Alberta Golf (Ponoka) – 3-time Alberta Open Champion on the professional division, Riley Fleming of Calgary built on his 3 shot lead during the second round of The Alberta Open presented by SVR Lawyers. Fleming from Lynx Ridge Golf Club built on his course record tying round of 65 in round 1 with a solid second round 67 on The Links Course at Wold Creek Golf and RV Resort for a 5 shot lead on Andrew Harrison. Fleming used 5 birdies and only one bogey today for 67 which tied low round of the day with Mitchell Fox.  2019 Champion Andrew Harrison shot 69 to sit in 2nd spot 5 shots back of the lead.

Riley Fleming holds 5 shot lead heading to final round.

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The purse this year is $30,000 with $8,000 going to the champion after Thursday’s final round.

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Alberta Golf (Sherwood Park) – Ontario’s Hailey Katona shot a blistering bogey free round of 66 on Wednesday with 6 birdies at The Broadmoor Public Golf Course to take a 2 shot lead heading to the final round of the Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship in Sherwood Park.

2021 U19 Champion Grace Bell from Calgary the only other player in field to shoot in the 60s, posting 69 with 4 birdies and a bogey. Bell along with BC’s Martina Yu sit 2 strokes back heading to Thursday’s final round.

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The 2020 Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship at Lakeside Golf Club
in Chestermere was one of the first provincial tournaments run anywhere
in Canada with COVID-19 protocols in place. After spending much of March and April in quarantine, players were excited to see their fellow competitors again and get back into competition. Heavy rain shortened the 2020 event to 36 holes with 14-year-old Yeji Kwon of Port Coquitlam BC declared the champion after rounds of 70 and 74.

The 2021 Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship shifts to the heart of Sherwood Park just east of Edmonton. The top female amateur golfers in Alberta will compete for a provincial title at the Broadmoor Public Golf Course June 22-24. Established in 1961, Broadmoor should provide a great setting for the championship.

“We are looking forward to showcasing the facility to the province,” said executive professional Trent Wright. “For a lot of folks who haven’t been here in a long time, I don’t think they’d recognize the golf course with the improvements that have been made over the past 10 years.”

In 2014 Broadmoor replaced all 18 greens with bentgrass and the course now has putting surfaces more than worthy of hosting a provincial championship.

“I think we rival any public golf course in Alberta for green speed and quality of putting surfaces,” Wright proudly stated.

Broadmoor hosted the Western Canada Summer Games golf event in 2007 and the golf competition for the Canada 55+ games in 2014. The membership is very active when it comes to ladies golf and everyone associated with the club is looking forward to hosting Alberta’s elite amateurs.

“The Broadmoor members really get behind events,” Wright explained. “There will be lots of people wanting to get involved. We currently have 100 ladies who play Tuesday mornings and 135 ladies who get out Tuesday afternoons, so we’re a very active ladies club.”

For this year’s competition the course
will play between 5,500 and 5,800 yards. The five par-3’s on the course will provide great variety for the competitors with the 11th and 13th holes both playing over 175 yards.

“Broadmoor is a very traditional layout,” said Wright. “We have very mature tree-lined fairways, and the course is very playable and fun. I wouldn’t consider it a long course
by today’s standards, but it is a golf course on which you use every club in your bag.”

The front nine is considered the tougher of the two with water in play on five of the holes. The back nine is considered the ‘scoring’ nine featuring a couple of shorter par-5’s which could set the table for big changes in the lead coming down the stretch during the final round.

“In 2020 there were obviously a lot of challenges getting open safely and following all the protocols,” Wright admitted. ”Once we did get open, we were averaging over 300 players a day. We ended up with just short of 40,000 rounds for the season which was up almost 5,000 rounds from what had already been a busy 2019.”

The 2021 Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship sets up as a good one at Broadmoor. Golf Canada is planning on running their championships in 2021, so it will be exciting to see who makes the Alberta Interprovincial Team that will compete at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship July 20-23
at Royal Montreal Golf Club. Wright is hoping this event will be a stepping- stone for international play as well.

“Brooke Henderson, who’s ranked
sixth in the world, won her provincial championship in Ontario in 2014,” Wright stated. “I’m hoping the next Brooke Henderson will be playing at Broadmoor this summer.”

Alberta Golf (Ponoka) – Round One of The Alberta Open presented by SVR Lawyers saw former champion Riley Fleming of Lynx Ridge Golf Club in Calgary shoot a blistering 6 under 65 on The links course at Wolf Creek Golf and RV Resort in Ponoka. Fleming’s round consisted of 8 birdies and one double bogey to lead 2019 Champion Andrew Harrison and Braden O’Grady by 3 strokes. Wes Martin, Aaron Crawford and Kent Fukishima are 4 strokes back at 2 under. 6-time champion Wes Heffernan was also under par.

