Bunker and Jensen record opening round 65’s to lead by two shots

Pemberton, B.C. – Dave Bunker and Stephen Jensen both fired opening rounds of 7-under 65 to finish Tuesday as co-leaders in the 2023 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO at Big Sky Golf Club in Pemberton, B.C.

Bunker of Ridgeway, Ont. who has enjoyed success in the men’s senior championship in recent years, finishing sixth last year and fourth in 2021, recorded eight birdies and only one bogey in his opening round for a share of the lead.

Jensen of England, who won the 2022 English Senior Men’s Amateur Championship, recorded nine birdies during his round on Tuesday. After a bogey on the second hole, Jensen responded with back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth hole. He went on to card back-to-back birdies again on six and seven and once on the back nine, on holes 15 and 16.

The duo takes a two-shot lead into Wednesday’s second round, ahead of 2018 runner-up Pete Detemple of Callaway, Md. who shot a 5-under 67. Doug Hanzel, runner-up in 2017 is three back following a 4-under 68; the Savannah, Ga. native also leads the Super Senior division by four shots. Two-time Canadian Senior Championship winner (2019, 2017) Gene Elliott of West Des Moines, Iowa is fifth in the Senior division following a 3-under 69.

The national championship features a field of 156 golfers competing for the John Rankin Memorial Trophy over 72 holes of stroke-play with a cut after 36 holes on Wednesday. The Super Senior Championship is contested concurrently over the four rounds of the championship. The champion will receive an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

Team Alberta is looking to claim their third consecutive Senior Inter-Provincial Team Championship and will take a four shot lead heading into Wednesday’s final round of team play. Ken Griffith of Red Deer, Alta. is the lone returning player on this year’s team and shot a 2-under 70. His teammates consist of Brian Laubman and James Varnam, both of Edmonton. Laubman also recorded a 2-under 70 to count towards the team score on Tuesday. Team New Brunswick sit second at even par while Team Ontario is at 2-over to round out the top three. The team championship was added to the tournament in 1977 and runs concurrently through the first 36 holes of the competition.

For the full leaderboard of the 2023 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship, please click here.

GOLF CANADA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Golf Canada annually conducts more than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – including nine National Amateur Championships – which play host to more than 3,000 domestic and international athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host clubs, thousands of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1895. Officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials, Golf Canada’s amateur competitions are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and include marquee events such as the Canadian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s amateur championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, Levelwear and JOURNIE Rewards. For more information and scheduling visit www.golfcanada.ca/championships.

Woodstock, P.E.I. – The 51st playing of the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship wrapped up with a battle to the very end, with Mary-Ann Hayward securing the title at Mill River Golf Resort presented BDO.

Heading into play on Friday, Hayward of St. Thomas, Ont., shared the lead with Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont. The final round saw a back-and-forth battle with both golfers tied through 11 holes. Hayward and Kyrinis both held the solo lead during the final seven holes. Hayward’s birdie on 17, combined with Kyrinis’ bogey put Hayward ahead by one heading to the final hole and that would be what separated them, giving Hayward her fourth Canadian Women’s Senior Championship.

“I’ve never seen so many two shot swings; we had three in four holes on the back nine over a five-hole stretch. It’s a difficult golf course, the pins are difficult and you can’t beat yourself up over those three putts out there. I made a couple key birdies on hole-14 and 17, you have to remember the good and the shots you take under pressure. The competition is very tough, you have some of the best senior golfers in the world here in Canada, its not easy to win so you cherish each one,” said Hayward.

Hayward shot a final round of 4-over 76 to finish the tournament at 11-over. Two-time champion, Kyrinis shot a final round of 5-over 77 to finish second.

This marks Hayward’s fourth Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, having previously won in 2010, 2011 and 2013. In addition to today’s win, Hayward has earned exemptions into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Senior Open.

Hayward also won the Super Senior Championship, which ran concurrently throughout the tournament.

