(BROMONT, QC) – On Friday morning, ORORO PGA Women’s Championship of Canada at Bromont co-leaders Sarah-Eve Rhéaume, a 22-year-old amateur from Quebec City, and Min-G Kim, an Epson Tour veteran with nearly $120,000 in career earnings, battled back-and-forth with hopes of lifting the Lorie Kane trophy and assuring themselves a spot in August’s CP Women’s Open. 

By late Friday afternoon, Rhéaume pulled away – making nine birdies over the course of her final 14 holes, including four in her last five holes – to win by three strokes with a tournament-best final-round 66. The winning margin would have been higher had Kim not dropped a 60-footer on the last hole for her second eagle of the day. 

Shortly after Kim got the large Golf Chateau Bromont crowd warmed up, Rhéaume tapped in a short birdie look to set the crowd ablaze, with her mom waiting greenside to be the first one to give her daughter a bear hug. 

“It feels great, I had a great day, and it feels good to get the win,” said Rhéaume. “I had a good birdie putt on 5 and had a good look at eagle on 6 but just tapped in for birdie. Then I birdied three in and row and back nine shot 31, that was solid.”

“My mom coming down was nice and fun, my friend Matt caddied for me this week, this was the second time we’ve worked together and both times we’ve won, so we have a pretty good thing going,” said Rhéaume.

The first event they won together was the Glencoe Invitational – also comprised of both amateurs and professionals. Today she bested Kim, who ended up going home with the low professional cheque, while the first time it was Caroline Ciot, who ended this week in a tie for fifth and earned low PGA of Canada member honours. 

Somebody else holding the big cheque at Chateau Bromont didn’t bother Rhéaume, likely because she will make her LPGA debut in August in Ottawa alongside Brooke Henderson – the last amateur prior to Rhéaume to win the ORORO PGA Women’s Championship.

“Any time you can be compared to Brooke it’s a good thing,” said Rhéaume. “She has accomplished so many great things. I’m just lucky to have my name along with hers on this trophy.”

Members of the Golf Canada Amateur Squad, including Rhéaume, put on quite the show on Friday. In addition to Rhéaume’s 7-under par 66, Brooke Rivers shot 69 and Celeste Doa shot 68 – which would have been the low-round of the tournament if not for her teammate’s spectacular day. 

Following Rhéaume’s LPGA debut in Ottawa, she says the plan is to return to Furham University for her fifth and final season. 

The next PGA of Canada National Championship is the GOLFTEC Senior Men’s Championship of Canada, set for August 23-26 at Connaught Golf Club in Medicine Hat, AB. 

HEMMINGFORD, Que. – Cameron Pero wasn’t driving four hours from his hometown of Bloomfield, Ont., to Hemmingford, Que., for any other reason but to win the NextGen Quebec Championship. And that he did.

The Team Ontario member had already secured his spot at the Canadian Junior Boys Championships later this summer with a T2 finish at the NextGen Ontario Championship and took his game one step further this week in Quebec, finishing atop the leaderboard.  

Pero joined Yasmine Qureshi – champion of the Junior Girls division – in the winner’s circle at Club de Golf Hemmingford on Thursday afternoon after each mounting comebacks of their own in the final round of the regional junior event south of Montreal.

Matthew Javier took a 36-hole two-stroke lead into day three of the 54-hole tournament, but the advantage was short lived when the final pairing set sail on Thursday. Momentum swung in Pero’s favour in the early stages of the round and after just four holes, he held the outright lead.

Javier, who earned a runner-up finish at the NextGen Prairie Championship earlier in June, got back on level terms with his counterpart with a birdie on no. 5 but that was as close as the Toronto, Ont. native would get. Pero regained full control of the lead with a birdie on no. 6 and after bogeys on no. 9 and no. 11, the Miami University commit steadied the ship en route to a final round one-under par 71.

The Picton Golf & Country Club member’s win in Quebec is his second career NextGen title after taking home the honours at the NextGen Fall Series East Championship in 2021.

Qureshi fired the low round of the week, a four-under 68 in the second round of the competition but still needed every one of her seven birdies on Wednesday to earn victory. The Ville de Québec native dug herself a deep hole with an opening round 10-over par 82, but climbed her way back to the surface in round two, and then leaped onto the podium with a final round 76 to win by one stroke over Shauna Liu (Maple, Ont.)

Qureshi, out of Club de golf de Lorette, trailed Keira Hou (Richmond Hill, Ont.) by three strokes when making the turn on Thursday but finished strong with an even-par 36 coming in, to capture the title. Hou, who lead or co-lead throughout the entire tournament, dropped four strokes on her final three holes and fell into third place.

Hou’s younger sister Katherine was also in the field in Hemmingford and posted a T7 finish to book her ticket to the Canadian Junior Girls Championship later this summer, alongside her sister Keira.

Click here for full results of the 2022 NextGen Quebec Championship.

Including Qureshi, the top eight players (including ties) in the Junior Girls division have earned exemptions into the 2022 Canadian Junior Girls Championship taking place July 25-29 at The Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa, Ont.

From the Junior Boys division, the top eight players have earned exemptions into the 2022 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, August 6-10, at Rivershore Estates & Golf Links in Kamloops, British Columbia.

About the NextGen Championships series, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards

The NextGen Championships, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards is a high-performance junior golf series which totals eight 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 2022 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf. 

Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).

Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.

Bill Embree, Dalewood Golf Club, Hole #11

This was my fourth hole-in-one (all at Dalewood) and my second on Dalewood’s eleventh hole. The hole was playing about 125 yards, and we were into a bit of wind. The club was a 9 iron. The irons were new to me (Taylor Made Stealth). I had used them for about a week. My playing partners that day were P J Lennon, Fred Hopkins and Paul Hryciw.

My first two holes-in-one were in 2014 and were 27 holes apart. My last one, before this one, was in 2019 and also on the eleventh hole at Dalewood.

Regards,

Bill Embree

Bryan Bodell, Mission Golf and Country Club, Hole #12

Thank you for this opportunity to showcase my ace.

It was our Thursday Seniors Golf and as noted, it was on the 12th hole of our Mission Golf and Country Club. We are playing a temporary green for the 12th as our signature 12th was damaged in the November rain storms. The hole was playing 102 yards uphill. I used a 54-degree gap wedge. The ball landed within a yard of the pin, one hop into the hole.

