The Alberta Women’s Senior Championship is largely seen as the most consistent group of competitors, as every year the championship brings together many of the same golfers every year. The women always show up for three days of competition, but most importantly the camaraderie. The group cheers each other on, stay for food after each round as they wait for other players to finish, and are always excited for the next year. This year the group will be treated to a trip up north from July 29-31 to The Ranch Golf & Country Club, one of Alberta’s premier tournament facilities.

The Ranch Golf & Country Club is a top level facility within the province, famed for its commitment to player experience. The course has hosted multiple Canadian Tour events in its time, but most recently hosted the 2024 Alberta Men’s Super Senior Championship and before that hosted the 2019 Alberta Women’s Amateur. The Ranch features a full-length, par-71 course that will challenge and delight even the most experienced golfer. In 2021, Score Magazine ranked The Ranch Golf and Country Club #1 Best Value Public Golf Course in Edmonton,
and #2 in Alberta. Designed by Western Golf Projects to offer the golfer variety, the course features traditional challenges that test your skills with mature natural forest, ponds, and stone creek beds. For a little taste of Scotland, the architect has interwoven numerous links style holes.

THe Ranch G&CC Website

As the course still lays under the recent snowfall that hit most parts of Alberta, the competitors are surely still gearing up for the event. In 2025, Daniela Pacheco won her first Alberta championship with an impressive final day score of 71 to rocket up the leaderboard. Alberta Golf Hall of Fame Jackie Little won the Super Senior Championship in 2025, continuing to add to her trophy case, while Ena Spalding won the Diamond Division for the second time in three years. This year, those same names will look to repeat their success but there will be a long list of players looking to play the role of spoiler. Kim Carrington returned to the event after a long stint of injuries, now with a year under her belt the killer instinct is undoubtedly back. Gisselle Willimus returned to competitive golf after an extended period away. Other favourites include the consistent Lynn Kuehn, Lisa Hall, Connie Evans, two-time champion Celina Lam, and plenty more. The eventual winner will have to navigate a tough test at The Ranch with so much variety to the course players will need to stay on their toes.

2025 Women’s Senior Championship Leaderboard

The Women’s Senior Championship is for females aged 50+ as of the first day of the Canadian Women’s Senior. The event also has the Super Senior Championship, for players aged 60+, and the Diamond Division for those aged 70+. The event also places the competitors into flights based on their Handicap Index, ensuring players are competing with and against similar skill levels ensuring an enjoyable experience. As mentioned, this event is much bigger than just a trophy. The energy at the Women’s Senior Championship is always one of excitement and happiness with everyone seeing old friends after long cold winters. The event is open to any females with a Handicap Index of 30.0, with registration opening on April 1st at 9am.

CHampionship Calendar

The Alberta Men’s Super Senior Championship has been contested since 2002, when the Super Senior category was first introduced. Traditionally held in conjunction with the Alberta Men’s Senior Championship, the event is now entering its fourth year as a standalone championship. This year also marks a milestone for the host venue, as the Coloniale Golf Club welcomes its first Alberta Golf provincial championship.

Located just minutes south of Edmonton in the City of Beaumont, Coloniale Golf Club is an 18-hole championship links-style course that opened in 1993. The club’s mission has consistently focused on achieving the highest standards in course conditioning and customer service. In recent years, Coloniale has regularly earned a “4 Star Rating” from Golf Digest’s Places to Play. As it prepares to host its first Alberta Golf Championship, the course promises to provide a formidable test, with strategically placed bunkers and expansive lakes that challenge players to balance aesthetic appreciation with disciplined course management.

The Alberta Men’s Super Senior Championship is open to male golfers aged 65 and older as of the first day of the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship. Unlike the Men’s Senior Championship, the Super Senior division does not require qualifying; however, participants must hold a Handicap Index below 30.0. This year’s championship will be contested later than usual, taking place September 3–4. The event also features a Diamond Division for players aged 75 and older, providing an additional competitive opportunity for the most senior competitors in the field.