Two-time champion, Terrill Samuel of Etobicoke, Ont., placed third overall in the Senior Championship after shooting a final round 3-over 75 on Friday. Samuel also placed second in the Super Senior and Marie-Thérése Torti of Candiac, Que., shot a 3-over 75 to place third.

Team Ontario won the Inter-Provincial Team Championship on Thursday with an impressive 14-stroke victory over runner-up Team British Columbia. Terrill Samuel of Etobicoke, Ont., Mary-Ann Hayward of St. Thomas, Ont., and Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont., shot a collective 13-over for Team Ontario to earn the team championship.

For the full leaderboard, please click here.

GOLF CANADA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Golf Canada annually conducts more than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – including nine National Amateur Championships – which play host to more than 3,000 domestic and international athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host clubs, thousands of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1895. Officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials, Golf Canada’s amateur competitions are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and include marquee events such as the Canadian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s amateur championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, Levelwear and JOURNIE Rewards. For more information and scheduling visit www.golfcanada.ca/championships.

Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).

Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.

Andy Wilson, Sherwood Golf and Country Club, Hole #2

I golfed with my son-in-law and grandson on Thursday, and he shot a hole-in-one! Andy Wilson of Halifax landed an ace on August 24 at Sherwood Golf & Country Club’s 217 yard hole.

Linda Smith, on behalf of Andy Wilson

Anthony Iozzo, Oakdale Golf and Country Club, Hole #3

I got a hole-in-one at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto. It was on hole #3 of the Homenuik nine. The hole was playing 128 yards from the blue tees. I used my 9 iron and hit a perfect draw into the flag, landed about six feet from the hole and rolled right in!

This is my second ace. My first one was in 2022 on hole #14 at Royal Woodbine Golf Club in Toronto.

Debbie Miller, Kings Riding, Hole #5

It took place at Kings Riding on Sunday, August 13th. I was playing with three gentlemen named Kelly Robazza, Choel Yong Lee (CY) and Siegfried Hau. I proceeded to the ladies tee on the 5th hole which is 92 yards from the pin. This block is elevated, and the green is surrounded by sand traps on a downhill slope, so I did not want to be long. I chose to use my pitching wedge which hit the edge of the green and rolled into the cup! It was a very surreal experience, and it took me a minute to comprehend that it was a hole-in-one.

It also happened on a great day as it was at the end of Men’s and Ladies’ Captains League finals, so the club was in full swing on the patio. Members were very sweet and excited for me and thankful for a free drink! I made lots of new friends at the club that day.

Eniska, Harbor Golf Club, Hole #4

There was a slight breeze over the tress. I played with Randy Heise and Rob Monkhouse.

Fodi Adjaoud, Greyhawk Predator, Hole #11

The hole played 160 yards from the red flag, but we had a strong wind. My teammate said we needed two clubs less. So, I went to change for a 150 club. Everything happened very quickly. I did not see my ball going in until my teammates jumped in the air saying loudly, “It’s in!” The golfers in the surrounding holes stopped and started to send me congratulations. I was thrilled by the reactions.

It was my second hole-in-one, but this one for different reasons seems to be very special.

Greg Szabo, Cottonwood Golf and Country Club, Hole #17

I was playing my home course, Cottonwood, on Sunday, July 16^th with my buddies Craig and Jim. The wind was brisk in our face as we played the scenic 169-yard par 3 17^th hole. I hit a high 6 iron that landed just short and rolled into the hole. Jim commented that he didn’t know where the ball went to which I responded, It’s in the hole baby!”

Jim Weatherby, Hartlen Point Forces Golf Club, Hole #6

It was 127 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My playing partners were Brian, Kevin and Ducky.

Linda Code, Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club, Hole #17

On the first day of our Ladies Club Championship, I got an ace from 114 yards! I used my Callaway Rogue 7 hybrid!

Matt McCullum, Whistle Bear Golf Club, Hole #14

It happened during our club’s weekly Wednesday night ‘men’s night’ making it even more surreal. I was playing with Mike Avgousti, Alex Ward and Ben McFarlane. Lucky for me, Ben was ready to capture the moment.

