PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – The PGA TOUR today announced the complete schedule for the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season, featuring 50 official FedExCup tournaments – including 14 tournaments that were postponed or canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – culminating with the crowning of the FedExCup champion Labor Day weekend in 2021.

The schedule, which reflects a net increase of one tournament over the original 2019-20 schedule, features the most tournaments in a season since 1975 (51). Three events postponed in 2020 – U.S. Open, Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship and Masters Tournament – will be played in the fall portion of the 2020-21 season and again in their traditional dates during the 2021 calendar year, along with 11 tournaments that were canceled and not rescheduled as a result of the pandemic, including THE PLAYERS Championship. In addition, with the postponement of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, the men’s Olympic Golf competition will take place July 26-August 1, 2021, as a standalone event for the first time.

“We are excited to present the full 2020-21 PGA TOUR schedule – a ‘super season’ of 50 fully sponsored events and capped off by the 15^th edition of the FedExCup Playoffs,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan. “If you’re a golf fan, this is a dream season with more significant events than ever before, including the Olympic Games. Building our schedule is always complicated, but never more so as over the past several months as we continue to navigate challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. We appreciate the extensive collaboration with our title sponsors, tournament organizations and golf’s governing bodies that has brought us here – to the exciting conclusion of an extraordinary 2019-20 season this week, and on the brink of a season of 50 events, beginning next week.”

As previously announced, the 2020-21 season will begin September 7-13 at the Safeway Open in Napa, California, which will serve as the season-opening tournament for the sixth time in seven years since the TOUR went to a wraparound schedule. The U.S. Open (September 14-20) at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, follows, being played in the month of September for the first time since 1913, as well as the rescheduled Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (September 21-27), which will award full FedExCup points (500) for the first time.

The Sanderson Farms Championship (September 28-October 4) will precede a three-event swing on the West Coast with the relocation of two of the TOUR’s Asia Swing events. Following the TOUR’s annual stop in Las Vegas for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (October 5-11), THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, annually played in Jeju Island, Korea, will be played at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, and will be renamed THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK (October 12-18) for 2020. The following week, Japan’s ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP will be played at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, and renamed the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD (October 19-25) for 2020.

The final event of the traditional Asia Swing and the season’s first World Golf Championships event, the WGC-HSBC Champions has been canceled, with the Bermuda Championship (October 26-November 1) occupying the week on its own and awarding full FedExCup points.

The Houston Open moves a month later on the 2020-21 schedule (November 2-8) and precedes the Masters (November 9-15).  The fall portion of the schedule concludes with The RSM Classic (November 16-22), the week prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, and the Mayakoba Golf Classic (November 30-December 6) the week after.

The TOUR returns at the Sentry Tournament of Champions (January 4-10) with the same sequencing as the 2019-20 season until March, as there have been adjustments made to a number of Florida-based tournaments. The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (March 1-7) and THE PLAYERS Championship (March 8-14) will follow the WGC-Mexico Championship and Puerto Rico Open (both February 22-28), while The Honda Classic (March 15-21) moves to the week after THE PLAYERS. The Valspar Championship (April 26-May 2), traditionally played the week after THE PLAYERS, will now conclude on May 2, between the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (April 19-25) and the Wells Fargo Championship (May 3-9).

After the 40^th playing of The Honda Classic, the TOUR’s longest-running title sponsored event dating back to 1982 – an eight-week stretch begins that includes six tournaments that were canceled and not rescheduled during the 2019-20 season prior to the PGA Championship, beginning with the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 22-28) through the AT&T Byron Nelson (May 10-16), set to be contested for the first time at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.

Additional tournaments that return to the schedule include the RBC Canadian Open (June 7-13), John Deere Classic (July 5-11), The Open Championship and the Barbasol Championship (both July 12-18).

The men’s Olympic Golf competition (July 26-August 1) will be played the week after the 3M Open (July 19-25) as a standalone event for the first time and will be followed by the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and Barracuda Championship (both August 2-8), before the FedExCup Regular Season concludes at the Wyndham Championship (August 9-15).

