TST #3 New Names. Old Questions.
Penticton Golf & Country Club | June 1, 2025
By Twlv Stix Tour Staff
Wind has a way of getting into places it doesn’t belong.
It rattles flagsticks. It bends ball flights. It plays with decisions that, on calmer days, feel certain. At Penticton Golf & Country Club, the wind didn’t howl — it whispered just loud enough to cause doubt. And doubt was all it needed.
The course has never been generous. Fairways tighten at the edges. Greens fall away in the wrong places. Water waits without rushing. Add a little breeze, and Penticton becomes the kind of test that doesn’t punish your worst swings — it punishes your second-best.
But the course wasn’t the only thing playing tricks.
For the first time this season, the stakes had a second layer.
Penticton marked the start of Twlv Stix’s National Golf League season — a Stableford front-nine quietly tucked inside the usual grind. Another leaderboard. Another race. Another chance to make the day mean more.
Evan Koppa didn’t need a reminder of what was at stake. He plays his own version of golf these days — something less about flashes and more about accumulation. A 40 on the front could have derailed him. It didn’t. Steady on the back — one birdie, a string of pars — and once the inevitable scoring corrections were made, the leaderboard told the same story it’s told all season.
Three tournaments. Three Net Division wins. Back-to-back-to-back.
While Koppa quietly added to his run, the Gross Division was waiting for its own story. Michael Silvernagle posted a measured +2 early, then sat back and watched. Bryson Marshall and Mark Johnson were still out there, two shots behind with four to play, with just enough time to catch him. They had the swings. Penticton had other plans.
No late charge. No tie at the top. Silvernagle’s card held. After two seasons of chasing it, he finally had his first Gross Division win — and it felt earned.
New names are starting to surface.
Reid McIntyre, in his first season with the tour, posted a sharp 75, good enough for a tie for second in Gross. It won’t be the last time his name circles a leaderboard. Adam Kondra, after a season of fighting his longer clubs, found a different way around the course. Less ego, less driver, more patience. It paid off — a tie for second in Net.
Elsewhere, the course did what it does. Ashton Love, last month’s major winner at Sunset Ranch, rushed back from work but hadn’t touched a club since. It showed. Bruce Kristinson, so consistent through two events, stumbled to a T11. Andy Abreo hit the ball well but found himself in the same spot. Tony Eden and Taylor Campbell didn’t make the start, and Liam Sammaddar put in the work — but golf, as always, had its own ideas.
Fifty-six players teed it up at Penticton, but the season didn’t get any simpler. Chris Myer now leads the Twlv Stix Full Season Race, and Evan Koppa has pulled 115 points clear in Net — three straight wins in the books, and the question now isn't if he's hot, but if anyone can catch him before it’s too late.
And the next stop? Summerland Golf Course — where the greens are tired, the two nines don’t tell the same story, and the players will need more than just patience to survive. It’s also home turf for Fred Winters and Kevin Irving. Winters, a former Tour Champion, has history on his side — but at Penticton he posted a +13. Which Fred shows up? The champ — or the chaser?
Three tournaments down.
The leaderboard is shifting.
The streak is alive.
And the season is just getting harder to predict.
👀 [See the Full Leaderboard Here]
📥 Want in? Join the community at twlvstix.com
