THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Former Masters champion Mike Weir won his first PGA Tour Champions event Sunday when he held steady with pars down the stretch for a 4-under 68 and let John Daly made the last mistake in the Insperity Invitational.

Weir and Daly were tied going down the stretch at The Woodlands, which was reduced to 36 holes because of heavy rain earlier in the week.

Daly, playing in the group ahead of Weir, was posing over his 9-iron over the water to the 18th green when it came up a fraction short and splashed next to the bulkhead. He made double bogey for a 69 and had to settle for runner-up.

Weir, who missed birdie chances inside 10 feet on the 16th and 17th holes, watched it all unfold and knew what he had to do. He fired his approach to about 15 feet behind the hole, and pumped his fist as he walked toward the green. He wound up winning by two shots.

“J.D. played great. It was unfortunate for him on the last,” Weir said. “This means a lot. I played really well today. I’m still a little off with my putting. I made it hard on myself. But I hit the shots that I needed. It feels very good.”

Because of rain that washed out the opening round Friday, the first round wasn’t finished until Sunday morning and the tournament was reduced to 36 holes. That turned it into a shootout, and Daly and Weir provided most of the action.

Daly holed a 25-foot eagle putt on the par-5 13th to take a two-shot lead, and it looked as though he was on his way. In the next group, Weir hit his approach to 3 feet on the 13th for a matching eagle to tie for the lead again.

Weir fell back with a bogey on the 14th, but he caught a break when Daly missed his 3-wood into the par-5 15th and had to settle for par, and Weir made birdie to catch him again.

Weir fell back with a bogey on the 14th, but he caught a break when Daly missed his 3-wood into the par-5 15th and had to settle for par, and Weir made birdie to catch him again.

Daly couldn’t believe he hit into the water on the final hole.

“I caught a gust on 18,” he said. “I hit a 9-iron from about 155 and I hit a 9-iron from 141 there and I caught a gust and just got a bad break. But I can’t hit the ball any better. I’m excited about next week.”

The 50-and-over circuit plays the first of its five majors next week at the Regions Tradition.

Weir finished at 10-under 134.

Daly tied for second with David Toms and Tim Petrovic, who each closed with a 71. Bernhard Langer (69) and Bob Estes (68) tied for fifth.

LOS ANGELES (Canadian Press) – Brooke Henderson rallied to win the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Saturday for her 10th LPGA Tour title, chipping in for birdie on the par-3 12th in an early back-nine burst and getting up-and-down for par on the last.

Four strokes behind leader Jessica Korda and three back of top-ranked Jin Young Ko entering the sunny day at Wilshire Country Club, Henderson closed with her second straight 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Korda.

The 23-year-old Canadian birdied the par-4 11th to take the lead at 15 under, hitting a 144-yard shot to 3 feet of the back, right pin. She holed out from 70 feet from right and below the green on 12, and made a 6-foot birdie putt on the short par-4 14th.

Henderson bogeyed the par-4 17th to cut her lead to two, then chipped inside 2 feet for par on the par-3 18th after her 8-iron shot rolled off the right edge of the green and into a low collection area.

The sixth-ranked Henderson won for the first time since the Meijer LPGA Classic in June 2019. She finished at 16-under 268 to break the event record of 14 under set by Minjee Lee in 2019.

Korda closed with a 72, missing a chance for her second victory of the year after leading after each of the first three rounds. She won the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in January for her sixth LPGA Tour title.

“You know, this game is incredible and it gives you so many great opportunities. The friends that I’ve made and the places that I’ve been able to travel are really crazy,” said Henderson, when asked about being a role model.

“I’m really grateful that my parents got me into the game and that my sister and I have been able to share this journey together.”

While Henderson made her move early on the back nine, Ko bogeyed the 11th and 12th in a 72 that left her tied with Australia’s Hannah Green at 14 under. The South Korean star was coming off a two-week break after finishing seventh in the ANA Inspiration.

Green eagled the 14th and birdied the par-5 15th in a 66.

Major champions So Yeon Ryu (68) and Angela Stanford (70) tied for fifth at 12 under.

Regina’s Alex Schmidt is wrapping up a terrific third college season at Lewis-Clark State College with the women’s golf team.