Of my three aces, this is the first one I have witnessed.  The beer drinking members were happier than I.  All in all, it was a memorable shot. 

Bryan

Calvin Curtis, Royal Ashburn Golf Club, Hole #16

I started my round by myself on Sunday but joined up with a threesome on #12. I was glad I did as they brought me good luck!  Thanks to Mike Jovanov, Kevin Jovanov and “Harold”.

Hole #16 was playing 136 yards from the white tees according to my GPS watch. I used a seven iron.  

Thanks again,

Calvin

Carl Inacio, Lookout Point, Hole #2

Thanks very much for reaching out. My special day was witnessed by my good friends at Lookout Point, Gino Paolone, Dave Grant and Bruce Herbeson. The hole was playing 130 yards and I used a smooth 8 iron.  

Thanks,

Carl Inacio

Cathy Beaton, Beach Grove Golf and Country Club, Hole #12

I had my second hole-in-one on June 22, 2022 on the 12th hole at Beach Grove. 

My first ace was on hole 12 at Beach Grove, August 31, 2012. Almost 10 years between them.

I hit my 5 hybrid. I hit a pretty shot on the green and seen it roll in the hole. Was a beautiful day.

Thanks,

Cathy Beaton

Chris Fradelos, Spring Lakes Golf Club, Hole #13

This was my second hole out of the season on the South Course. On May 13th I holed a SW from 110 yards on Hole 8. Must be something in the water! 

The coolest part of this hole-in-one is that on Tuesday night my son and I were at Spring Lakes to practice, and on the way home he asked me where my previous hole-in-one happened. Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club is down the street from Spring Lakes, so I turned down Warden Ave. Instead of driving towards Hwy 404 to go home, I showed him the 3rd hole (which is visible from the road), where I had my 1st ace in 2017. My son then said, ‘maybe you’ll get another one soon.’ I didn’t think soon would be 3 days later!

I played with Colin Coull (Colin and his late father introduced me to Golf), who is a fellow Spring Lakes & Golf Canada member and with my brother-in-law John Owen-Hicks.

The hole was playing 160 yards and I hit an 8 iron.

Cheers,

Chris Fradelos 

Craig Mackereth, Willow Valley, Hole #15

Thank you for the congratulations email. 

Details of hole-in-one:

#15 at Willow Valley, Hamilton

102 yards over a pond and tucked behind a sand trap

Used pitching wedge

Playing partners were John Roger & Wayne McLean

Dale O’Brien, Gander Golf Club, Hole #13

Thank you so much for your generous congratulations.

I was golfing with three of my good friends (Shirley Nolan, Nancy Dawe and Margie Day) who were extremely delighted to be part of my exciting moment. The yardage was 133 yards, and I used my Lady Cobra nine wood.

Thank you so much for the graphic you sent. I enjoyed it immensely.

Again, thank you for your congratulations,

Dale

Dan Seibel, Hills at Portal Golf Club, Hole #13

Thank you very much for your e mail message and your efforts promoting the wonderful game of golf in Canada.

A quick summary of my June 22nd, 2022, hole-in-one. It was on the par 3, thirteenth hole, at the Hills at Portal Golf Club in Surrey, B.C. The hole measured 

164 yards and I used my Miura 6 iron and a TaylorMade TP 5 golf ball. The ball landed on the green, bounced once, then rolled about 3 or 4 yards and dropped in the hole.  

My awesome playing partners were ‘Southpaw’ Dave Edison, ‘Down the Middle’ Bruce Johansson and ‘Halibut Hook’ Al Kirten. This was my second hole-in-one.

Thank you once again!

Best Regards,

Dan Seibel

David Shorey, The Landings Golf Course, Hole #13

Hello, 

Playing in a high school alumni golf tournament at The Landings Golf Course in Kingston ON. I hit my first hole-in-one playing in a scramble event with Craig Shorey, Mark Witheridge and Jordan Tekenos-Levy on the 13^th hole, Par 3, 148 yards. The wind was heavy that day and directly at my back when I hit my 50 degree wedge. The ball landed on the green with one bounce at the front pin placement and disappeared into the hole. We all knew it was in from the tee box and started yelling in excitement. Of course, it being a tournament made for quite the expensive round at the 19^th hole, but it was worth every penny to finally get my first ace after playing golf for 23 years!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Dave Shorey

Dora Dunlop, Sunnydale Golf Society, Hole #4

I was playing with my husband, Daniel Dunlop, and another coupe, Diane and Brian Fulsom, who are also members at Sunnydale Golf Club. The yardage was 115 yards, and I used my 7 wood.

Such a thrill for sure.

Glen Whitlock, Predator Ridge, Hole #15

Thank you for your email!  

What an exciting day to get my second ever hole-in-one. On this day we were supposed to play with friends but unfortunately, they had to catch an early flight so it was only my wife Sandra and I playing. 

I decided that since we were in between foursomes that I would play from the black tees. The yardage on the par three was 148 yards to the pin and I used an 8 iron. I hit a soft floaty cut to a front right pin placement and when it hit the green, we couldn’t see because of the higher grass at the edge of the pond. As we drove up we couldn’t see the ball anywhere, only Sandra‘s ball at the back of the green. We walked up to the cup and my Titleist ProV1x was laying in the bottom. ??

Thank you again for reaching out and everything that Golf Canada does for Canadian golf.

Kind regards, 

Glen

Ian Thomson, Canmore Golf Club, Hole #17

It was on the 17^th hole. 194 yards, red flag (front third) and I hit a 5-iron arrow straight. The ball landed about a yard short of the green, bounced on and rolled straight in.  It’s my third one-in-one, but my first in tournament play. The last was 25 years ago in North Ireland at Malone GC.

Thanks,

Ian

Jason Goldshlager, TPC Toronto, Hole #15

It was a great day indeed.

Playing partners: my daughter Jacky, and to buddies of mine Darren and Paul. The flag measured 133 yards I think. I hit a 9 iron. Beautiful fade :-). But nobody saw it because they were all using the washroom. 

That was our “47th” hole of the day.

