YORKTON, Sask. – The nation’s top junior female golfing talents will be on display at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, August 3-7, at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton, Sask.

The 61^st edition of the championship will showcase over 100 of Canada’s top juniors.

“There is so much anticipation for this year’s Canadian Junior Girls Championship,” said Tournament Director Dan Hyatt. “The field is strong and it will make for a very exciting four days of action. Deer Park is in very good shape and we are looking forward to having Canada’s best compete for this prestigious title.”

Defending her 2014 Canadian Junior Girls title will be Team Canada Development Squad member Grace St-Germain. The 17-year-old captured last year’s championship by seven strokes. The Ottawa native has seen early success to start the season, capturing the CN Future Links Pacific Championship and carding a runner-up finish at the Québec Women’s Amateur Championship.

Development Squad member Michelle Kim of Surrey, B.C., who finished 6^th in last year’s event, will look to add to an already impressive 2015. The 18-year-old claimed the Flumerfelt Cup as 2015 B.C. Women’s Amateur Champion and also took the B.C. Junior Girls Championship title, finishing nine strokes clear of her nearest competitor.

Also in attendance as provincial champions will be Alberta’s Katy Rutherford, Veronica Vetesnik of Manitoba, Chloe Currie who claimed the Ontario crown, and New Brunswick champion Laura Jones. Playing in their home province will be Saskatchewan Junior Girls co-medalists Brooke Hobson and Kayla Sawchuk.

A number of CN Future Links champions are hoping to add a national title to their seasons. Allison Chandler of Chester, N.S., claimed the Nova Scotia Junior Girls title and the CN Future Links Atlantic Championship. Alyssa Getty of Ruthven, Ont., who claimed the Ontario and Québec CN Future Links titles, will be in the field alongside Calgary native Kenna Hughes who took the Western title and Team Canada Development Squad member Alisha Lau of Richmond, B.C., who was crowned at the championship’s Prairie edition.

The remaining members of the National Team’s junior contingent will also convene at Deer Park Golf Course. Victoria, B.C., native Naomi Ko, who finished tied for runner-up at the 2015 Ontario Women’s Amateur, will be joined by Jaclyn Lee of Calgary who claimed victory at the 2014 Alberta Ladies Amateur and the 2014 Alberta Girls Championships.

This year’s Canadian Junior Girls Champion will receive an exemption into the 2016 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, as well as, each of the 2016 Canadian Women’s Tour events.

Practice rounds will be held Monday, August 3, while championship play will begin Tuesday, August 4 before concluding on Friday, August 7 with 18 holes of stroke play each day.

The Juvenile Championship, which is open to female amateurs 16-years-old and under, will be played concurrently with the Junior Girls Championship. An inter-provincial team championship will take place in conjunction with the first two rounds of stroke play; Team Quebec enters the tournament as the defending champion.

More information on the tournament, including the full field and tee-times, is available here.

For my money, it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Weir and Lorie Kane being named to the Order of Canada and right alongside Marlene Streit’s induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.  Unique about the honour amid the aforementioned group is Thompson’s resume: the Canadian design legend crafted courses, he didn’t play them.

For this ‘builder’ —whose landmark career favourably compares to Donald Ross, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, A.W. Tillinghast, C.B. MacDonald, Seth Raynor or even his former partner Robert Trent Jones Sr.  —having the spotlight shine his esteemed body of work is an occasion to celebrate.  It also impacts the sport on multiple levels.

Any time golf crosses over from its often tucked away corner of the sporting mainstream the game wins.  Those moments happen all too infrequently within the riveted confines of a hockey-centric, baseball and basketball infused nation so expect the Toronto native’s posthumous entrance into the national sporting shrine in Calgary to hopefully garner meaningful attention for the game and on Thompson’s illustrious golf architecture career.

What a career it was.  From 1921 up to his untimely passing in 1953 Thompson put his signature on 117 Canadian courses. They traverse the nation from Capilano, Banff and Jasper Park in the west to St. George’s, Westmount, St. Thomas and Cataraqui in Ontario; then they make their way east to Quebec’s Beaconsfield and on to his crowned jewel – in my opinion – Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s Highlands Links. One mustn’t overlook what Thompson accomplished outside Canadian borders either.  He fashioned 20 courses in the United States and eight more in Central and South America.

