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CBC
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
9-year-old First Nation phenom off to international golf match in Northern Ireland
Connor Hanska, a nine-year-old golf prodigy from Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation, is getting ready to tee off against the world's best junior golfers in a tournament in Northern Ireland. Hanska will be among 250 of the top golfers from more than 40 countries, who are competing at the 2025 Champion of Champions World Championship tournament. It's being held at the Lough Erne Resort Golf Course, in Enniskillen, roughly 172 kilometres northwest of Dublin, from July 29-31. The resort features two championship courses that Connor will play during the tournament, including 18 holes designed by Sir Nick Faldo, six-time major golf champion. Golf superstar Rory McIlroy also has ties to the course. Connor, who lives in western Manitoba but is a member of Whitefish Lake First Nation in Alberta, qualified for the tournament through the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour, a nationwide organizing body for junior golf. A series of tournaments throughout the 2024 season gave Connor the opportunity to earn a ticket to the 2025 edition of the Champion of Champions tournament. "It's really important because it's one of the best tournaments in the world," Connor told CBC Indigenous before leaving for Northern Ireland. Connor is the youngest of six siblings, and is coached by his older brother Bryce. "He was helping me, seeing if my stance and everything was good," Connor said. He's also learned about golf from his father, Doug Hanska, who runs a TikTok account for him called "Hanska Golf," where he posts videos of his son's swing and progress at tournaments. Doug Hanska said he's not surprised by his son's success. "He probably started [playing] as soon as he could swing a club and walk," Doug Hanska said. And his friends agreed that Connor would likely have a future in the game. They said: "Holy man, you need to look up some stuff because you may have the next Tiger Woods on your hands." Connor's mom, Destiny Jackson, understands Connor has something special when it comes to his golf talents, but also recognizes that he has the mindset to become a champion. "I'm really impressed. Like, I really don't know how he has the mindset and the practice. He practices every day. You have to have a whole different character to do something like that." Others agree that Connor is a force to be reckoned with on the greens. Sean Murray is the Director of Player Development with Golf Manitoba and he spoke with CBC Indigenous after viewing some of Connor's play, "He looks awesome. Looks great off of the back swing position, a little bowed wrist, and comes down. Just winds through it and just rips it," he said. "It's a gorgeous swing." When asked about what he'd like to say to all his supporters and sponsors that have helped him along his journey to get to the Champion of Champions Tournament, Connor kept his message simple. "Thank you for watching and sharing," he said.
Telegraph
6 days ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Huskie's all-time high sets up a return to Quinta
Scotland's Erin Huskie, a 2024 finalist at the Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championships, has put herself in contention for a second finals appearance in a row by posting a career high with her lowest-ever round. Huskie's day to remember came in the first round of the Barrie Douglas Scottish Junior Masters at Strathmore, where she shot a brilliant 67. 'Everything just seemed to click,' she says of the June round which consisted of eight birdies and six bogeys. 'I wasn't aware of what my score was. I knew I was a couple under, but I didn't know how much.' Nor did her parents, who followed their daughter during the Stephen Gallagher Foundation event, where she eventually finished sixth. Huskie, 17, is the current girls captain for Junior Tour Scotland and is now second on the current girls' leaderboard for one of 12 coveted spots for this year's finals at Quinta do Lago, having finished ninth there in 2024. Huskie, who is in her last year at Wallace High School in Stirling, believes switching to a new set of clubs at the start of the year could have been the catalyst for a change in fortune, which has resulted in her securing three top 10 finishes this summer. Having made it to last year's final she's itching to return: 'It's obviously great that I know what the Quinta do Lago event is all about now, with the TV cameras and everything, but you want to go there and make a better week from it for myself, both on and off the course. 'The conditions are always perfect at Quinta. And we were so well looked after – they were just so welcoming. 'It was just great to have that team bonding off the course as well. There was a lot of mixing between all the players.' Earlier this year Huskie was named as one of 11 Scottish juniors who formed the first cohort for a new Scottish Golf initiative called the Young Leaders Programme, a project which aims to provide a fresh perspective and promote inclusivity within the sport. Huskie explains: 'We are just trying to get more girls involved, making more young girls aware so they aren't just turning up and being daunted by everything that they may face in golf. 'We need to make sure they've got the resources they need to stick to golf and to also carry on.'
