Prince Albert's Danny Klughart won his second straight Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Championship on Thursday, July 24.
The Cooke Municipal Golf Course member chased Krys Wasylowich's course record of 61 in Warman, before resting at 10-under, 62 in the final round of the mid-am event.
Klughart left the field in awe with a seven-shot win over North Battleford's Scott Thompson with a three-round score of 205.
"I'm super excited to be the mid-amateur champion again," Klughart said after the round. "I wasn't striking the ball well leading up to the tournament. During the first round, I did everything I could to stay in the event and not shoot myself out of it the first day. Yesterday was better and of course today, I was feeling it."
36-hole mid-am leader Justin Wood of Unity placed third at 3-under par.
Saskatoon's Travis Fehr placed fourth at 1-under par. Shaun Dunphy (Saskatoon) and Mitch Matichuk tied for fifth overall at 1-over.
The complete leaderboard of the championship can be found here.
The Mid-Am Championship is open to players 25 years and up. Klughart won both events last year when the two were played over the same 54 holes.
A fourth round was added to the amateur prior to the 2020 season.
The final round of the men's amateur will be played Friday at The Legends.
21 players made the cut of 4-over par after the 54th hole. The first tee time is 9:10 a.m. The final group with Klughart, Scott Thompson and amateur co-leader Ty Campbell will begin their rounds at 10:10 a.m.
Shell Lake's Brooklin Fry is a back-to-back champion as well, except the 15-year old's wins came within two weeks.
Last week in Swift Current, Fry won the Saskatchewan Junior Girl's Championship.
Fry came from two shots down to win the provincial amateur women's title as well in Warman on Thursday.
"It felt really awesome – it's really cool to do that," she said of wining the amateur event.
As trailing defending champion Kathy Ziglo entered the third and final round, Fry birdied the opening two holes and cruised to a 1-over 73.
She ended up taking the event by six strokes over Ziglo, who finished at plus-13.
Autumn Neiszner (Regina) and Ella Kozak (Yorkton) tied for third overall at 17-over par.
The complete results can be seen here.
You can hear more from the winners on Golf Saskatchewan’s YouTube page.