For all the polish he put on this golfing nation Thompson was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1980.  In 2005 he was named, ‘a person of national historic significance’ by the federal government.

Today, his legacy for this and future generations is being preserved by the Stanley Thompson Society which formed in 1998.  I’m happy to say I’m a proud new member of that society.

What one can also hope for with the grand master’s national sports hall of fame induction is a measure of heightened awareness to trickle-down to the talented, esteemed design group that has followed in his footsteps.

Canadian golf is truly blessed with great architects.  From Thompson understudies Robbie Robinson, Howard Watson, Geoffrey Cornish and Bob Moote the baton was passed to a present day visionary group of Doug Carrick, Tom McBroom, Graham Cooke, Les Furber, Ian Andrew, Daryl Huxum, Rod Whitman and now, by extension, is moving along to the likes of Jeff Mingay, Riley Johns, Gary Browning, Wade Horrocks and even 2003 Masters champion, Mike Weir, the next generation of aspiring Thompson’s.  Wonderful it would be to see all of them recognized more for the work they’ve done.

In Jim Barclay’s book The Toronto Terror, this Cornish excerpt nicely frames the kind of influence Thompson had, not only on his stable of associates, but on the game across Canada and beyond.

“(Thompson) made an exceptional contribution to golf, what with his handsome memorials coast-to-coast, his yearning for beauty that manifests itself even in his most modest creations, his international reputation, his dedication to educating those who worked for him, and his goal of creating an energetic society of golf course architects,” Cornish wrote.

Stanley Thompson changed the paradigm of golf course architecture in this country.  His concept of risk-reward playability continues to be a bedrock principle of modern course architecture. It’s a concept that has made the game more thoughtful, engaging and has helped put our inventory of courses across the country on a pedestal with the best anywhere.

Of his forthcoming induction into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary Thompson aficionados everywhere will agree: it merely adds another exclamation point to a storied, celebrated career that has had so many.

SASKATOON, Sask. – Mariel Galdiano of Pearl City, Hawaii carded a 3-under 69 at Riverside Country Club in Saskatoon, Sask., to take the lead as play began at the 2015 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.

After unplayable conditions forced the postponement of the first round, play commenced on Wednesday with sunny skies and high winds. Nearly half of the field completed 36 holes, while the remaining players will tee off Thursday morning prior to the 36-hole cut.

Galdiano, who has yet to play her second round, established a two-shot advantage over her nearest competitor. The 17-year-old, who has one more year of high school remaining, carded four of her six birdies on the front nine. She entered the tournament ranked No. 29 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings, including a T42 finish at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open. It was her third U.S. Women’s championship after qualifying for her first at 13.

Angleton, Texas native Lakareber Abe tallied seven birdies in her second round en route to a tournament-low score of 5-under 67 to sit in solo second. The 19-year-old’s afternoon-round was highlighted by a bogey-free front nine that featured four birdies. After opening with a round of 76, the University of Alabama product now sits at 1-under for the tournament.

Three players are tied for third and chasing the lead. The No. 5-ranked Bethany Wu of Diamond Bar, Calif., shot 1-over par in her first round. Joining Wu with a score of 73 was Plano, Texas native Dylan Kim. The 18-year-old is ranked No. 37 in the world and placed fourth in this year’s NCAA Women’s Medal Championship playing for Baylor University.  Both Wu and Kim will tee off for their second rounds tomorrow morning.

The remaining player tied at 1-over par is Sarah Burnham of Maple Grove, Minn. The Michigan State Spartan strung together three straight birdies on holes 11 through 13 to register a second round of 3-under par. The 19-year-old carded a 76 during her first round for a total of 145.

Two Canadians are within the Top-15 after their first rounds. Taylor Kim of Surrey, B.C., shot an opening-round 2-over par and sits tied for sixth. Team Canada National Amateur Squad member Maddie Szeryk holds a share of twelfth at 3-over.

The inter-provincial competition coinciding with the first two tournament rounds will conclude on Thursday. Team Alberta is comprised of Team Canada’s Jennifer Ha, National Development Squad member Jaclyn Lee and Sabrine Garrison. The trio of Calgarians are ahead of the competition and sit three-shots clear of Team B.C.

The remaining players needing to play their second rounds will start off the first and tenth tees on Thursday morning, beginning at 7:30 a.m. CST. The top 70 players and ties will make the 36-hole cut and advance to the third round of play on Thursday afternoon.