Jamie Innes, Springfield, Hole #7

Thank you so much for reaching out.

Hole 7 at Springfield from the blue tees is roughly 180 yards to the centre of the green. I hit my 6 iron and it landed just on the front left of the green, took a nice bounce off the hill on the green and shot straight to the flag and fell in. Unfortunately, I was out for a round by myself, but I had the people on my tee box that were waiting (was a pretty busy day) that got to see it happen! (thank goodness someone saw it). I didn’t take a picture unfortunately, but I was to over the moon about getting my first hole-in-one!

Jim Wall, Cataraqui, Hole #2

Hi, and thanks.

It was at hole #2 at Cataraqui Golf & Country Club in Kingston ON. Date was 26 June 2022. Scorecard yardage is 197 yards. Club was a 5 iron. Playing partners were Frank, Richard and Takis.

Jim

Joe O’Donell, Henderson Lake Golf Club, Hole #4

I had the good fortune of my second hole-in-one at Henderson Lake Golf Club on the 4th hole (140 yards, par 3) in Lethbridge June 22^nd.

What are the odds of this….in 2000, I got my first hole-in-one. Same conditions, very windy. Hit a 6 iron and my twin brother Dan O’Donnell was with me. The other thing…both times I used a 6 iron.

John McDonald, Garrison, Hole #11

Thanks for your best wishes.

I used an 8 iron on a 138-yard pin placement. The other members of the group were: Greg Reid, Tom Thayer and Eric Lockhart. I am 68 years old, an index of 10.7 and this is my second hole-in-one.

Thanks again for your interest and keep up the great work. The score posting system with performance information is outstanding.

John McDonald

Judith Rash, Rockland, Hole #3

Thanks Golf Canada for recognizing this exciting event! It occurred on the Rockland West course, Hole #3. I used my 7 iron for the hole was playing 130 yards that day. My long time Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Tournament partners were Jan Meyer, Bob Price and Ole Sorensen. All of us watched as my shot landed on the green and rolled straight into the cup. My first ace after 30 years of close calls. Sharing it with good friends made it all the sweeter.

Kevin MacDonald, Saugeen Golf Course, Hole #7

Let me first state the hole-in-one occurred Friday June 24, 2022, at Saugeen Golf Course which has three 9 hole layouts: Legacy, Sunset and Sunrise. Our rotation that day was Sunset then Sunrise. I was playing with Bill Jacques, John MacLeod, and John Maybury. All full members of the club.

We were on our back 9 (Sunrise) on the 7th hole which was our 16th hole for that 18. We were playing the blue tee blocks and measured the distance to the pin at 154 yards; slightly up hill and green protected by large bunker in front. I hit an 8 iron and cleared the bunker landing on the fringe, ball leaped forward and over a knoll and disappeared. Playing partner Bill Jacques stated that it was a hole-in-one immediately, as he had gotten a hole-in-one on this hole several years ago with the pin in the same spot.

Approached green and the ball was nowhere to be seen, Bill stated “look in the cup”. I have been playing golf for almost 50 years and this was my first hole-in-one.

Finished playing and purchased a round of beers. At the same time, my wife was at the club house decorating the banquet hall for my daughter’s wedding which was taking place at the club on Saturday, June 25. I went to the banquet hall to offer my help and she was with my daughter and all of the bridesmaids. They asked how was golf?  In which I stated I got my first hole-in-one, they all congratulated me. 

The next day the wedding was beautiful, it was my daughter’s day, and I didn’t mention my hole-in-one from Friday during my father of the bride speech, however the maid of honour opened her speech by congratulating me on my hole-in-one. All 100 guests started to clap, I stood from my table and thanked them, then stated that all drinks tonight are on me! (it was an open bar anyway).

It was the best two days of my life. A hole-in-one on Friday, and my only daughter’s wedding on Saturday.

Thanks,

Kevin MacDonald 

Kody Tremblay, Sunningdale Golf and Country Club, Hole #14

Good afternoon,

Thank you for reaching out!

I was playing with Sunningdale members Mathew Carlton and Chris Carreiro, as well as Byran Straatman who is a fellow member of St. Mary’s GCC with myself. 

The yardage was about 170 yards (scorecard reads 168), and I hit a 7 iron. The reaction from my group members was something I’ll never forget! 

Linda Lucas, Kings Links by the Sea, Hole #6

Thanks for the congrats. Yes, it was fun to watch the ball disappear into the hole. And, better yet, to see a 1 on the scorecard.

I was playing with Dianne, Kelly and Barb; the hole was number 6 with a yardage of 120 yards and I used my 8 iron. It wasn’t a classic shot, but it went in!

Cheers,

Linda

Marie Lynd, Elmwood, Hole #8

I was playing with Betty Bateman and Sharon Pollock in the Elmwood Ladies Morning league. It was at #8, a 100-125 yard par 3. I used my #8 hybrid (Adams, IDEA techV3) and a yellow pinnacle ball. 

It was the first hole-in one of my life.

Micah Walker, Parrsboro Golf Club, Hole #7

Thanks for your email, and your kind words.

As for the details you asked for, here they are:

Who were you playing with: Erin MacIsaac, Matt Brewer and Robert Davis. What was the yardage: 209. What club did you use: 4 wood.

Kind regards,

Micah

Michael Holyland, Lee Creek Valley, Hole #15

Thank you for your interest. I was playing our second round of golf that week at Lee Creek Valley Golf Course with my wife Audrey Holyland. The course is in great shape and well looked after, the 15th hole was a 129 yards uphill a cross helping wind. I used a pitching wedge. I could not see the green so aiming to the right of the green, when I reached the green, I started looking for my ball not knowing it had gone into the hole until I asked my wife to look. What a surprise. 

Michael Moland, Blackhawk Golf Club, Hole #6

Thanks for reaching out! I was playing with my girlfriend and one of our friends. They were busy chatting off the tee box and missed the shot completely. Haha! They did watch me pull the ball out of the cup though. It was hole #6 roughly 130 yards and a wedge that did the trick.

Cheers,

Michael Moland

Nathan Procter, Whitevale Golf Club, Hole #14

Thank you.

I was playing with three other people. Two of them juniors like me and one is an adult member. 

