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Thorpe wins first Tamarack title

By Thomas Friesen 6 minute read Yesterday at 11:16 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — Jason Thorpe got his money’s worth out of the Tamarack and a Titleist this week.

The Brandonite played 74 holes of match play with the same Titleist ProV1 ball at the Tamarack golf tournament. He thought about swapping it out as the “Thorpe Construction” stamp on the side was wearing out and scuffs grew increasingly noticeable, but he simply couldn’t change anything when everything was working.

Thorpe ended up beating three past champions, including Kody Fawcett 4 and 2 in the final, to claim the men’s title at Clear Lake Golf Course on Saturday.

“I can’t believe it. When Kody told me to pick that up I was like, ‘Did that just happen?’” Thorpe said. “It’s been 26 years I’ve been trying for this and when I saw the lineup I had to go through, Grady (Chuback), Dustin (Dyck), Kody, I’m like, ‘There’s no way.’ And Bryce (Evason), he played a great (round of 16) match, went down to the wire.

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Oakden dominant in Tamarack junior title defence

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Preview

Oakden dominant in Tamarack junior title defence

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:15 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — There was simply nothing anyone could do to stop Hunter Oakden from defending the Tamarack golf tournament junior title this year.

The Brandonite celebrated his 16th birthday with a 4-and-2 victory over Jaxon Jacobson at Clear Lake Golf Course on Saturday, beating the Brandon Wheat King for the second straight year.

While Oakden ended his fourth round with a cumulative score of 18-under par, he tipped his cap to Jacobson for making him earn it.

“It feels great. We battled for almost all the front nine,” Oakden said. “I had to make putts all day and he answered on the back nine.”

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Murray captures Tamarack master’s men’s crown

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Murray captures Tamarack master’s men’s crown

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:14 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — Dale Murray debated skipping this year’s Tamarack golf tournament due to lack of reps.

It turns out he doesn’t need that many to compete.

The Gilbert Plains Country Club member, who has been without a home course since it flooded in early July, defeated Murray Lindenberg 3 and 2 for his second master’s men’s championship in three years.

“It was very tough; I probably played more in the last two weeks than I have in the last two months. It was nice to see some others from Gilbert Plains do well, too,” Murray said of Riese Gaber and Scott McCallum, who also won the men’s scramble event for the second time in three years.

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Fulton, Matthews finish atop ladies scramble

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Preview

Fulton, Matthews finish atop ladies scramble

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:13 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — Dorelle Fulton got all the help she needed from Kandis Matthews to end the week with a bang.

She saw her sister-in-law’s putt slow down and tail to the right, so she aimed a little left and hit it a little harder, enough to watch a 35-foot breaker find the dead centre of the cup to win the Tamarack golf tournament ladies scramble division on Saturday.

Fulton and Matthews avenged their second straight semifinal loss from a year ago, defeating Jody Bieber and Jayne Troop 4 and 2 at Clear Lake Golf Course.

“Third time’s the charm,” Fulton said. “These ladies took us out last year in the semis, so we knew we were in for a tough match. Those girls are amazing, steady players, so it feels good to come out on top.”

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Gaber, McCallum reclaim men’s scramble title

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Gaber, McCallum reclaim men’s scramble title

By Thomas Friesen 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:13 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — The only thing holding Riese Gaber and Scott McCallum back from their goal of shooting 59 was their opponents.

That is, their opponents not keeping up.

The Gilbert Plains Country Club duo lit up the Tamarack golf tournament men’s scramble final, defeating P.J. and Jarod Crane 6 and 4 at Clear Lake Golf Course on Saturday.

They raced ahead to a 5-up lead after eight holes without a bogey, then gave one back on the ninth but got back to their ways, pouring in a few more birdies on the back nine to reclaim the trophy they won in 2024.

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Yesterday at 11:13 PM CDT

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Panagiotou goes from wait list to winner’s circle

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Panagiotou goes from wait list to winner’s circle

By Thomas Friesen 2 minute read Yesterday at 11:12 PM CDT

WASAGAMING — George Panagiotou sat at the first tee all day last Saturday, hoping someone would no-show for the Tamarack golf tournament master’s men’s division.

No one did, so he drove home thinking that was that.