For full details on tee times and scoring, click here.

Apologies to the few ardent fans of Seven Days in Utopia and The Legend of Bagger Vance but in the past 15 y ears the intersection of golf and pop culture cinema has been paved with cliches as well tread as the Swilcan bridge at St. Andrews and swing thought whisperers so hokey you can bet a screenwriter or two is pining for a mulligan.

HOOK THEM YOUNG

The Squeeze, the latest golf movie to hit theaters and premium cable aims to christen a brand new sub-genre: the golf thriller.  There’s a scene in the trailer where after securing a bet to the contrary, Friday Night Lights’ J.D. McCoy ( Jeremy Sumpter), standing 200-odd yards from the dance floor, smoothly flips his ball into the air with his putter and then with a carefully timed one-handed baseball swing proceeds to wallop it all the way to the green.

“The Squeeze is a wonderful golf movie because it’s so authentic.  It hooks you in the beginning and stays interesting and entertaining right to the end.  I’m looking forward to seeing it again,” chimes in Phil Mickelson in the film’s marketing materials.  An endorsement from Lefty, one of golf’s ultimate insiders and a player known for making friendly wagers with his PGA brethren to make practice rounds a little more interesting, carries a lot more weight than a positive review from a film critic.  Adding to the film’s TOUR cred, Tom Watson is an investor in the movie and Jack Nicklaus is yet another notable giving it two-thumbs up.

Sumpter plays a +1.1 handicap in real life nipping the niggling yet accurate complaint about the preponderance of actors in golf movies who appear to have never picked up a club before the cameras started rolling.  Happy Gilmore’s Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) co-stars as Riverboat, a hustler that hooks a rural phenom into the world of high stakes golf gambling.  While a small indie flick and a mere blip on the entertainment radar, compared to the overly sentimental fare that proceeded it, the film is a step in the right direction as far as sparking golf interest in younger generations.

BIG SCREENS TO NIGHT OUT

When it comes to keying into the pulse of the millennials, the fresh “fun required, skills optional,” mantra espoused by burgeoning golf entertainment goliath TopGolf has hit on a winning formula that has vaulted the company to the top of the golf entertainment leaderboard.

Their 70, 000+ square-foot triple-decker, 100 bay driving ranges on steroids look a lot more like Dave & Busters than your garden variety hit’em by the bucket practice facility. With 16 locations up and swinging and nine more under construction, the company is in the midst of a major growth spurt—eight million visitors are expected to tee it up at a TopGolf this year.

TopGolf’s brilliant stroke was RFID tagging Calloway balls to track their flight as they fly toward giant dartboard targets giving golfers instant performance feedback on screens with their name on them bowling style. They’ve transformed what was once typically a solitary, meditative activity into a dynamic social event that has legions of young people lining up for more than an hour to bash balls, have a laugh, and just hang out and enjoy the bar-meets-range entertainment phenomenon.

With roaming onsite pros dispensing pointers and offering short free demos, it’s a highly beginner friendly golf experience.  Even if you’ve never swung a club in your life (50 per cent of customers who walk in the door have never golfed), if you’re at all athletically inclined you’ll still manage to score some points in TopGolf’s various distance and target-based games.

“The screen will show you exactly how far you hit the ball and show you where inside that target you hit the ball and award you points,” explains TopGolf’s Chief Operating Officer Randy Starr.  “For the novice who doesn’t have the appreciation to go ‘wow that was my eight iron, that felt really good I think that was like 145 yards,’ this makes it more fun.

“You’re aiming at something that’s highly visual,” he adds.  “Your name is on the screen, you are competing against your friends and family in a fun non-intimidating environment.”

Set to triple its location count in the next five years, TopGolf has the population centers of the Great White North firmly in its sights; in fact, Toronto is the city they get the most information requests out of any other metropolitan area in North America. Meanwhile they’ve already broken ground on a massive Las Vegas strip location at MGM Grand, which will be four levels with a VIP lounge decked out with water features on the penthouse and there will also be a stage for live music performances.

GAMEIFICATION TREND

For more experienced golfers wishing there were as many stats to pour over about their own games as there are for TOUR Players, GPS-based statistic tracking systems such as Game Golf and Arccos have stepped up to fill that void giving golfers the tools to get a handle on every aspect of their in-round performance.