Despite not requiring a qualifying process, the championship consistently attracts a strong field of seasoned veterans and past champions. Notable competitors over the years have included Howard Broun, Terry Filewich, Tom Dixon, Floyd Kilgore, Kelly Risling, and Alberta Golf Hall of Fame members Frank Van Dornick and David Schultz. Recent championships have delivered memorable moments, including David Schultz’s three-hole playoff victory in the event’s inaugural standalone year, his come-from-behind win at The Ranch in 2024, and Norman Bradley’s clutch finish last season, where a surging Schultz finished just one stroke back.

2025 Men’s Super Senior Recap

Beyond the competition, the championship is also defined by camaraderie, as long-standing friendships are renewed each year before many participants head south for the winter. In 2025, a players’ banquet was held on the eve of the championship, with more than half the field in attendance. While the field will look forward to gathering once again at Coloniale in September, the greatest satisfaction will belong to the eventual champion—who successfully navigates a challenging course over two competitive days.

Championship Registration opens April 1

The 2026 Alberta Men’s Senior Championship is returning to a very familiar host from the last few years and one that has gained some national attention – Trestle Creek Golf Resort. The Alberta Men’s Senior Championship is a popular event on the schedule and one that has become increasingly competitive. The event is open to males aged 55+ as of the first day of the Canadian Men’s Senior. The event has three regional qualifiers that non-exempt players must register for and compete to make the event. 

2026 Championship Schedule

The Men’s Senior Championship is known for its social environment with many of the players looking forward to the event to see all their friends after long winters apart. Despite this, the event is still ripe with competition for the championship and most importantly, the interprovincial team. The Men’s Senior Interprovincial team has been on an impressive run of success at the Canadian Championship over the last 20 years, with nine interprovincial team wins, a runner-up finishes last year, a third-place finish, and a pair of 4^th places. With names like Floyd Kilgore, Howard Broun, Brian Laubman, Grant Oh, Senan Foley, and Alberta Golf Hall of Famers like Frank Van Dornick and David Schultz, there’s no surprise the event is tough to win. Last year, saw David Schultz and Kevin Temple duel it out for the championship. Temple found a way to win the event, his first title since his Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master victories in 2015. He’ll look to defend his title against old foes like Brian Laubman, David Schultz, and Senan Foley. 

Friends Before Foes: The Culture Of the Men’s Senior Championship

The 2026 champion will have to play well for three days in August and that will be no easy feat at a golf course that is well known to this group of competitors. Trestle Creek has become a renowned host in Alberta. Having hosted the Alberta Open in 2019, the Men’s Mid-Master Championship in 2024, and a Golf Canada NextGen Championship in 2025. The course has proven it’s abilities to host all ages. The course offers 27 holes and a 9-hole par 3 track, built by Brad Dupuis of Dupuis International Design. The courses rolling hills, water hazards, and the extreme undulating greens will present challenges for all players as hitting the right spots on both tee shots and approaches will be key. Putting will also come to the forefront as players will have to ensure they’re not turning routine two putts into a dreaded three putt or much worse. 

Trestle Creek Golf Resort Website

As we approach the 2026 championship season and all the snow birds come home, preparation will ramp up for the seniors in Alberta as the coveted Men’s Senior Championship will again be up for grabs. The 2026 winner will have their name etched among some of the greats in our province and join a cherished tradition of competition and camaraderie.

The Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026—an ironic milestone given that the event was originally established for male golfers aged 40 and over, prior to the creation of the Mid-Master Championship. Today, the Men’s Mid-Amateur is open to the province’s top male players aged 25 and older as of the first day of the national championship. Fittingly, the provincial championship will return in 2026 to the course that hosted the inaugural event in 1986: Wolf Creek.

The first championship was won by Alberta Golf Hall of Famer Ken Tamke, and over the years the event has been captured by many of the province’s standout players, including Frank Van Dornick, Floyd Kilgore, Senan Foley, David Schultz, and numerous others. In more recent editions, Edmonton Country Club’s Neil Thomas has claimed back-to-back titles and will be seeking to become the first player to win three consecutive Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur Championships. Among the challengers is Alex Cartwright, who recently relocated to Calgary and earned a spot on Alberta’s interprovincial team in his first year in the province. A Canmore native, Cartwright previously spent five years competing on the University of Victoria golf team. Michael Valk, a member of the 2025 interprovincial team, will also be in pursuit of his first Mid-Amateur title as one of the newer competitors in the field. Meanwhile, established regulars such as Galvon, Markiw, DenBraber, Werre, Lefaivre, and Hollman will no doubt look to play spoiler to the emerging contenders.

