By Patty Putts for Mangy Coyote Media The Easter Bunny was busy hiding eggs throughout Riverside that aided in the disc golf action, each prize containing a mulligan for use at the Inaugural Patty Putts Easter Eggstravaganza on April 8 in Swift Current. The teams were out shooting low despite warm, breezy afternoon conditions that produced wet footing at Riverside Park as the 2023 winter snowpack dissipated. Coming out on top of the field, we had Isaac Ritskes and Mathew Vaughan shooting a solid -11, edging out Team Deadly Arlen Nickel and Jeri-Ann Brownbridge who shot a -9. They were followed by Dustin Usher and his son, tied with the threesome of Patty Putts, Caleb Laverdiere and Brady Seib. Both teams shot -8. Everyone found some eggs and spent their mulligans how they deemed fit, but no one made a mulligan more worth it then tournament host, Patty Putts. Standing on Hole 13 not happy with where his Champ Rhyno landed, Patty declared his team was using a mulligan egg. He reached for...

Originally published at Acerunners.ca . A father’s words cut deep when competition with his son gets, well, competitive. In the summer of 2018, Balcarre, Sask.’s Ian McKay used some dark psychology to defeat his adult son Gage in a game of ball golf. Cousin Nicholas Leclerc, who was also playing that day, suggested they try a game of disc golf.   “I was losing (the ball golf game) and started trash talking Gage which got into his head,” the McKay patriarch said. “I ended up coming back and winning. Gage was still mad when we got back to the car, so Nick suggested we should try disc golf to break the tension. We played a nine-hole pitch and putt, and I was hooked.”   Five years later, the McKays have collected a provincial championship, more than a dozen podium finishes and are two-time  World Bush Disc Golf Championship of the Universe  doubles title holders. They also constructed a course on their home reserve of  Peepeekisis Cree Nation .   Called  “...

Team Deadly, Saskatchewan’s disc golf power couple, is beginning to live up to their name. The Deadly duo out-tossed the field at the 2023 Ted Bowes Memorial Charity Ice Bowl. (Murray Disc Golf, Watrous, SK). Arlen Nickel shot 49 in deep, snowpack conditions to edge Adam Bolig by one stroke. Meanwhile Jeri-Ann Brownbridge - the second and better looking half of Team Deadly - scored 59 to win the Women’s Division by two strokes over Wendy Chapman. Third place winners were Trevor Radchenko in the General Division and Shawna Alysia in the Women’s Division. - Mangy Coyote Media

Originally published at Acerunners.ca . The hardy walk among us, their smiling faces in ours only to be recognized in the harshest of conditions. Some say they are crazy, but those who know the secrets of playing disc golf in the dark, depths of a Saskatchewan winter understand each other as if members of an exclusive club of dedicated survivalists. The sport of disc golf is exploding across Canada, particularly in the Prairie provinces where the playing season is purely dependent on Mother Nature’s whim. In Moose Jaw, Sask., a small group of weather-beaten players will not be stopped regardless of Her temperament. About a dozen players, most of them in their 30s and 40s, have vowed to play a few rounds of golf every week of the year, including the torturously frigid months of November through March. They call themselves the Moose Jaw Huckers and they have proven to be among the hardest-core disc golfers on the windswept, snow-packed Arctic Prairie landscape. “We’ve played winter golf ...

  Winners of the 2023 Melville OKDS Frozen Chains Putting League included (left to right) Nolan Schlecter, Tammy McKay, Gage McKay, Dan Coomber and Calla Coomber. Gage took home the basket for highest overall score in six weeks of play. The sun has set on the inaugural OKDS Frozen Chains Melville Disc Golf Putting League with one family dominating the final 2023 standings. The McKays from Peepeekisis First Nation claimed the top two spots in the Open Division and first place in the Women’s Division through six weeks of play at Miller School in Melville. Gage McKay claimed first in Open and first overall with a final score of 450 points over his best four rounds. His father Ian was second with 375, while Melville league director Reed Wishnevetski claimed third with 364. Overall, Melville finished seventh in the OKDS Frozen Chains circuit, which includes leagues in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Melville’s 21 players finished with a club average of 51.4 per cent putts-m...

  As Catrina Allen paced herself through the final round of FPO division play at the Las Vegas Challenge on Sunday, Calvin Heimburg and Kevin Jones took the MPO division to the tournament’s final hole at Wildhorse DGC in Henderson, NV. Jones came into the final round of the tournament with a two stroke advantage over Anthony Barela. While the former played solid golf through the front to hold that differential on the field most of the round, the latter struggled through the back nine of the final 18. Barela could not find the disc for swirling winds that encompassed the region the previous few days as well. He ultimately slid to eighth at minus-25. But Calvin Heimburg snuck up five spots on Saturday to challenge Jones for the championship on Hole 16 of Round 4. After both parring the 17th, Heimburg smoked his drive over the water on the par 4 18th to just hold in-bounds by inches, Jones’s effort was low and forced down by the wind. He ended up wet and out-of-bounds. After a clean a...

  Barela, Jones, McMahan take charge on LVC’s Day 2 Yesterday’s co-leader Anthony Barela set the pace in Round 2 of the Las Vegas Challenge presented by Innova on Friday. With weather conditions still cool but calmer than the previous day in Henderson, NV, Barela shared the hot round of the day with a minus-12, spiking him to the top of the leaderboard at minus-20. The six-year pro relied on long, accurate drives to overcome some putting hiccups within 30 feet. The short-misses didn’t seem to cost him, as he played bogey free golf. Meanwhile, Kevin Jones maintained his hold on second place, putting together a round of minus-10, leaving him at minus-17. Jones signed a scorecard free of bogey blemishes, as did Eagle McMahan, who also took hot round honours with a minus-12 on the day. He now sits third alongside yesterday’s co-leader Scott Withers. They are followed by Andrew Marwede at minus-14, while Calvin Heimberg and Luke Samson are seven strokes of the pace at minus-13. Canadian...

