CALGARY, Alta.— The 121st enjoying of the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship, offered by BDO, with a area of 264 gamers, is about for July 25–30 at Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership and Heritage Pointe Golf Membership in Calgary, Alta.
Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership and Heritage Pointe Golf Membership will each play to a Par 72 with a reduce following Tuesday’s second spherical. The low 70 gamers and ties will advance to the ultimate two rounds of the nationwide championship at Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership.
Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership has quickly develop into a well-liked area for leisure {and professional} golfers since opening its doorways in 2020, having already hosted Canada’s elite opponents on the 102nd enjoying of the PGA Championship of Canada in 2024.
Mickelson Nationwide boasts a uncooked, pure aesthetic, nestling its operations between prairie vistas, rolling hills and snow-capped mountains to precisely seize the course’s identification in Western Canada. Oscillated elevations – together with a 90-foot drop between the tee field and the inexperienced on the par-4 sixteenth – make the course a championship-level check and pressure gamers to get artistic with their shot-making decisions.
“Windmill Golf Group is honoured to host the 121st Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship at Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership and Heritage Pointe Golf Membership,” mentioned Barry Ehlert, CEO, Windmill Golf Group. “This prestigious occasion showcases a few of the most interesting novice golfers from all over the world, and we’re excited to welcome them to our amenities subsequent week for an distinctive week of championship golf.”
Heritage Pointe Golf Membership will function the co-host venue to assist accommodate the match’s bigger area and can host play for the opening two rounds of the championship. Heritage Pointe has beforehand hosted a wide selection {of professional} and novice occasions since opening in 1992.
“Heritage Pointe has hosted many giant and prestigious golf occasions through the years, however nothing fairly as storied as this particular match,” mentioned David Robinson, VP of Operations, Heritage Pointe Golf Membership. “We sit up for welcoming a few of the greatest novice golfers from Canada and all over the world to southern Alberta for the 121st Canadian Beginner Championship.”
Twelve of the highest 500 novice golfers listed on the World Beginner Golf Rankings (WAGR) will compete at this yr’s Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship, with 10 nations represented together with Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Poland, Republic of China, Republic of Eire, and the US.
Justin Matthews of Little Britain, Ont. is at present the lowest-ranked participant (WAGR) within the area at No. 89. Matthews is at present enjoying his remaining season for the Charlotte College 49ers. On the 2025 Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship, Matthews completed T10. He was additionally one of many Canadians who obtained an exemption into the 2026 RBC Canadian Open, the place he completed T29 and earned the Gary Cowan Medal because the low Canadian Beginner within the area.
Together with Matthews, Crew Canada members Dawson Lew and Ethan Wilson shall be within the area. Lew of Toronto, Ont. (WAGR no. 235) is dedicated to attend the College of North Carolina within the fall of 2027. Final season, Lew received the 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship and completed T5 on the 2025 Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship. Wilson of St. Albert, Alta. (WAGR no. 374) is a present crew member of the College of Illinois Preventing Illini. Ultimately yr’s 2025 Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship, Wilson completed T18, together with his greatest end coming in 2024, when he completed T13.
Matthews, Lew and Wilson shall be joined by 11 of their Crew Canada teammates together with Eddie Gui (Aurora, Ont.), Thomas Grenier (Thetford Mines, Que.), Cooper Humphreys (Vernon, B.C.), Matthew Javier (North York, Ont.), Chase Jerome (Ottawa, Ont.), Austin Krahn (Christina Lake, B.C.), Émile Lebrun (Laval, Que.), Maxim McKenzie (Chilliwack, B.C.), Jager Ache (Woodbridge, Ont.), Alexis Rouleau (Montreal, Que.), Spencer Shropshire (Ramara, Ont.), and Eric Zhao (North York, Ont.).
Individuals Edan Cui of Atherton, Calif. (WAGR no. 256), Tyler Kowack of San Diego, Calif. (WAGR no. 279) and Talan Harrison of Kannapolis, N.C. (WAGR no. 282) are all ranked within the prime 500 on WAGR and can all be making their debut on the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship this yr in Calgary.
Two worldwide gamers within the area are ranked within the prime 500 WAGR, together with Maximilian Puregger of Austria (WAGR no. 342) and Noa Auch-Roy of France (WAGR no. 452). Puregger is at present enjoying for the College of Virginia Cavaliers, with two novice wins to his title, together with the 2025 Austrian Worldwide Beginner. Auch-Roy shall be making his second look on the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship after ending T3 on the 2025 Championship.
“We’re proud and excited to deliver the 121st Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship in Calgary subsequent week at two excellent venues,” mentioned Adam Cinel, Event Director, Golf Canada. “We’re grateful for the dedication proven by the employees and volunteers at Mickelson Nationwide Golf Membership and Heritage Pointe Golf Membership, whose work in conditioning the golf programs and recruiting volunteers has been distinctive. Their efforts will assist create a memorable championship expertise for all gamers within the area.”
The Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship is the third oldest novice championship on the planet, having debuted on the Ottawa Golf Membership – now often known as The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership in 1895. Initially contested as a match play competitors, Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer George S. Lyon received the Beginner eight occasions between 1898 and 1914 whereas fellow Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer Sandy Somerville captured six championships between 1924 and 1938.
Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer George S. Lyon received the Beginner eight occasions between 1898 and 1914 and was runner-up two extra occasions. Fellow Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer Sandy Somerville made it to the match play remaining ten occasions between 1924 and 1938, capturing six championships. Different previous champions embrace Canadian Golf Corridor of Famers and four-time winners, Nick Weslock (1957, 1963, 1964, 1966) and Doug Roxburgh (1972, 1974, 1982, 1988). Most not too long ago, two-time PGA TOUR winner Mackenzie Hughes claimed the championship in consecutive years (2011, 2012), whereas 2023 RBC Canadian Open champion and five-time PGA TOUR winner Nick Taylor claimed the 103rd Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship in 2007.
Along with the Earl Gray Cup, the winner of the 2026 Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship will earn an exemption into the 2027 RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon, Ont. set for June 9-13, 2027. The champion can even earn exemption into the 2026 U.S. Beginner Championship, 2027 U.S. Open Last Qualifying and 2027 U.S. Beginner Last Qualifying.
The 72-hole stroke play competitors will get underway on Monday, July 27 and wrap up Thursday, July 30. The nationwide championship can even characteristic an Inter-Provincial Crew Championship that may run concurrently via the primary 36 holes of competitors. Every day, the bottom three particular person 18-hole scores will depend in the direction of the crew rating for gamers representing provinces. Crew Ontario will look to retain the Willingdon Cup (awarded yearly to the highest province on the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship), after profitable final yr’s title.
Follow rounds will precede the match and happen at each host websites from July 25-26.
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