The Legends in Warman is set to host provincial golf championships for the first time since 2016.
The 109th Saskatchewan Men's Amateur, the 34th Mid-Amateur, and 102nd Saskatchewan Women's Amateur Championships will tee off on Tuesday.
"We're really excited, the course is in great shape, so we were looking forward to hosting if it was going to happen and were definitely excited when championships were allowed under the current golf guidelines outlined by the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Government of Saskatchewan. Our volunteers and membership has also stepped up leading up to the event and the week of, Legends General Manager Davidson Matyczuk said.
The amateur men's field was capped at 100 participants due to 10-minute tee time mandates but without national spots on the line the event will still be very competitive. 57 players will compete for the Mid-Am event that is open to players 25 years old and up. 12 women will challenge for the ladies' championship.
Familiar faces such as Colin Coben, Tyler Wright, David Stewart, Brad Phelps, Mike Herperger, Rich Hallberg and Ken Rodgers are not in the field but there is still plenty of star power.
Reigning amateur and mid-amateur champion Danny Klughart will play with 2018 amateur champion Kade Johnson from Yorkton and two-time junior champion Josh Nagy for the first two rounds. 2016 winner at The Legends, Justin Wood is also in the field that begins teeing off at 6:40 a.m. on Tuesday. College players Roman Timmerman and Jace Carlisle will look to make noise as will 2019 runner-up Jehremey Ryde.
Stephen Oleskiw of Yorkton and Mitchell Matichuk from Melville are also in the field.
On the lady's side, reigning champion Kathy Ziglo, who grew up in Yorkton, will take on an up-and-coming group of women amateurs. Brooklin Fry, the 2018 and 2020 junior girl's champion will push for a second straight championship win. 2019 junior champion Autumn Neiszner is excited for her first amateur event. Lauren Fox, Alex Schmidt, and Sarah Grieve are also searching for their first amateur win after junior success.
Yorkton’s Ella Kozak is also in the field.
The mid-amateur and women's event will crown champions on Thursday after 54-holes, the men's amateur is a four round championship concluding on Friday with a cut line on Thursday after the third round.
