This article was originally published in the 2016 edition of The Alberta Golfer Magazine. To view the full magazine, click here.

Are you an Alberta Golf member, male or female, aged 19 or over? Are you looking for a fun-filled, 36-hole tournament at one of Alberta’s most interesting golf courses? Are you perhaps a bit nervous about entering an Alberta Golf championship, but want to give competitive golf a try in a low-stress atmosphere?

Well, have we got a tournament for YOU! The inaugural Alberta Net Amateur Championship will be held August 30-31, 2016 at the sensational Dinosaur Trail Golf Club in Drumheller. The 36-hole event is open to both men and women and will be in a Stableford format, with full handicap allowances in the net scoring system. Many of the entrants for the Net Amateur are expected to be relatively inexperienced in competing in Alberta Golf championships, so the Stableford scoring format will eliminate the worry about having to complete every hole, regardless of the number of strokes you might take.

Rob Forshner, manager, rules and competitions for Alberta Golf, talked about the newest event on the Alberta Golf tournament schedule. “We think the Net Amateur has the potential to be one of our most popular events.” Forshner said. “We have thousands of Alberta Golf members who perhaps aren’t quite skilled or confident enough to enter the men’s or ladies amateur championships or even the seniors or mid-am events, but still want to feel part of the Alberta Golf community.

“We have added the Net Amateur Championship to our tournament schedule this year to help give these players an event in which they can feel comfortable. We fully expect that over time, the Net Amateur will become one of Alberta Golf’s most popular tournaments.”

There is no question that the host venue, Dinosaur Trail Golf Club, provides an outstanding site for the first Net Amateur Championship. The front nine is a parkland style, tree-lined fairway traditional course, but the back nine is where the course has earned its reputation as one of Alberta’s most scenic venues, as the holes twist and turn through spectacular hoodoos.

This article was originally published in the 2016 edition of The Alberta Golfer Magazine. To view the full magazine, click here.