Chase Lassman fired a one-under 71 to assert his second NextGen Championship whereas Zhang stitched collectively a bogey-free 66 to win NextGen Prairie Championship.
WARMAN, Sask. – Chase Lassman of Parkland County, Alta. picked up his second win of the month whereas Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. fired a six-under 66 in her remaining spherical to every declare titles within the Junior Boys and Junior Women division respectively on the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship.
Each Lassman and Zhang kicked off their remaining spherical at The Legends Golf Membership in Warman, Sask. atop the leaderboards and didn’t take lengthy to search out separation from their closest chasers on Sunday.
Zhang, who began her morning with a three-stroke lead over 2025 NextGen Western Championship winner Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon of Vancouver, B.C., blitzed the entrance 9 to make the flip at six-under par and lead Kwon by eight strokes.
Birdies on the first, sixth and seventh-holes highlighted Zhang’s sizzling begin to draw back from the pack regardless of her success on that stretch of the golf course serving to carve out her benefit main as much as Sunday’s remaining spherical. Zhang performed the entrance 9 of The Legends Golf Membership at seven-under par all through the week, a rating collectively higher than another participant within the subject over that stretch.
Zhang added back-to-back birdies at holes 12 and 13 earlier than getting into the clubhouse with one other birdie on the seventeenth to place the ending touches on a bogey-free 66 and declare her maiden win on the NextGen Championship sequence.
“I’m very glad to be the champion of this occasion and really glad to see that every one my arduous labored paid off,” commented Zhang following her win Sunday. “The entrance 9 is less complicated than the again 9, the tee photographs gave me more room, the fairways had been wider, so I didn’t have to fret about going within the fescue,” she added.
Teeing off later within the morning with a share of the lead within the Junior Boys division, Lassman rallied round a sizzling begin to take his second title of the month after popping out victorious in a three-player playoff on the NextGen Western Championship in Entwistle, Alta. two weeks in the past.
Lassman grabbed sole possession of the lead on Sunday after rolling in birdie putts on the primary, fifth and sixth holes to get nine-under par.
Consecutive bogeys on 14 and 15 stalled his momentum however did not bump him from the highest spot. Lassman completed the ultimate three holes of his spherical at even par whereas his closest chaser, reigning NextGen Prairie Championship winner Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask., performed his remaining six holes at three-over par to complete his title defence three strokes off the tempo.
“I’m a preserver,” commented Lassman on what he discovered of himself after his successful type within the month of June. “I discovered that I can compete on the nationwide stage day in and time out with my B sport and with my A sport,” he added. Lassman believes the playoff victory at Trestle Creek Golf Resort earlier within the month boosted his confidence and outfitted him with the identical trait he credited to serving to put the ending touches on his win Sunday on the NextGen Prairie.
Lassman fired rounds of 70, 68 and 71 to get his arms on one other NextGen Championship, whereas Zhang negated an opening-round 74 with rounds of 67 and 66 to assert her title. Each will compete within the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship set for August 27-29 at Pitt Meadows Golf Membership in Pitt Meadows, B.C., in addition to their respective Junior Championships later this summer time.
NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship
*Prime 6 qualify
NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Women Championship
*Prime 6 plus ties qualify
With two extra stops left on the circuit, the 2025 NextGen Championship season will roll into jap Ontario for the enjoying of the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship set to happen July 3-5 on the Rideau View Golf Membership in Manotick, Ont. The 54-hole occasion might be preceded by a apply spherical on Wednesday, July 2 and can crown a winner on Saturday, July 5.
To view the ultimate leaderboards from the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship, please click on right here.
Concerning the NextGen Championships The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf sequence which totals six competitions. From Could to July, six championships will happen throughout Canada the place the area’s finest junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2024 nationwide championships. NextGen Championships present junior gamers a chance to develop and showcase their abilities on the highest stage of match golf.
