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St. Charles Country Club\u2019s Camryn Thomas is already off to a strong start to the golf season, posting a win in the age 15 to 19 Maple Leaf Junior event held earlier this month at Kildonan Park Golf Course.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt provides a good balance. It\u2019s nice to get outdoors. I really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas, a Winnipegger who turned 16 earlier this month, is already off to a strong start to the golf season, posting a win in the age 15 to 19 Maple Leaf Junior event held earlier this month at Kildonan Park Golf Course.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, Thomas shot 76 at Scotswood Links in the qualifying round for the Golf Manitoba match play championship to tie for second with Charmaine Hayden of Breezy Bend, eight shots behind medallist Jeri Lafleche of Niakwa.<\/p>\n
The match play portion of the tournament gets underway on Thursday at the Whispering Winds of Warren, culminating with the championship final on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bring my competitive edge, especially in match play,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cWith the constant back and forth, keeping your focus in the moment really helps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas, who plays out of St. Charles Country Club, was out at Pine Ridge to get a look at the Donald Ross design that will host the Golf Manitoba girls and boys championships, presented by the Alex and Peggy Colonello Foundation from July 7 to 9.<\/p>\n
With Addison Kartusch of St. Charles aging out from the junior ranks, the chase for the provincial championship is wide open, with Thomas among the top contenders expected to vie for the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got some good competition, especially from the girls on Team Manitoba,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a good rivalry going. It should be good. It will be a tough battle, but hopefully it goes well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Golf Manitoba provincial team head coach Sean Murray has been impressed by Thomas\u2019 work ethic as she\u2019s improved her game dramatically, especially for someone who is still relatively new to the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the type of person that when she goes into something and dives into it, she doesn\u2019t want to be average or OK at it \u2014 she wants to excel at it,\u201d said Murray, who has been working with Thomas for three years.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t GOLF MANITOBA PHOTO<\/p>\n Camryn Thomas will tee off Thursday in the match play portion of the Golf Manitoba match play championship at the Whispering Winds of Warren, culminating with the final on Sunday. <\/p>\n \u201cYou saw that at RHA with hockey and now with golf. She\u2019s definitely one of the best junior golfers in Manitoba now.\u201d<\/p>\n Murray has seen significant growth in Thomas\u2019 driving ability over the past several years, to the point where it\u2019s now a major strength in her game.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s been driving the golf ball really well this year. Last year, it was a little bit of a downfall of her game,\u201d he said. \u201cShe hits it far. She\u2019s in the gym with hockey and it\u2019s definitely translating into golf.\u201d<\/p>\n Another thing that\u2019s translating from hockey to golf is Thomas\u2019 competitive nature \u2014 though she\u2019s also learning to allow herself some grace when things aren\u2019t going quite as smoothly.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s with resiliency and accountability and things like that,\u201d said Murray. \u201cShe\u2019s newer to golf, so she was really hard on herself, wanting to excel last year and maybe she wasn\u2019t quite there. This year, you see her demeanour on the course and it\u2019s about resetting and having that next-shot mentality, which is great.\u201d<\/p>\n Thomas shared a similar assessment when asked for a personal scouting report of her strengths, adding that her putting is improving, along with her ability to put the ball in play consistently off the tee.<\/p>\n Kartusch, who is the two-time Golf Manitoba female player of the year, continues to serve as an inspiration to many others across the province, especially Thomas.<\/p>\n \u201cI kind of look up to her a bit as a role model,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cShe\u2019s great to play with, great to learn off of and get tips from.\u201d<\/p>\n Seeing Kartusch playing so well in her first two seasons of NCAA college golf at Bowling Green State University, to go along with her success both locally and in Golf Canada events, is something Murray leans into on the coaching side as well.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t GOLF MANITOBA PHOTO<\/p>\n Camryn Thomas says she\u2019s inspired by fellow St. Charles Country Club golfer and two-time Golf Manitoba female player of the year Addison Kartusch.<\/p>\n \u201cI use Addie as an example for both the girls program and the boys program, about how she practices and how she goes about her practices, with how she structures it and what she does,\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n \t\t\tSign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \u201cKnowing that (Kartusch) isn\u2019t a junior anymore and knowing that the title is vacant, it is up for grabs. Everyone is proud to say that they know Addie and it gives them something to strive towards.\u201d<\/p>\n Golf Manitoba executive director Jared Ladobruk believes it should be another fun summer of competition on a wide variety of golf courses around the keystone province.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great schedule of courses that are hosting us this year \u2013 we\u2019re heading out all over the place and we\u2019re looking forward to some good golf,\u201d said Ladobruk, who is encouraged by the continued growth of the sport. \u201cIt is (on the rise). Our metrics are growing, our membership is growing and our number of rounds posted every year is growing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just here, it\u2019s across the country and it\u2019s exciting to see where it\u2019s going to take us. Golf is in a good spot right now.\u201d<\/p>\n winnipegfreepress.com\/kenwiebe<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Ken Wiebe Ken Wiebe is a sports reporter for the Free Press, with an emphasis on the Winnipeg Jets. He has covered hockey and provided analysis in this market since 2000 for the Winnipeg Sun, The Athletic, Sportsnet.ca and TSN. Ken was a summer intern at the Free Press in 1999 and returned to the Free Press in a full-time capacity in September of 2023. Read more about Ken<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Ken produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n \t\t
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