The hole played 136 yards that night s I hit an 8-iron (TaylorMade Sim Max). I was playing a TP5x, my first time using that ball! There was very little wind, and the ball flight was just a little right to left. Single bounced and rolled in. We couldn’t tell from the tee box if it was in or not as the pin was hidden because of a very small slope on the green, which made it a little suspenseful when approaching the green.

Mike Di Savino, Kedron Dells Golf Course, Hole #12

I was playing with three of my regular golf buddies. It was 180 yards, and I used my 7 iron. I hit it perfectly, but the sad part was I didn’t see it go in. It was too far and there was a small hump on the green.  So, I had to wait for the other guys to hit then I walked up with my buddy, and he was convinced it was in the hole. It was!

Randy Ferguson, Amherstview Golf Course, Hole #13

It was 165 yards, and I used a 6 iron.

Rob Kostyk, Waskesiu Golf Course, Hole #2

I organized a Northern Saskatchewan golf trip last year with 12 pals which would become known as the inaugural Trundle Cup golf tournament. We were playing in the final round of this Ryder Cup style event on one of Stanley Thompson’s gems, the Waskesiu Lobstick Golf Course (famous for employing Gordie Howe in his youth). For this round, I was teamed up with my great friend from Vancouver who had never played the course before. As we walked up to the second tee overlooking the downhill and severely sloped left to right green, I was giving him a rundown of how this hole should be played. “Ideally, what you want to do,” I would tell him, “Is play your tee shot about five yards left of the hole so that it will roll out right of the hole leaving you an uphill putt for birdie. Leaving your ball above the hole will bring a three-putt into play.” I set my ball on the tee box and executed the game plan flawlessly (a rarity indeed). The ball landed about five yards left of the hole and proceeded to roll like a perfectly read 15-foot downhill breaking putt. I’m certain that time slowed as the ball dropped to the bottom of the cup. The four of us on the tee box began to celebrate with an exuberance that could be heard from the first tee.

Following this whirlwind of emotions, the sodas began to drain a little faster and, unfortunately, the thought did not cross my mind to set my hole-in-one ball aside for safe keeping. Instead, I kept it in play and ended up sending that ball, and several others, deep into the Northern woods.

Trevor Mask, Brookfield Golf Club, Hole #1

I used a TaylorMade Stealth pitching wedge from 142 yards.

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The 61st playing of the national championship features a field 156 golfers competing for the senior title along with a super senior division and an inter-provincial team competition

Pemberton, B.C. – The 2023 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO is set for September 5-8 with a field of 156 amateur golfers competing over four rounds at Big Sky Golf Club in Pemberton, B.C.

The field competing for the John Ranking Memorial Trophy includes defending champion Rusty Strawn of McDonagh, Ga. along with seven of the most recent winners—Darren Ritchie (2021), Gene Elliott (2019, 2017), Brady Exber (2018), Jack Hall (2015), Doug Roxburgh (2014) and David Schultz (2013).

“We are very excited to be back at another Robert Cupp designed course for the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship. As one of the premier golf destinations in British Columbia, Big Sky Golf Club will present a tough, but incredibly enjoyable challenge to our field of Canadian and International Senior amateurs.,” said Sam Brown, Tournament Director, Golf Canada. “Having hosted numerous provincial championships, I am looking forward to working with the staff at the club as they host their very first National Championship. It is shaping up to be a great week, both on and off the course in Pemberton.”

Big Sky was designed by Robert Cupp and opened in 1994, earning the runner-up spot as best new course in Canada by Golf Digest magazine. Cupp uses a southern style course design that includes wide bent-grass fairways surrounded by dense bluegrass rough, fescue and water hazards lurking on every hole with demanding second shots. Green complexes are surrounded by false edges that feed into hollows and swales that are closely mown to give players unlimited options to be creative in the short game.

“We are excited for the upcoming week. We have hosted a variety of provincial amateur championships and championships of the Pacific Northwest, but never a national championship,” said Corry Butler, Director of Golf, Big Sky Golf Club. “We look forward to hosting a great field of senior championship competitors and the test that Big Sky will present them.”