Both systems work by planting sensors in the butt end of the grip of each club in the bag in the service of compiling reams of statistical data—everything from fairways hit, sand saves, and greens in regulation to drive dispersion charts for quantifiable evidence of how often your slice is getting you in trouble.

The earlier to market Game Golf system requires you to wear a sensor on your belt and tap it with your club before each shot to make sure it registers whereas Arccos runs on auto-pilot.  The Billy Horschel endorsed tracker hooks into an iPhone app to record every club hit.  Both systems give golfers the ability to relive rounds shot-by-shot and paint vivid pictures of how every facet of your game contributes to your final score.

In the Fitbit age, there’s a ravenous appetite for this kind of personalized data.  The insight gained is invaluable to improving a golfer’s game and influencing on-course decision-making.  If you play better, you better believe you’re going to want to play more.

I just started dabbling with Arccos and it’s habit forming.  Aside from the robust array of stats it collects it also completely automates your scorecard scribbling so you never have to pick up that tiny pencil to add up your score.  Other features that’ll really help you get in touch with your golf game once you’ve logged a few rounds are: the ability to track average distance hit with each club and the ability to peruse your personal bests in a trove of categories from longest drive to most one-putts and even pace of play.

AKRON, Ohio – Rory McIlroy has told the PGA TOUR he will not play the Bridgestone Invitational next week as he recovers from his ankle injury.

It will be the second straight tournament that McIlroy will miss as the defending champion. He injured his left ankle while playing soccer with friends in Northern Ireland the first weekend in July. He was not able to defend his title in the British Open at St. Andrews.

McIlroy did not indicate if he would be able to play the PGA Championship on Aug. 13-16 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. He won the PGA Championship last year for his fourth career major.

Jordan Spieth will have another chance to replace McIlroy at No. 1 in the world next week at Firestone.

Golf Canada in partnership with title sponsor Freedom 55 Financial and the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada announced today that the Thames Valley Children’s Centre (TVCC) will serve as the official charitable beneficiary of the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, which will run September 14-20, 2015 at Highland Country Club in London, Ont.

Thames Valley Children’s Centre (TVCC) works to support children and their families to achieve the highest possible quality of life. TVCC serves more than 8000 children, youth and their families every year through a wide range of services provided out of the main London Centre and 15 regional office locations across Southwestern Ontario. Clients range in age from birth to 19 with services supporting a range of special needs including physical disabilities, communication disorders, developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders. Fifty-five percent of all ticket proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the TVCC.

“We endorse Golf Canada’s selection of Thames Valley Children’s Centre for the tournament’s charitable proceeds,” said Mike Cunneen, Senior Vice-President, Freedom 55 Financial.  “Through the annual London Life Forest City Road Races and the Freedom 55 Financial We’re All Stars event, our company has proudly supported the important work Thames Valley does to support children and families from London and across Southwestern Ontario. I applaud the tournament’s goal to raise funds and welcome the Children’s Centre and its supporters to Highland.”

“We are thrilled to be the charitable beneficiary for the Freedom 55 Financial Championship,” commented Dr. John LaPorta, CEO, Thames Valley Children’s Centre. “We are heartened that Golf Canada will not only focus on coordinating a stellar tournament but equally on a fundraising strategy that will benefit the more than 8,000 clients our Centre serves throughout Southwestern Ontario.”

“Children’s Health Foundation, the fundraising partner of TVCC, is excited to see Golf Canada taking such initiative to further strengthen TVCC’s ability to provide the very best rehabilitation services, positively impacting every aspect of our kids’ lives,” shares Susan Crowley, President and CEO of Children’s Health Foundation. “In partnership with community members, like Golf Canada and Freedom 55 Financial, we are contributing to care, research and rehabilitation that helps young people to be happy, healthy and strong.”

The 12^th and final event on the Mackenzie Tour schedule will see the culmination of the race for Web.com Tour status at Highland Country Club. Only the top 60 players on the Order of Merit will be eligible, setting up an exciting race to the season’s final event.

The top five players on the Mackenzie Tour Order of Merit earn Web.com Tour status for the following season, with players finishing in spots 6^th through 10^th earning an exemption into the final stage and players finishing 11^th through 20^th into the second stage of Web.com Tour Qualifying School.

