LONDON, Ont. — Bolton’s Dan Partland was the man to beat at the Golf Association of Ontario’s (GAO) Senior Men’s Champion of Champions on June 23 at the Riverbend Golf Community in London. Partland finished the day six-under (66) for a comfortable three-shot win.

The 60-year-old, who is a member of The National Golf Club of Canada and six-time course champion, topped the field of 64 senior men’s club champions from across the province with his dominant round.

The closest competitors to Partland were Bradford’s Tom Hodgins (Meadowbrook Golf and Country Club) and Stoney Creek’s Greg Adoranti (Glen Abbey Golf Club) who finished the day in a tie for second at three-under 69.

Just three other players finished the round under par as Pickering’s Christopher Kertsos and Listowel’s Robert Greer tied at two-under 70 and London’s Stephen Brodie ended the day one-under 71. Defending champion Rich Parsons, from St. Mary’s, was one of three players to finish at even par.

With the win, Partland earned an exemption into the GAO’s 2014 Investors Group Senior Men’s Amateur Championship Aug. 12-14 at Hunters Pointe in Welland.

The Ontario Senior Men’s Champion of Champions was first contested in 1970 and features senior men’s club champions age 55 and over from Golf Association of Ontario member clubs across the province.

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TOYOTA CITY, Japan – Canada sits tied for 9th after collectively recording a total of 2-under par during Tuesday’s opening round at the 2014 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup.

This year marks the 22^nd running of the international event, featuring an expanded field of 15 countries for 2014. The format remains the same, with the top-three scores from each team being recorded for the daily total.

The Canadian contingent is made up of four Team Canada Development Squad members, accompanied by Lead Coach Robert Ratcliffe.

Sixteen-year-old Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont. led the Canadians, shooting a 3-under 68 to sit tied for 10th. He was followed by St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué. native, Etienne Papineau, who carded an even-par 71 to sit tied for 22nd. Carter Simon of Sutton, Ont., was the final score recorded by the Canadians – he shot a 1-over 72.

Calgary’s Matt Williams shot a 3-over 74 – which was discounted as the team’s highest score for the day.

Canada currently trails leading Chile by seven strokes. The United States and defending Venezuelan squad are tied for second, one-shot off the lead.

Simon, Papineau and Gil are all new to the Development Squad in 2014, making this an memorable experience for the team. You can catch a glimpse of the boys in the team introduction video below at the 43 second mark.

The boys also participated in the festivities leading up to play at the Chukyo Golf Club’s Ishino Course, with Carter Simon taking home third place honours at the long-drive contest.

For first round scores, click here.
For second round pairings, click here.

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. (Golf Canada) – The third of three RBC Canadian Open Regional Qualifiers took place Monday at Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, Ont. with Michael Gligic of Burlington, Ont. claiming medalist honours in a playoff to earn a place in the field at the 2014 RBC Canadian Open at The Royal Montreal Golf Club, July 21-27, 2014.

Gligic, who recently moved to Kitchener, Ont. and plays out of the Whistle Bear Golf Club, fired a 5-under 67 Monday and shared the clubhouse lead with Mark Hoffman of Thornhill, Ont. through 18 holes. Gligic birdied the second playoff hole to outlast Hoffman and earn his second trip to the RBC Canadian Open after previously earning an exemption in 2012.

A member of PGA Tour Canada, Gligic previously won the 2012 ATB Financial Classic and finished second on the PGA TOUR Canada Order of Merit in 2012.

A total of 143 players competed over 18 holes of stroke play at Whistle Bear Golf Club with the top-15 percent of the field and ties (next 22 competitors and ties for a total of 27 players) finishing at even-par or better to advance to the final Monday Qualifier on July 21st at Club de Golf St-Raphaël in Île-Bizard, Que.

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Mike Weir is Canada’s most recognizable golfer, and arguably, one of this country’s most decorated. And now, there’s a place where fans can view never-before-seen Weir memorabilia in one place.

On Saturday, June 21st, the official gallery at the Mike Weir Winery in Beamsville, Ontario – in Niagara wine country – was open to the public.