The FedExCup Playoffs will consist of three events: THE NORTHERN TRUST returns to Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, which will host the event for the fourth time; the BMW Championship will be played for the first time at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, outside of Baltimore; and the season-ending TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta will conclude on September 5, the Sunday of Labor Day weekend.

In addition to Caves Valley Golf Club, host of the 2021 BMW Championship, the 2020-21 season features several new or familiar venues. As previously announced, Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas and Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, will host tournaments for one year only. For the first time, the Houston Open will be played at Memorial Park Golf Course in downtown Houston; TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, will host the AT&T Byron Nelson for the first time; and St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Canada, will return as host of the RBC Canadian Open for the first time since 2010.

Rotating major championship venues in 2021 include The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort at Kiawah Island, South Carolina (PGA Championship), Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California (U.S. Open), and Royal St. George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England (Open Championship). Kasumigaseki Country Club in Japan will host the men’s Olympic Golf competition.

Home club – Wildwood Golf Course

Handicap – 15.1

Rounds per year – 50

Left/Right handed – Right

Favourite player – All Canadian players.

Favourite golf quote – “Shucks!” or “I did it!”

Years with Golf Saskatchewan – Five (Been a member of Golf Canada since 1986, played at Holiday Park with family then joined the ‘Executive 9’

Area(s) of service – Course rating with Golf Saskatchewan, Club Captain at home course.

How did you get involved with Golf Saskatchewan? I like to know the Rules of Golf and the process towards them.

What do you like about volunteering? The absolute best year end wind up!

What would you say to others about volunteering, not only for Golf Saskatchewan but any organization? Welcome to the team.

The annual Ladies Lobstick tournament at Waskesiu Golf Course is a week that Kathy Ziglo looks forward to each year.

The Saskatoon golfer added to her list of highlights at the tournament on Friday afternoon as she captured her third career title over Brooklin Fry of Shell Lake.

“All of the wins are different, especially with the match play format,” said Ziglo, who previously won the event in 2012 and 2014. “You never quite get there (to the final) the same way as you have to play each of your opponents a little differently.”

“I have far more second places than first places here, so I’ll take one of these every time that I can get them. The weather’s been great here all five days and we’re up here at Waskeisu…there’s not much you can complain about.”

Ziglo, who defeated Pauline McDougall and Abra Thompson earlier in the week, was up against a familiar foe in the final as she’s been a mentor of sorts to the 15-year-old Fry.

“I love the kid but I want to beat her,” Ziglo joked. “I let her off a bit with a few missed putts early on and she let me off a bit there at the end with some missed putts of her own, but it was still a really good match.

“I’m not sure if she’s going to end up choosing to play hockey or golf in this life, but I hope she sticks with golf. She has so much potential.”

Fry’s runner-up showing capped off a memorable summer for the youngster, who won the Golf Saskatchewan junior women’s and women’s amateur titles in July.

“I’m just trying to stay focused on one shot at a time and trying not to worry about anything else out there,” said Fry, who will be suiting up on the blueline for the Prince Albert Northern Bears this winter. “I’m just keeping focused on my game and that approach seems to work for me.

“One of my goals was to meet Kathy in the final and I was hoping to get the win, but it just didn’t turn out the way that I wanted it to.”

Friday’s final was a back and forth affair as the duo traded the lead through the first 14 holes.

After making an impressive up and down for bogey after finding the creek on her approach to the 15th green to halve the hole with Fry, Ziglo moved out in front for good on the 16th by making a par putt.

She sealed the match on the next hole after Fry missed her par attempt.

“I made a couple of good up and downs during the round and I just tried to play my game today,” Ziglo said. “I knew that Brooklin was going to be 50 or 60 yards ahead of me on her tee shots, so I was just focusing on hitting the fairways and greens.”

“I was consistent all week, but not quite in the way that I wanted to be,” added Fry, who reached the final with wins over Nancy Brooks and three-time defending champion Kim Brown, who grew up in Prince Albert and now calls Saskatoon home.

“I had a really good round yesterday (against Brown) where I felt like I played the way that I knew I could, but I just wasn’t quite as good in the other rounds this week.”

Ziglo also had a familiar face in her cart during Friday’s round as four-time Ladies Lobstick champion Brown served as her caddy.

“That was a good secret weapon to have,” Ziglo joked. “We play so much together and she knows my game really well. Kim’s a positive influence out there for me and I couldn’t have had anyone better next to me today.”

Fry wasn’t the only youngster to turn in an impressive showing this week as 14-year-old Ella Kozak of Yorkton won the championship flight consolation final over Brooks, who is from Calgary.

“The potential for Ella and Brooklin is endless,” Ziglo said. “They have great swings and they are both getting great coaching. It’s a real pleasure to watch them play.”

The complete results from Friday’s final round are listed below:

• First Flight: Kayla Sawchuk over Arlene Segin
• First Flight Consolation: Andrea Ring over Cheryl Dougan
• Second Flight: Marg Ravis over Sharon Botterill
• Second Flight Consolation: Tarina Ly over Donna Gottselig
• Third Flight: Angela Prystay over Dianna Sutton
• Third Flight Consolation: Karen Minton over Deb Thierman
• Fourth Flight: Shannon Starecki over Lana Manson
• Fourth Flight Consolation: Pattie Krafchuk over Audrey Perra
• Fifth Flight: Sherry Anderson over Adrianna Lacoursiere
• Fifth Flight Consolation: Eileen McGill over Delphine Soulier
• Sixth Flight: Kris Gunn over Barb Bremner
• Sixth Flight Consolation: MJ Chuey over Kathleen Chipperfield
• Seventh Flight: Deb Young over Kathy Reis
• Seven Flight Consolation: Sheree Selin over Judy Reynolds
• Eighth Flight: Cec Huyghabaert over Kristie Gottselig
• Eighth Flight Consolation: Karen Cottrell over Julianne Burlet
• Ninth Flight: Terri Kachur over Pat Janko
• Ninth Flight Consolation: Cheryle Sutton over Aida Gonzales

Story originally published in the Prince Albert Herald, authoured by Lucas Punkari. Republished with permission.

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – With so few people around, Jon Rahm still got word from the other side of the Olympia Fields clubhouse that Dustin Johnson had made a 45-foot birdie on the final hole to force a playoff Sunday in the BMW Championship.

Resilient as ever, Rahm went out and made some magic of his own.

From one end of the 18th green to the other, Rahm’s putt from just over 65 feet rolled down the ridge and into the cup, setting off a roar so loud it nearly made up for not having spectators.

Johnson could only laugh at his birdie putt, eliciting a rare show of emotion – a slow, sweeping upper cut. And he had the same reaction to what Rahm did. What else is there to do?

The course that all week felt like a U.S. Open delivered the kind of excitement typical of the Masters.

Rahm’s big birdie putt on the first extra hole spared him thoughts of his blunder in the third round, when he picked up his ball on the fifth green without marking it, leading to a one-shot penalty and his only bogey of the weekend.

He tore through the back nine Sunday on his way to a 6-under 64, the lowest round of the week, to finish at 4-under 276.

Johnson, a 54-hole leader for his third straight tournament and coming off an 11-shot victory last week at the TPC Boston, birdied three of his opening four holes to open a three-shot lead, dropped a pair of shots around the turn and then delivered in the clutch with his 45-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 67.

It was only good enough to stay at No. 1 by a slim margin.

He also stays at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup going to the Tour Championship, meaning he will start the chase for the $15 million bonus at 10-under par, two ahead of Rahm, the No. 2 seed.

Rahm won for the second time this year on the PGA Tour, and the 11th time in his career worldwide.

Mackenzie Hughes had reason to celebrate, too. He was on the verge of playing his way into the top 30 who advance to East Lake when he took a sloppy bogey on the 17th. Needing a par on the 18th, he put his approach into the front bunker, splashed out to 5 feet and raised both arms when it dropped.

