader Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg is third in the amateur division.

Holly Knudsen of Chaplin, Sask. and Tayla Parry of Regina are tied for fourth overall in the amateur event 11 shots back of the lead. Hayden is at 8-over par through 36 of 54 holes.

Both women’s championships will conclude Thursday afternoon as well.

Tee times begin again at 7 a.m. on Thursday.

To see the complete results of all the championships and upcoming tee times click here.

Day one complete at Sask. Amateur Championships; southwest golfers take charge in first round

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. leads the 2025 Amateur Women's Championship after round 1 in Humboldt.

It was a pair of southwest Saskatchewan players lead the amateur leaderboards after day one at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. opened the 54 hole championship with a 3-under par 70, four shots better than Ella Kozak of Yorkton.

Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg sits third overall in the championship going into Wednesday’s middle round. Hayden, who plays out of Breezy Bend Golf Club in the Manitoba capital leads the Women’s Mid-Amateur (25+) Championship at 4-over par.

The women’s events will begin teeing off at 7 a.m. on day two.

In the men’s championships Corey Bailey of Swift Current had a fantastic round carding an 8-under 64 to lead the field of 115 amateurs and another 59 in the mid-amateur (25+) category.

Lucas Sturgeon of Saskatoon sits a shot behind Bailey for the amateur lead, the 15-year-old carded a 7-under par 65. Jack Maharaj of Saskatoon sits third at 5-under 67.

Regina veteran Shawn McNall is tied for fourth overall with Saskatoon product Tommy Danielson at 4-under par 68. McNall is second in the over-25 mid-amateur category.

The men’s championships will resume at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

The women’s championships will conclude on Thursday, the men’s mid-amateur title will also be handed out Thursday.

The final round of the amateur men’s event will be Friday.

All the details of the championships can be found here.

Amateur Championships tee off in Humboldt

The largest tournament field of the season is in Humboldt this week for the Saskatchewan Amateur Championships starting Tuesday at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).

The Women’s Amateur Championship was hosted by the HGC in 2014, the men’s event has never been played in Humboldt in it’s 114 year history.

Almost 150 players are registered through the amateurs and mid-amateurs (25 and over). Four events are involved, with the amateurs and mid-amateurs being played alongside each other.

The Women’s Championships and Men’s Mid-Amateur will be played for three days over 54 holes, the men’s amateur championship will have a cut after day three and conclude on Friday after 72 holes.

HGC General Manager Corey Schweitzer said the build up to the tournaments has been fantastic and the club is ready to host the marquee events.

“Ever since players have started to show up weeks ago for a round or today during the practice round, there has been nothing but praise for the course,” he said. “The greens are amazing, possibly best ever in the history of the club. The staff has been incredible from Glenn (Wildeman, superintendent) down. We are very excited to host this event.”

Tee times will begin at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for round one. The men will tee off first on day one. Reigning amateur champion Kye Fisher of Leduc, Alta. will be the first player to hit. Defending mid-amateur champion Danny Klughart of Prince Albert will start at 7:20 a.m.

Ella Kozak of Yorkton won the women’s amateur in 2021 and the junior championship last year, she will be the first shot of the women’s championship at 2:20 p.m. Sela Ogada of Calgary won the amateur championship last year, she is not in the field. Carla Odnokon won the mid-amateur last year, she will tee off at 2:30 p.m.

The draws will be flipped for day two with the women teeing off first thing in the morning on Wednesday.

For all the details on the amateurs including tee times and the leaderboards, click here.

Odnokon and Franklin claim overall junior championships

Grace Odnokon and Aricin Franklin are on top of the province in junior golf after claiming the overall championships in Lloydminster on Thursday.

Odnokon, 15, shot 22-over par 238 to win the overall championship by six shots over Regina’s Tayla Perry. Odnokon also claimed the under-17 championship.

The under-15 women’s champion was Yoyo Zhu of Saskatoon. The 14-year-old was sixth overall as well with a 54-hole score of 41-over par 257.

In the junior men’s championships Aricin Franklin avoided heartbreak this year and won the championship by two strokes over Ethan Hunter. Last year’s winner Ryan Mosher was third overall.

In the under-15 men’s category Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte battled from behind to overtake Melville golfer Keaton Kreklewich and win the division by a stroke. Nesbitt shot 9-over par 225 through three rounds at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre.

