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Southwood’s Rhonda Orr and Braxton Kuntz of Breezy Bend are the province’s amateur golfers of the year in 2022, Golf Manitoba announced Wednesday.

It is the fourth time that Orr has been recognized as Manitoba’s top female golfer, having previously won in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Orr, a 61-year-old Winnipegger, won the mid-amateur flight and finished second overall at the Diamond Athletic Women’s Amateur Championship. She also represented Team Manitoba at the Canadian Women’s Amateur and won the Hodson Financial Women’s Senior Championship, her seventh senior provincial championship in a row and ninth in ten years.

Orr went on to finish 10th at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship while also tying for eighth place at the AGA Women’s Senior Amateur Championship in the United States.

Meanwhile, the 18-year-old Kuntz earned top male golfer honours for the second consecutive year.

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He won the Manitoba Junior Championship and went on to finish in a tie for fifth place at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Kuntz also captured the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship and became the first Manitoba player to win both the Manitoba Junior and Amateur Championship in back to back seasons (2021 and 2022). He also finished tied for third place at the Elmhurst Invitational.