Day one is complete at the 2024 Saskatchewan Senior and Mid-Masters Championship in Nipawin with some new names on top of the leaderboards through 18 holes.
Debbie Sapara of Yorkton is the leader of the Senior Women’s Championship after the first of three rounds of the championships hosted by Evergreen Golf Course. The Deer Park Municipal Golf Course member shot 75 Tuesday, two shots lower than Heather Torrie of Saskatoon who is in second at 6-over par.
Swift Current’s Denise Wilson is in third place at 9-over par in the 50-and-over championship. Wilson also leads the Mae Balmos division for players 60 and over.
To see the complete results from the first round, and the start times for the players, click here.
Rob Schneider (pictured above) has a one-shot lead in the Senior (55+) Men’s Championship in Nipawin after round one.
The Tor Hill Golf Course member posted an opening round 2-over par, 74 on Tuesday at the Evergreen Golf Course. Two former champions are a shot off the pace of Schneider through one of three rounds, four-time reigning champion Rick Hallberg and three-time senor winner Colin Coben are tied for second at 3-over par, 75 going into Wednesday’s second round.
Brent Wotypka of Swift Current and Brad Phelps from Saskatoon are sitting in third, both players shot 4-over par, 76 to open the event.
Coben is on top of the super senior (65+) age group, an honour the Delisle product has won twice, Wotypka is also in that age group.
In the Mid-Masters Championship, open to players 40-and-over, Kris Carley of Carnduff is the first round leader shooting a 2-under par, 70 in Nipawin, he was the lone player in the 122 player field to shoot under par.
Reigning 40+ champion Todd Turgeon of Spiritwood sits in second after carding an even par, 72 in day one of the three day event.
Former Nipawin resident, and Lloydminster player Mike Nicholson is third in the age group.
The winner of the Mid-Masters Championship receives a quota spot in the 2024 Canadian Mid-Amateur (25+) Championship in Ottawa later this summer.
To see the complete Senior Men’s Championships results, and the draws for Wednesday’s second round, click here.