2025 Men’s Mid-Amateur Recap

Whoever ultimately prevails in 2026 will be tested not only by the field, but by the venue itself. Known to many Albertans as “The Wolf,” Wolf Creek presents a formidable challenge regardless of which course hosts the championship, a decision yet to be confirmed. The Old Course, the original Rod Whitman design, is described on the club’s website as “a pure inland links course winding in and out of the Wolf Creek bed.” Tour-tested and strategically demanding, it places a premium on creativity, precision, and thoughtful shot-making. Across the road, the Links Course represents an evolution of classic design principles. With wider fairways and striking natural beauty, the course is carved through expansive natural sand dunes and features rolling contours that reward both power and finesse.

Wolf Creek has long been a premier championship venue in Alberta, hosting a wide range of prestigious events. It served for many years as the home of the Alberta Open during its Canadian Tour era, has welcomed multiple Golf Canada events including NextGen tournaments, and has hosted the McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour Championship. Most recently, Wolf Creek earned widespread praise from competitors after hosting the Alberta Men’s Senior Championship.

Regardless of the course selection or the final field, the 2026 Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur champion will need to outduel a deep roster of talent and successfully tame the teeth of the Wolf over three demanding days, from July 21–23. In doing so, the winner will not only join the distinguished list of past champions of one of Alberta’s most popular events, but also secure a lasting place in the history of one of the province’s finest golf courses.

Wolf Creek Golf Resort Website

As the summer continues to roll on, so does the Alberta Golf Championship schedule. Up next, the 2025 Alberta Women’s Senior Championship, July 21-23. The championship returns to a course that’s very familiar to competitive players in Alberta, as Highwood Golf will host the event in 2025.

Highwood is a familiar course to many players in Alberta, as it’s been a terrific host for a variety of championships. Last year, Highwood hosted the Men’s Senior Championship where we saw David Schultz win the championship. In previous years Highwood has hosted the U19 Championships and the Women’s Amateur making it no stranger to hosting a provincial championship.

For the Women’s Senior Championship there’s a lot up for grabs this week. Players will be competing for the Women’s Senior, Super Senior, and Diamond Division Championships. There are also national championship quota spots up for grabs and the coveted Women’s Senior Interprovincial Team has three spots up for grabs.

As for potential winners this week, there are a lot of players to watch. Celina Lam, the defending champion, is on the cusp of history with the chance to win three straight Women’s Senior Championships. The other two members from last year’s interprovincial team, Lisa Hall & Lynn Kuehn, are also in the field and will be on the hunt this week. The championship also marks the return of Kim Carrington, a long time competitor in Alberta who has been sidelined for injury in recent years. Jackie Little will defend her Super Senior title from last year and has the chance to claim the 2025 Women’s Senior title in the same year that will see her get inducted into the Alberta Golf Hall of Fame.

For the full event preview and hear from the defending champions, click the button below for the 2025 Women’s Senior Championship Yearbook Article written by Gord Montgomery.

2025 Women’s Senior Championship Preview

For Round 1 & Round 2 pairings, click the button below to find and star your favourites for the event this week!

Women’s Senior Pairings

The 113th Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship gets underway tomorrow at Paradise Canyon Country Club. This is the first time Paradise Canyon has hosted the Men’s Amateur since 1993, a year after they opened.

This week there’s a lot at stake. The Men’s Amateur not only names the best male amateur golfer in the province, but has been used as a spring board for many players careers. The winner is named to the Morse Cup Interprovincial team for 2026 and competes at the Pacific Coast Amateur championship. There are also 18 quota spots available for the top finishers with Alberta residence. This will also be the first event with an interprovincial team being named, with the top three finishers with Alberta residence making up the 2025 Willingdon Cup Team to compete at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.

The list of high-profile players is long including past champions like Brett Jones, Mike Valk, and Braden O’Grady. Also a part of the list are Mid-Amateur Champions like Jesse Galvon, the defending Senior Champion David Schultz, 2025 Glencoe Invitational Champion Brandon Markiw, Alberta’s U19 and U17 Champions Ryan Gillis and Patrick McLarty.