“Good things come to those who wait,” said Barry Katzman, president of Mike Weir Wine Inc., to a crowd of about 60 people, including Weir himself.

The gallery features trophies and artifacts from Weir’s extensive career as a professional golfer. Some artifacts of note include the trophy from his first PGA Tour victory at the Air Canada Championship in 1999, the official menu from his Masters Champions dinner in 2004, and the set of clubs he used during his magical 2003 season.

Set on top of a Niagara hillside with a clear view of the Toronto skyline in the distance, it’s an idyllic setting for a vineyard. Considering the building has Weir’s name on it, hosting a gallery dedicated to his accomplishments there just made sense.

“We’re excited, because we think people are excited for it – winery visitation is growing,” explained Katzman in an earlier interview.

The winery itself was officially opened in 2005 not long after Weir’s Masters victory, and 100% of the profits of the wine go towards the Mike Weir Foundation.

The team has found success in terms of sales and growth over the last nine years, but Jim Weir, Mike’s older brother, says despite the success, Mike still remains very much involved.

“I’m always bringing some wine stuff along (when I visit him on the road) so then he can see what we’re doing. He is more active than I expected him to be,” said Jim.

Mike, who flew out to Washington on Sunday before teeing it up at the Quicken Loans National, explained he gets just as many comments about his wine on tour as anything else, “and they are all positive.”

But even for Mike, the reception on Saturday was unexpected.

“I kept asking my brother (Jim) to send me pictures, and he’d do it from really far in the distance so I couldn’t actually see the building,” Mike said. “So today was a great surprise.”

The Weir vineyard and gallery is located at 4041 Locust Lane in Beamsville. Tours of the vineyard happen twice daily (at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.) and the gallery is now open for public viewing.

Carrying Place Golf Course in King, Ont., is the official hosting site for the 2014 Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru National Event.

On September 22^nd, over 120 participants are expected to play 18 holes of golf in celebration of another successful year of promoting women’s golf and raising funds for breast cancer.

This marks the 11^th annual National Event and signifies the growing success of the women’s participation initiative.

“It’s been a natural progression for us,” said Steve Elliot, General Manager at Carrying Place. “We’ve hosted several ‘pink-out’ nights in the past and we are very happy to be a part of the National Event and its cause.”

Site coordinators, Erika, Bernie and Chris hosted a Golf Fore the Cure event last Monday at Carrying Place, playing host to well over 100 ladies in a “pink-out” themed tournament full of prizes, giveaways and more. Building off that, the team at Carrying Place is looking forward to the National Event celebration in three months’ time.

“An event like this is great for introducing ladies to golf with the friendly atmosphere of the scramble format,” said Brian Jones, Head Golf Professional at Carrying Place. “It’s also a great social event for ladies to enjoy their entire night with dinner and festivities afterwards.”

The National Event celebrates the collective accomplishments of all program participants from across the country. Among those in attendance will be corporate teams, club members, guests and even first-time golfers. Foursomes from the top two fundraising events will be honoured at the event, with Golf Canada covering their transportation and hospitality costs.

Also attending will be Evanka Osmak of Sportsnet who has been a program ambassador for three years running.

“It is truly an honour to be named an ambassador for Golf Canada’s Golf Fore the Cure Program” said Osmak. “I am thrilled to be involved with a program that promotes women’s participation in the game of golf and raises money for such a worthy cause as breast cancer. I look forward to doing my part to make a difference and hopefully inspire others to do the same.”

In addition to fighting breast cancer, Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru aims to encourage women’s participation in the sport. The National Event highlights these goals with a day of care-free golf and friendly contests.

Golf Canada is also proud to announce that Nancy Lopez Golf has signed on this year as the official apparel sponsor for the National Event. The Nancy Lopez line will provide each participant with a gift while also displaying their fall apparel collection.

Registration is open to the public – get involved by clicking here

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – With a final round 3-under 69 at Fort McMurray Golf Club, Clarkston, Washington’s Joel Dahmen won the Syncrude Boreal Open presented by AECON by five strokes on Sunday, claiming his second win of the season on PGA Tour Canada and taking a commanding lead on the Order of Merit through three events.

