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EDMONTON—The Tournament of Champions trophy will stay in the City of Champions this summer, thanks to Edmonton’s Greg McGarry and Ryan Denbraber teaming up to win the annual Pro-Am competition presented by Sunice and Bobby Jones on Monday.

The Glendale Golf and Country Club duo cranked up the heat on a chilly and wet spring day while firing a 9-under-par, 62, at the Belvedere Golf and Country Club on the east side of Edmonton.

“It feels great to get the win. I have had some success at PGA events over the years, but I have never won this one before,” said McGarry, who is now the general manager of the Glendale Golf and Country Club. “I have to thank Jeff MacGregor for making the call and letting me fill in for him today with a great partner. Ryan played awesome. We ham and egged it and made a lot of birdies.”

They sure did.

But it was an eagle by Ryan Denbraber on their second hole of the day – par-4, 11th, that sent a warning shot to the field of 50 teams consisting of club professionals and their reigning amateur champions, they were ready to defend northern turf.

After driving the green on the testy 279-yard hole, Denbraber rolled in a 25-footer to get his team into red numbers early in the round.  

“The deuce on 11 kind of got it going and then the next hole I rolled in a 15-footer for birdie which set us on our way,” said Denbraber. “Our main objective was don’t make bogey today. We made a couple of pars before the bad weather rolled in. The sun came back out, and we kept exchanging birdies and pars so it was a wonderful team effort.”

Jeff Cuthbertson and Daryl Black from the Stony Plain Golf Club finished three-shots back in second place at 65. David MacComb and Tanner Fermaniuk, of the Royal Mayfair Golf Cub, were four shots off the leading pace at 66 (-5).

The opening Pro-Am competition of the 2025 PGA of Alberta tournament calendar brought together the top pros and club champions from 50 courses across the Wild Rose province.

It was McGarry’s first Tournament of Champions title who has also won back-to-back PGA of Alberta Club Professional Championships (2006/2005), was the PGA of Alberta Head Pro Series Champion in 2004, the 2001 PGA of Alberta Assistants’ Championship winner along with the PGA of Alberta money title recipient the same year.

“It is such a great opportunity to see so many of the head pros around the province with their club champs, and nice to be able to reward our amateurs for all of their hard work and the practice they put into their game (with this event). It is a fun event, and nice to measure ourselves against many of the guys across the province.”

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Next up on the PGA of Alberta calendar is the first Seniors’ Division event at Highwood Golf on June 3.

For more information on the PGA of Alberta calendar of events, please visit https://www.pgaofalberta.com/tournaments/registration/