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CTV News
9 hours ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Mickelson Invitational back for a third year—bigger and better
The Mickelson Invitational is a three-day, 54-hole stroke-play event. Brett Jones is the defending Alberta men's amateur champ. The Mickelson Invitational is unlike any other golf tournament in Calgary. It's kind of like live golf with an abundance of energy and music playing all day, every day. Brett Jones is the defending Alberta men's amateur champ. He's teeing it up at the tournament for the second straight year—the Calgarian loves playing in this event. 'Oh, it's a great event,' said the sophomore at Barry University in Miami. 'They get lots of people out here, and it's a great atmosphere. It's definitely the best-run event I've ever played in Canada. 'It's just really fun to be a part of.' Great purse The Mickelson Invitational is a three-day, 54-hole, stroke-play event. The professional purse is $150,000. The amateur purse is $10,000. There's also a $10,000, winner-take-all creator division. Mac Boucher, Kyle Berkshire and Micah Morris are a few of the names competing in that category. Stefan Cox got into the field at a qualifier at the Heritage Pointe Golf Club earlier this month. He says playing in this event is special. 'To me, it's the best championship that occurs in Alberta each year now,' said the head teaching professional at the Calgary Golf and Country Club. 'I've been lucky enough to play the past two years, and the calibre of player is really high. The golf course is superb, and it's a championship test. 'I love the whole environment of the event with the music and the atmosphere.' The Mickelson Invitational is a three-day, 54-hole stroke-play event unlike any other golf tournament in Calgary. The Mickelson Invitational is a three-day, 54-hole stroke-play event unlike any other golf tournament in Calgary. Win would mean a lot Cox knows what it's like to be in contention at the Mickelson Invitational. He was in the top 10 at the inaugural event and would love to win it all this time around. 'It would be the best win of my career, for sure,' he said. 'It fits my eye. It fits my game. I grew up in the United Kingdom playing more links-style golf in the wind. I like controlling the trajectory of my shots using slopes and not having to carry everything in. 'You can use your imagination here.' Jones finished 49th last year. It was a great learning experience, but he says he's ready to take a run at the championship this time around. 'Oh, this one would be awesome,' he said. 'I'm actually a member out here, this year, so it would be pretty cool to win a title at my home course. 'And especially a big event like this.' The Mickelson Invitational runs July 3-5 at Mickelson National.
BBC News
01-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Charities given months to leave building amid nuclear takeover
Charities and businesses have been told they will have to find a new home as their current building is being Science and Technology Park in Berkeley is to be transformed into a small modular reactor for nuclear technology, owners Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) have such as Cotswold Community Men's Shed and PhysioNet said they are "disappointed" by the said they have given organisations six months to vacate because "several of the existing buildings are unsafe and need to be demolished". Cotswold Men's Shed has been using the building for six years and its members said they do a lot of work for the community, including repairing public benches and group is also sent broken prosthetic limbs, which they repair and then send to African countries through charity Stand."That makes a real difference to families out there" said Brett Jones, one of the founders of the group. Another member, Iain Shaw, experienced severe PTSD after leaving the armed forces."I was at my absolute lowest ebb and this place has saved my life from a mental health point of view," Mr Shaw said."That sounds dramatic but it's true, I was suicidal. I've got together with these men who have become my friends."The group take people from all ages, with their oldest member being 92 years old. Brett Jones, who's an ex-miner, said the likelihood of very a new base was "quite slim"."I'm really upset that we had to move knowing how many guys are going to be affected by it," he added. PhysioNet takes broken medical equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches, fixes them up and sends them all over the world to other countries. The group do not pay rent and recognised they have been extremely fortunate to operate there but described the announcement as a "huge disruption". 'A reimagining' Chiltern Vital Group, who bought the site for £6.5m last year plan to establish a low-carbon energy 'super cluster'.The idea is to attract companies developing technology to help create so-called small modular reactors which are much cheaper and quicker then getting large nuclear power stations Hughes, project director, said: "Plans to establish a low-carbon energy 'super cluster' at Berkeley are progressing and to do it they need to reimagining the site."
