Heffernan Hoists Cobra Puma Golf Assistants’ Championship For Second Consecutive Year
29 August, 2023
Today saw Round 2 of the Cobra Puma Golf Assistants’ Championship at the beautiful Stony Plain GC and the scores and weather were sizzling! The course continued to be in amazing shape for our competitors. Congratulations to our two female professionals in the field, Gina Nelson (Highlands GC) & Katy Rutherford (Silver Springs G&CC) who both carded -1 under par 71’s today which set a new Official Tournament Female Course Record that they now co-share!
Continuing his incredible play this season, adding another Championship to his trophy case, was: Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) who successfully defended his 2022 Assistants’ Title and put together two exceptional rounds for the Championship while setting the new Official Tournament Course Record at Stony Plain GC with his exceptional -7 under par 65 today.
Wes carded an unreal -7 under par 65 today which included: 1 Eagle, 6 Birdies and only 1 bogey blemish. He fired a staggering 6-under 30 on the front-9 with 1 Eagle and 4 Birdies. Wes followed it up with 1-under par 35 on the back-9. He finished the Championship at -12 under par with an outstanding Championship two-day total of 132.
In sole possession of 2nd Place was: Mitchell Fox (Speargrass GC) who kept the heat on Wes all day and put together two excellent rounds just coming up short by 1-stroke. Mitch carded an immaculate -6 under par 66 today with no blemishes on the card, firing -3 under par 33 on the front-9 and followed it up with another -3 under par 33 on the back. Mitch had 6 Birdies on the card today and finished with a Championship two-day total 133.
In a two-way tie for 3rd Place, both finishing the Championship at -5 under par with two-day totals of 139 was: Kaleb Gorbahn (Lynx Ridge GC) & Dillion Batsel (Desert Blume GC). Kaleb playing in his first PGA of Alberta event, carded a great -5 under par today, firing -4 under par 32 on the front-9 and following it up with a 35 on the back. Dillon carded a solid -3 under par 69 today firing 35 on the front-9 and following it up with 34 on the back.
Rounding out our Top-5, in a three-way tie for 5th Place, all finishing the Championship at -4 under par with two-day totals of 140 was: Christopher Horton (Golf Channel Academy at Cottonwood G&CC), Braden Chown (Bearspaw GC) & David MacComb (Royal Mayfair GC).
In a two-way tie for 8th Place, both finishing the Championship at -3 under par with two-day totals of 141 was: Joshua Gorieu (Lewis Estates GC) & Mike Belbin (The Royal Mayfair GC).
In a four-way tie for 10th Place, all finishing the Championship at Even-par with two-day totals of 144 was: Spencer Vandermey (Edmonton Petroleum G&CC), Tyler LeBouthillier (GOLFTEC Calgary Beacon Heights), Leighton Bearchell (Sundre GC) & Nick Vandermey (Windermere G&CC).
Congratulations to our Day 2 Skins Winners: Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) with a Birdie on # 7 & # 11 & Jacob Suto (Bearspaw GC) with an Eagle on # 6.
Special thanks to our Sponsor: Cobra Puma Golf for their continued strong support, without them, events like this wouldn’t be possible.
Special thank you to our host venue of Stony Plain GC for putting on an excellent event and big thank you to their entire team for all the hard work that went into the Championship.