Hudson Deibert of Regina claimed the under-13 men’s division with a 54-hole score of 29-over par 244.

For complete results of the championships click here.

New leaders in overall championships at Sask. juniors

There was plenty of changes on the leaderboards in almost all the age groups at the 2025 Saskatchewan Junior Championships in Lloydminster.

Aricin Franklin of Saskatoon is the new leader in the under-19 and under-17 age divisions after shooting 2-under par 70 on Wednesday at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre. One of only two players to shoot under par in round two (Matty Schmiess of Swift Current is the other) the 16-year-old jumped over Ryan Mosher and Ethan Hunter for the overall championship, both Mosher and Hunter shot 70 in Tuesday’s opening round. Mosher carded a 3-over par 75, Hunter shot 4-over par 76 and now sits third going into Thursday’s championship round.

There is a new leader in the under-15 men’s age category.

Keaton Kreklewich of Melville is now on top after his age group best 74 in round two. First round leader Austin Nesbitt is still within striking distance two shots back. The Pilot Butte product followed a 75 on day one with a 7-over par 79 on Wednesday. Thomas Pilon of Saskatoon is in third place going into the final round, he’s 13-over par.

There are two under-13 players in the boys event, Hudson Deibert will take a five shot lead into the final round over Cohen Bridge of Saskatoon.

The talented young duo will start the final round at 7 a.m. on Thursday.

Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon stole the show in the Junior Women’s Championship on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old shot an impressive 3-over par 75 in round two putting herself into a two shot lead going into the final 18 holes in Lloydminster.

Odnokon leads the under-17 age division as well, she’s 11 shots up on Yoyo Zhu and Yuna Lee.

Zhu is the under-15 leader, the only division to not see a lead change. Alyxa Melsted of Wynyard remains in second in the division.

As mentioned, the under-13 pair will tee off first on Thursday. The under-15 men’s division will begin tee times at 7:10 a.m.

The final round of the 75th Junior Women’s Championship will begin with the first group at 11:10 a.m. The final group featuring Odnokon, Wills, and Tayla Perry tee off 12 p.m.

The final seven groups of junior men chasing the under-19 championship will begin teeing off at 12:10 p.m.

The last group with Franklin, Mosher, and Hunter will start their quest for a junior title in the 99th year of the event at 1:10 p.m.

For all the information of the Saskatchewan Junior Championships click here.

Wills sets pace at Junior Women’s Championship; Hunter hangs with defending champion in Junior Men’s Championships

Day one is complete at the 2025 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Championships at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre.

In the race for the junior women’s overall championship Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. is on top of the leaderboard with an opening round of 8-over par, 80 on Tuesday. The reigning under-17 Saskatchewan champion has a one stroke lead on Regina’s Yuna Lee who opened the 54-hole event with a 9-over par, 81.

Lee is the leader of the under-17 age group, Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon sits second in the age group after an opening round of 83, Odnokon is tied for third overall with Sarah Henderson, another Saskatoon golfer.

In the under-15 women’s age category Yoyo Zhu of Saskatoon has the lead after the first of three rounds. Zhu shot 83 in round one Tuesday, she’s eight strokes ahead of Alyxa Melsted of Wynyard.

Round two of the Junior Women’s Championships will begin at 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday.

In the Junior Men’s Championship there is a tie at the top of the leaderboard at 2-under par.

Defending champion Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon is deadlocked with Casa Rio, Sask. player Ethan Hunter. Both shot 2-under par 70 on the opening day of the 99th edition of the junior men’s tournament.

Aricin Franklin of Saskatoon and Prince Albert junior Wyatt Nelson each shot 1-over par 73, they are tied for third overall.

Hunter leads the under-17 age category, Franklin and Nelson are tied for second in the group.

The under-15 age group is led by Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte. He shot 3-over par 75 giving himself a three stroke cushion on Melville’s Keaton Kreklewich, he’s at 78.

In third is Humboldt junior Tylan Wallin at 7-over 79.

Two players are competing in the under-13 men’s category, Cohen Bridge of Saskatoon has a one shot lead on Regina’s Hudson Deibert. Bridge shot 86, Deibert fired an 87.

Round two of the Men’s Junior Championships will begin at 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday.

For complete results of the championships click here.