Heffernan Ahead after Round 1 at Cobra Puma Golf Assistants’ Championship
10 July, 2022
Today saw Round 1 of the Assistants’ Championship sponsored by Cobra Puma Golf at the picturesque Derrick G&WC. The course is in mint shape and helped produce some low scores today which made for an exciting day and sets us up for a great R2 tomorrow.
Our Leader after R1, who broke the previous Course Record of 66, is: Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) who came out firing today and carded an outstanding 5-under par 65. Wes carded a 30 on the front-9 and followed it up with a 35 on the back-9. Wes had 1 Eagle, 4 Birdies and only 1 bogey blemish on the card today to go into R2 with a 3-stroke lead over his nearest competitors.
In a three-way Tie for 2nd place after carding excellent 2-under par 68’s is: our 4X defending Champion, Riley Fleming (Lynx Ridge GC), our 2021 Player of the Year, Dillion Batsel (Desert Blume GC) & 3X former Assistants’ Champion Mike Belbin (Royal Mayfair GC).
Rounding out our Top-5 today in a 2-way tie for 5th is: Taylor Irvin (Country Hills GC) & Jaxon Lynn (Alberta Springs GR) who all carded great 1-under par 69’s respectively to remain within reach of our Leader & pack with low rounds needed tomorrow.
In a 3-way tie for 7th, after carding solid Even-par 70’s is: Eric Locke (Priddis Greens G&CC), Albert Pistorius (Country Hills GC) & Josh Berze (Country Hills GC).
Rounding out our Top-10 today was: Matthew Cook (Riverside Golf Academy), Scott Smith (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) & Matt Bean (Sundre GC) who all carded respectable rounds of 1-over par 71.
Congratulations to our Day 1 Skins winners: Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) with an Eagle on #4 & Eric Locke (Priddis Greens G&CC) with an Eagle on # 11.
First tee time is 7AM sharp tomorrow, our final group of Heffernan, Batsel & Belbin tee off at 1018!
Click here for Round 1 Results.