The Alberta Open is the only Alberta Golf event to combine amateur and professional play. Sponsored by SVR Lawyers, this year’s purse is $30,000 with the winner collecting $8,000.

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Alberta Golf (Sherwood Park) – A very deep field at this year’s Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship at The Broadmoor Public Golf Course in Sherwood Park saw BC’s Martina Yu and Edmonton’s Jenna Bruggeman share the lead after round one at 2-under 70. Bruggeman and Yu battled last week in Carstairs at the Alberta U19 Championship before falling short of the playoff between Grace Bell and Eileen park, Bell was crowned u19 champion winning on the 4th playoff hole. Yu and Bruggeman were paired together in that final round at Carstairs and will be in the last group for round 2 at The Broadmoor. Sydney Scraba is one shot back with Katy Rutherford, Annabelle Ackroyd and Grace Bell well withing reach with 2 rounds to go.

Jenna Bruggeman during 1st round of the 2021 Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship

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Alberta Golf (Banff): Our UpSwing recreational series had a great day at The Fairmont Banff Springs on Sunday, July 11th.

Watch this video with Alberta Golf’s Sarah Urbanowski to learn more about what “UpSwing by Alberta Golf” is all about!

PHOTO ALBUM FROM BANFF EVENT HERE

Alberta Golf (Banff) – Edmonton’s Bob Villeneuve played in our UpSwing by Alberta Golf recreational event Sunday at The Fairmont Banff Springs. It was the last of 320 public courses he’s played over the past 16 years.

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Alberta Golf (Carstairs) – Both the Boys and Girls U19 Championship final rounds delivered high drama at Carstairs Community Golf Club. Ladies first!

At the start of the day Martina Yu held a 2 stroke lead on Jenna Bruggeman of Edmonton and 12-year-old Eileen Park of Red Deer. At one point on the back nine there was a 4-way tie at 4-over par between Yu, Bruggeman, Park and Grace Bell from Calgary.

Eileen park birdied 16, Grace bell birdied 17 and off to a playoff we went.

All the competitors from the competition became golf fans cheering on the playoff. Grace Bell knocked in a long 20-foot par saver to keep her hopes alive on the first playoff hole. Eileen Park lined up a 3-foot putt to win on the 2nd playoff hole but it horseshoed around the cup and the playoff was still up for grabs. After both secured par on the 3rd playoff hole, Park got out of position on the 4th playoff hole and made bogey while Grace Bell tapped in for par and the win. The Glencoe Golf and Country Club golfer is your 2021 Alberta U19 Girls Champion.

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Grace Bell, Eileen Park and Jenna Bruggeman make up Team Alberta.

As for the boys competition, it was just as exciting. Logan Graf of Sylvan Lake held a one shot lead on Brett Jones of Calgary to start the day. Early in the back nine they were both tied at 9 under par 4 shots clear of the field, by the 16th tee Logan Graf had a 3 shot lead but Paxton Maxwell from Mcgrath went crazy, going 4-under par his final 3 holes, the birdie-eagle-birdie finish was good enough for a one shot victory over Logan Graf to claim the 2021 Alberta U19 Boys Championship title.

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Paxton Maxwell, Logan Graf and Braden O’Grady make up Team Alberta.

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Alberta Golf (Carstairs) – It looks like 4 girls and as many as 8 boys or more have a chance to be crowned 2021 U19 Champion at The Carstairs Community Golf Club on Thursday.

In the girls division Martina Yu from Meadow Gardens Golf Course in BC shot the low round of the day, 71 to take a 2 shot lead on Jenna Bruggeman and Eileen Park heading into the final round.

On the boys side, Logan Graf followed up his first round 64 with a 72 but still good for a one shot lead on Brett Jones who shot 68 along wth Paxton Maxwell and Connor Czirjak.

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Alberta Golf (Carstairs) – The first round of the Alberta U19 Championship is in the books. Logan Graf from The Red Deer Golf and Country Club used 7 birdies and an eagle on the par 4 7th hole against just one bogey to shoot a blistering 64 and a 4 shot lead on a hot day at The Carstairs Community Golf Club to take the first round lead. The 64 was 2 shots off Patrick Murphy’s course record 62.

In the girls division, Jenna Bruggeman from The Derrick Golf and Winter Club in Edmonton tied the course record with a 2-under 70 for a 3 shot lead heading into the 2nd round.

FULL FIRST ROUND LEADERBOARD IN ALL DIVISIONS HERE

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