Riley Rallies to 3-Peat at the Cobra Puma Golf Assistants’ Championship
14 July, 2020
Day two of the Assistants’ Championship sponsored by Cobra Puma Golf at the picturesque Stony Plain GC saw a continuation of the tricky wind conditions throughout the day for our competitors. Successfully defending his title for a third year consecutively (you read that right) was Riley Fleming (Lynx Ridge GC) who came from behind in the second last group after starting the day 3-strokes behind the leader. Riley fired in 6 birdies today to card an outstanding 4-under par 68 in very difficult conditions to finish the Championship with a total of 140 (4-under).
In sole possession of 2nd place was Wes Heffernan (Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre) who played solidly throughout his round today and was the only other competitor to go under-par carding 1-under par 71 for a Championship total of 145 (1-over).
In 3rd place was newcomer Mitchell Fox (Speargrass GC) who finished the Championship at +2 for a total of 146. In 4th place was Dillion Batsel (Desert Blume GC) who finished the Championship at +4 for a total of 148. In a two-way tie for 5th place was Dustin Risdon (The Golf Box) & Taylor Irvin (Silver Springs G&CC) who both finished the Championship at +5 for respective totals’ of 149. In 7th place was Eric Locke (Priddis G&CC) who finished the Championship at +6 for a total of 150.
Rounding out our Top-10 in a five-way tie for 8th place was Braden Chown (Desert Blume GC), Jeremy Maher (Modern Golf), Kent Fukushima (Redwood Meadows G&CC), Tyler LeBouthillier (GOLFTEC Calgary Beacon Heights) & new to the Association Sean Sinclair (Elbow Springs GC) who all finished the Championship at +7 for respective totals’ of 151.
Special thanks to host course Stony Plain GC for putting on a top-notch event and to Sponsor Cobra Puma Golf for their continued support!