The 26-year old, who claimed the PC Financial Open three weeks ago in Vancouver for his first PGA Tour Canada win, moves to the top of the Order of Merit with $56,813 in earnings, and has a $28,815 lead on second place.

“I played really solid. I hit it great again,” said Dahmen, who finished 22-under par for the week. “I actually missed the first green, but after that I settled down and I hit it great. I didn’t make many putts, but I didn’t really have to. I made a birdie on 9 to take a five shot lead into the back nine, and after that nobody really made a push towards me.”

Dahmen fired a 9-under 63 in round one to take a two stroke lead and never looked back, becoming the first wire-to-wire winner on PGA Tour Canada since John Ellis at the 2008 Mexican PGA Championship.

The victory sees Dahmen continue what has been a breakthrough year, one that looked unlikely last winter when he admitted he felt disappointed by his performance in 2013. Dahmen had a handful of chances to win last season but was unable to convert and finished 22^nd on the Order of Merit.

“It’s crazy. Literally last year, this winter, I was sitting on the couch all bummed out and all of a sudden stuff is happening and dreams are being realized,” said Dahmen. “I’m very close to doing a lot of great things in the next year, so I’m excited.”

With the win, the former University of Washington Husky puts himself in great position to play in his first PGA Tour event. The top three on the Order of Merit through the Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel earn a spot in the RBC Canadian Open.

“This virtually locks up my RBC Canadian Open spot, I’m pretty sure, so I get to play my first PGA Tour event in a month or so. That’s going to be incredible,” said Dahmen, who will also make his second career Web.com Tour start next week at the United Leasing Championship presented by PTI thanks to a sponsor’s exemption.

Dahmen’s win is once again a popular one amongst PGA Tour Canada members, as a gathering of fellow competitors waited to congratulate the winner as he exited the 18^th green, including 2012 and 2013 Syncrude Boreal Open presented by AECON champions Cory Renfrew and Riley Wheeldon.

“We have great camaraderie out here,” said Dahmen. “It’s nice just to know that we’re all pulling for each other. I’m excited for them and I know their time is coming. We all feed off each other a little bit, and I think it helps.”

Perhaps the happiest of all fellow competitors was Dallas, Texas’ Will Strickler, who caddied for Dahmen over the final two rounds after missing the cut. Dahmen credited Strickler, who played on the PGA Tour in 2011 and has five career top-10s on PGA Tour Canada, with helping him stay calm over the final two rounds.

“I had to kind of poke him in the ribs on Friday night and Saturday morning because of the weather, and he wasn’t sure if he was going to caddie. I said, ‘I need you out there, Will,’” said Dahmen. “He’s an incredible player himself and he’s been around, so he knows how to caddie and what to say.”

Five shots behind Dahmen in second was PGA Tour Canada rookie Ricky McDonald of Edmonds, Washington. One shot further back was Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Tim Madigan, who posted his second consecutive top-three finish following a T-2 result at the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist.

PINEHURST, N.C. – There’s no doubting Team Canada’s Brooke Henderson knows how to rise to the occasion.

She’s won major amateur events like the Porter Cup and the Spirit Invitational. She’s the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf title. And now, in perhaps her biggest feat to date, the 16-year-old Smiths Falls, Ont. native captured low amateur honours at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2 – where she finished tied for 10th at 5-over 285 on the devious track.

“There’s a lot of great amateurs here that qualified this week,” said Henderson following her round Sunday in North Carolina. “It’s very exciting, that’s for sure. The best players in the world are here and to know that I’m right up there, it’s really awesome. I still have a long way to go to where I want to be in the next couple years, but it’s really exciting to know that I have the potential and it was a great finish here this week.”

Henderson, who had her sister Brittany as her caddie this week, improved on the tie for 59th she recorded in her first Women’s U.S. Open last year at Southampton, N.Y. She credited her ball striking in the final round for part of the improvement.

“Ball striking was really big for me today,” she added. “I made two mistakes off the tee which cost me a double and a bogey, but other than that, I was hitting it really well and had a couple tap-in birdies, which is really nice.”

She had five birdies, two bogeys and a double on Sunday to be exact for a 69, her lowest round of the week. A round she likely didn’t see coming a week ago.

