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Shipley, Anderson preparing for Saskatchewan Open at Elk Ridge
For the fourth year in a row, Elk Ridge is playing host to the Saskatchewan Open as part of the PGA Tours Americas over the weekend. Golfers from around the world including Brazil, Costa Rica, and Australia traveled are in the Prince Albert area for the tournament that serves as part of the Fortinet Cup, a 16-event season of tournaments across North and Latin America that ends with the Fortinet Cup Championship played in Toronto, Ontario in the beginning of September.
Competing at the tournament is American Neal Shipley, who turned pro this year after earning the lowest amateur score at both the U.S. Open and the 2024 Masters Tournament. As part of the Fortinet Cup, Shipley has only been on the tournament for one leg where he finished –15 under par for a ninth place finish. A win for Shipley at Elk Ridge would do wonders for him to climb the standings during the late stages of the Fortinet Cup.
“The golf course gives you ample amount of space off the tee to hit your ball into, but if you get off the beaten path, you’re in some real trouble. So you’ve got to be really good off the tee, especially if you’re being aggressive, and then if you are aggressive, you’re going to give yourself some wedges. But if you are maybe a little bit more conservative, you have some longer irons, but you know probably avoid some bogeys. So just trying to figure out the balance of that this week is really important.”
Going from an amateur to now playing on the PGA Tour has been a crazy six months for Shipley. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native made his first trip up to Saskatchewan to play in the Saskatchewan Open, and he’s enjoying taking everything in as the attention starts to come in from the national stage.