Kelly Masson and Emma Bittorf spherical out 2025 All Skills Championship with wins in Males’s and Ladies’s Internet Stableford divisions respectively
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Natasha Stasiuk of Oakville, Ont. put the ending touches on her fifth-consecutive wire-to-wire victory on the Canadian All Skills Championship, introduced by BDO, on Thursday whereas Josh Williams of Tavistock, Ont. fired a 3-under 69 to nab his maiden win on the match and cap off an exhilarating 54 holes at The Dunes at Kamloops in Kamloops, B.C.
The victories safe each Stasiuk and Williams a spot within the 2026 U.S. Adaptive Open going down July 6-8 at Woodmont Nation Membership (South Course) in Rockville, M.D. The occasion, which the USA Golf Affiliation (USGA) debuted in 2022, will mark the second and third look for Williams and Stasiuk respectively, the latter trying to repeat her first place end within the mental impairment class from 2024.
“It means every little thing to me to qualify for the USGA Adaptive Open 2026,” stated Stasiuk following her spherical. It’s very aggressive occasion and I’m associates with lots of people there and it appears like dwelling. However I’m proud Canadian and love the Golf Canada match however I additionally I really like representing Canada on a world degree,” she added.
Stasiuk shot an 11-over 83 within the closing spherical to finish her fifth victory in as a few years, firing rounds of 82-86-83=251 to complete 28 strokes forward of Emma Bittorf of Strathmore, Alta. within the Ladies’s Gross Stroke Play Championship.
“Being a five-time champion means quite a bit to me as a result of I’ve come a good distance in my golf improvement, I nonetheless bought work to do to be the very best, I attempt to enhance every day,nevertheless it’s good to be rewarded for my laborious work, and I sit up for defending my title subsequent yr.”
Williams jumped into the lead three holes into Thursday’s closing spherical and by no means relinquished his place on the high of the Males’s Gross Stroke Play leaderboard, rolling in birdie putts on Nos. 4, 5, 11 and 15 to seal the deal on his come-from-behind win.
“I’ve received a variety of tournaments through the years, however none could be thought-about this excessive profile, I don’t suppose I’ve fairly let it sink in that I received a nationwide occasion,” commented an elated Williams following his spherical on Thursday. His solely blemish got here on the par-4 18th, solidifying his 54-hole rating of 71-70-69=210 to assert Males’s Gross Stroke Play Championship.
Williams’ taking part in companion, Josh Hunke of New Dundee, Ont., led after every of the match’s opening two rounds however was unable to recuperate from a pair of early bogeys on Thursday to finish the wire-to-wire triumph. Hunke fell into second place following the second bogey of his closing spherical on the par-4 third gap however clawed his means again to even par with birdies on the seventh, tenth and fifteenth to keep up his runner-up end and end two strokes behind Williams at 4-under.
The 2 gamers have a pleasant historical past and at present dwell simply twenty minutes aside from each other in jap Ontario. Williams praised the ball placing skills of Hunke following his spherical and famous how his personal means to strike the ball in addition to his hometown mate must enhance if he needs to defend his title in 2026.
“If [Hunke] even putted half respectable, he would have received this match for enjoyable… I do know he’s going to search out that putter and it’s going to be an issue,” added Williams.
Within the Males’s Internet Stableford division, Kelly Masson of Grande Prairie, Alta. pieced collectively a powerful end to surge again into competition and retain his 36-hole lead. Randall Mackus of Prince George, B.C. made claiming the Males’s Internet Stableford Championship an uphill battle for Masson on Thursday, teeing off earlier within the day and setting the tempo with 37 Stableford factors to seize the clubhouse lead at 108 complete Stableford factors.
After netting 18 Stableford factors on the flip, Masson discovered one other gear on the again 9, accumulating his match greatest 21 factors during the last 9 holes to take the lead for good with 112 complete Stableford factors.
Bittorf collected 32 Stableford factors on Thursday to reel in 36-hole chief, Stasiuk, and efficiently defend her 2024 title within the Ladies’s Internet Stableford division. Bittorf trailed Stasiuk by a single stroke heading into Thursday’s spherical and used a sizzling begin to propel herself into the lead. With 15 factors by her first 9 holes, Bittorf continued so as to add to her complete, accumulating 9 Stableford factors on holes 10 by 13 earlier than getting into the clubhouse with six factors by her final three holes. She completed the match with 90 complete Stableford factors and a two-point victory over Stasiuk.
This yr marked the fifth taking part in of the Canadian All Skills Championship; an occasion that debuted at Humber Valley Golf Course in Toronto, Ont. in 2021 and has since run yearly to assist Golf Canada’s dedication to fostering a extra inclusive and respectful sport setting all through the nation’s golf group.
“It’s simply superb how far the game has come within the final 4 or 5 years to have nationwide sport organizations like Golf Canada and the USGA and even provincial governing our bodies and state governing our bodies within the U.S. step up and begin internet hosting these high-profile occasions,” praised Williams.
The Ladies’s Gross Stroke Play, Ladies’s Internet Stableford, Males’s Gross Stroke Play and Males’s Internet Stableford make up the 4 completely different divisions that gamers compete in every year – no matter incapacity – all through the competitors’s 54 holes.
The stableford scoring format of the Canadian All Skills Championship awards set factors primarily based off a golfer’s web rating for the outlet. The factors are awarded as follows: Albatross (5 factors), Eagle (4 factors), Birdie (3 factors), Par (2 factors), Bogey (1 level), Double Bogey or greater (0 factors).
To view the ultimate leaderboard from the fifth taking part in of the Canadian All Skills Championship, introduced by BDO, please click on right here.