The Warriors concluded their regular season play this week at the Cascade Conference Championships in Caldwell, Idaho. Schmidt finished in eighth place overall while her team placed second, their fourth runner-up showing of the year. Schmidt said she wants round one back of the event but overall, her junior year was solid on the course.

“I was pretty pleased with how my season went,” she told Golf Saskatchewan this week. “I was pretty steady through the spring semester; I was able to place top-10 in four of five tournaments and then I had a couple top-5 finishes as well. I kind of wish I played better in my Monday round, I shot 82. I really just needed to make birdies, it was pretty tough, and I just didn’t make anything.”

Schmidt actually had a trio of finishes inside the top-four. That included a tie for second, a third, and fourth place. Her scores have been improving from year to year with a win in her sites. She credits her outgoing coach for the growth in her game.

“My game has grown a tonne and that’s due to my coach (Kyla Lien). She has put so much effort into my game, it’s been awesome, and I can’t thank her enough. She’s actually leaving this year so we will have a new coach next year so we’re hoping for the best,” Schmidt said.

The Warriors roster will see plenty of turnover this off season too, six players including leader Lauren Hamm will move on from the school leaving Schmidt as one of the leaders heading into her senior year. She said despite the season just coming to a potential close (they are still waiting on a national spot as a team) there is plenty of optimism going into her final campaign.

“I’m definitely very excited for my senior season,” she said. “I think we will have a pretty good team although we do have six girls leaving us after this year which is going to be a change, but I can’t wait. I am excited to see where the season takes us. I want to follow in Lauren’s footsteps and hopefully head to nationals like she did so we are pretty excited for her and can’t wait to cheer her on.”

The team will know on May 12 if they are ranked high enough to get a national spot. Schmidt is waiting on that news as she plans to head back to Canada to quarantine and get back on the golf course north of the border.

She plans to enter a few tournaments around the province and expand on her career that includes city and high school championships. She said those experiences have led her to her time in Idaho getting an education and playing golf.

“I encourage everyone to get down and play somewhere. Definitely joining into the Golf Sask. programs helped me a tonne. You must play as much as you can and get out there and hopefully someone notices your name. It’s been an awesome experience,” she said.

You can hear more from Schmidt below in her interview with Golf Saskatchewan’s Clark Stork.

A first of its kind mobile health bus that will serve seven First Nation communities within the Saskatoon Tribal Council is getting close to hitting the road.

Currently under construction by Crestline, the bus will have a paramedic, dentist and dental assistant as well as a mental health worker on board to perform work on site. A $2.4 million campaign led by Synergy 8 Community Builders out of Saskatoon will be completed this summer with funds raised through the groups annual golf tournament. Troy Davies, one of the Synergy directors said seeing the project nearing completion is rewarding.

“We’re extremely excited to be a part of this,” Davies told Golf Saskatchewan. “Without the partnership of the province and the Government of Saskatchewan to cover the operating costs [$2.5 million/five years] we wouldn’t have been able to do this, nor would we have ever taken this on. When we found out they were willing to partner with us and we had major sponsors step on with Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Nutrien we knew we had the key players in place to move forward on this.”

Synergy is $900,000 short of their fundraising goal but Davies said that cost will be covered with the return of their Drive For Kids campaign golf tournament. The event was cancelled last year due to COVID, but the group announced this week that Aug. 31 at The Willows the event will return.

“Our primary goal would be to have our double shotgun on each tee box. The good news for us is that we have some time on our hands. With vaccines rolling out as quickly as they are and with our event not until Aug. 31 we’re hoping and anticipating that we will be able to run our normal golf event,” Davies said.

The star-laden banquet at Prairieland Park that accompanies the tournament is not going ahead this year. The group hopes to return to that format next year. Synergy has always highlighted their event with appearances of some of golf’s and sports biggest names. Davies doesn’t expect border restrictions to be lifted in the near future, so the group is focusing on special appearances by Canadian celebrities. Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ethan Bear and Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo will be part of the day in August with more to be secured.

“We’ve got some additional celebrities we are going to announce a little bit down the road, we’re just finalizing. We’re still going to be able to go and that’s huge for us, we really want to celebrate this campaign that’s been two years in the works, and it is something we are excited about,” he added.