The yardage was 168 and I hit 8 iron. 

Olga Fleming, South Muskoka Golf Club, Hole #8

My hole-in-one was on the 8th hole par 3 at South Muskoka Golf Club. The hole that day was 105 yards long over a large pond surrounded by bunkers behind the green. It was a forward pin placement right side of the green that morning. I used a Ping 8 iron with a Callaway V matte green ball which hit the slightly elevated right side of the green and rolled straight in. …a lucky day for sure. 

Phil Starr, TPC Toronto, Hole #15

I am happy to share the story of my hole in one last Saturday. There is a small group of about two dozen members of TPC Toronto called the “Straight Shooters” that play a regular round on Saturday mornings. I was introduced to the group through Dillon Crosby, the (former) member liaison at TPC Toronto three years ago. We rotate partners weekly, keep track of Stableford, gross and net scores and play to be the “Straight Shooter of the year”. The group has been great for me to play with as a high handicap, relatively newer golfer to learn the true rules of golf, and to improve my game.  

I didn’t really get “into” golf until 2017. Like many people, I would play a few rounds a year, but between work and an active young family, golf was low on my list of priorities. In 2017, I started to find more time to play, and the more I played the more I enjoyed golfing. I have been a member at TPC Toronto since 2018, when it was simply Osprey Valley. This is actually my second hole-in-one, my first coming August 3rd of 2018, on the Hoot on hole number 8. Other than my playing partner Chris Terry, and a few staff members, there were virtually no other golfers not actively golfing to celebrate with that particular day. 

On Saturday, I was playing with Peter Garnham, Andy Currie and Bryan Dyke on the Hoot course at TPC Toronto. My hole-in-one came on hole number 15. We were playing off of the white tees, the flag was about 115 yards out. I choked up on my Ping Utility wedge and hit my yellow Titliest Pro V1 onto the green. I saw it land close to the pin, then disappear. I was definitely shocked and a little stunned, not believing what had happened.

Once our round was over, I was given a flag to commemorate the event by TPC Toronto. I asked the members of the Straight Shooters to sign the flag for me as we enjoyed a refreshing beverage on the patio. This time, I had a great group of golfers to share in the celebrations at a great facility, on a picture-perfect day. 

Phil Starr

Roger Trull, Links at Crowbush Cove, Hole #8

Hello,

Thanks so much for your very kind note! It was indeed a thrill to get my 8th hole-in-one on the 8th hole at Crowbush on the last day of our incredible golf trip to Cape Breton and PEI.  

The hole was playing 162 yards into a slight breeze.  I used a 6 iron which took one bounce and rolled into the hole! My playing partners were two friends from Heron Point, Don Wallace and Ray Dalby. A fourth was added by the pro shop and he was a member of Crowbush, Ryan Mette. 

Thank you again for your note.

All the best,

Roger

Tom Siegfried, Whistle Bear Golf Club, Hole #5

Hello, 

Thank you for your email! On Tuesday June 14th, I was playing Whistle Bear GC after work with my friends Rob K., Trevor S. and Mark E. The Par 3 5^th hole was playing 138 yards into a slight wind. I hit what looked to be a pretty decent shot with an 8 iron, but we couldn’t see the ball land. When we got to the green, there were only three balls, but I didn’t think mine had gone long. I decided to look in the cup and my ball was at the bottom! There was no ball mark and some slight damage to the edge of the cup, so it went straight in. I can’t explain how excited I was and it’s still a little crazy to think that I got a hole-in-one! It’s a golfing moment that I will definitely never forget! 

Tom Siegfried

Tyler Colvin, Rebel Creek Golf Club, Hole #7

Thank you for the email!

The hole-in-one came during our men’s night. The hole was set at about 146 yards, and I used a pitching wedge for the second ever hole-in-one. 

Thanks,

Tyler

Golf Canada and the Golf Canada Foundation are pleased to announce the creation of a new honour of recognition—the Community Spirit Awards—to acknowledge and celebrate the commitment of individual leaders who are using golf as a platform to positively impact their communities.

The inaugural Community Spirit Awards will recognize a pair of remarkable individuals under two separate categories – the Community Leader Award and the Future Leader Award.  

The Community Leader Award will celebrate an individual over the age of 19 with a demonstrated ability to lead community initiatives; someone who has contributed a measurable impact through volunteerism or charity; or an individual who has showcased excellence in their involvement with, or support of youth programs such as First Tee – Canada or other junior golf activities.

The recipient of the Community Leader Award will receive a $5,000 donation from the Golf Canada Foundation to advance a golf program or golf-related initiative of their choice.

To recognize youth who are making an impact in their community, the Future Leader Award will honour an individual 19 years of age or younger who embodies community leadership; has a history of sportsmanship or demonstrated activities to make the game more inclusive; or an individual who has used golf to create a meaningful impact in their community.

The recipient of the Future Leader Award will be awarded a $5,000 donation towards their post-secondary education and will also be offered a paid work internship with Golf Canada.

Beginning today, the Canadian golf community is invited to submit individual nominations for the Community Spirit Awards through an online nomination form. The nomination period will close at 11:59 pm EST on August 31, 2022.

Click here to nominate an individual for the Community Leader Award.

Click here to nominate an individual for the Future Leader Award.

“There are so many incredible people using golf to contribute to their community and we are extremely proud to celebrate the spirit and unwavering commitment of these community leaders through the Community Spirit Awards,” said Golf Canada President Liz Hoffman. “To be nominated for recognition by your peers is a special accomplishment, and we look forward to presenting these two awards to deserving members of the golf community.”

At the conclusion of the nomination period, all Community Spirit Award submissions will be compiled and evaluated by a selection committee that includes representatives from Golf Canada, the Golf Canada Foundation, Honoured Members of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, industry representatives and the Golf Journalists Association of Canada.

The inaugural Community Spirit Awards recipients will be announced at the 2022 World Junior Girls Championship.

CALGARY—The Shaw Charity Classic presented by Suncor is kicking off the nation’s birthday celebrations by announcing the two Canadians on the PGA TOUR Champions, along with four of golf’s greats who are also Canadian Open winners, will be back in Calgary this summer.