Cat Allen destroys Wildhorse for commanding lead at LVC Disc Golf Pro Tour veteran Catrina Allen hammered both the Wildhorse DGC and the field to take full control of the 2023 Las Vegas Challenge in Henderson, NV on Friday. Allen walked into Round 2 with a one stroke advantage over Rebecca Cox, but dominated the second day on the Wildhorse track to climb six strokes ahead at minus-13. Allen went seven down on the front that included a five birds, an eagle and a bogey. She further staked her claim with another eagle on Hole 10 and closing with four more birdies. Cox had trouble with control through the middle holes, bagging four birdies but adding four bogeys and a double-bogey to fall to even on the tournament. Taking her place was Finnish competitor Henna Blomroos, who claimed the second seed with Missy Gannon by shooting minus-six on the day. Gannon flipped to the sub-par side of the standings by nailing a minus-seven that included birdies on seven back-nine holes. Besides Allen’s po...

  A pair of late-ranked, top 60 Disc Golf Pro Tour players have battled unsatisfactory golf conditions to lead the first day of the Las Vegas Challenge presented by Innova at Henderson, Nevada. No. 41-ranked pro James Proctor of California, and New York’s Scott Withers - ranked 59th - tied Anthony Barela (15th) at minus-8 to jump in front of a tight field. Weather conditions on Thursday were cold and windy, with a forecast of snow tickling the region through the week. The added challenge led to a knot of 13 players sitting at minus-6 to minus-8. While Proctor and Withers threw solid rounds with few mistakes, Barela bounced back after opening the day with a par and a bogey. He went on to throw nine birdies through the final 16 holes. Simon Lizotte, Kevin Jones and Luke Humphries are one stroke behind, with Lizotte hanging in with confident scramble play in his first tournament as an Team MVP member. Paul McBeth, Emerson Keith, Adam Hammes, Gannon Buhr, Cole Redalen and Kyle Klein ro...

Results following Week 5 of the OKDS Frozen Chains Putting League: Melville. Please note that league play will be delayed by one week, with Week 6 re-set for Feb. 26.

  Results following Week 3 of the OKDS Frozen Chains Putting League: Melville. Please note that league play will be delayed by one week, with Week 4 re-set for Feb. 5.

Hey Disc Golf Maniacs. It’s always tournament time if you want it to be. And this is the place to find your next competition. Check here regularly for updates, and reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram to get our tournament on this list today. Click the tournament name to reach the Disc Golf Scene link. February, 2023 Tundra Toss 2 powered by Pursuit of Motion Physiotherapy Sunday, February 26, 2023 at  Rundle Park DGC  in Edmonton, Alberta C-tier  · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament. March, 2023 Battlefords Ice Bowl 2023 Saturday, March 11, 2023 at  Centennial Park  in North Battleford, Saskatchewan Disc golf singles tournament Calgary Ice Bowl 2023 Saturday, March 18, 2023 at  Carstairs Golf Course  in Carstairs, Alberta Disc golf event April, 2023 Pot O' Gold Sponsored by Horizon Discs Saturday, April 15, 2023 at  Magrath Irrigation Park  in Magrath, Alberta Disc golf singles tournament May, 2023 2023 Tournament Capital Open Fri-Sun, M...

Results following Week 2 of the OKDS Frozen Chains Putting League: Melville

Fourteen players from across Saskatchewan attended the first-ever Trash Talk Challenge at Katepwa Beach on Jan. 14. Gage McKay topped the field, with Jeri-Ann Brownbridge taking the Women’s Division. Gage McKay made fire with a slim tie for the lead after Round 1 to win the 2023 Katepwa Trash Talk Challenge on Jan. 14. The Balcarres-area golfer was tied for first at two under par with Regina, Sask’s Brian Teifenbach after the opening 12 holes of the 24-hole challenge at Katepwa Beach, Sask. McKay stamped the event in his favor by one stroke in Round 2 to finish at minus-six. Teifenbach and the McKay-family “padre,” Ian McKay, split the remainder of the cash prize in second at minus-five. Matthew Verhood completed the podium in third at minus-three. In the Women’s Division, Jeri-Ann Brownbridge out-paced travel-mate Bobby Jo Moore by scoring a five-stroke advantage at minus-11. A total of 14 athletes enjoyed mild winter conditions at Katepwa Provincial Park and its temporary, 12-hole la...

Jeri-Ann Brownbridge is Saskatchewan Coordinator for the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), an athlete-ambassador for Top Link Disc Golf, and Elevation Ambassador for Thoughtspace Athletics. Follow her on Instagram: @ironwolf4579. How does one even follow the amazing Simon Lizotte announcement? But here I am going to do my best. I’m so honoured to announce that I will be staying with  @thoughtspaceathletics  on the  @thoughtspace_elevationteam  . I know there are some incredible things happening in the 2023 season and I want to be a part of all of it. Thought Space has an incredible team working round the clock to elevate the sport and their own games. I was blessed to meet so many people in my first year with the team. It’s an amazing, diverse group of individuals who aren’t just a team. We are certainly a family. What’s more exciting is the team will be opening up 15 new spots. We will have more Canadians, so if you want to be a part of elevation team, stay...