Once the bus is complete and on the road in early September it will serve the needs of 1,400 children plus other citizens in the communities. Davies said focus on First Nation incentives was important for the group. They also announced this week after it was passed by Saskatoon City Council was their involvement in erecting a statue of the late Fred Sasakamoose at Sasktel Centre. Sasakamoose was the first First Nation player in the NHL. He recently passed away due to complications from COVID. Davies said the announcement of the statue and the finalization of the bus will hopefully make lives better in many areas.

“It was such a solid campaign and it really focused on First Nation kids,” he continued. “Not only their mental health and health but insuring they have the confidence and self esteem to be successful in whatever they want to achieve and part of that is Fred Sasakamoose. He battled racism, residential schools, the loss of several siblings and was able to make that mark. Fred has been known in the First Nation community as a hero.”

The Dakota Dunes CDC and the Battleford Agency Tribal Chiefs assisted in the fundraising for the statue that will be unveiled along with the bus later this summer at the Sasktel Centre.

As an individual sport golf is different than others when it comes to opportunities and experiences, that is a large reason several parents of junior golfers are stepping up to create memories and moments for all kids involved in the game.

From this initiative Saskatchewan Junior Golf (SJG) was created as a sub-committee under Golf Saskatchewan. Rob Kozak is the committee lead of SJG and spearheaded the idea with other parents quickly jumping on board. Kozak said the idea came to light while volunteering for the local swim club in Yorkton.

“There were probably over 50 sports and activities at city-wide registration but, I made the realization at that time there was no sign-up sheet for golf,” Kozak explained. “One of the most popular sports in the world but no local association for young athletes to join. This isn’t just the case in Yorkton but all over Saskatchewan and Canada, there are no local associations for the sport of golf which has a negative impact on the growth of the game and development of young players. The solution we have come up with is to form a provincial body of parents, caregivers, and volunteers to help drive the development of the sport instead of a local association in each community. We can leverage the network of families across the province to help juniors reach their full potential.”

Through fundraising from both the committee and players themselves, either beginners or highly competitive players under 19 years old or competing with college golf programs and be a Golf Canada member Kozak hopes to grow the game. He spoke of hockey and other team sports that travel to events, they travel via bus with their friends and teammates creating more memories than just the results on the ice or field. He wants those experiences not only for his daughter Ella who has been competing in junior golf for seven years but her friends and other golfers.

“One of the main functions of a local association is to fundraise to help offset the cost to practice and compete, golf not only doesn’t have a framework to fundraise for families it has an additional barrier as the Rules of Golf has stipulations on money raised by amateur golfers. We have developed a framework that will not only allow us to fundraise as a group but also as an individual to help offset costs for development. In addition to fundraising, we also want to create a sense of team with group training and competitive opportunities for players to form friendships in an otherwise predominately individual sport.”

Steve Ryde has worked closely with Kozak and the committee on launching the program. Ryde is the Golf Saskatchewan manager of sport and development. He said the initiative is exciting.

“This is a huge step in the right direction for junior golf in Sask. We have a large province with a small population of competitive players. I hope that this fundraising initiative helps open the flood gates for years to come,” Ryde said.

The program is open to anyone under 19 as mentioned with an annual ‘membership fee’ of $10. College golfers can be eligible up to the age of 24. The membership fee is used to offset administrative costs including but not limited to bank fees, membership cards, online and technology hosting costs, etc.

For more information on the SJG visit the Golf Saskatchewan website, or contact Ryde at 306.975.0834 or Kozak at 306.621.5047.

With the college spring golf campaign heading into their postseason in the United States Kade Johnson is looking back on a five-year “journey” at Southern Arkansas University (SAU).

His career is not quite over yet however as Johnson and teammate Roman Timmerman have been selected to play in the NCAA Central/Midwest Regional in Kansas City, Missouri on May 6 – 8. He played his last regular season college event his week placing in a tie for 20^th overall at the GAC Men’s Championship in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Recruited out of Yorkton and Deer Park Municipal Golf Course, Johnson reflected after his last scheduled event this week.

“It’s been kind of a crazy journey,” he told Golf Saskatchewan. “Getting recruited out of high school in Saskatchewan is tough because you are not seen as top potential recruit from all these coaches because you only play golf six months of the year so your scoring average might not be as good as the guys in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, anywhere in the south. Your game can definitely still be there so you kind of have to be taken a chance on in a way to be given an opportunity to have 12 full months of golf. I was very fortunate for Coach (Ben) Sanders to give me that opportunity.”

