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Fleming Low Pro At Open
Call it a working man?s vacation, as Riley Fleming stepped away from his day job to work on winning the major golf championship sponsored by Alberta Golf and SVR Lawyers. Playing in the 2019 Alberta Open, Fleming, a golf instructor in Calgary, had to put in a bit of overtime on the last day of this job, needing one extra hole to claim the win, with a birdie, over Red Deer?s Mat t hew Codd. Fleming either led, or was tied PG 32 | JUL 2019
for the professional lead throughout the three-day, 54-hole tournament, played at the lush, and challenging par-72 Trestle Creek Golf Resort west of Edmonton. The winner said afterwards that being a pro is all about taking on unknown challenges part of which he, and others, faced at this rural course. He did get a taste of it the day before things kicked off. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE