Kartusch tops leaderboard after strong finish

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A sizzling finish to what started as a forgettable day has Addison Kartusch in the driver’s seat at the women’s city and district championship.

The Winnipeg teen played her final four holes in 4-under to card a 1-over 73 Monday and lead three-time champion Charmaine Hayden by three strokes entering Tuesday’s final round at Selkirk golf and country club.

“I was kinda just trying to hang in there for the back nine, just keep trucking along,” said Kartusch, who won the women’s match-play championship earlier this summer.

Kartusch has established herself as one of the brightest young female golfers in the province in recent years, but was out of sorts for much of her opening round, going five over par in her first six holes before clawing her way back into contention. A pair of birdies at the 15th and 16th holes — two of four on the day — and an eagle at the last that she holed from 70 yards away had the youngster feeling optimistic after her round.

“It was tough. It could have been easy for me to just say, ‘I’m not going to play well the rest of the round,’ but I didn’t and I just told myself, ‘Keep your head up and keep going, take it one shot at a time,’ said Kartusch, who made a verbal commitment to attend Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, an NCAA Division 1 program, in the fall of 2024.

“It started to go better and… same with 17, after I had my two birdies in a row, I just tried to keep myself calm and it worked out pretty well.”

Later in the day, Brady Comaskey carded a 3-over 73 to lead the junior men’s U15 championship. Hudson Hunnie and Gavin Carver trail by two strokes. Maisy Shewchuk holds a sizeable lead on the junior women’s side after a 13-over 85.

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