In addition to serving as title sponsor of the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, Freedom 55 Financial also sponsors the Freedom 55 Financial Canadian Player of the Week award presenting $2,500 to the top Canadian player at each Mackenzie Tour event as well as the season ending Freedom 55 Financial Canadian Player of the Year Award, which comes with a $25,000 prize.

Ryan Williams of Vancouver won the 2014 season ending championship along with both the Freedom 55 Financial Canadian Player of the Week and Canadian Player of the Year Awards.

Volunteer and ticket information is available at www.freedom55financialchampionship.com. As well, children aged 17 and under get in free all week long at the Freedom 55 Financial Championship – download your free junior tickets here.

CALGARY—Calgary’s PGA TOUR professional, Stephen Ames, and local professional, Darryl James, will welcome the world to their backyard at the PGA TOUR’s Champions Tour’s 2015 Shaw Charity Classic, August 5-9.

Ames, who has played a mix of Champions Tour and PGA TOUR events since joining the senior circuit last spring, will make his second appearance in the tournament he helped bring to Calgary two years ago. Ames is part of the six-person philanthropic Patron Group who has backed the award-winning tournament that doles out record-setting charitable donations for youth-based charities in Alberta.

“This is the back nine of my career so I am thrilled once again to have the opportunity to play in a Tour event in a city that is very special to me,” said Ames, who also spends time living in Vancouver. “Many of us worked very hard for a long time to bring an event of this caliber to this market. Hopefully I will play well and it would be great to have a Canadian at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.”

Ames has played 22 seasons on the PGA TOUR where he has racked up nearly $20 million in earnings. The longtime Calgary resident won four times on the PGA TOUR, most memorably The Players Championship victory in 2006. A top-10 finisher 58 times on the elite TOUR, Ames has two European Championship titles to go along with six, top-10 finishes at major championships.

Another local boy, Darryl James, will take advantage of a sponsor’s exemption to tee it up with a star-studded international field that includes the best senior golfers on the planet. James, an instructor with the National Golf Academy in Calgary, was a Tuesday qualifier for last year’s tournament. James made it to the final stage of qualifying school, but came up short in his bid to earn one of five full-time cards for the senior circuit.

“Qualifying last year was an absolute dream come true. It was the biggest day of my life,” said James, who was on-hand at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club for the third annual media day horse race competition on Wednesday. “The experience kind of reignited the fire in me to start playing more competitively again, and I hope to build on the knowledge gained last year to put in a strong showing next week. I am grateful to everyone at the Shaw Charity Classic for providing me with this opportunity.”

Joining the Calgary-based Canucks will be Champions Tour veterans Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge.

Born in St. Catharines, Ont., Spittle is the lone Canadian to win a Champions Tour event since joining the 50-and-over Tour in 2005. A three-time finisher in the top-10, Spittle who is recognized as one of the nicest guys on Tour captured the 2010 AT&T Championship in San Antonio, TX.

Victoria’s Jim Rutledge will round out the Canadian contingent. A regular on the Champions Tour since 2009, Rutledge will look to find some magic on home turf as he continues to search for his first Champions Tour win.

The four Canucks will prowl the fairways of Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club with 81 of golf’s greats that includes: 10 PGA TOUR major winners (O’Meara, Janzen, Woosnam, Stadler, Tway, Simpson, Sluman, Calcavecchia, Pavin, Brooks); three World Golf Hall of Fame Members (Couples, Montgomerie, O’Meara); Champions Tour rookies Lee Janzen and Scott McCarron; and other newcomers to Calgary – Peter Jacobsen and Carlos Franco.

Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que. – The 77^th playing of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship will be hosted by Summerlea Golf & Country Club in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., from August 2-6. The field vying for the national title will include members of Team Canada’s National Development Squad, provincial junior champions and top finishers in the 2015 CN Future Links Championship series.

The prestigious Canadian Junior Boys title has marked the beginning of many successful professional and amateur careers. This national title has previously been captured by PGA TOUR rookie Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada member and Golf Canada Young Pro Squad member Adam Svensson, Jim Rutledge of the Champions Tour, as well as, Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Doug Silverberg, George Knudson, Gary Cowan and Doug Roxburgh.

In 2014, Austin James of Bath, Ont., captured the Canadian Junior Boys title at Legends on the Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ont., before entering his sophomore year at Charleston Southern University. This year, 156 juniors will compete at Summerlea in hopes of having their names added to the tournament’s long list of celebrated champions.

