{"id":684286,"date":"2026-05-21T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684286\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:18:37","slug":"medicine-hat-golf-and-country-clubs-victoria-day-golf-classic-completed-despite-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684286\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club\u2019s Victoria Day Golf Classic completed despite weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRound three on Monday was played. So it ended up being a 36-hole event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jacques said that thunderstorms also interrupted play Saturday evening and frost delayed Monday morning preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, the tournament features two shotgun starts on the final day, but organizers were forced to adjust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the waiting for the snow to totally melt, and then the frost on Monday morning, and then cutting the greens and preparing the golf course, we had an 11 o\u2019clock shotgun,\u201d Jacques said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll 140 players played at the same time. It took them about five and a half hours, and then we did awards and presentations right\u00a0around five o\u2019clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Men\u2019s Champion\u00a0is Redcliff\u2019s\u00a0Ryan Werre, who shot one over par through two rounds. He was consistent, carding rounds of 72 and 73.<\/p>\n<p>Jacques said that Werre is one of the top amateur golfers in the City, and played really solid golf.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the Senior Men\u2019s event\u00a0was Calgary\u2019s Dan Lambert, who shot five under par over the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert claimed top spot after firing an opening-round 67 that included quite the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe birdied one, two, three, four and five, parred six and seven,\u00a0bogeyed eight, and birdied nine for a 31 to go out,\u201d Jacques said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of the lowest scores I\u2019ve ever heard for a nine-hole score [at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club].\u00a0It was from the hybrid tees, but still an incredible score.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lowest overall score of the entire tournament went to the Ladies Champion,\u00a0Sarah Armstrong of Redcliff.<\/p>\n<p>She finished at six-under par. A dominant performance, with rounds of 68 and 70 to win by 16 strokes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe can really play,\u201d Jacques said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the disruptions, Jacques said golfers remained understanding and patient throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is only the second day we\u2019ve lost to weather in my 26 years here,\u201d Jacques said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, we did the best we could, and I think it worked out pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full results are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfgenius.com\/pages\/12695125033316528819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Golf Genius<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRound three on Monday was played. So it ended up being a 36-hole event.\u201d Jacques said that thunderstorms&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-684286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}