Canada’s Mike Weir and Stephen Ames will be joined by World Golf Hall of Fame members, Vijay Singh and Mark O’Meara, along with Billy Andrade and Scott Verplank at the Shaw Charity Classic, August 1-7.

“It’s always good to get back up and play in Canada. I had a chance to play last year and the golf course was very good. Whenever we play the RBC Canadian Open, or here, and then back in the day at the Air Canada Championship, the fans have always been just so wonderful to me and rallied behind me. Having that kind of support and the crowd cheering for you like that is incredible,” said Weir. “I’m still motivated and I still like to push myself. I’d love to be in contention and try to win again.”

The 52-year-old gave Calgary golf fans something to cheer about in the opening round of his Shaw Charity Classic debut last year where he was one-shot off the lead. 

Life has been good on the PGA TOUR Champions for the 2003 Masters champion and winner of eight events on the PGA TOUR. Since turning 50 two years ago, the five-time member of the International squad at the Presidents Cup has been a frontrunner on the senior circuit with multiple top-five finishes including his lone victory at the 2021 Insperity Invitational.

Fellow Canadian Stephen Ames — one of the key players behind bringing the Shaw Charity Classic presented by Suncor to Calgary — has confirmed he will tee it up for the eighth time in his own backyard at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.

The former Calgary resident is coming into this year’s event on a hot streak, and sits fourth on the Charles Schwab Cup Money List thanks to his five top-10 finishes this season including a second-place finish at the Senior PGA Championship. The 57-year-old, who was one shot back of the leaders heading into Sunday’s final round one year ago, had his best finish at the Shaw Charity Classic in 2015 when he was T5.

The four-time winner on the PGA TOUR is part of a seven-person philanthropic Patron Group backing the award-winning tournament in Calgary since its inception in 2013. To date, the Shaw Charity Classic presented by Suncor has raised more than $76 million for youth-based charities in Alberta – largely through the tournament’s Shaw Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink charitable program.

“Many of us worked very hard to bring an event of this calibre to this market,” said Ames. “One thing that never leaves any of us on this Tour is that we still want to play well so it has been nice for me to be able to be doing that again this year. The real winner of the event is obviously going to be the charities again, and that’s what the tournament was made for, more than anything else.” 

Calgarians will also have an opportunity to watch four former RBC Canadian Open winners tee it up at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, including Vijay Singh. The 59-year-old Fijian has won 63 times worldwide including 34 wins on the PGA TOUR, 13 European Tour titles and five victories on the Asian Tour.

Singh was the World Number 1 for 32 weeks between 2004 and 2005. He racked up 13 of his PGA TOUR victories during that two-year period — none more memorable for golf fans north of the border than when he topped Canada’s Mike Weir in a dramatic playoff duel at the Canadian Open, denying fans a celebration they had been waiting to have for 50 years. Capturing more wins than anyone after the age of 40, the “Big Fijian” has three Major titles throughout his illustrious career. He won the 2004 and 1998 PGA Championships, and put on a Green Jacket after winning the 2000 Masters.

“I have fond memories of playing in Canada. The fans share my passion for the game and have always treated me with great respect. I am excited to have the opportunity to try and win another title up north,” said Singh, who won the 2008 FedEx Cup and has played on eight President Cup Teams for the International squad.

Mark O’Meara, who won the 1995 Canadian Open before capturing his two majors by winning the 1998 British Open, just three months after claiming the Masters, has also added his name to the Shaw Charity Classic tee sheet. One of five World Golf Hall of Famers confirmed to battle it out at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, O’Meara is a 16-time winner on the PGA TOUR.

“Calgary and the Shaw Charity Classic is obviously one of the best on Tour. It is a wonderful place, an incredible city. I love the golf course. I love the Rockies and I’m a huge fisherman. Floating the Bow River is a beautiful experience so I can’t wait to get back to Calgary for both the golf and to get back onto the Bow again,” said O’Meara, who also has two PGA TOUR Champions victories.

O’Meara will be joined by two other golf legends who have a special place in their hearts for Canada – Billy Andrade and Scott Verplank.

Andrade fired his way into the winner’s circle four times on the PGA TOUR. One of his triumphs came in Canada after a thrilling playoff against Bob Friend at the 1998 Canadian Open. He came up on the short end of a thrilling head-to-head playoff with Fred Couples at the 2014 Shaw Charity Classic that ended on the first extra hole. Both players made eagles on the 54th hole to finish in a tie.

“I have always enjoyed coming to Canada to play the Open and obviously have fond memories of winning,” said Andrade. “I remember I hadn’t won in a while in 1998, and when that happens, sometimes you wonder if you’ll ever win again, but that day I had a good feeling and kept telling myself ‘I’m going to win.’ It is very difficult to win on the PGA TOUR Champions with so many great players in the field. Hopefully some of those good vibes will return in Calgary.”

Scott Verplank has also found success north of the border, winning the 2001 Canadian Open. A member of two U.S.A. Ryder Cup Teams, and two President Cup Teams, Verplank won five times on the PGA TOUR en route to racking up more than $25 million in career earnings.

“Canada has been a good country for me over the years. I have great memories of winning the Canadian Open so I’m excited about playing in Calgary,” said Verplank, who was elgible to play the PGA TOUR Champions with Andrade in 2014.

The six players will join previously announced major winner winners, Fred Couples, John Daly, Retief Goosen,  Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, Corey Pavin and David Toms.

OTTAWA – Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada and four promotions within the Order on Wednesday.

Among the list of appointees was renowned sports photographer and Golf Canada veteran Bernard Brault of Longueuil, Que. Read more on his journey in golf here.

Click here for the full list of appointees.

All appointees will be presented with their insignia at future investiture ceremonies (dates to be determined).

“The Order of Canada celebrates the lives, endeavours and successes of people from coast to coast to coast and from all walks of life. Those being appointed today come from a variety of sectors, have achieved national and international success, and have shown ingenuity, innovation and generosity. What’s more, they have made a difference in their communities and for Canada with their outstanding dedication and commitment. Congratulations to the new Order of Canada appointees, as well as those celebrating a promotion within the Order.”

The Order of Canada was created in 1967, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to honour people whose service shapes our society, whose innovations ignite our imaginations, and whose compassion unites our communities.

