Area of 264 will compete within the prestigious event; all ten provinces represented and one territory; Inter-Provincial Group Championship to be contested over first 36 holes
Saskatoon, Sask. – The 119th enjoying of the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship, introduced by BDO is about to be contested August 5-8 with a subject of 264 newbie golfers competing over 4 rounds at each the Riverside Nation Membership and Saskatoon Golf and Nation Membership in Saskatoon, Sask.
This yr’s subject options numerous prime newbie golfers from all over the world together with, Max Kennedy of Dublin, Eire, presently ranked no. 28 on the World Beginner Golf Rating (WAGR). Becoming a member of Kennedy are Wang Ngai Shen of Hong Kong, China (no. 155 WAGR), Mateo Fuenmayor of Colombia (no. 264 WAGR) in addition to defending champion, Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont. McCulloch (no. 135 WAGR) has loved a profitable season at Michigan State and competed on the 2024 RBC Canadian Open and certified for the 2024 U.S. Open.
The next 2024 Provincial Males’s Beginner Champions may even be competing within the subject: Brett Jones (Alberta), Group Canada NextGen member Cooper Humphreys (British Columbia), Braxton Kuntz (Manitoba), Group Canada NextGen member Matthew Javier (Ontario), Ryan Lamswood (Newfoundland and Labrador), Alexander Mercier (Quebec) and from the host province, Kye Fisher (Saskatchewan).
Together with Humphreys, Javier and McCulloch there might be a further 9 Group Canada members competing in Saskatoon together with, Laurent Desmarchais (Bromont, Que.), Isaiah Ibit (Orleans, Ont.), Alex Lengthy (Toronto, Ont.), Ben MacLean (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Jean-Philippe Parr (St-Célestin, Que.), Luke Smith (Toronto, Ont.), Hunter Thomson (Calgary, Alta.), Ethan Wilson (St. Albert, Alta.) and Eric Zhao (North York, Ont.).
“We’re excited to get the 119th enjoying of the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship underway subsequent week at two stunning golf programs right here in Saskatoon,” mentioned Golf Canada Match Director Adam Cinel. “The employees and volunteers at each Riverside Nation Membership and Saskatoon Golf and Nation Membership been working tirelessly to make sure these competing will benefit from the check each programs current. We sit up for internet hosting a full subject of 264 gamers as they compete for our prestigious nationwide championship.”
Golfers from all 10 provinces and one territory are represented within the subject together with 11 further nations: Australia, Chinese language Taipei, Colombia, England, France, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Eire, South Africa, United States and Wales.
The primary two rounds of this yr’s event might be contested on each programs with the sector enjoying every course as soon as. Following the opening 36-holes of the championship, the sector might be diminished to the highest 70 gamers plus ties. Wednesday and Thursday’s rounds will each performed at Riverside Nation Membership with an awards ceremony following Thursday’s last spherical.
“We’re thrilled and honoured to co-host this prestigious nationwide golf championship together with Riverside Nation Membership. It has been a terrific partnership as we work along with Golf Canada to make this a memorable expertise for the gamers, spectators and volunteers,” mentioned Warren Proctor, Host Membership Committee Chair, Saskatoon Golf and Nation Membership. “Now we have had an unbelievable optimistic response from our membership in assist of internet hosting this championship. I have to additionally acknowledge our Membership administration, together with course superintendent Terry McNeilly who, alongside along with his employees have been working tirelessly to get our golf course in fantastic situation to be difficult and a good check for the gamers.”
Previous to the beginning of the event, there might be a last qualifier on Friday at Riverside Nation Membership the place a subject of 46 gamers might be competing for the ultimate 9 spots within the event.
“Riverside Nation Membership has an extended historical past of internet hosting prestigious golf occasions, and we sit up for welcoming a number of the prime tier nationwide and worldwide gamers for the 119th Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship,” mentioned Robert Klombies, Govt Director, Riverside Nation Membership. “It’s heartening to see the extent of pleasure and engagement that our members and golf group exhibit to make sure gamers get pleasure from an unimaginable expertise each at Riverside and throughout the Metropolis of Saskatoon.”
Established in 1895, the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship is the third oldest newbie championship on the earth. The event was first contested as one of many newly shaped Royal Canadian Golf Affiliation’s (RCGA), now often called Golf Canada, first orders of enterprise in 1895 on the Ottawa Golf Membership.
The nationwide championship initially started as a match play competitors however modified to stroke play for the 1969 championship. It remained that approach by 1994 when it reverted to match play in honour of the RCGA’s and the championship’s centennial in 1995. The championship as soon as once more reverted to stroke play in 2008 and in 2010, the event modified to a double subject format for the primary time ever.
Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer George S. Lyon gained the Beginner eight instances between 1898 and 1914 and was runner-up two extra instances. Fellow Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer Sandy Somerville made it to the match play last ten instances between 1924 and 1938, capturing six championships. Different previous champions embody Canadian Golf Corridor of Famers and four-time winners, Nick Weslock (1957, 1963, 1964, 1966) and Doug Roxburgh (1972, 1974, 1982, 1988). Most just lately, two-time PGA TOUR winner and two-time Canadian Males’s Beginner Champion, Mackenzie Hughes (2011, 2012) and 2023 RBC Canadian Open and four-time PGA TOUR winner Nick Taylor (2007). The final time the Canadian Males’s Beginner was held within the metropolis of Saskatoon was in 2007 at Riverside Nation Membership, when Taylor gained.
Nick Taylor is the one Canadian male golfer to have gained the Canadian Junior Boys (2006), Canadian Males’s Beginner (2007) and RBC Canadian Open (2023) titles. Brooke Henderson is the one Canadian feminine golfer to win the nationwide championship trifecta, having gained the Canadian Junior Ladies (2012), Canadian Ladies’s Beginner (2013) and the CPKC Ladies’s Open (2018).
The nationwide championship may even characteristic an Inter-Provincial Group Championship that can happen over the primary 36-holes of the event. Group Ontario might be defending their title as 10 provinces and one territory might be vying to etch their names into the Willingdon Cup.
The 2024 Canadian Males’s Beginner Champion receives an exemption into the 2025 RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) in Caledon, Ont. and the 2024 U.S. Beginner Championship happening at Hazeltine Nationwide Golf Membership in Chaska, Minn. from August 12-18. The winner may even obtain an exemption from native qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open and U.S. Beginner Championship. As well as, the winner will obtain $1,200 CAD.
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