ESTEVAN — It was a weekend filled with victories for Carson Harcourt during the FrameTech Classic at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course.
Harcourt, who hails from Kipling, fired a 4-under-par 68 in the tournament's final round Aug. 4 to win the championship flight with a three-round total of 14-under-par 202. He shot a 67 in each of the first two rounds.
This is the first time Harcourt has won the classic after coming to the tournament for nearly a decade.
"It feels good," said Harcourt after the tournament. "The golf course is in good shape and the guys are good, so I enjoy coming here and I'm glad I can win it."
In the opening round Aug. 2, he was 1-under-par 35 after the front nine, and then had a 4-under-par 32 on the back. His second round was going well, too, as he was at 3-under-par through 17 holes, and then he eagled the par-5 18th. As for the third round, he was three-under par after the front nine and birdied the 10th hole, but then was even par the rest of the way.
"I minimized my mistakes," he said. "I hit my tee shots relatively straight and was able to hit to the middle of the greens and make some putts. I didn't make many bogeys."
Harcourt's 67 in the opening round earned him the Ab Murphy Award as the low medallist, and then he won the annual Dave Price Memorial Horse Race on Aug. 3, outlasting the other 11 golfers in the championship flight in an elimination event that's supposed to last nine holes. But he needed a six-hole playoff to finally defeat Landon Emberley. It's the fourth time Harcourt has won the horse race.
"I think you just really need to focus on not making errors and playing off of your opponents, and just trying to make a bunch of pars. And then once it comes down to the last couple of holes, you just have to play more aggressive," Harcourt said.
He admits he was pretty tired towards the end of the final round after playing 33 holes the day before.
Harcourt praised the course, saying Woodlawn offered some of the best conditions he has seen all year. The greens were "fantastic", he said, and the fairways were really good. The state of the greens helped with scoring conditions.
The social element is part of the reason Harcourt and his father Dean keep coming back each year, he said, thanks to the camaraderie among the players.
Nolan Rohatyn finished second at 10-under-par 206 (69-67-70). Mark Spencer was third at 3-under par 213 (71-76-66) and Ryan Stovin was fourth at even-par 216 (72-73-71).
Six other flights were held in the men's division. Mitchell Matichuk won the first flight with a three-round total of 214 (73-67-4). Other flight winners were:
- Drew Kocur, second, 222 (76-70-76);
- Jayson Fenwick, third, 240 (81-79-80);
- Jayden Chernoff, fourth, 246 (87-78-81);
- Jeremiah Schroder, fifth, 246 (89-80-77); and
- Hunter Piche, sixth, 252 (92-78-82).
The senior men's champion was also decided on Aug. 4. Rick Hallberg of Weyburn won the championship flight for the fifth consecutive year with a three-round total of 3-under-par 213, thanks to a 72 in the first round, a 70 in the second and a 71 in the third. He finished two strokes ahead of Ron Swan's 215; Swan had rounds of 69, 72 and 74, and had a one-stroke lead entering the final round.
James Gordon was third at 7-over-par 223 (77-69-77) and Clark McClelland was fourth at 17-over-par 233 (76-81-76).
Terry Rohatyn won the senior men's first flight at 247 (89-78-80) and Jim Larter won the second at 256 (90-86-80).
The women's division was a two-day event Aug. 2 and 3. Paige Wheeler won the championship flight for the fourth straight year with a 165 (82-83).
A total of 124 golfers were entered this year, with 80 in the men's division, 30 in the senior men's and 14 in the women's.
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