But on Sunday evening, he got the call that a spot opened up in the senior men’s division — also 50-and-older but with one qualifying round instead of two.

So he came back to Clear Lake Golf Course and shot 9-over 81 to earn medallist honours on Monday. Five days later, he beat Larrie Kidd 2 and 1 to win the tournament.

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Japan’s Miyu Yamashita wins CPKC Women’s Open in Edmonton

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Japan’s Miyu Yamashita wins CPKC Women’s Open in Edmonton

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:33 PM CDT

EDMONTON - Miyu Yamashita's first trip to Canada was a successful one.

The 25-year-old from Japan won the CPKC Women's Open in Edmonton on Sunday.

Yamashita claimed her fourth LPGA Tour victory and second this year with a dominating performance at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

She shot a 4-under-par 66 in Sunday's fourth round to finish 23 under in the US$2.75-million tournament.

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Updated: Yesterday at 9:33 PM CDT

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Alker beats Yang in a playoff to win Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary

Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

Alker beats Yang in a playoff to win Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary

Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 7:40 PM CDT

CALGARY - It’s not the way Steve Alker wanted to win the Rogers Charity Classic, but he’ll take it.

The 55-year-old golfer from New Zealand beat South Korea’s Y.E. Yang in a one-hole playoff Sunday to win his second PGA Tour Champions event of the season and the 12th of his career.

“You never like to see someone make bogey,” said Alker in regards to Yang, who needed two shots to hit his ball out of the hazard in front of the par-5, 18th hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.

After Yang two putted for bogey, Alker rolled in a seven-foot putt for birdie before fist pumping to celebrate his playoff win in front of the fans gathered around the finishing hole.

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Updated: Yesterday at 7:40 PM CDT

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Clark holds off McIlroy and Cantlay to capture BMW Championship for 3rd win this year

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Clark holds off McIlroy and Cantlay to capture BMW Championship for 3rd win this year

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 6:19 PM CDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyndham Clark has been through this before — losing a big lead in the final round, playing alongside a gallery favourite. He finished strong Sunday at the BMW Championship, just like he did at the U.S. Open, and closed with an even-par 70 for a three-shot victory at Bellerive.

Clark won for the third time this year, putting him squarely in the conversation for PGA Tour player of the year considering one was a major and the other was a FedEx Cup playoff event.

But just like at Shinnecock Hills, it wasn't easy.

He lost his five-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 11 holes and it was tense down the final hour until Clark — without a birdie all day — holed a birdie putt from just outside 15 feet on the par-3 16th. McIlroy had a putt to match birdies and stayed tied and missed.

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Miyu Yamashita, of Japan, laughs as she walks past a volunteer dressed as a hockey referee on the 17th tee during the third round at the LPGA CPKC Canadian Women's Open golf tournament, in Edmonton, on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Yamashita takes 6-shot lead into today’s final round at CPKC Women’s Open

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Yamashita takes 6-shot lead into today’s final round at CPKC Women’s Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 4:00 AM CDT

EDMONTON - Barring a collapse, or an amazing final round by a challenger, Miyu Yamashita of Japan is poised to win the CPKC Women's Open at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club later today.

Yamashita, who turned 25 earlier this month, takes a six-shot lead into the final round. American Gina Kim and Yuri Yoshida of Japan are tied for second at 13 under, with American Jennifer Kupcho in fourth at 12 under.

Yamashita set a tournament record with her three-round total of 191, and tied a tournament record for the largest lead after 54 holes. She has had three consecutive rounds in the 60s, including yesterday's 5-under 65.

Teenager Aphrodite Deng of Calgary tied a personal best score of 63 and is tied for sixth at 10 under.

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Armour, Alker get on a roll at Rogers Charity Classic

Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

Armour, Alker get on a roll at Rogers Charity Classic

Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

CALGARY - American Ryan Armour birdied the 18th hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Saturday to climb atop the Rogers Charity Classic leaderboard.

The 50-year-old golfer from Akron, Ohio, carded a round of 7-under 63 to move to 12 under, just one shot ahead of New Zealand’s Steve Alker.

“I was kind of leaking oil with the driver coming in,” said Armour, whose round included nine birdies and an unfortunate double bogey on the par-4, 15th hole.