“With a field of highly talented juniors ready to take on Summerlea Golf & Country Club, the 77^th edition of Canadian Junior Boys Championship will prove to be an exciting competiton,” said Tournament Director Justine Decock. “Summerlea is a big supporter of junior golf and Golf Canada is proud to host Canada’s best at its facility. The course is in excellent condition and we look forward to the championship.”

Summerlea Golf & Country Club is located half an hour from Montreal, Que., in Vaudreuil-Dorion. Summerlea – a family-oriented club dedicated to the development of golf at all levels – has a long history of hosting professional and amateur championships, including the 2002 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, the 1966 Canadian Men’s Amateur, as well as, the 1996 Canadian Men’s and the 2001 Women’s Senior Championships.

From August 2-6, Summerlea Golf & Country Club will host the Junior Boys field on its scenic Dorion course that runs through valleys, testing competitors with uneven lies and undulating greens.

Headlining the field will be the members of Team Canada’s Development Squad. Étienne Papineau finished tied for tenth at the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup and claimed the 2015 edition of the Alexander of Tunis championship, one leg of Golf Québec’s prestigious Triple Crown. Joining the St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., native will be Trevor Ranton of Waterloo, Ont., who has experienced success this season, capturing the Ontario Junior Boys Championship, as well as the CN Future Links Pacific Championship title.

Completing the National Team contingent are the 2014 Canadian Juvenile Boys Champion Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont., who is ranked fifth on the CN Future Links National Junior Boys Order of Merit, AJ Armstrong of St. Albert, Alta., and Patrick Murphy of Crossfield, Alta.

Earning their spots in the competition were the top finishers from the 2015 CN Future Links Championship series, including Ontario edition winner Jack Simpson of Aurora, Ont.; Alexander Smith of Calgary, Alta., – the Prairie champion and No. 1 on the CN Future Links National Junior Boys Order of Merit; Quebec champion Jason (Chan Young) Chung of Thornhill, Ont.; Western champion Jason Martens of Edmonton, Alta.; and Atlantic champion Calvin Ross of Fredericton, N.B.

The provincial junior champions will travel to Quebec in hopes of translating their success onto the national stage. The champions from the west include Jake Scarrow of Dewdney, B.C., Andrew Harrison of Camrose, Alta., Cory Selander of Prince Albert, Sask., and Wesley Hoydalo of Selkirk, Man. Traveling from the eastern provinces will be Blair Bursey of Gander, Nfld., Corey McMinniman of Fredericton, N.B., Matthew Chandler of Chester, N.S., and Ryan Legault of Charlottetown, P.E.I., who topped the Prince Edward Island Junior Order of Merit.

The Canadian Junior Boys Championship is open to male amateur golfers who have not reached their 19th birthday by August 1^st, 2015; the Juvenile Boys competition is for those not yet 17. Team Alberta will defend its inter-provincial team title at the tournament. The winner of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship will receive an exemption into the 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship to be hosted by Weston Golf & Country Club and The Lambton Golf & Country Club from August 8-13.

Following a practice round on August 2, the championship’s 72-holes of stroke play competition will commence on August 3. Following 36 holes, the field will be reduced to the low 70 players and ties. Ties for the Junior and Juvenile championship titles will be decided by a hole-by-hole playoff.

For more information on the 2015 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, including a full list of competitors and pairings, please click here.

Saskatoon, Sask. – Heavy rainfall and the ensuing unplayable conditions forced the postponement of the first round of the 2015 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Riverside Country Club in Saskatoon, Sask.

The first round of play will begin on the morning of Wednesday, July 29 at 7 a.m. CST with revised tee times. Round two will also see a revised draw and is slated to begin immediately following the completion of the first round. Pairings for rounds one and two will remain the same as the original groupings.

“Unfortunately weather did not cooperate with the first round of play,” said Tournament Director Mary Beth McKenna. “However the weather forecast is looking good for the remainder of the week and we are confident that we will be able to finish the 72-hole national competition.”

In addition to the title of 2015 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion, the field of 105 Canadian and International players will also be golfing for a prized exemption into the 2015 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open to be played at The Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam, B.C., and the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship.

For additional information on the championship, including revised tee times and live scoring, proceed to the competition’s website.