CNA
20-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Golf: Singapore's Chen Xingtong loses in US Girls' Junior Championship final to Canada's Aphrodite Deng
JOHNS CREEK, Georgia: Singapore's Chen Xingtong fell to Canada's Aphrodite Deng in the US Girls' Junior Championship, losing 2 and 1 on Saturday (Jul 19) in the 36-hole final at Atlanta Athletic Club. Chen, 16, is the first player from Singapore to reach the championship match. Deng had a 4-up lead over Chen after 18 holes. The Singapore golfer then cut the deficit to two twice on the second 18, the last with a par win on the 34th. Deng ended it on the 35th by matching Chen's par. Fifteen-year-old Deng is the first Canadian winner in US Girls' Junior history. It is her third junior major title of the year, following the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in April and the Mizuho Americas Open in May. She earned spots in the US Women's Open next year at Riviera and the US Women's Amateur this year and next.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, the No. 1 junior golfer in America, commits to FSU
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, the No. 1-ranked player on the American Junior Golf Association Polo Rankings, has verbally committed to play college golf at Florida State. first reported the news and the Times-Union confirmed it with Russell's father Joe. Advertisement Russell, who is home-schooled, has a 2027 graduation year listed by the AJGA. That means he could begin playing for FSU in the fall of 2027 if he signs with the Seminoles during the fall sports signing period in 2026. Russell has won numerous major junior tournaments, including the Junior PGA, the Junior Players Championship, the AJGA Tournament of Champions and the Sage Valley Invitational. He broke Tiger Woods' record as the youngest player to be named the AJGA Player of the Year in 2023. Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach will play college golf at Florida State. He has also played in two PGA Tour events and four Korn Ferry Tour events, and in 2024, at the age of 15, became the youngest player to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at the LECOM Suncoast Classic. Advertisement Russell was a member of the Junior Ryder Cup and the Junior Presidents Cup and was a member of the inaugural USGA Junior National team. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Mile Russell of Jacksonville Beach commits to play golf at Florida State
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
North Palm Beach's Wylie Inman continues hot streak with win at Jordan Spieth Championship
North Palm Beach's Wylie Inman can add another win to his decorated 2025 junior golf campaign. Inman, a rising senior at Dwyer High School, continued his summer momentum with a win at the Under Armour Jordan Spieth Championship on June 26 at Brookhaven Country Club's Masters Course in Dallas, Texas. Advertisement He shot 8-under for the tournament to finish two shots clear in a field of 52 golfers from the United States as well as Mexico, China, Taiwan and Spain. Inman carded 12 birdies and four bogeys across the three-day tournament. Inman's victory comes one week after earning an automatic bid to the 2025 U.S. Junior Open in a qualifier at the Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs. He and Tiger Woods' son Charlie, who earned the final bid in a three-way playoff, were the only automatic qualifiers from Palm Beach County at the event, taking two of five spots available to a field of 87 contestants. Boca Raton's Oscar Crowe advanced as an alternate. North Palm Beach's Wylie Inman celebrates his victory at the Under Armour Jordan Spieth Championship in Dallas, Texas on June 26, 2025. More: Tiger Woods walks course for son Charlie's final round at 41st Nicklaus Junior Championship Advertisement It's the second American Junior Golf Association tournament victory for Inman in the 2025 campaign. He previously won the the AJGA Junior at Rayburn Resort in Texas on March 27. Inman has earned multiple selections to The Post's All-County teams as a varsity golfer. In 2024, Inman placed ninth at state and helped the team secure a sixth-place finish overall. He is verbally committed to play golf at the University of South Florida. North Palm Beach's Wylie Inman competes at the Under Armour Jordan Spieth Championship in Dallas, Texas on June 26, 2025. Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Wylie Inman: North Palm Beach golfer wins Jordan Spieth Championship