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— Golf Canada (@GolfCanada) August 30, 2020

“Yeah, that was some of the most pressure I’ve felt in a long time,” said Hughes.

“You know, I’ve contended to win some tournaments this summer, and that kind of felt like the same kind of intensity on that putt. I really woke up today with a pretty bad neck and really struggled tee to green. Didn’t have my good stuff at all, and somehow found a way to grind it out. I made it pretty hard there down the stretch, but just really thankful and relieved to get it done.”

Niemann also moved into the top 30, though he was chasing victory all day.

The top 30 are assured spots in at least three majors next year, along with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua to start the year. The winners-only event is taking the top 30 in the FedEx Cup from having lost three months of the season to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tiger Woods missed all the action. He made double bogey on his 17th hole for a 71, making this the first time he was over par in all four rounds of a tournament since the Bridgestone Invitational in 2010. Woods failed to reach the Tour Championship for the second straight year. He now gets two weeks off before the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, and Olympia Fields proved to be a good test for that.

Just 10 years old, Jackson Giesbrecht is comfortable at competitive golf and wanting to get better.

Giesbrecht was five when he picked up the game hitting balls with his dad, Grant. He played his first tournament when he was just eight. Despite the young age, the Warman athlete wasn’t worried about the upped pressure of a competitive event.

“I was not nervous, just excited,” Giesbrecht told Golf Saskatchewan over the weekend.  I wanted to play tournaments. You have no pressure when just playing with family, you can take re-shots sometimes. In tournaments there is always a little more pressure. Everything counts, but I love meeting new friends and playing.”

Giesbrecht said his summer went “really good” in four events and one was “a struggle.” He did pick up his first Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) win in August in Estevan. He said that built his confidence over the last month of the season.

“I got my first win which was really exciting. Now I know I can win and hope to get the chance again,” he said.

His summer was capped by a trip to Tsawwassen Springs for the MJT Mini Tour National Championship on Aug. 20 and 21. Giesbrecht shot rounds of 95 and 83 on the 4,000-yard course. He said travelling to the event was different, but the experience was memorable.

“The travel was a little different as we had to wear masks,” he explained. My favourite parts were hanging out with my dad and playing with some real nice kids.”

With still plenty of junior golf in his future, Giesbrecht said he hopes to get better, compete, use the sport to receive an education, and reach the top of more podiums.

“I would like to get the chance to play in international tournaments.  I want to keep improving at all parts of my game and get more chances to compete. One day I would like to play college golf and I want to win more,” he said.

The sport will continue to be a family affair for the Giesbrecht’s as 13-year-old Dane is a fixture on the MJT and provincial events too.

“Golf is a family game for us. I am lucky to get to play with my dad, brother, cousins, grandparents, and many of my friends from school or that I have met through tournament golf,” he concluded.

When Alex Swinnerton was six years old he started playing golf with his dad at Waskesiu Golf Course. Starting with the back nine and eventually taking on the entire 18 holes the Saskatoon product said he’s “never stopped.”

Now 15, the years on the course are leading to podiums and championships. Swinnerton picked up his first win at the start of the 2019 Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) schedule and followed the performance with a second-place finish. Since then Swinnerton made up his mind that golf is something he could excel at.

“When I first one my MJT, it was my very first win and I think it was my first podium too,” he told Golf Saskatchewan. “I decided to work hard after that and see how I’d do for the rest of the summer. Again, I just started working hard, kept working and the wins came out and the hard work paid off.”

Swinnerton capped the 2019 season with a trip to the Western Canada Summer Games as a member of Team Sask. He placed ninth overall and assisted in the team winning the bronze medal. He was the under-15 Order of Merit Tour (OMT) winner as well.

He was lucky enough to win a trip to Florida last year and take part in a week long camp hosted by renowned golf coach Sean Foley. Swinnerton said the experience really elevated his game.

