Wes Heffernan Wins 2025 Assistants’ Championship
15 July, 2025
RYLEY, Alta.—Calgary’s Wes Hefferan reclaimed his crown as the 2025 Assistants’ Championship winner on Tuesday at the Coal Creek Golf Resort.
After finishing runner-up one year ago to Mitchell Fox, Heffernan was rock solid throughout his 36-hole spin over the last two days, taking the 2025 title with rounds of 70-69—139 (-5) for a three-shot victory.
“To be honest, my game has been awful this year, so it is really nice to have a good tournament,” said Heffernan, who teaches at Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Centre.
“I was somewhat scrappy this week, but I was happy with how I played because I have been playing quite poorly off the tee.”
Heffernan, who competed in his eighth-career Canadian Open last month, looked anything but sluggish over the last 48 hours. He had a one-shot lead heading into his final 18-hole spin of the challenging Coal Creek test.
With a handful of players challenging him early, Heffernan was steady all day while chalking up four birdies and one bogey.
“The course today was completely different than yesterday, where we had kind of a north wind. Today was beautiful. You can’t have better playing conditions than we had today,” added Heffernan. “I had a couple of three putts, but I played really solid all day.”
Dillon Batsel (Desert Blume Golf Club) put up a fight against Heffernan making five birdies early on the final nine holes, but fell off the leading pace down the stretch with a double-bogey on 17 followed by a bogey on the 18th hole.
“Dillon kind of made a run and I had to fight him off, but I thought I played really solid despite seeing him fly up the leaderboard,” said Heffernan. “My driver has always been my strength. Losing my driver, mentally I don’t know what to do. But hitting it well this week, and playing solid, gives me some confidence moving forward into the final tournaments.”
Batsel (Desert Blume Golf Club) was forced to settle with sharing second spot with Mike Belbin (Royal Mayfair Golf Club) at -2. Jordan Bean (Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club was the only other in the 78-player field at par or better, finishing even after firing the low round of the day at 67.
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