More details to come…

Golf Canada, in partnership with title sponsor Canadian Pacific (CP), has announced that many of the world’s top players have committed to compete in the celebrated return of the 2022 CP Women’s Open from August 22-28 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa.
 
Leading the charge is defending champion Jin Young Ko, currently ranked no. 1 in the world and no. 9 on the current LPGA Tour Money List, who won in 2019—more than 1,000 days ago—prior to the past two of cancellation due the global pandemic.
 
Local favourite and 11-time LPGA Tour winner Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., an honorary member of Ottawa Hunt currently ranked no. 10 on the LPGA Tour money list, will join Ko in leading a field of early commitments that include 16 of the top 20 players on the current LPGA Tour money list (10 of the top-10 & 41 of the top-50), seven past CP Women’s Open championships, and 11 in year winners including all 2022 Major winners.
 
The early player commitments to challenge for the $2.35 million USD purse—one of the largest prizes on the LPGA Tour—will include golf’s brightest stars along with rising talents in Canadian golf.
 
Henderson, a CP Ambassador who made history at the Wascana Country Club in Regina in 2018 becoming the first Canadian since the late Jocelyne Bourassa 45 years earlier to win Canada’s National Women’s Open, will be joined in Ottawa by fellow Canadians Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Maddie Szeryk, Alena Sharp, Jaclyn Lee, Rebecca Lee-Bentham and Selena Costabile, as well as a collection of talented Canadian athletes who are expected to receive tournament exemptions in the coming weeks to compete in Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship.
 
Reigning Canadian Women’s Amateur champion Lauren Zaretsky of Thornhill, Ont. has also earned an exemption along with US amateur standout Anna Davis who won the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
 
Canadian golf legend Lorie Kane of Charlottetown, PEI, a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Order of Canada, and recent inductee into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, will compete in her record 30^th CP Women’s Open. A four-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Kane has confirmed that the 2022 event will be her final playing appearance in Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship.

The 156-player field will be returning to the national capital for a fifth time with Ottawa Hunt ready to host their fourth CP Women’s Open and first since 2017. The club is working its way back to premium form following a major storm back in mid-May which caused extensive damage to the golf course including the removal of 1,100 trees on the property.
 
The 2022 edition of the CP Women’s Open will be a be celebrated return to the LPGA schedule and the community is excited with a full roster of 1,300 volunteers confirmed for the event. Ottawa golf fans turned out in record fashion in 2017 to cheer on Henderson, the local sensation along with the stars of the LPGA Tour. Ticket sales are moving with great pace and one of the largest corporate build footprints in event history will see fan and hospitality structures located on holes 15 through 18.
 
“Together with our friends at CP we are very proud after two years of cancellation to be back in our nation’s capital in a big way for the celebrated return of the CP Women’s Open,” said Tournament Director Ryan Paul. “Golf fans in this community have gotten behind our National Women’s Open Championship in a major way and with the additional of fabulous new fan and partner activations as well as digital enhancements to the tournament experience, we can’t wait to get back to Ottawa Hunt and put on an can’t miss summer celebration.”
 
EARLY PLAYER COMMITMENTS:
Ko and Henderson are two of seven past CP Women’s Open champions confirmed for Ottawa Hunt including, Ariya Jutanugarn (2016), So Yeon Ryu (2014), Katherine Kirk (2008), Cristie Kerr (2006) and three-time winner Lydia Ko (2015, 2013, 2012) who will be chasing a record fourth CP Women’s Open title.
 
Ko and Henderson, currently ranked no. 9 and 10 respectively on the LPGA Tour Money List, will be among 16 of the current top-20 players (10 of top-10 / 41 of top-50) on the 2022 LPGA Money List confirmed for Ottawa Hunt including Minjee Lee (1), In Gee Chun (2), Lexi Thompson (3), Jennifer Kupcho (4), Hye-Jin Choi (5), Lydia Ko (6), Atthya Thitikul (7), Mina Harigae (8), Nasa Hataoka (11), Jessica Korda (13), Hyo Joo Kim (14), Celine Boutier (16), Xiyo Lin (17), Eun-Hee Ji (19), and Madelene Sagstrom (20).  
 
CP HAS HEART CHARITY CAMPAIGN TO BENEFIT THE CHEO FOUNDATION:
Canadian Pacific and Golf Canada are proud to support the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Foundation as the primary charitable beneficiary for the 2022 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. Among the charitable engagements tournament week will be the Birdies for Heart hole on no. 15 at Ottawa Hunt with $5,000 donation made for every birdie made on the hole during the four rounds of the competition. In addition, CP is also proud to support a community beneficiary in the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital Foundation in support paediatric cardiac care. In the nine years of CP’s title sponsorship of the CP Women’s Open, more than $13 million has been raised to support children’s heart health in Canada.
 
CP WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT RETURNS TO KICK OF TOURNAMENT WEEK:
Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific will host the fifth annual CP Women’s Leadership Summit on Tuesday, August 23 at the Infinity Convention Centre as part of the weeklong excitement of the 2022 CP Women’s Open. The CP Women’s Leadership Summit will bring together like-minded businesspeople from across the country for a day of networking, empowerment, and philanthropy. The Summit will also raise awareness for the CP Women’s Open, with attendees receiving access to the tournament during the week. For more information about the CP Women’s Leadership Summit, including tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.cpwomensopen.com/wls.  
 
2022 CP WOMEN’S OPEN WELCOME “THE RINK” FAN EXPERIENCE:
Golf Canada is pleased to introduce the fan-favourite Rink hole spectator experience to the CP Women’s Open for the first time. The energetic hockey-themed hole, complete with fan-pounding rink boards, volunteers dressed as referees and a surrounding hospitality experience will be situated on par-3 17^th hole at Ottawa Hunt.
 
CP WOMEN’S OPEN BROADCAST:
The 2022 CP Women’s Open will feature four days of domestic and international television broadcast coverage including Canadian broadcast partner TSN as well as international coverage on GOLF channel. For the first time ever, the CP Women’s Open will also be broadcast on US network television with Sunday’s final round coverage on CBS.
 
