The tournament got off to a strong start on Saturday with 150 players participating in the first round.
On Sunday, with temperatures dropping into the negatives and raid predicted throughout the day, the tournament was cancelled, with plans to skip ahead to the third round on Monday.
It would mean having to shorten the tournament from a 54-hole to 36-hole game.
“We have a lot of out-of-town players that come from Calgary so they’re disappointed because they have a whole day to sit in the hotel room and they look forward to playing golf,” Jacques said.
Staff will shovel the snow off some of the course’s green patches and then will have to wait for the rest of the snow to melt.
Monday’s round will be delayed to noon to give staff time to prep the lawns, cut the grass and set up the tee points.
This is the second time in Jacques’ 26-year career at the club that they have had to cancel a day of the tournament.
“We’ve never canceled back-to-back days, so we don’t want to set a precedent, but we have some challenges tomorrow,” he said.
Near Kananaskis, however, the Trappers Hill Lodges and Campground has remained in full swing with campers emerging from their tents on Sunday.
Despite the cold weather, campground owner Paolo De Soto said he received no cancellations for the weekend.
“It was cold, and the snow was coming down hard,” he said.
He wasn’t at the campsite but heard from his brother, who was supervising the 15 campers making the ground their home for the weekend.
“We sold some firewood and people were outside having their fires.
The snow was melting pretty quick.”
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