Johnson’s career with the Muleriders is plastered with awards, high finishes, a tournament win, and records for the school that has seen it’s golf program elevate during his half decade at the university. Johnson said from playing “catch up” for the first two years he has exceeded all his expectations.

“I think I exceeded all my goals to be honest,” he said. “I didn’t know how college golf was going to be or what it was going to be like. My first year here I had a 77-scoring average. I knew my game was better than that but compared to the other players that’s where I was. Here we are five years later I have a win, a couple all GAC first teams and to cap it off with player of the year this year is pretty special.”

The announcement of player of the year for his conference came after his final regular season event.. He said etching his name in history with other high-end players is something he will cherish.

“For the first few years here seeing these guys in our conference that won these, just seeing them miles ahead of my game at the time. Like really good, polished games and now to be able to win it myself on the way out is really special. I worked really hard for it, it is pretty awesome,” he said.

As Johnson prepares for regionals in May and a potential national tournament appearance, he admitted the last five years have come and gone quite quickly but he would not change anything.

“I am really happy how it went. I came down here and had a great team for all five years and Roman coming down during my second year, being able to do with him too is pretty sweet. We got a bunch of team wins, we got up to 20th in the country at one point. I don’t think I’d change anything, I’m really happy with how it played out,” he said.

Johnson will graduate on Friday and then head to Kansas City for the tournament. Once his college career is over he will return to Saskatchewan, seek a second amateur title, play the Glencoe in Calgary if its held plus go to nationals if he qualifies. Once the summer is over he plans to head back to the United States and chase a professional career. He said none of that would have been possible without college golf and wants to encourage aspiring junior golfers to push for a collegiate career and more.

“If you have an opportunity to go down south you have to take it. Playing maybe at a more competitive school in the north in my opinion is not going to get you as far as playing at a less competitive school in the south. Just being able to play outside all year round and being able to go to a school that you can play every single tournament at is huge. You are going to go to these tournaments against other players who are very good players, it doesn’t matter what level you are at, there is good players at every single level, in every single conference, at every single tournament,” he said.

You can hear more from Johnson below as he spoke with Golf Saskatchewan’s Clark Stork following his final regular season event.

LeRoy’s Carter Timmerman has committed to a college in Ontario for next fall. The 17-year-old will join the golf team at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Timmerman has been playing golf since a young age when he would play with his grandfather who he credits for his start in the game. He competed in local tournaments around the age of seven but became serious about competitive golf “about five years ago.” Now in his grade 12 year at the LeRoy High School Timmerman said seeing some of his golf peers commit to college golf teams he decided to seek a post-secondary opportunity.

“I started seeing a lot of the guys I golf with are going to college. I was looking at our scores and they were pretty similar so I thought I would give it a try and it works,” he said.

Timmerman has been one of the busiest junior golfers in the province over the last two seasons between the Maple Leaf Junior Tour (MJT), the Junior Lobstick and provincial championships. He has a career best fourth place finish at the Saskatoon Junior Open in 2019 plus a 10^th spot overall in the Junior Lobstick in the same year. With steady results, hard work, and an improving game he is happy to continue to play competitively and get an education.

“The Sault coaches found me on the Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) website,” he explained. “We talked a lot and we really connected. They were really after me and wanted me to come down there and play golf and with COVID I wanted to stay in Canada.”

The Cougars play in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association. The team won a national bronze medal in 2018. Timmerman said he’s ready to make this next move in his golf and life journey.

“It’s a big step for me. I can’t wait to meet my team and see what the school and competition is like down in Ontario,” he said.

Timmerman will again crisscross the province competing in events on the MJT and the provincial tournament in Moose Jaw as he completes his junior career. He said he has some goals in mind for the season before making the jump to the collegiate level.

“I’m looking for more consistency in my scores, my chipping, less three putts,” he added. “I have a really busy schedule, I will be golfing as much as I can, continue to work with my coaches and hope to get better as I go.”

Timmerman is going use his education at Sault to become a millwright.

You can hear more from Timmerman below.

There is still a chance Ty Campbell could play in the college golf post-season but for now his scheduled tournament career south of the border has come to an end.

Campbell, 24, is set to graduate from Southern Wesleyan University in a couple weeks wrapping up a stellar five-year career with the Warriors. Speaking with Golf Saskatchewan following a career best third place finish in his last scheduled tournament this week Campbell said looking back his decision to move to Central, South Carolina could not have turned out better.

“It’s been great,” Campbell said. “I wasn’t sure initially how I felt about my decision, I had a few choices. The coach seemed to be the one here. I came down and I didn’t enjoy it a whole lot my freshman year to be quite honest, but I played alright, stuck it out, and it turned out to be great.”

Campbell was allotted another year of eligibility due to COVID-19 upending his senior year. The NCAA amended their rules to allow another year for their student-athletes. Campbell used the extra year and will finish up his schooling over the next couple weeks before graduating and returning to Saskatoon with a business degree in hand. He said looking back the people he has met along the way will stand out more than any tournament results.

“I think the thing I will take most out of this is the relationships I have had with a lot of guys on the team. Some of them have only been here a year so I only had a quick year with them, but it will be relationships I will take with me the rest of my life,” he said.

He added that travelling to many destinations in America with his teammates and the constant battle to get better were driving factors for him over the half-decade as well.

Campbell did not win any college events, his recent third was a strong finish to a successful career. Despite not picking up a victory south of the border Campbell attributes his college golf career to becoming the 2020 Saskatchewan amateur men’s champion that he won in July of last year at The Legends Golf Course in Warman.

“I don’t know how strong my competitive nature was before I went to college but the steady qualifying and constantly competing for a spot in the lineup, I think played a large role,” he said. “With other Golf Saskatchewan guys like Roman (Timmerman), Kade (Johnson), Justin (Wood), Jehremy (Ryde), Marc (Sweeney), Danny (Klughart), all those guys, just going out every week and getting better all the time. I wanted to compete with them, it kind of built my competitive nature.”

Campbell was a strong junior player in Saskatchewan picking up a Junior Lobstick title in 2015. That was followed by a Men’s Lobstick win the next year. When he graduated from Saskatoon Christian School in 2015, he had options as he mentioned. Now that his college career closes, and more doors open in life and golf where he plans to chase a pro career later this year Campbell said the college golf route is hard to beat.

“I love golf and wanted to do it the rest of my life,” he said. “With the push on getting a degree these days and how tough it is to get a job without one the likelihood of someone going to college is high, so I figured why not play golf while I get my degree. There is so many different schools out there, you want to strive and be at the best school you could possibly be at but there is so much opportunity. I don’t think anything beats playing golf, getting a degree and getting out of the snow.”

You can hear more from Campbell who spoke with Golf Saskatchewan’s Clark Stork this week.

Saskatoon’s Symone Ripley has “immersed” herself into the game of golf for the last couple years and the results are paying off in lower scores and higher expectations.

Growing up Ripley was a competitive trampolinist but in the summer of 2018 she started to “tag along” with her dad to the golf course. She fell in love with the game, started taking lessons that fall and the 18-year-old has not looked back.

“I love spending time outdoors and meeting so many new people,” she told Golf Saskatchewan from MMG Performance just outside Orlando, Florida. “It’s something different, I like that it’s an individual sport. Everyday is different, some days are better than others. I like being able to start fresh every day.”

Getting her start later in her junior days Ripley did not have lots of time to play and practice before becoming competitive. Under the promotion from her coach Ripley decided to not only dabble in tournaments but commit 100 percent.

“I actually was not planning on playing in tournaments in my first season in 2019 and then my coach at the time was like, maybe you should try it,” she explained. “I just immersed myself in it. I learned so much, even if my golf score was not quite there. Learning all the rules and what it’s like to be in a tournament round, yeah, I just jumped in.”

Ripley played in five Junior Women’s Order of Merit events in her first season. Her work in those competitions landed her a spot on Team Saskatchewan at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current. She said the experience was a highlight for her.

“It was amazing. I had never competed at a multi-sport event before. It was fun for something totally new. I loved having the ability to be on a team while still being able to play my own game. Playing with athletes from different provinces gave me an idea of what it is like to play in a larger field. I am actually still friends with a few of our roommates from the Games so that’s awesome too,” she said.

