Danny Klughart was awarded his third straight Sask Mid-Am's championship on Thursday. (Golf Saskatchewan).

By Jeff D’Andrea

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Klughart three-peats at Saskatchewan Mid-Amateurs

Jul 9, 2021 | 11:00 AM

The only name to be etched on the Golf Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Men’s Championship since 2019 is Danny Klughart’s.

The ace from Prince Albert won his third straight Mid-Am’s on Thursday at the Elmwood Golf Club in Swift Current. Klughart led throughout all three rounds and won with an 8-under-par score of 208.

“Obviously you try to defend your title, it feels pretty special to do it three times. I was very humbled to get the first one so to get three in a row feels pretty good,” Klughart told Clark Stork of Golf Saskatchewan.

Klughart’s victory in 2019 was extra special, as he won the Saskatchewan Amateurs and Mid-Am’s that year at the Saskatoon Golf and Curling Club. Klughart shot 6-under-par in the final day to climb up the rankings and force a playoff against Jehremy Ryde, to win both titles.

Klughart continued the trend in 2020, when he shot a staggering 10-under-par on Day 3 to blow away the competition and win the Mid-Am’s at the Legends Golf Club in Warman.

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Since online records have been kept of the tournament since 2008, no golfer has been able to repeat, let alone three-peat, in the Mid-Am’s. And according to Prince Albert golfer Marty Ring, no golfer has won three in a row Mid-Amateurs since the field opened up to golfers over the age of 25. The tournament used to run as a 40+ event.

Currently competing in the final round of the Saskatchewan Amateurs tees off today in Swift Current following his Mid-Am win, Klughart will need another magical round to win the tournament as he is currently in third place at 9-under-par. Two Saskatoon golfers are ahead of him in Ty Campbell, who is in second at 12-under-par, and Roman Timmerman, who is 21-under-par.

“I guess it is out of reach, but I’ve shot 10-under before. I’ll take one of those,” Klughart said. “It will be gas-pedal tomorrow. I don’t hope anything bad against Roman, but if he goes backwards and I go forwards—you never know.”

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Klughart three-peats at Saskatchewan Mid-Amateurs

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