Chase Lassman fired a one-under 71 to claim his second NextGen Championship while Zhang stitched together a bogey-free 66 to win NextGen Prairie Championship.
WARMAN, Sask. – Chase Lassman of Parkland County, Alta. picked up his second win of the month while Maggie Zhang of Richmond, B.C. fired a six-under 66 in her final round to each claim titles in the Junior Boys and Junior Girls division respectively at the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship.
Both Lassman and Zhang kicked off their final round at The Legends Golf Club in Warman, Sask. atop the leaderboards and didn’t take long to find separation from their closest chasers on Sunday.
Zhang, who started her morning with a three-stroke lead over 2025 NextGen Western Championship winner Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon of Vancouver, B.C., blitzed the front nine to make the turn at six-under par and lead Kwon by eight strokes.
Birdies at the first, sixth and seventh-holes highlighted Zhang’s hot start to pull away from the pack despite her success on that stretch of the golf course helping carve out her advantage leading up to Sunday’s final round. Zhang played the front nine of The Legends Golf Club at seven-under par throughout the week, a score collectively better than any other player in the field over that stretch.
Zhang added back-to-back birdies at holes 12 and 13 before entering the clubhouse with another birdie at the 17th to put the finishing touches on a bogey-free 66 and claim her maiden win on the NextGen Championship series.
“I’m very happy to be the champion of this event and very glad to see that all my hard worked paid off,” commented Zhang following her win Sunday. “The front nine is easier than the back nine, the tee shots gave me more space, the fairways were wider, so I didn’t have to worry about going in the fescue,” she added.
Teeing off later in the morning with a share of the lead in the Junior Boys division, Lassman rallied around a hot start to take his second title of the month after coming out victorious in a three-player playoff at the NextGen Western Championship in Entwistle, Alta. two weeks ago.
Lassman grabbed sole possession of the lead on Sunday after rolling in birdie putts on the first, fifth and sixth holes to get nine-under par.
Consecutive bogeys on 14 and 15 stalled his momentum but failed to bump him from the top spot. Lassman finished the final three holes of his round at even par while his closest chaser, reigning NextGen Prairie Championship winner Ryan Mosher of Saskatoon, Sask., played his final six holes at three-over par to finish his title defence three strokes off the pace.
“I’m a preserver,” commented Lassman on what he learned of himself after his winning form in the month of June. “I learned that I can compete at the national level day in and day out with my B game and with my A game,” he added. Lassman believes the playoff victory at Trestle Creek Golf Resort earlier in the month boosted his confidence and equipped him with the same trait he credited to helping put the finishing touches on his win Sunday at the NextGen Prairie.
Lassman fired rounds of 70, 68 and 71 to get his hands on another NextGen Championship, while Zhang negated an opening-round 74 with rounds of 67 and 66 to claim her title. Both will compete in the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship set for August 27-29 at Pitt Meadows Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, B.C., as well as their respective Junior Championships later this summer.
NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Boys Championship
*Top 6 qualify
| Chase Lassman (Parkland County, Alta.) | -7 |
| Ryan Mosher (Saskatoon, Sask.) | -4 |
| Lucas Gilbart (Toronto, Ont.) | -4 |
| Sam Cook (Calgary, Alta.) | -2 |
| Dane Giesbrecht (Warman, Sask.) | -1 |
| Ryan Badger (Edmonton, Alta.) | -1 |
| Luke Bernakevitch (Victoria, B.C.) | -1 |
NextGen Prairie Championship – Advancing to 2025 Canadian Junior Girls Championship
*Top 6 plus ties qualify
| Maggie Zhang (Richmond, B.C.) | -9 |
| Yeeun (Jenny) Kwon (Vancouver, B.C.) | +2 |
| Kaylee Chung (Vancouver, B.C.) | +4 |
| Sela Ogada (Calgary, Alta.) | +6 |
| Grace Odnokon (Saskatoon, Sask.) | +9 |
| Kassandra Rombouts (Florence, Ont.) | +9 |
With two more stops left on the circuit, the 2025 NextGen Championship season will roll into eastern Ontario for the playing of the 2025 NextGen Quebec Championship set to take place July 3-5 at the Rideau View Golf Club in Manotick, Ont. The 54-hole event will be preceded by a practice round on Wednesday, July 2 and will crown a winner on Saturday, July 5.
To view the final leaderboards from the 2025 NextGen Prairie Championship, please click here.
About the NextGen Championships
The NextGen Championships are a high-performance junior golf series which totals six competitions. From May to July, six championships will take place across Canada where the region’s best junior golfers will compete to earn exemptions into their respective 2024 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf.
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