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Estevan hosts junior golf tour stop

Weather played havoc with the first round of the junior tour competition, as only the peewee and bantam boys posted a nine-hole score Saturday before a thunderstorm suspended play. 
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Ryan Chernoff was a part of the RE/Max Blue Chip Realty Classic at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course on the weekend.

ESTEVAN - Top young golfers were at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course on the weekend for the RE/Max Blue Chip Realty Classic, which is Estevan’s stop on the Maple Leaf Junior Tour. 

Weather played havoc with the first round of the junior tour competition, as only the peewee and bantam boys posted a nine-hole score Saturday before a thunderstorm suspended play. 

All six age divisions managed to complete 18 holes on the second day.

Marcus Cameron, 18, of Duck Lake shot a 72 to win the junior boys’ division by one stroke for his first MJT title of the year.

In the MJT girls’ 15-19 division, Hallie Crozier, 17, of Regina notched her first MJT victory with a score of 80.

Darien Herlick, 16, of Weyburn, took the juvenile boys’ title with a 74. 

Chloe Willis, 14, of Kyle carded an 87 for a two-stroke victory in the MJT U14 girls’ division.

Elias Haukeness, 14, of Buena Vista had a 68 on the final day to win the bantam boys’ division, and finished with a 27-hole score of 108 (40-68).

Austin Nesbitt, 11, of Pilot Butte won the peewee boys’ title with a 27-hole score of 117 (39-79).

Local golfers entered were Jayden Chernoff, seventh in bantam boys with a 126 (45-81), Connor Spencer, ninth in junior boys with an 81; Ryan Chernoff, tied for 12th in junior boys, 84; and Hudson Chernoff, 20th in junior boys, 91. 

Porter Barnett of Carlyle was tied for fifth in juvenile boys with an 81. 

A mini tour event was also held in Estevan on July 2. It had to be shortened to a nine-hole competition due to weather.

Caydin Karst, 11, of Assiniboia and Tylan Wallin, also 11, of Humboldt tied for the lead in the boys’ 11-12 division with a 29 for nine holes.

Keaton Kreklewich, 10, of Melville won the nine and 10 title by two strokes with a 36. Brooks Cote of Estevan was third in that age group with a 44.

Hudson Deibert, 7, of Regina won the under-8 division by a 10-stroke gap, shooting a 41.

Kathy Han, 12, of Saskatoon, won the girls’ 11 and 12 division by one stroke by shooting a 43. And Alysa Melstead, 9, of Wynyard shot a 55 in nine holes to win the girls’ nine and 10 division. 

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