The Canadian Men’s Senior Championship was established in 1962 for golfers aged 55-and-over and includes a Super Senior division for golfers 65-and-over that was introduced in 1995. The national championship consists of 72 holes of stroke-play with a cut after 36 holes. The Super Senior Championship is contested concurrently over the four rounds of the championship. In addition, the Senior Inter-Provincial Team Championship was added in 1977 and runs concurrently through the first 36 holes of the tournament.

Practice rounds are scheduled for Monday, September 4, and the tournament gets underway on Tuesday, September 5.

The champion will receive an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

For the full player field competing in the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.

GOLF CANADA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Golf Canada annually conducts more than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – including nine National Amateur Championships – which play host to more than 3,000 domestic and international athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host clubs, thousands of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1895. Officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials, Golf Canada’s amateur competitions are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and include marquee events such as the Canadian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s amateur championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, Levelwear and JOURNIE Rewards. For more information and scheduling visit www.golfcanada.ca/championships.

Woodstock, P.EI. – The second round of the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO concluded on Thursday at Mill River Golf Resort with Team Ontario emerging as inter-provincial team champions.

Team Ontario ran away with the lead to win the 36-hole inter-provincial team competition with an impressive 14-stroke victory over runner-up Team British Columbia. Terrill Samuel of Etobicoke, Ont., Mary-Ann Hayward of St. Thomas, Ont., and Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont., shot a collective 13-over for Team Ontario to earn the team championship.

Team British Columbia consisting of Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, B.C., Jackie Little of Procter, B.C, and Sandra Turbide of Maple Ridge, B.C., shot 27-over to place second with Team Quebec finishing third.

In the individual competition, two-time winner of the Canadian Women’s Senior, Judith Kyrinis is tied with Canadian Golf Hall of Famer and three-time Canadian Women’s Senior Champion Mary-Ann Haward for the lead. Kyrinis shot a 7-over 79 in today’s second round, while Hayward shot a 4-over 76 to both sit at 7-over heading into Friday’s final round.

In the 65-and-over Super Senior Championship division, which runs concurrently throughout the tournament, Hayward remains at the top of the leaderboard heading into the final day. Amy Ellertson of Free Union, Va., is second after shooting an 8-over 80 during round two and is 10-over, three shots back of Hayward.

Following the conclusion of todays round, the field was reduced to the low 70 players and ties, based off the Senior division. A minimum of five Super Seniors made the cut and anyone within ten shorts of the Super Senior leader.

The champion of the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Competition will earn exemptions into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Senior Open.

For the full leaderboard, please click here.

GOLF CANADA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Golf Canada annually conducts more than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – including nine National Amateur Championships – which play host to more than 3,000 domestic and international athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host clubs, thousands of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1895. Officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials, Golf Canada’s amateur competitions are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and include marquee events such as the Canadian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s amateur championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, Levelwear and JOURNIE Rewards. For more information and scheduling visit www.golfcanada.ca/championships.

Etienne Papineau is in the home stretch.

There are two events left on the PGA Tour Canada schedule and Papineau sits third in the Fortinet Cup standings, the top-ranked Canadian on the third-tier tour.

If he can hold on to his spot, he’ll be promoted to the Korn Ferry Tour. If Papineau can move up to the top spot, he’ll also earn an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open.

“It’s part of my goals to move up,” Papineau said Wednesday from Brainerd, Minn. “Obviously, I want to get to the PGA Tour, but if I can get on the Korn Ferry Tour next year, that will be a definitely a big step up.

“I’ve been working for that for a long time. It would definitely mean a lot and it would be definitely a big step in my career.”

Papineau, from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., is one of several Canadians in the field for this week’s CRMC Championship at Craguns Legacy Course in Minnesota.

Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald is fourth on the PGA Tour Canada’s standings and also in a strong position to advance his career.

The tour’s season wraps up next week at the Fortinet Cup Championship on the Talons course at Calgary’s Country Hills Golf Club.