KIDS 12-AND-UNDER GET IN FREE…
Golf Canada and CP are committed to offering a fan friendly, family event with the CP Women’s Open. To introduce more juniors to the sport, children aged 12-and-under get FREE admission to the CP Women’s Open for the entire week.

HEMMINGFORD, Que. – The NextGen Quebec Championship, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards is set to begin at Club de Golf Hemmingford (Village Course) in Hemmingford, Que., June 28-30. 

Practice rounds are scheduled for June 27, before the official 54-hole tournament gets underway on June 28. Play is scheduled to wrap up on June 30.

The top eight (8) players in the Junior Boys division will earn a spot in the upcoming Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, August 7-10, at Rivershore Estates & Golf Links in Kamloops, B.C. The top eight (8) players in the Junior Girls division will also earn exemptions into this year’s Canadian Junior Girls Championship, July 25-29, at The Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa, Ont.

The starting field will feature 119 players – 90 Junior Boys and 29 Junior Girls – vying for a spot in their respective Canadian Junior Championship later this summer.

After 36 holes, the field will be reduced to the top 50 Junior Boys and top 20 Junior Girls, including ties.

The NextGen Quebec Championship is the fifth of six regional junior championships presented in partnership with JOURNIE Rewards. Most recently, Amy Seung Hyun Lee and Alex Swinnerton took home the honours in the rain shortened NextGen Prairie Championship at Quarry Oaks Golf Course in Steinbach, Man. For the full schedule of 2022 NextGen Championships, click here.

Club de Golf Hemmingford (Village Course) is a hidden gem, about an hour south of Montreal and a Rory McIlroy tee shot north of the United States border. In 1965, the property originally opened as a 9-hole golf course, before an additional nine were added to the track in 1967, but it wasn’t until 1968 that Hemmingford officially opened as an 18-hole establishment. Now, the club is home to 36 holes, including the 6,655-yard championship course that will challenge junior golfers at the NextGen Quebec Championship. players will require strategic excellence to manage their way through the Village Course and onto the podium in La Belle Province.

For past results of the 2022 NextGen Championships, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards: Pacific | Ontario | Western | Prairie

Additional information about the 2022 NextGen Quebec Championship can be found here.

NOTABLES

Léonie Tavares (Mirabel, Que.)

When looking for Léonie Tavares on any leaderboard, don’t look past the top-five, because chances are you won’t find her. The 11-year-old phenom, who won’t graduate high school until 2028 (!), has already taken her golf game south of the border. Not only did she compete, but she was crowned champion of the Girls 9-12 division at the Ocala Open on the Florida Junior Tour with rounds of 72 and 69, respectively. Prior to that, at the mere age of 10, the rising star won the club championship at her home course of Glendale in Mirabel, Que.

Samuel Breton-Gagnon (Québec, Que.)

Samuel Breton-Gagnon was near perfect at Golf Château Bromont for the 2022 University/College National Championship at the end of May but fell just short in the final round. The 18-year-old carded rounds of back-to-back five-under 67, contributing to a T2 finish against the country’s elite collegiate golfers. The Quebec native was also part of the Champlain St Lawrence Lions team that captured the 2021 CCAA Golf National Championship, an event in which he also recorded an 8^th place finish in the individual competition. Breton-Gagnon has proved he can go low, and he’ll look to do so again in Hemmingford.

Anne-Léa Lavoie (Québec, Que.)

This Team Canada National Junior Squad member won just about everything there was to win in Quebec in 2021, including the Junior Girls Championship and the Junior Girls Match Play. Additionally, the 18-year-old registered at T8 finish at last year’s Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship. Simply put, Lavoie knows her way to the top of the leaderboard, and she will bank on her winning experience at the NextGen Quebec Championship this week.

OTHER NOTABLES

• Alexandra Botsis
• Alicia Henault
• Andy Mac
• Antonia Ho
• Atlas Ibit
• Chad Huber
• Charly Pinel
• David Lafrenière
• Henry Dao
• Geneviève Jobin-Colgan
• Guillaume Paquette
• Jake Houston
• Yasmine Qureshi
• Zach Pageau

About the NextGen Championships series, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards

The NextGen Championships, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards is a high-performance junior golf series which totals eight 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 2022 national championships. NextGen Championships provide junior players an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills at the highest level of tournament golf. 

(Aurora – ON) – On Friday afternoon at Beacon Hall Golf Club, Wes Heffernan put a bow on a dominant performance at the BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada, going wire-to-wire to cement himself as the winner of the 100^th anniversary of the event by a margin of five strokes, shooting scores of 68-69-69-72 to do so. 
 
Full Results and Purse Breakdown can be Seen Here 
 
“I’m not sure it has sunk in yet. Today was a challenging mental day with the lead and trying to keep that lead, but I played really well, which was very fulfilling,” said Heffernan, who came into the week as the top player on the PGA Player Rankings and takes home $12,000 with the victory. “I didn’t make any mistakes until the end, and I had a nice cushion by that point.” 
 
It didn’t take long for those bearing witness to realize that there would be no coming back to the field for Heffernan on Friday. 
 
Off the tee this week, Heffernan was impeccable. The only thing perhaps more impressive was his ball striking, as he gave himself good birdie look after good birdie look on the firm and fast Beacon Hall greens. 
 
After knocking in a 12-foot birdie putt on the second hole, Heffernan cruised through the front nine with eight consecutive pars, with none of the par putts being further than three feet. 
 
As Heffernan noted, a bogey followed by a double on 16 and 17 put a dent in his lead, but by that point, there was nothing between the 45-year-old and the first P.D. Ross trophy of his career. 
 
“I know the tournament has had quite the history and there’s been some fantastic players at this event. I got to play with Jim Rutledge the past two days, who is a Canadian legend, and he is on the trophy as well,” said Heffernan – who’s five-stroke winning margin came over the runner-up Rutledge. “I was fortunate enough to share these past two rounds with him and I was fortune to come out on top.”
 
With the victory, Heffernan becomes the third-consecutive Albertan to win the event after Dustin Risdon’s victory in 2019 and Riley Fleming’s win last summer.  
 
“I have a lot of great family and friends to thank back home for their support,” said Heffernan, who teaches out of the Dynamic Motion Golf Performance Center. “Some people thought it was only three rounds, so I actually got some congratulations texts yesterday, so I was happy to be able to get it done today.” 