“The coaching there is unreal,” he chuckled. “I worked a lot on my short game and got that dialled in with the coaches there and my putting. They have a lot of different technology, it wasn’t so much like a TrackMan or anything, it was more manual, but they showed you a lot of data. They also gave us a lot of drills to work through over the rest of winter and then into the summer which helped me quite a bit. It was a really good experience.”

Swinnerton admits he didn’t have a great MJT season in 2020 but claiming the under-17 Saskatchewan championship, a third place and national spot at provincials, and the Junior Lobstick title fits the bill of a breakout season.

“MJT’s weren’t so good this, I wasn’t hitting the ball very well for some reason during those tournaments, but I got to provincials and I actually played really well. I was good enough to play with Josh (Nagy) the final day in the final grouping which meant a lot because he’s a really good golfer. I played pretty well that day and finished first in the u-17 and third overall which puts me at nationals which was really good. I come to Waskesiu which means a lot to me because it’s my home course and I’ve been here since I was three, that was probably one of the biggest tournaments I’ve ever won,” he said.

Swinnerton was the low qualifier for the match-play event. He defeated Luke Cote, Tommy Danielson, Adam Husli, and Will Blake on route to the Lobstick win. He said the format is different from stroke play and tests all aspects of your game.

“It’s a lot of fun but it can be pretty stressful at times if you are down a lot at the start you have to use your mental side to get back in it,” he said. “It works a lot on your game because if you get a triple-bogey you lose the hole and that’s it.”

His season results also gave him the under-19 OMT championship for the season with 2012.5 points, 37.5 ahead of Nagy. Swinnerton said the points were in the back of his mind but seeing he won was a nice feeling.

“I didn’t really think of it much this year because all of the great players under 19 and then suddenly I looked at the standings one day and I was first. I was pretty pumped, I did not think that was going to happen, but it worked out in my favour,” he said.

Swinnerton is now preparing for grade 11 but says he will find time to play if the weather allows. He said the itch to get better is stronger than ever and his focus consists on improving and a scholarship in the United States once he graduates.

You can hear more from Swinnerton who joined Golf Saskatchewan’s Clark Stork following the win.

Home club – Nipawin’s Evergreen Golf Course

Handicap – Was 20.

Rounds per year – I haven’t played for three years. I used to play about 25.

Right/Left handed – Right-handed.

Years with Golf Saskatchewan – I started in 2006.

Area(s) of Service – Rules official.

Favourite player – Brooke Henderson.

Favourite golf quote – “Achievements on the course are not what matters. Honesty and decency does.”

How did you become involved? A friend was attending a seminar and invited me along.

Why do you enjoy volunteering? I enjoy helping players, renewing friendships, and keeping the competitions fair.

What advice would you have for anyone thinking about volunteering for Golf Saskatchewan or any organization? If you have the time to spare and the health to do it, you will find that volunteering and helping people is very rewarding.  Golf volunteers are treated very well and the network of volunteers for any organization are there because they want to be. You will make life long friends with these people.

The Rings are amid 27 years owning Chitek Lake Golf Course and this year the couple is celebrating a monumental year.

The club cut into the northern Saskatchewan forest turns 50 this year.

The golf course was originally constructed by Hector Trout in 1970. The Saskatoon teacher carved five holes out of the forest and charged $1 for ten holes. The trees that were taken out by Trout during construction were used to build cabins at the lake and the clubhouse that still stands today. Golfers used two different tee boxes on hole five to fill ten holes. Hole five is now the ninth hole. Sandra Rings owns the course now with her husband Jim and remembers playing the course growing up. After careers in the mining industry the couple purchased the course and have been there ever since.

The course plays between 2,740 yards and 2,865 through rolling hills and plenty of trees, water hazards and rough. Jim said the nine-hole course is tricky and hole one provides some false security.

“You look down number one and you get this false sense,” he said. “It’s nice and flat and looks wide although people find the bush anyways. Two is much the same but as you work your way around and you get into the hills. You need to keep the game between your ears.”

The course features three par threes including a 225-yard tee shot on hole seven. There are a trio of par fives and three par fours. After a round Jim said the feedback is usually pleasant.

