A well-known title sits tied atop the leaderboard after Day 1 of motion on the 61st annual Gray Owl, offered by IG Wealth Administration.
Breezy Bend’s Garth Collings, who has gained a document 11 Gray Owl titles, fired an even-par 72 on the picturesque Clear Lake Golf Course within the opening spherical of the 36-hole event, which places him in a tie with Carberry’s Joel Baron.
Collings carded nines of 35 and 37 on the 6,102-yard format, whereas Baron, who performs out of Carberry Sandhills Golf and Nation Membership, went out in 38 however got here again with a strong two-under 34 on the harder again 9 in his first Gray Owl look.
It was an up-and-down entrance 9 for Baron, who eagled the par-4 first gap and birdied the par-3 third earlier than struggling a quadruple-bogey 9 on the par-five fourth.
Collings had a way more clean afternoon, registering two birdies, an eagle and 4 bogeys en path to his even-par spherical. Collings final gained the Gray Owl in 2016, and since then has added Greyer Owl crowns, for these age 60 and over, in 2018 and 2019.
Defending champion Jared Jacobson of Brandon is 2 photographs again after an opening-round 74, whereas Russell’s Braden Clement, the son of 1996 event winner Brad Clement, and MacGregor’s Darcy Howarth each shot 4-over 76s.
The remainder of the sector will play its opening rounds on Saturday. That features two-time champion Jay Thiesen of Russell.
The event consists of 36 holes over three days. The low 16 or so and ties after the primary spherical will make up the championship flight, which can tee off on Sunday morning.
Saturday’s tee occasions and extra info may be discovered at thegreyowl.ca.
DAY 1 TOP SCORES
Garth Collings, Breezy Bend 35-37—72
Joel Baron, Carberry 38-34—72
Jared Jacobson, Brandon 36-38—74
Darcy Howarth, MacGregor 35-41—76
Braden Clement, Russell 39-37—76
Dwight Kearns, Brandon 38-39—77
Keaton Jameson, Shilo 39-38—77
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