About 80 golfers from all over western Canada made their way to Deer Park golf course over the weekend to compete in the club's Men's Open tournament.
Todd Thorsness of Yorkton won the Championship Flite with scores of 73 and 77 through Saturday and Sunday.
Other winners from the tournament include, listed by name, flite and combined two-day score: Vern Weibel, first flite, 78, 74, 152; Darren Grindle, second flite, 80, 75, 155; Matt Healy, third flite, 84, 76, 160; Reis Mansoy, fourth flite, 86, 83, 169; Neal Matechuk, fifth flite, 91, 80, 171; Darcy Boychuk, sixth flite, 100, 86, 186; Rick Leland, seventh flite, 104, 84, 188.
Thorsness said he had a pretty good outing, putting up a one-over-par on day one.
"It was one of my bigger tournaments out there this year," he said following a brief photo shoot after his win Sunday afternoon. It did not come easy however.
"Today took just under six hours to finish," he said.
Saturday was his strongest of the two days but it didn't get off to the greatest start.
"I had a bogey on the first hole but putted pretty well yesterday."
Ross Fisher, one of the organizers of the Open, worked alongside Cliff Tromblay, Ken Chyz, Bruce Thurston, Don Kunkle, said the tournament went really well and was a lot of fun to put in on because there were a lot of outside competitors.
"It went really well," he quoted just after handing out the last of the prizes inside the Deer Park clubhouse.
There were people from Indian Head, Moose Jaw and even had one make their way all the way from Vancouver to play in the Open.
Fisher said it must have been internet advertising or simple word-of-mouth that told them about it.He estimated that close to 80 came out for the tournament but quoted that we were "actually hoping for a few more people."
He also mentioned the help of the many sponsors who donated a mix of cash and prizes. One competitor was the lucky winner of $10,000 following his hole-in-one shot on number three Saturday afternoon.
"It's the first hole-in-one he's ever got," quoted Fisher who added that "if you're going to get one you do it on a tournament where there's a $10, 000 prize," he acknowledged.
"It was good having so many people out there," he closed.