Click the link below to read more about the course and hear from our defending champion, Brett Jones, in the 2025 Alberta Golf Yearbook.

Men’s Amateur Preview Article

The Alberta Men’s Amateur is one of the most prestigious events in the golfing landscape, tracing its origins back to 1907. The event has been played at a plethora of different golf courses over the years, and in 2025 the event will return to a course that it hasn’t visited since 1993. Paradise Canyon Country Club will play host to the top 120 male amateur golfers in the province for the 113^th Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship on June 25-27. 

The Men’s Amateur Championship is wrapped in history with a wide variety of champions throughout its playing. The event has been used as a springboard into professional careers for players like Henry Martell, Darryl James, Wes Heffernan, Scott Stiles, and plenty more. The event has also seen many of the great amateurs in our province compete with Doug Silverberg, Keith Alexander, Bob Wylie, and Ken Wasslen all being crowned champions. With three qualifiers and over 250 players trying to qualify each year, getting into the championship field is a major accomplishment. Registration for qualifiers opens in early April each season and players hoping to qualify need to have a Handicap Index of 8.0 or lower to register. 

Paradise Canyon Country Club promises to be an amazing host for the 113^th Men’s Amateur. Having hosted its own professional event in 2018 and 2019, and hosting the Canadian Men’s Amateur in 2008, the course is no stranger to the best of the best competing on its fairways. With an unpredictable Lethbridge wind, the course is sure to offer challenges from the first tee shot to the final putt. A key stretch on the course starts on the back 9 with holes 10, 11, and 12 often causing movement on the leaderboard. Hole 12 is the course’s signature hole, a beautiful elevated par 3 where players can see the Old Man River and the coulees surrounding it. With deep bunkers protecting the front of the green, fescue and badlands on either side, and the river right behind, club selection here can easily decide the winner of the event. 

In 1993, the Alberta Men’s Amateur at Paradise Canyon Country Club was won by Darryl James, who would go on to become a top PGA of Alberta Professional. Since then, plenty of players have gone on to win the event including names like Mike Mezei, Ryan Yip, and Riley Fleming. Many things have changed since James’ win, but in Lethbridge the wind remains constant and players in the 113^th Men’s Amateur will have to find a way to navigate this challenge, just as James did, to be crowned the best in Alberta. 

Magrath Golf Club is known by many as the hidden gem of the south and has a reputation since its inception in 1925 as a must play golf course in the province. As part of its centennial year a lot is happening at the course this year including the hosting of the 2025 Alberta Men’s Super Senior Championship. 

The Men’s Super Senior Championship is open to male golfers aged 65+ as of the first day of the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship. There are no qualifiers for this event, registration will open on April 1^st at 9am, and a player’s Handicap Index must be 30.0 or lower. This is the third year of this event being separated from the Men’s Senior Championship and continues to receive praise from the players excited about an additional competitive opportunity and a chance to compete against players their own age. The Super Senior has two championships up for grabs, the Super Senior and the Diamond division, which is specific for players aged 70 and above. The previous two iterations of this event have had the same winners both years with Howard Broun winning the Diamond Divisions and David Schultz winning the Super Senior championships. Schultz has had a flare for drama both years with a playoff win in 2023 and a comeback win in 2024. 

Magrath is sure to be a great host and a great test for the players. With pristinely manicured fairways, lush landscaping, and beautiful vistas the players can surely enjoy. It’s the quick greens, stunning par 3’s, shot maker par 4’s, and go for broke par 5’s that will make the players be sure to show up on top of their games. The course is also set to host the 2025 Alberta-Montana Junior Ryder Cup in August and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Invitational in May. 

While the centennial celebration will be in full effect when players show up for the first round on August 26, the celebration of the eventual winners will have to wait as they’ll have to navigate their way around this challenging yet beautiful hidden gem for two days. The beautiful vistas will surely provide a great view for the winners and add another chapter to the course’s history books. 