“I drove it in trouble on 15. I drove it in the fairway bunker on 17 and then drove it out of play on 18, but wedged it into play and hit a good 9 iron in there on 18 and made the putt. I’ve just got to go to the range and get that driver sorted out (for Sunday’s final round).”

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Yamashita increases lead, Canada’s Deng climbs CPKC Women’s Open leaderboard

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

Yamashita increases lead, Canada’s Deng climbs CPKC Women’s Open leaderboard

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

EDMONTON - Miyu Yamashita increased her already healthy lead and Canadian teenager Aphrodite Deng vaulted up the leaderboard Saturday at the CPKC Women's Open.

Japan's Yamashita turned in a 5-under-par 65 in the third round to get to 19 under for the tournament at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

Yamashita took a six-stroke lead into Sunday at the US$2.75-million event seeking the fourth LPGA win of her career and her second this season.

The 25-year-old rebounded from her lone bogey of the day on the 17th with a sixth birdie on 18.

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Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

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Wyndham Clark pulls away for 5-shot lead at Bellerive over McIlroy and Cantlay

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Wyndham Clark pulls away for 5-shot lead at Bellerive over McIlroy and Cantlay

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyndham Clark was doing everything right until it all went wrong Saturday at the BMW Championship. Just not for long.

Bogey-free through 36 holes, he went from the bunker left of the fairway to the right rough on the opening hole at Bellerive. He came up short of the green, chipped to 7 feet and missed the putt, taking a double bogey that cost him the lead.

The conversation on the second tee included a few choice words and a message from his caddie to embrace the challenge and move on. Clark wound up finding another gear. He had five birdies in an eight-hole stretch and turned a bad start into a big lead.

Even closing with a bogey, Clark had a 5-under 65 and a five-shot lead.

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Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

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Canada’s Huang in the hunt on moving day at the CPKC Women’s Open

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Canada’s Huang in the hunt on moving day at the CPKC Women’s Open

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

EDMONTON - Vancouver teenager Anna Huang is in the hunt on moving day at the CPKC Women's Open.

She starts the day in a tie for seventh place at 7-under-par 133 at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

Japan's Miyu Yamashita has a five-shot lead at 14-under-par 126.

American Kiara Romero, South Korea's Soo Bin Joo and Japan's Yuri Yoshida are tied in second place.

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Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

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Thorpe, Fawcett through to men’s final

By Thomas Friesen 6 minute read Preview

Thorpe, Fawcett through to men’s final

By Thomas Friesen 6 minute read Friday, Aug. 21, 2026

WASAGAMING — When Kody Fawcett and Jason Thorpe shook hands on Friday after realizing they would meet in today’s Tamarack golf tournament final, Thorpe had a quick message for the three-time champ.

“We can’t go to a playoff; I can’t take any more,” Thorpe chuckled after surviving his second-straight extra-holes match at Clear Lake Golf Course.

Thorpe edged Dustin Dyck on the third playoff hole, about 45 minutes after Fawcett defeated Kurt Martin 1 up.

But if the championship match today at 1:09 p.m., is anything like Fawcett’s last two, it’ll be tight.

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Friday, Aug. 21, 2026

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Nachtigall settles for runner-up at Canadian mid-am

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Nachtigall settles for runner-up at Canadian mid-am

By Thomas Friesen 4 minute read Friday, Aug. 21, 2026

Evan Nachtigall was two narrow misses away from the biggest win of his life on Friday.

One putt a few inches short of perfect, the other a little too firm. In the end, the Brandonite finished the Canadian men’s mid-amateur golf championship at 17-under par and watched Garrett Rank roll a putt in for -18 at Brantford Golf and Country Club on Friday.

“It’s obviously fun. It’s pretty disappointing how I played the last two days, that’s for sure,” Nachtigall said. “Just didn’t really capitalize on any opportunities, which sucks. There were plenty of good shots mixed in but it felt like I was 10 to 15 feet on so many holes and couldn’t buy any putts, but that’s the way she goes.

“To be in that position is exactly where I want to be; it’s exactly where I know I should be and I felt more than comfortable throughout the entire week. There were 100, 150 people out watching and I felt completely fine, so I know it’s where I’m supposed to be.”

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