Many of the best amateur golfers in the province will embark on the Portage Golf Club this weekend and one of those golfers is Swan River's, Ethan Weir.
Ethan's taking part in Golf Manitoba's Match Play Championship Qualifier. All of the best players will compete for 32 spots in the Match Play tournament that begins one week later.
Weir plays his first round on Saturday afternoon at 1:08.
"I'm playing pretty good right now," said Weir. "I shot a 76 recently to win my "Mundie Putter" match, so that was pretty solid."
"I'm pretty confident that I can put a couple of good rounds together to lock up a spot in the main field," he added.
6367 yards is what Ethan and the rest of the field will have to deal with. That by no means is a long layout as just four par 4's are more than 400 yards. Two of the pars 3’s are less than 160 yards while six of the par 4's are less than 384 yards.
"I've been spending quite a bit of time on the range. Like you don't have to be long, but I've been struggling with the big stick a bit so far this year," said Weir. "I've been picking spots and I won't stop until I execute the shot."
Ethan will start on the Par 5, 532-yard 1st hole. His starting time for Sunday will depend on his finish on Saturday.