Highwood Golf is a common sight on many players competitive schedules in the past few years. It has played host to the Men’s Senior in 2024, the Men’s Mid-Amateur in 2022, the U19 Championships in 2019, and the Women’s Amateur in 2016. The course has a tradition of getting the event winner to sign the championship banner and hangs each of them in their maintenance facility. In 2025, a new sign will be going up for an event they’ve never hosted, the Women’s Senior Championship. 

The Women’s Senior Championship began in 1963 and to no surprise the list of winners encompasses some of the best female amateurs throughout Alberta Golf’s history. It’s where Diane Williams became a Hall of Famer, where Marilyn O’Connor and Betty Stanhope-Cole continued their battle for the most championships, but most importantly it’s been where the older generation could provide knowledge and experience to the younger players. The event is open to players aged 50+ as of the first day of the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship and is open registration for players with a Handicap Index of 30.0 or lower. In recent years, the event has been a favourite for many out-of-town players including a contingent of BC competitors including the great Jackie Little, Sandra Turbide, and many others. The event has three championships that players are competing for based on their age, the Senior (aged 50+), the Super Senior (aged 60+) and the Diamond Division (aged 70+). 

Highwood Golf is an impressive 27-hole facility located just south of Calgary in High River. The 18-hole championship course is made up of the Heritage and Mountainview nines with each presenting a unique test for the golfers to enjoy. The additional 9 holes are the Spitzee 9 which is a peaceful and picturesque gem which runs along the Highwood River. The layout offers great golf for families, beginners, and even the experienced golfer looking for a quick round. The course is a staple of the community with plenty of fun events being hosted throughout the season and different league options for the members. The club has a great community with many members volunteering their time to help take care of the facility and a plethora of repeat volunteers at each provincial championship that have been hosted over the years. 

In 2025, competitors can expect much of the same from Highwood Golf. An amazing community feeling upon arrival, a tough golf course with a knack for causing drama on the last hole, and three new champions to be crowned at the end of day on July 24. Highwood will anxiously await the new champion’s signature and new decor for its facility as the three-day event will get underway on July 21.  

In between Red Deer and Edmonton, there lies a golf course that is consistently recognized as one of the top courses in the province. The facility requires no introduction to golfers since its inception in 1984, as it boasts an impressive 36-hole layout designed by Rod Whitman. The facility is Wolf Creek Golf Resort and in 2025, it finds itself hosting the 2025 Men’s Senior Championship. 

The Men’s Senior Championship is one of the most well attended championship events on the Alberta Golf schedule with three qualifiers scheduled around the province every year. The event is open to players aged 55+ as of the first day of the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship. Players are required to have a Handicap Index of 20.0 or less and players must qualify at one of the regional sites which are scheduled to be held at Nanton Golf Club on May 29, Ponoka Golf Club on June 2, and Edmonton Garrison Memorial Golf & Curling Club on June 6^th. The Alberta Men’s Senior Championship has also proven to produce some of the top players in the country with the great names like Wylie, Alexander, and Tait continuing their dominance in the 80’s as individuals and on interprovincial teams. This has continued with the new crop of players like Broun, Schultz, Van Dornick, Foley, Laubman, Griffith and others creating their own dominance at the national event as a team. The championship also proves to be a place of great camaraderie with wives coming out as caddies and friends of old looking forward to the yearly catch up after the winter. 

Wolf Creek is a staple to the golfing scene in the province. After its inception in 1984 as a 27-hole facility and then the expansion to 36 holes in the 90’s this course has consistently found itself in the Top 100 Score Golf Rankings and for good reason. The course gained world-wide publicity as a regular stop on the Canadian Tour and a consistent host for the Alberta Open Championship. The course has seen many of the greats of each generation walk the course including Kirk Triplett, Moe Norman, Keith Alexander, Darryl James and many more. For this year’s event, the players will face a familiar foe in the Old Course, the original Rod Whitman design. It’s a pure inland links course with plenty of strategical decisions to be made and the keys to success will surely be the creative shot making and precision, just the way the predecessors of the game had intended.

As the snow continues to melt around the province, the Old Course at Wolf Creek awaits its chance to show its fangs once again with its return to the Alberta Golf schedule. The competitors will surely need to come prepared for more than just the catch-up with friends, but as history has proven, this crowd is always ready to play.