Keeler takes top prize at Rosebowl Golf Championship
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- Published on Thursday, September 6, 2018
NGCC general manager and CPGA golf pro Landon Cameron (on right) presents the Rosebowl Championship trophy to Kenny Keeler of the Portage la Prairie Golf and Country Club.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Kenny Keeler of the Portage la Prairie has won the 2018 edition of the Neepawa Golf and Country Club’s Rosebowl tournament. Keeler was able to hold off the strong challenge of Brad Pardy in the final day of the event on Monday, Sept. 3 to claim the championship flight of the matchplay event. This was Keeler’s second time competing in the Rosebowl and first time winning it all.
After the event, Keeler noted that up until this past weekend, he had not played the course in Neepawa this year. He said that did add a bit of a challenge, but that he altered his play accordingly to deal with it.
“When you are dealing with an unfamiliar course, it’s important to play smart out there. You have to keep the mistakes to a minimum on that first day while you’re getting a feel for how the course is playing. Once I got a sense of how [the course] laid out, I was able to push a little bit harder. Second and third day, I was fortunate with some of my shots and was able to get a few birdies on the [scorecard] early. That built the confidence and I was able to go from there.” said Keeler. “Overall, I was pleased with how things progressed. It was a great weekend. Neepawa is a challenging course, but that’s what you want out there. You want to be challenged as a player. Landon [Cameron] and the staff here, put together a great event. [The Rosebowl] is a well regarded across the province as an event you want to be a part of and this years did not disappoint.”
This year was the 56th edition of the Rosebowl Tournament, which is played under the match play scoring system, which consists of individual holes won, halved or lost. On each hole, the most that can be gained is one point.
2018 Rosebowl Championship
Championship flight
1st place. Ken Keeler
2nd place. Brad Pardy
Consolation
Winner. Derek Cameron
Runner-up. Grant Jacobsen
First flight
1st place. Wyatt Rapsky
2nd place Mike Evenson
Consolation
Winner. Derek Benson
Runner-up. Nathan White
Second flight
1st place. Greg Starr
2nd place. Austin Gwilt
Consolation
Winner. Ryan McLean
Runner-up. Darcy Howarth
Third flight
1st place. Brad McConnell
2nd place Kevin Taylor
Consolation
Winner. Mark Williams
Runner-up. Tyler Stewart
Fourth flight
1st place. Jim White
2nd place. Dustin Sas
Consolation
Winner. Randy Rioux
Runner-up. Warren McLeod
Fifth flight
1st place. Matt Saler
2nd place Braden Adamyk
Consolation
Winner. Rodney White
Runner-up. Cory Jury
Sixth flight
1st place. Jeff Roulette Jr.
2nd place. Craig Johnston
Consolation
Winner. Shaun MacSymic
Runner-up. Shawn Fletcher
Seventh flight
1st place. Ron Kulbacki
2nd place Richie Nicholson
Consolation
Winner. Jeff Ejercito
Runner-up. Gary Barber