“When I first got here I was like, wow, this is an extremely tough course and it’s going to take four really solid rounds to even make the cut and then to climb up the leaderboard like I did,” Henderson admitted. “But I was almost intimidated the first couple days and then as I got playing and I started to hit the ball really well, I knew where to hit it on the fairways and where to hit it on the greens and I became much more confident. And today, right now, I sort of wish there was another round to go back out there, but I’ll have to wait until next year.”

Thanks to her finish at Pinehurst, Henderson automatically qualifies for the 2015 U.S Women’s Open being contested at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pa.

Henderson outlasted the world’s top women’s amateur golfer in Australia’s Minjee Lee, who finished 3-shots back of Henderson at 8-over 288, to claim the low amateur title.

“Well, Minjee is an amazing player,” explained Henderson. “She’s ranked No. 1 in the world as amateurs and she’s been at a lot of pro events and she always plays really well. Coming in that (winning low amateur) wasn’t necessarily my goal, but it’s nice that it happened.”

Brooke and Brittany will have little time to relish in the moment. The pair headed north Sunday evening as they will face off against each other, and others, at the Canadian Women’s Tour event at Legends on the Niagara’s Battlefield Course in Niagara Falls, Ont. which gets underway Tuesday. For more details on that event – which offers an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open – and the Canadian Women’s Tour, click here.

And, click here to watch an interview with Brooke following her final round at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.

PINEHURST, N.C.– Michelle Wie finally delivered a performance worthy of the hype that has been heaped on her since she was a teenager.

Wie bounced back from a late mistake at Pinehurst No. 2 to bury a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, sending the 24-year-old from Hawaii to her first major championship Sunday, a two-shot victory over Stacy Lewis in the U.S. Women’s Open.

Wie closed with an even-par 70 and covered her mouth with her hand before thrusting both arms in the air.

Lewis, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, made her work for it. She made eight birdies to match the best score of the tournament with a 66, and then was on the practice range preparing for a playoff when her caddie told her Wie had made the sharp-breaking birdie putt on the 17th.

Lewis returned to the 18th green to hug the winner after other players doused Wie with champagne.

What a journey for Wie, who now has four career victories – all in North America, the first on the U.S. mainland – and moved to the top of the LPGA money list after winning the biggest event in women’s golf.

She has been one of the biggest stars in women’s golf since she was 13 and played in the final group of a major. Her popular soared along with criticism when she competed against the men on the PGA Tour while still in high school and talked about wanting to play in the Masters.

That seems like a lifetime ago. The 6-foot Wie is all grown up, a Stanford graduate, popular among pros of both genders and now a major champion.

“Oh my God, I can’t believe this is happening,” Wie said.

It almost didn’t. Just like her so much of her life, the path included a sharp twist no one saw coming. Wie started the final round tied with Amy Yang, took the lead when Yang made double bogey on No. 2 and didn’t let anyone catch her the rest of the day.

In trouble on the tough fourth hole, she got up-and-down from 135 yards with a shot into 3 feet. Right when Lewis was making a big run, Wie answered by ripping a drive on the shortened par-5 10th and hitting a cut 8-iron into 10 feet for eagle and a four-shot lead.

She had not made a bogey since the first hole – and then it all nearly unraveled.

From a fairway bunker on the 16th, holding a three-shot lead, she stayed aggressive and hit hybrid from the sand. After a three-minute search, the ball was found in a wiregrass bush that caused her to take a penalty drop behind her in the fairway. She chipped on to about 35 feet and rapped her bogey putt 5 feet past the hole.

Miss it and she would be tied.

Bent over in that table-top putting stance, she poured it in to avoid her first three-putt of the week. Smiling as she left the green, even though her lead was down to one, Wie hit 8-iron safely on the 17th green and holed the tough birdie putt. She pumped her fist, then slammed it twice in succession, a determination rarely seen when she was contending for majors nearly a decade ago as a teen prodigy.

“Obviously, there are moments of doubt in there,” Wie said. “But obviously, I had so many people surrounding me. They never lost faith in me. That’s pushed me forward.”

