Swift Current's three representatives all finished inside the top ten on the leaderboard at the Chinook Golf Course-hosted Oakcreek PGA Championship.

Local golf pros Jeff Gross (Chinook GC), Jeff Chambers (Elmwood GC), and Brennan Rumancik (Elmwood GC) all sat on the top half of the leaderboard of the two-day tournament, with Royal Regina Golf Club pro Dean Brown winning the tournament at -4 (72, 68)

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Chinook's Jeff Gross finished T-6 at +1, firing an opening-round 73, and closing with a 72.

early, and I just couldn't convert. So, you're fighting an uphill battle on the back nine, maybe take some chances you don't normally take and costs you a couple shots. All in all, you get what you get."

The 2013 CPGA of Sask Player of the Year added that a bounce here or there could have led to a much more favourable finish.

"I thought I probably could have been two or three less (on the scorecard) both days. There were some tricky pins out there, course was set up tough, was in great shape, but you had to be in complete control of your golf ball all the time. You got on the wrong side of the hole, you were putting defensively - you had to be sharp to score."

Up next for Gross, if health prevails, is a potential berth in the PGA Seniors' Championship of Canada.

"I haven't decided if I'm going to play the Canadian Seniors in August - I'm kind of nursing a bum hip right now, so I'll take a week or so, see where that's at, and we'll go from there."

The Seniors' Championship runs August 7-10 at Beverly Golf and Country Club in Copetown, ON.

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Jeff Chambers, the head golf pro at Elmwood, also finished tied for sixth at one-over-par, but took a much more up-and-down route to get there.

{gallery}Chambers at 2018 Oakcreek{/gallery}

The owner of the prominent Jeff Chambers Golf Academy stumbled out of the gate with an opening-round 75, but soared back up the leaderboard with a two-under 70 to close.

"Round two was fantastic, especially the way I started out - I played way more aggressive. Yesterday I was a little too cautious, and I was just nervous to miss. When you're nervous to miss, you're going to miss," said Chambers, admitting he put his own advice he gives his students to good use.

"When I coach all my kids I tell them 'you've got to find your inner confidence'. So in round two I stood up on the first hole, busted driver down the middle, hit a wedge to two feet, and tapped in my first birdie. After that I played really solid golf, and every time I did make a bogey I bounced back with a birdie - one thing I love to do is the bounce-back birdie."

The two-under par finish may have been misleading as to the tone of the second round.

"Believe it or not, my putting was actually really poor - I had six birdies today, and the longest putt I made was five feet. I had four eagle tries. If I could have gotten the putter going, it would have been a different story and I think I could have made a good run at the end."

For Chambers, who wears a lot of hats in the golf world, it was nice to get back on the course and get back into the tournament mindset.

"It was more that I just had to prove to myself that I can still play some good golf. With my extreme coaching schedule and teaching, I don't get a chance to play much," he said. "When I do get to tournament golf, I over-try - I'm trying to do everything I'm teaching people to do. I've just got to realize that I've got to relax and that the skill is there, I've just got to let it happen."

Nonetheless, Chambers of course entered Monday's opening round with the hope of hoisting the trophy and standing at the top of the leaderboard come Tuesday afternoon.

"To be honest, I wanted to win. I still feel I have the game to win, and I don't want a participation prize. But when I started off so weak, basically today I just wanted to prove that I could still play some solid golf. After yesterday, am I happy about sixth place? Absolutely. I mean I was way down the leaderboard."

Up next for Chambers is a coaching stint at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship before he defends his title at the Taylormade ProAm.

"I'm going to be coaching at Nationals - I have two kids that made the provincial team. The next pro debut will be at the Taylormade ProAm. I'm defending, played really well there last year, so I'm excited to get back there and have some fun - it's a great ProAm and it's a nice big purse, so it's one you want to win."

The Canadian Junior Boys Championship runs July 30 - August 2 at Medicine Hat Golf & Country Club, while the Taylormade ProAm is August 13-14 at Moon Lake Golf & Country Club.

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Fellow Elmwood pro Brennan Rumancik finished the tournament T-9 at +2.

He flew out of the gate, opening play with a three-under 69 to hold the 18-hole lead.

"First round I played well, hit the ball really good - could have even been a little bit better than 69. I hit it really well, just didn't get a couple breaks to fall," said Rumancik, noting his second-round 77 didn't feel too much off of his first-round pace.

"Round two was one of those things... I actually hit the ball okay, couple bad breaks - four five balls underneath a tree, and missed a whole bunch of putts under ten feet. That's the difference, nobody's fault but my own, and just got to get ready for the next event and hopefully play a little bit better." 

Rumancik entered the two-day Oakcreek PGA Championship as the defending champion, after clinching a victory with a +1 score at The Legends Golf Club in Warman in 2017.

"It really helped me from last year when I won this tournament, so it was nice coming in being the defending champ," he shared. "I kind of drew on that experience a little bit, and actually played well. The first few holes I actually really played quite well. Got a couple unlucky breaks and then the round just kind of went downhill from there."

Up next for Rumancik on the course is a one-day tournament at the end of the month in the 'Bridge City'.

"The next event I'm going to is the Pro Junior in Saskatoon. That's a fun event, you get to take three juniors up - they play a Texas Scramble score, I play my own ball, and it's a great tournament for them to get them interested in the game of golf."

The Saskatchewan Pro Junior tournament runs July 31 from Holiday Park Golf Club in Saskatoon.

In the meantime, Rumancik says he'll be taking a couple days to get away from the course, and head to the lake - a fitting thought after temperatures reached the mid-30s in Tuesday's second round.