She is currently in Florida training at MMG six days a week. She will be in the Sunshine State for three months in total. Ripley has competed in a couple events while down there keeping her score in the 80’s. She said she is happy with her results and knows the experience she is receiving will pay off.

“Going into the events I had an idea of how many girls I was up against, going into the first event too it was kind of intimidating. I knew that I just had to play my own game and not worry about the leaderboard because I am at where I am at and others are at where they are at. I just have to remember that I’ve been golfing for a short period of time and not try to compare myself to those that have been golfing their entire lives,” she said.

Ripley is planning to compete in one last event in Florida before returning home to graduate. She will enter her last year of junior golf as well with her eyes set on a podium finish as the provincial championship and a national appearance. Results aside Ripley said taking a chance on the sport of golf has provided many opportunities and she encourages others to try the sport.

“If you are on the edge or thinking that you might be interested in golf just do it,” she lamented. “Get some good coaching and immerse yourself in it because looking back I would have liked to have started sooner just because my time is going so fast. It’s important to remind yourself that you are on your own path and just try your best not to compare yourself to others.”

Golf Saskatchewan held their annual general meeting Saturday with 75 attendees taking part via Zoom.

The virtual session had a much different feel than the meeting in 2020, golf was closed to the public due to COVID-19 last spring but rebounded to have a record year. Incoming president Larry Wagman said moving into the role on the board with golf being a hot ticket in the province is exciting.

“We had some information passed on to us at the AGM about how unbelievably busy the golf courses that were able to open already this year,” Wagman said after the meeting. “I’m predicting a record year for number of rounds and the interest to only get better.”

Wagman, a Regina resident and member at the Royal Regina Golf Club takes over the presidency position from Yorkton’s Don Kunkel who decided not to seek a second year in the position. He said after a year of being the vice-president he is looking forward to this year at the helm.

“I’ve been involved in the golf scene for a number of years, mostly at the club level and I’ve always had an interest in amateur golf and amateur golf’s organization. Getting on the board was a great thing for me to do, I have enjoyed it. I was both humbled and excited to be chosen by the board to be their next president. I am looking forward to leading the organization into the year,” Wagman added.

Kunkel will remain on the executive as past-president. Previous president Delbart Betnar was re-elected for another three-year term.

“Don (Kunkel) has provided a number of years of volunteerism over the course of his entire life and more recently with Golf Saskatchewan,” Wagman said. “He had one of the toughest jobs in the world leading the organization through the pandemic and has passed on a pretty healthy organization.”

Weyburn Golf Club general manager Dru Bolen was elected, Regina’s Teddy Wiens was also voted onto the board. Wrapping up their tenures were Moose Jaw’s Jasmine Cameron and Ben Findlay of Regina. Wagman said the group past and present has been great to work with.

“I really want to say thanks to the retiring board members, they have both (Cameron and Findlay) devoted a number of years to this organization and provided some very valuable input,” Wagman continued. “It’s always nice to have some new blood in the organization so looking forward to working with the two new board members and we intend to move the organization forward this year as well.”

The financial outlook of the organization remains strong despite revenue being down mostly due to a smaller championship schedule in 2020. Treasurer Danny Klughart presented the financial report and declared a surplus of over $163,000 for the fiscal year. That number is inflated due to approximately $80,000 in funding through the Heritage Services/Government of Canada COVID Emergency Funds. That money has already been dispersed to member clubs. Klughart said during the meeting the organization is on solid ground financially.

Also, on the agenda was remarks from Golf Canada president Liz Hoffman, Golf Canada regional director or member services for western Canada Blair Armitage, Rob Kozak announced the development of Junior Golf Saskatchewan (more details will be released this week) and Stephen Johnson discussed an ongoing financial impact statement for the industry that currently in the works through Golf Saskatchewan and Tourism Saskatchewan.

Overall, despite the unclear start to the season a year ago golf persevered allowing people to play while staying safe and providing many benefits to the economy and health of clubs, employees, employers, and players.

“Last year although it was fairly challenging, I think from a golf perspective it was a fairly decent year. We were able to run some championships, golf course had record numbers of rounds played, things went very well. I’m very positive about the results of the annual general meeting and based on the response of the attendants I think they agreed it was a great year for golf.”

If you missed the meeting, you will be able to view more on the Golf Saskatchewan YouTube page.