Wie finished at 2-under 278, the only player to beat par in the second week of championship golf at Pinehurst. Martin Kaymer won by eight shots last week at 9-under 271, the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history.

Lewis got within one shot of the lead with a birdie on No. 13, and after two bogeys, kept her hopes alive by finishing with back-to-back birdies.

“I knew I needed to get out early and post some numbers and make Michelle Wie earn it,” Lewis said.

Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland made her pro debut by closing with a 69 to finish alone in third, earning $271,373. That should be enough to secure her LPGA Tour card for next season. Yang never recovered from her bad start and closed with a 74 to finish fourth.

Juli Inkster never got going, either. The 53-year-old Hall of Famer, playing in her 35th and final U.S. Women’s Open, started four shots out of the lead and didn’t make a birdie until the eighth hole. She closed with a 75 and tied for 15th.

She received a standing ovation walking up the 18th green, a remarkable career that includes three straight U.S. Amateur titles, two majors as a rookie, two daughters, and then seven more majors for the career Grand Slam.

“They were so pulling for me, but it’s really hard to acknowledge them when you’re 5-over par and struggling,” Inkster said. “It was very nice, especially the reception on No. 1 tee and the reception on 18, and all around the golf course. It was great – very, very, very honored.”

And she was thrilled for Wie, who has endured already so much for someone so young. Wie is the same age as Annika Sorenstam when the Swede won her first major.

CROMWELL, Conn. – Kevin Streelman birdied the last seven holes to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke Sunday at TPC River Highlands.

Streelman shot his second straight 6-under 64 to finish at 15-under 265. He broke the tour record for consecutive closing birdies by a winner of six set by Mike Souchak in the 1956 St. Paul Open.

The 35-year-old Streelman also won the Tampa Bay Championship last season. He missed the cuts in his previous four starts on tour.

“I didn’t have too many expectations coming here,” Streelman said.

Sergio Garcia and K.J. Choi tied for second. They each shot 67.

Aaron Baddeley was fourth at 13 under after a 69.

Streelman was 1 over for the day before starting the birdie run on No. 12. The streak reached five with a 37-foot putt at No. 16, and he capped it by hitting a wedge to 9 feet and rolling in another putt at No. 18.

Streelman said he hasn’t focus on golf exclusively lately, trying to spend more time with wife Courtney and 6-month-old daughter Sophie.

“I was thinking about her (Sophie) on those last couple of putts. I was thinking, `You know what? If these go in, great. If not, great. She’s going to love me either way and we have a nice family vacation coming up either way,'” Streelman said.

Garcia has six top-10 finishes in 10 PGA Tour starts this season, and won the European Tour’s Qatar Masters in January.

“At the end of the day he played really, really well,” Garcia said about Streelman. “I feel like I played quite nicely and it just wasn’t my time.”

For the sixth straight year at the Travelers the player who held the 54-hole lead was unable to win. Ryan Moore was one stroke ahead after three rounds, but closed with a 71 to tie for fifth at 12 under.

Second-round leader Scott Langley birdied his first three holes and briefly pulled into the lead at 14 under. He, too, finished with a 71 to tie for 11th at 10 under.

Miguel Angel Carballo became the second player to make three eagles in a round on the PGA Tour this season as part of a 63 early Saturday. He finished at 9 under.

Patrick Rodgers, the former Stanford star making his pro debut, shot a 70 to tie for 46th at 4 under.

Ken Duke, the winner last year, had a 68 to also finish at 4 under.

Canada’s Graham DeLaet tied for 51st at 3-under 277.

WICHITA, Kan. – Monday qualifier Sebastian Cappelen won the Air Capital Classic on Sunday for his first Web.om Tour title, finishing with a 4-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Matt Weibring.

Cappelen, from Denmark, had an 18-under 262 total after opening with rounds of 66, 65 and 65 at Crestview Country Club. The 24-year-old former University of Arkansas player earned $108,000.

Cappelen is the 21st Monday qualifier to win a Web.com Tour event and the first since 2011.

Weibring shot a 64.

Cameron Percy and Jeff Gove tied for third at 14. Percy had a 62, and Gove shot 66.