Back-to-back rounds in the 70s led Jeff Hunter to golf glory last weekend.

Hunter’s consecutive rounds of 79 and 75 for a total score of 154 gave him a one-stroke victory over runner-up Phil Mullin at the inaugural Mountain View Golf Course Open Championship.

Landon Kulych finished third with a two-round total of 156, followed by Jeff Wiggins at 157 and Derek Baldwin at 158.

And while Hunter was the low gross champion, Matt Gibson also had a stellar weekend, earning the low net victory with a score of 142.

Gibson, who has an 11-handicap, shot gross rounds of 83 and 81.

The tournament took place June 13 and 14 with 35 golfers participating, said Wiggins, the course’s golf pro.

“We created the MVGC Open to help accelerate competition for the guys,” Wiggins said.

“We don’t generally have a stroke play competition until the Yukon Golf Championships the first week in July. So we wanted to add another event. Competition development is what it was.”

Rick Gingell had the low round of the weekend, opening the tournament with a scintillating 72.

The two-day tournament doubled as the territory’s British Columbia Golf Association qualifying event for amateurs and juniors.

While the amateur representative has still not yet been decided due to scheduling conflicts, Luke McGrath will be the Yukon’s junior player at the B.C. provincial championship.

McGrath shot rounds of 104 and 98 to finish at 202, second only to Parker Olson, who totalled 180. Olson declined the position.

Senior Tom Amson shot consecutive rounds of 81 to finish as the top senior player, while Elaine Sumner had the top gross score out of two women participating, at 207.

“I know (all participants) really appreciated having the event,” said Wiggins. “Based on that, we’re going to try and do it every year about the same time.

“It’s U.S. Open week, and whenever there’s majors, everybody in golf gets kind of excited. We wanted to put an event around a major just to get things geared up.”

The Yukon golf season got off to a record-setting hot start this spring.

After wintering well, the 18-hole golf course in Whistle Bend opened earlier than ever before April 25 on temporary greens.

The full course opened May 9.

This weekend, the Air North Midnight Sun Scramble is set for Saturday evening at 6 p.m.

The event sees golfers play well into the night under the light of the midnight sun.

Other major upcoming tournaments include the Yukon Golf Championships and Canadian Amateur Qualifier July 3 to 5, the sixth annual Yukon Hospital Foundation Pro-Am July 25, and the Mountain View club championship Aug. 22 and 23.

The club has more than 300 members for the 2015 season, with many members participating in weekly men’s and women’s leagues.