Heffernan Heats Up At R1 Of Cobra Puma Golf & Mobilicab PGA of Alberta Championship
10 July, 2023
84 of our Professionals’ tee’d it up at the Cobra Puma Golf & Mobilicab PGA of Alberta Championship hosted at the stunning Wintergreen G&CC in Bragg Creek. The course is in fantastic shape and the Leaderboard saw plenty of movement throughout the day which made for an exciting day on the course for our competitors & spectators alike.
One player rose above the field today, Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) who holds a strong 3-stroke lead over his nearest competitor after firing a scorching 9-under par 63 today. Wes carded a blemish free front-9 of 2-under par 33, with a Birdie on #1 & #6. He followed it up with a blemish free back-9 with an unbelievable 7-under par 30 with 1 Eagle and 5 Birdies.
In Second Place after carding an excellent 6-under par 66 today is, Adam Bruce (GOLFTEC Sherwood Park) who carded a 4-under par 31 on the front-9 with 1 Eagle and 4 Birdies. He followed it up with a blemish free back-9 of 2-under par 35 with 2 Birdies.
In Third Place, in a 2-way tie, is Eric Locke (Priddis Greens G&CC), & Samuel Kirkness (Inglewood G&CC), after both carding excellent 5-under par 67’s. Eric carded 3-under par 32 on the front-9 with 4 Birdies and followed it up on the back-9 with a 2-under par 35 with 3 Birdies. Samuel carded 4-under par 31 on the front-9 with 1 Eagle and 2 Birdies and followed it up with a 1-under par 36 on the back-9 with 2 Birdies.
Rounding out our Top-5, in a 4-way tie for 5th, after all carding great 4-under par 68’s is; Michael Harrison (Coal Creek GR), Matt Bean (Priddis Greens G&CC), Mitchell Fox (Speargrass GC) and Braden Chown (Bearspaw GC).
Michael carded a blemish free front-9 of 2-under par 33 with 1 Eagle and followed it up with a 2-under par 35 on the back-9 with 4 Birdies. Matt carded a blemish free front-9 of 5-under par 30 and followed it up with a 1-over par 38 on the back-9 with 3 Birdies. Mitchell carded a blemish free front-9 of 2-under par 33 with 2 Birdies and followed it up with a 2-under par 35 on the back-9 with 1 Eagle and 2 Birdies. Braden carded a blemish free front-9 of 2-under par 33 with 2 Birdies and followed it up with 2-under par 35 on the back-9 with 4 Birdies.
Rounding out our Top-10, in a 4-way tie for 9th after all carding 2-under par 70’s is; Kevin Black (Redwood Meadows G&CC), Matthew Kirlin (Lynx Ridge GC), Mike Belbin (Royal Mayfair GC) and Scott Stiles (Earl Grey GC).
Congratulations to our Round 1 Skins Winner, Samuel Kirkness of Inglewood G&CC with an Eagle on #1 for $1,680.00.
Click here for Round 1 results.
Follow along on the live scoring Leaderboard once Round 2 begins (click here) to see all the changes in real time.
First tee time is 8:00 AM tomorrow and the Final Group of: Wes Heffernan, Adam Bruce and Eric Locke tee it up at 12:03 PM.