“We get a lot of compliments from people who haven’t golfed here before or maybe come once a year. Boy this is a beautiful place and it’s well kept. I guess we’re doing something right, they come back,” he explained.

The course is up for sale as the Rings would like to retire. The couple admits the years fluctuate but they don’t regret making the purchase 27 years ago.

“It’s been a nice place for us,” Sandra said. “We live here 12 months of the year, yeah we share it big time from May to the end of September but you’re always happy to get going in the spring. It’s worked out well for us. You make a lot of friends, people you would have never met otherwise,” she said.

Golf Canada uses significant milestones such as 25, 50, 75 or 100 years as celebrations. The Rings were new to the golf industry during Chitek’s 25^th anniversary. The couple is proud to still be in business at half a century.

“For people to be happy about 50 years, oh my god it’s 50 years, there’s some satisfaction to that. We’ve kept it open through all these years,” Jim said.

OTTAWA (Golf Canada) – The stars of the LPGA Tour will once again head to the nation’s capital as Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific (CP) have announced the 2022 CP Women’s Open will return to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.

The 2022 edition of the CP Women’s Open will be held August 22-28 and will mark the championship’s fifth visit to the nation’s capital, as well as the fourth visit to Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, which previously hosted in 1994, 2008 and 2017. Canadian star Brooke Henderson from nearby Smiths Falls, Ont. will be a power draw once again as the nine-time LPGA Tour winner is an honorary member of Ottawa Hunt.

“We are extremely thrilled and enthusiastic for the return of the CP Women’s Open to Ottawa and the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in 2022,” said Laurence Applebaum, Golf Canada’s CEO. “The CP Women’s Open always receives terrific community support, but when we’re in Ottawa that backing is intensified. With our 2017 event in Ottawa for Canada’s 150 celebration and the excitement around Brooke competing so close to home, we set records for attendance, volunteer enrollment and left a meaningful charitable contribution. I’m certain the community will embrace all facets of the event when the stars of the LPGA Tour return to Ottawa.”

Through its CP Has Heart campaign, CP will once again be making a significant charitable donation to the host community. In the first six years of CP’s title sponsorship of the event, more than $10.7 million has been raised in support of children’s heart health across Canada.

CP’s community investment program has proven itself an award-winning initiative, earning the CP Women’s Open Gold Driver Awards for Best Charity & Community Engagement among all LPGA Tour events in 2017 and 2019.

“Through terrific events like the CP Women’s Open we’re able to shine a spotlight on local heart charities that make a big impact in their communities,” said CP President and CEO, Keith Creel. “Together, with all involved with the event, including our CP Golf Ambassadors Brooke Henderson and Lorie Kane, we look forward to raising money for a worthy cause and leaving a lasting charitable legacy in Ottawa through CP Has Heart.”

The announcement of Ottawa as the 2022 host city is the core of a partnership between the City of Ottawa, Ottawa Tourism and Golf Canada.

“It is great news that Golf Canada and CP have decided to return to Ottawa in 2022 for the CP Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club,” said City of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. “The tournament was a major success in 2017, attracting a record number of fans and putting Ottawa on the map as a fantastic golf destination. We look forward to, once again, welcoming the best talent from across the world for this exciting event in 2022.”

“Ottawa Tourism looks forward to welcoming the CP Women’s Open back to Canada’s Capital in 2022 and to hosting the stars of the LPGA once more at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club,” said Ottawa Tourism President and CEO, Michael Crockatt. “We thank Golf Canada for choosing to return to Ottawa for this prestigious event which will build on the success of the 2017 CP Women’s Open. We will show off the best of our city to the athletes and spectators and are honoured to bring this exciting event once more to the passionate golf community in Ottawa”.

More than 50,000 people attended the event in 2017, where Sung Hyun Park earned a two-shot victory at Ottawa Hunt as part of an amazing season that saw her capture several LPGA Tour awards, including Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year, Rolex Player of the Year and the Season Money Title.

The Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club has welcomed numerous notable championships since its incorporation in 1908, including the three CP Women’s Open Championships in 1994, 2008 and 2017; the 1932 Canadian Open; and three Canadian Amateur Championships in 1937, 1960 and 1970.

The 18-hole championship course that will challenge the world’s best women golfers in 2022 was originally crafted by famed architect Willie Park and redesigned by international course designer, Dr. Michael Hurdzan prior to the 2017 event.

Gino Picciano, President of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club Board of Directors recalls how the club and the community embraced the tournament in 2017 and anticipates it doing so once again in 2022.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to host the prestigious CP Women’s Open again in 2022 and welcome the top players in the world, including our own honorary member Brooke Henderson,” said Picciano. “Hosting the world-class event provides us with another opportunity to showcase our club as a challenging test and one of the premiere golf experiences in all of Canada.”

For CP Women’s Open Tournament Director Ryan Paul, a return to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club is reason for excitement given the event’s past success in the nation’s capital.

“The City of Ottawa and Ottawa Hunt have hosted some of the most memorable and successful CP Women’s Opens in history,” said Paul. “The response from LPGA Tour players as well as golf fans, volunteers and community supporters has always been tremendous and with two years of runway, we have the opportunity make the return of our National Open to Ottawa in 2022 very special.”

The CP Women’s Open consistently draws one of the strongest fields in women’s golf vying for the largest purse (US $2.35 million) on the LPGA Tour aside from the five majors and CME Group Tour Championship.

Due to continued travel and border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 CP Women’s Open at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver was postponed until 2021. Shaughnessy and the province of British Columbia will now host the event August 23-29, 2021.

First conducted in 1973, Canada’s Women’s Open Championship has allowed the brightest stars of the LPGA Tour to shine on Canadian soil and has inspired the nation’s next generation of female golfers.

Information regarding tickets, volunteer opportunities and corporate hospitality for the 2021 and 2022 CP Women’s Opens will be available online at www.cpwomensopen.com at a later date.

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour has concluded their season in Saskatchewan.

The tour stopped at Warman’s Legends Golf Club on Aug. 22 and 23 for the MJT/Golf Saskatchewan OOM Championship.

Regina’s Autumn Neiszner capped her season with a win in the 15-19 girls age group after shooting 150 (72. 78) over the two days. Neiszner edged Saskatoon’s Sarah Grieve by a shot to win the category. Symone Ripley, also of Saskatoon was third at 189 (97, 92).

Ella Kozak (above) found herself on the podium again, the Yorkton golfer shot 170 (83, 87) to win the under-15 girls division. Sarah Henderson of Saskatoon was second at 217 (114, 103) and T’Kayah Sim of St. Walburg placed third.

Cole Nagy (above) claimed the junior boy’s category and the overall championship with a 36-hole total of 145 (77, 68) on Sunday. Nagy, of Saskatoon was a stroke better than Regina’s Aidan Shanks and a pair of Alberta golfers who finished at 146. Zach Szakacs of Corman Park was fifth at 152 (75, 77).

Kindersley’s Cort Tunall (below) was in the hunt for the overall championship.

The 16-year-old carded rounds of 73 and 70 finishing just two strokes back of Nagy. Tunall did claim the juvenile boy’s division by four shots. Brett Leonard of Corman Park placed second at 147 (74, 73). Saskatoon’s Chase Pochylko and Guillermo Salazar of Waskesiu tied for third at 149.

Darien Herlick (above) of Weyburn found himself on top of the MJT podium again. The Weyburn Golf Club athlete won the bantam boy’s category with a score of 142 (72, 70). Herlick finished five shots ahead of Saskatoon’s Max Regier and nine strokes ahead of Warman’s Dane Giesbrecht.

In the peewee boy’s category Elias Haukeness (below) was the winner with a two-round score of 166 (86, 80). Cole Silverson of Regina was a shot back in second place. Saskatoon’s Lucas Sturgeon and Grady McDougall of Prince Albert tied for third place.

All the results can be seen here. The MJT has more details here.