Werre, Fox and Heffernan share lead after round 1 at The Alberta Open Championship
Alberta Golf (Medicine Hat) – Hot and mostly calm conditions at Desert Blume Golf Club in Medicine Hat for the first round of the Alberta Open Championship. 6-Time champion Wes Heffernan is tied with fellow professional Mitchell Fox who won the 2024 Cobra/Puma Golf Assistants Championship last week. Joining Heffernan and Fox is amateur Ryan Werre from Desert Blume Golf Club. All three players posted 5-under 67.
There are 6 golfers within a shot of the lead including Dillon Batsel and Jordan Forsythe, both Desert Blume members. Also in the log jam at the top is Michael Harrison from Coal Creek Golf Resort who had a hole-in-one on the 4th hole, his first ever ace.
Michael Harrison Hole-In-One on the 4th hole