Papineau has earned 944 points this season, thanks to two top-10 finishes including a win at the Royal Beach Victoria Open on June 18.

He’s 266 points behind American Sam Choi, the overall points leader on the PGA Tour Canada.

“I think just being really consistent over the summer has been great for me,” said Papineau. “I think that’s why I’ve had good performances.

“We’re just trying to keep it going.”

Surprisingly, Papineau also credits a couple of off-season injuries for his success. He took several months off to heal his foot and his knee before returning to play in March.

He said that the forced rest was helpful for him with the grind of a professional golf season.

“I think that helped me reset back to zero and start all over again,” said Papineau, who works with Golf Canada’s men’s coach Derek Ingram and University of Montreal coach Pierre Dugas. “When I got back to it, we created a good game plan with my coaches, and I’ve been following it.”

GRANT THORNTON INVITAITONAL – Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners will be partners at the Grant Thornton Invitational, a unique event that will have players from the LPGA and PGA Tours compete together in a co-sanctioned tournament for equal prize money of US$4 million. They both represented Canada at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Grant Thornton Invitational is Dec. 4-10 in Naples, Fla.

LPGA TOUR – Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., and Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., are in the field at this week’s Portland Classic. Henderson tied for 13th at the CPKC Women’s Open in Vancouver on Sunday to move her up to eighth in the LPGA Tour’s rankings. Szeryk missed the cut in Vancouver, dropping to 91st in the standings.

Woodstock, P.E.I., – Mill River Golf Resort proved to be a solid test for the top competitors from Canada and the United States with only one golfer out of a field of 131 finishing with an even par 72 after Wednesday’s opening round at the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO.

Judith Kyrinis, two-time winner of the Canadian Women’s Senior and this year’s Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion, finds herself atop the leaderboard after round one. Kyrinis, of Thornhill, Ont. carded a total of five birdies for the day and made two double bogeys on the front.

Amy Ellertson of Free Union, Va., shot a two-over 74 to sit in second place after round one. Ellertson carded three birdies and is two strokes behind Kyrinis.

Team Ontario’s Mary-Ann Hayward of St. Thomas, Ont., carded a total of two birdies to sit in third place at 3-over after round one.

There is a two-way tie for fourth place, all three players are four strokes behind Kyrinis and a three-way tie for sixth all five strokes behind the leader.

Defending champion Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, BC., sits tied for fourth place at 4-over heading into round two.

In the Super Senior division Ellertson holds the lead at 2-over with Hayward one-shot behind in second place and Rhonda Orr of Winnipeg, sits in third after shooting a 4-over 76 on Wednesday.

Following the conclusion of round two, the field will be reduced to the low 70 players and ties, based off the Senior division. A minimum of five Super Seniors will make the cut and anyone within ten shorts of the Super Senior leader.

Team Ontario consisting of Terrill Samuel of Etobicoke, Ont., Hayward and Kyrinis hold a six-stroke advantage in the Inter-Provincial Team Championship over British Columbia. Kyrinis and Hayward’s scores contributed to the total team score of 3-over par from play on Wednesday.

The champion of the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Competition will earn exemptions into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Senior Open.

For the full leaderboard, please click here.

GOLF CANADA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Golf Canada annually conducts more than 30 golf competitions and qualifiers nation-wide – including nine National Amateur Championships – which play host to more than 3,000 domestic and international athletes from all corners of the world. In partnership with our host clubs, thousands of volunteers, provincial golf associations and our proud sponsors, Golf Canada is dedicated to supporting player development through world-class competition since our inception in 1895. Officiated by certified Canadian Rules of Golf officials, Golf Canada’s amateur competitions are fully compliant with golf’s international governing bodies and include marquee events such as the Canadian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships as well as the Canadian Junior Girls and Junior Boys Championships. Golf Canada’s amateur championships are proudly supported by BDO Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Titleist, FootJoy, Sport Canada, Levelwear and JOURNIE Rewards. For more information and scheduling visit www.golfcanada.ca/championships.

