Several local golfers were entered in the Maple Leaf Junior Tour golf event that was held at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club in Estevan on the weekend.
The tournament was originally scheduled for May but was pushed back to this past Friday and Saturday due to COVID-19 concerns earlier in the spring.
This was the second MJT event of the season on Saskatchewan soil. Last week the tour was in Swift Current at the Elmwood Golf Club.
Jayden Chernoff of Estevan won the U12 boys group by three strokes over Lucas Sturgeon of Saskatoon. Chernoff, 12, carded rounds of 86 and 74, good enough for the win. Sturgeon was three shots better than Cole Silverson of Regina, who placed third with a score of 166 (86, 80).
Chernoff’s second round score was the lowest in his age group either day, and helped him move up from a tie for third after the first round.
Warman’s Dane Giesbrecht was the U15 boys winner. The 13-year-old needed a playoff to edge Elias Haukeness of Buena Vista after they tied at 156. Giesbrecht had rounds of 82 and 74, while Haukeness shot two rounds of 78. Kerr Cudmore of Wawota rounded out the top three with a two-day total score of 159 (80, 79).
In the 15-16 boys, Ryan Chernoff of Estevan was third, as he shot a two-day total of 157. Ryan Chernoff had a 74 in the first round and an 83 in the second.
Max Regier went low on day two of the tournament to win the 15-16 boys by five shots over Saskatoon’s Tommy Danielson. Regier had a 77 on day one and a 69 on the second. Danielson fired an 80 in the first round and a 71 in the second.
Connor Spencer of Estevan was fifth with a two-round total of 162 (87, 75), and Porter Barnett of Carlyle was 15th with a two-round total of 183 (92, 91).
The lowest overall shooter on the weekend was Theoren West of Wawota in U19 boys. West, 18, was steady over both rounds posting scores of 74 and 71 for a 145, good enough to hold off Saskatoon’s Jackson Wingert (77, 69) by a shot. Will Blake of Regina fills out the top three under-19 boys category with a 36-hole total of 149 (77, 72).
Hudson Chernoff of Estevan finished tied for 15th with a two-day total of 168 (85, 83).
Yorkton’s Ella Kozak has her second straight win this season in the girls 15-19 division. Kozak, 15, and Autumn Neiszner of Regina tied at 154 after two rounds but Kozak won the event. Sarah Grieve was in the hunt at 157 (82, 75) to finish in third-place, three shots back.
Kozak had rounds of 79 and 75, while Neiszner shot an 81 and a 73.
For the second straight MJT event, Chloe Wills of Kyle is the under-15 girl’s winner. Wills, 13, posted rounds of 97 and 88 to win the group by nine shots over Tayla Perry of Regina. Sarah Henderson was the third competitor in the age group; she shot a 205 (105,
