Nonie Marler holds one shot lead over Judith Kyrinis in Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master divisions into Friday
LACHUTE, Que. – Team British Columbia has retained the Margaret Todd Trophy, winning the Inter-Provincial Team Championship on Thursday at the 2025 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, presented by BDO at Lachute (Club de golf) in Lachute, Que.
Team British Columbia (B.C.) finished with a total combined score of 5-over, beating Team Ontario by eight shots. Team B.C. was represented by Nonie Marler of Vancouver, B.C., Aram Choi of Surrey, B.C. and Veronica Ivy of Victoria, B.C. Marler shot a 1-under 72, while Ivy shot a 3-over 76 and Choi a 6-over 79 on Thursday. On Wednesday, Marler shot 74, Choi shot 75 and Ivy shot 79. Team Manitoba and Team Quebec tied for third at 19-over. The two lowest scores counted towards the daily team total for the inter-provincial title.
“Always proud to represent the province and we put some good scores up there the last couple days and we all hope to do it again tomorrow too and finish the tournament strong individually as well as collectively. It’s special to be able to represent the province and to go and come out on top,” said Marler, who won her second inter-provincial title with Team B.C. at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.
Marler credited her ability to hit the majority of fairways and greens helping her to sit as co-leader, while she struggled to see the lines on greens after the opening round. When asked if that improved on Thursday, Marler replied “marginally” with a laugh.
“There were a lot of things out there that I thought would break more than they did and they didn’t and conversely the opposite as well. I think it’s more a pace thing than a line thing now, what I am figuring out for my own game, but game plan is going to stay the same for the final round and just stay patient and hopefully get a few more to drop tomorrow,” she added.
Marler added that taking things one shot at a time and being particular with yardages was a continued approach on Thursday.
The battle for both the Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master division championships is shaping up to be an exciting one on Friday as Marler takes a one-shot lead over three-time Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, Judith Kyrinis of Thornhill, Ont. The two will be playing together in the final group tomorrow.
“I love Judith, we’ve played a bunch of tournaments together and she caddied for me at the U.S. Mid-Am back in 2021 when we were both down there together. She’s a great friend and playing competitor and I respect her game immensely and I’m really looking forward to playing with her tomorrow, we have a lot of fun playing together,” said Marler.
Kyrinis fired the low round of the day with a bogey free, 3-under 70 on Thursday. Kyrinis said her goal for today was to get back in it and stay close to the leaders. She credited a couple aspects of her game that allowed her to bounce back on Thursday.
“I would say my irons were pretty good today and my pace on the greens was pretty good, I wasn’t struggling too hard on any of the comeback putts.”
Kyrinis added that fairways are indeed tough to hit in Lachute, but she won’t change her approach heading into Friday.
“Same thing that I always try to work on and that’s keep it simple. Fairways and greens. Par is your friend out here and just play my game. These girls can hit it down there pretty good, and I just have to know where my game is and play to my strengths,” she said.
In the Mid-Amateur division, Haley Yerxa of Ottawa, Ont. fired a 1-under 72 to move up into third at 4-over for the tournament. Yerxa, Marler and Kyrinis were the only players in the field that were able to shoot under par on Thursday. Jordan Matheson of Burnaby, B.C. and Kelsey Fuchs on King City, Ont. are tied for fourth at 5-over for the championship.
In the Mid-Master division, Tina Papatolis of Issaquah, Wash. and Suzanne Ricard of Montreal, Que. are tied for third at 7-over and Charmaine Hayden of Winnipeg, Man. is fifth at 8-over.
The field of 57 female amateur talents (aged 25-and-over as of August 6, 2025), with a handicap index of 12.0 or less began play on Wednesday. The winner of the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship will receive exemptions into the 2025 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) in Pebble Beach, Calif. October 4-9, as well as the 2026 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, at Burlington Golf & Country Club, in Burlington, Ont. from August 4 – 7, 2026.
For the leaderboard following the second round of the 2025 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, please click here.