Portland, Ore. – Judith Kyrinis continues to enjoy a very successful season. This past weekend, Kyrinis was the lowest amateur in the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, finishing T6 at 2-over. 

This marks the best amateur finish since Martha Leach’s T-10 record finish. Kyrinis’ ball striking was consistent; she hit 46 out of 52 fairways, leading her to be T2 for fairways hit amongst the field. She shot 74-73-72-71 and was one of five players to shoot under par in the final round. Not far behind her, fellow Canadian Terrill Samuel finished T9 at 5-over.

This year’s 2023 U.S Senior Women’s Open took place at Waverley Country Club, a course familiar to Kyrinis, as she won the 2017 Women’s Senior Amateur on the same course.

She finds the course to be a pretty special place, “I have always said that. I obviously have very good memories here, and they flooded back once I got on the property. I just love it here.”

Her season has been going tremendously well, with two wins under her belt at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the Golf Ontario Women’s Senior Championship. She also achieved Top 5 finishes at the Golf Ontario Women’s Match Play and the Doherty Senior Women’s Amateur Championship.

This week, Kyrinis will be competing in the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship at the Mill River Golf Resort in Woodstock, P.E.I. She is a two-time winner of the national championship having won in 2019 and 2016.

Woodstock, P.E.I. – One hundred and thirty-one of Canada’s top senior-aged golfers will descend on Mill River Golf Resort., from Aug. 29- Sept 1 for the playing of the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO.

The Canadian Women’s Senior Championship will consist of 54 holes of stroke-play with a cut after 36 holes. Players over 50 are eligible to compete in the Senior Championship and those 60 and over will compete for the Super Senior title.

After 36 holes the field will be reduced to the low 70 players and ties, based off the Senior division. A minimum of five Super Seniors will make the cut and anyone within ten shorts of the Super Senior leader.

An event previously combined with the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur competition, the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship will be conducted as a stand-alone championship.

A practice round will be conducted Tuesday, August 29^th prior to the championship’s opening round on Wednesday, August 30.

“We are thrilled to be hosting the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship at Mill River Resort as a stand-alone event for the first time in recent history,” said Golf Canada Tournament Director Daniel Suppa. We are excited to have competitors from Canada and the United States showcase their skills at a great venue here in Atlantic Canada. Golf Canada’s Amateur Championships and more specifically, the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship wouldn’t be possible without the support of the host club committee, volunteers, and national partners.”

Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, BC., won last year’s Senior Division by one stroke over Terrill Samuel of Etobicoke, Ont., who won the Super Senior Division. Stouffer and Samuel will return this year to try and defend their titles. Also competing is two-time winner Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont., fresh off a T6 finish at last week’s USGA Senior Open Championship.

Constructed between 1969-1970 under the direction of Robbie Robinson, the well-established Mill River Golf Resort features 18 unforgettable holes that cater to both high and low handicap players. Its expansive, rolling fairways, bunkered greens and water elements combine to present a premier championship experience. Between 1992-1996, Graham Cooke designed multiple changes to the course including six new greens at holes 2,3,4,5,6, and 17.

“Hosting a National Championship is something that doesn’t happen very often, so we are very excited to have the opportunity to work with Golf Canada,” said Sean Joyce, Director of Golf at Mill River. “Mill River is proud to have the best players from across the country here in our corner of the province enjoying our resort and golf course, we wish them all the best this week.”

An inter-provincial team championship will be played in conjunction with the first 36 holes of the competition, with three-player teams vying for the inter-provincial title. Team British Columbia including Shelly Stouffer, Jackie Little, and Sandra Turbide won last year’s title.

Conducted since 1971, the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship has featured the country’s most accomplished senior golfers including Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Marlene Streit, Gayle Borthwick, Marilyn O’Connor and Margaret Todd who all own senior championship titles.

The champion of the 2023 Canadian Women’s Senior Competition will earn exemptions into the 2023 U.S Women’s Senior Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, 2024 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2024 U.S Women’s Senior Open.

For more information click here