The 2022 tournament marked the second with BetRegal as title sponsor, and their support is certainly appreciated from the players in the field. 
 
“Without their sponsorship we couldn’t play an event like this,” said Heffernan. “I was fortunate to play with Mike (Mirtle, CEO of BetRegal) and Aly (Lelani, Head of Marketing) during the pro-am and it was a great time. Without sponsors that support golf in Canada we can’t have these great championships.” 
 
In addition to BetRegal, it was incredible to have support from BioSteel, CaddyTime and adidas Golf Canada at the event. 
 
Beacon Hall Golf Club served as an exceptional test of golf as players raved about the conditions all week long, mentioning that the layout had a ‘major feel’ to it. 
 
While Heffernan turned in a score of 10-under par, only three other players were able to break par for the tournament – Rutledge, Gordon Burns, and Fleming. And while Heffernan broke 70 in three of the four rounds, no other player was able to do it more than twice – and the only player to do that was Fleming.
 
The PGA of Canada is quickly back on the road next week as the ORORO PGA Women’s Championship of Canada kicks off on July 28 at Chateau Bromont in Quebec, where some of the top amateur and professional players from both Canada and the world will vie for a victory and exemption into the CP Women’s Open. 

Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).

Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.

Mary Beth McKenna, Westmount, Hole #3

Editor’s Note: Our very own Golf Canada staff member, Mary Beth McKenna, achieved an ace at the Westmount Golf and Country Club. This is her second hole-in-one!

It was at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship Media Day, so it was quite an event to get the hole-in-one. It was at Westmount Golf & Country Club on Hole #3 from 179 yards and I hit a 4 iron. I was playing with a few members of the media (Brady Kingsbury and Gary McKay) and the host club exemption from Westmount (Angella Lee). Hole #3 is right beside the clubhouse so there was lots of excitement!

Brad Wightman, Two Eagles, Hole #9

Was a heck of timing to get my first hole-in-one.

It was the First Men’s night at Two Eagles in over 2 years! We had co-sponsored the night so playing with some friends and work mates.

Shotgun start and we started on hole 3 – on hole 6 I nearly lipped out a hole in one…!! My cousin Tyler, was in the group in front and said the ball JUST cut across the top of the hole and came to rest about 2 feet away. I was asked by one of my playing partners if I have every had a hole-in-one. ‘No” I said… that is about as close as I ever have! But funny enough I also said that before that shot, the closest I ever had to hole-in-one was hole 9 here at Two eagles a number of years ago.

Cut to hole 9… 

I see the Cherry Hill coffee tent set up, but there is no signage to indicate anything special, I assume they just sponsored Men’s night…Cass from Cherry Hill is handing out coffee and I ask what the yardage looks like.  He said it is about 155 yards…with the wind and slope of the green play a 140 yard club.  So, I grab a 9 iron and step up. Hit it crisp with a bit of baby fade, it landed nice. There was a crest in front of the hole that I willed it to get over, because it would leak down towards the hole if it did. It did indeed and began running towards the hole…at this point we knew it was going to be decent, as we watched it roll towards the hole… and suddenly it just disappeared. IN!

Of course, we all went wild and about halfway thru the celebration Cass from Cherry Hill says to me…you know you just won a prize right??!! I had no idea! And the celebration started all over again!  We were all super pumped.

Thankfully not all 120 guys stayed for dinner and drinks, so the bar tab wasn’t too bad!!

Great memory!

The superintendent sent the exact hole stats: 161 yards.

Thank you for the reach out!  Still feels unreal.

Bill Embree, Dalewood Golf Club, Hole #11

This was my fourth hole-in-one (all at Dalewood) and my second on Dalewood’s eleventh hole. The hole was playing about 125 yards, and we were into a bit of wind. The club was a 9 iron. The irons were new to me (Taylor Made Stealth). I had used them for about a week. My playing partners that day were P J Lennon, Fred Hopkins and Paul Hryciw.

My first two holes-in-one were in 2014 and were 27 holes apart. My last one, before this one, was in 2019 and also on the eleventh hole at Dalewood.

Regards,

Bill Embree

Grady Taylor, Nest Golf Club, Hole #8

What a great email to get, thank you very much.  

It was my first ever, so quite the experience. 

I was playing with two of my regular partners, Mark Kolchetski and Terry Needle. The yardage that day was 168 and a strong left to right wind. I used my 7 iron and hit into the wind and let it carry the ball back towards the green. The ball bounced once and then disappeared into the cup. We all saw it so clearly it was awesome. 

Once it happened word spread quickly and before I knew our club GM, Peter Young, was driving out in the cart to congratulate me. So happy that I did it on my home course at the Nest, it’s in beautiful condition and the staff is top notch. It was great to share it with all of them. Thanks for the certificate. 

Carl Inacio, Lookout Point, Hole #2

Thanks very much for reaching out. My special day was witnessed by my good friends at Lookout Point, Gino Paolone, Dave Grant and Bruce Herbeson. The hole was playing 130 yards and I used a smooth 8 iron.  

Thanks,

Carl Inacio

Cathy Beaton, Beach Grove Golf and Country Club, Hole #12

I had my second hole-in-one on June 22, 2022 on the 12th hole at Beach Grove. 

My first ace was on hole 12 at Beach Grove, August 31, 2012. Almost 10 years between them.

I hit my 5 hybrid. I hit a pretty shot on the green and seen it roll in the hole. Was a beautiful day.

Thanks,

Cathy Beaton

Chris Fradelos, Spring Lakes Golf Club, Hole #13

This was my second hole out of the season on the South Course. On May 13th I holed a SW from 110 yards on Hole 8. Must be something in the water! 

The coolest part of this hole-in-one is that on Tuesday night my son and I were at Spring Lakes to practice, and on the way home he asked me where my previous hole-in-one happened. Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club is down the street from Spring Lakes, so I turned down Warden Ave. Instead of driving towards Hwy 404 to go home, I showed him the 3rd hole (which is visible from the road), where I had my 1st ace in 2017. My son then said, ‘maybe you’ll get another one soon.’ I didn’t think soon would be 3 days later!

I played with Colin Coull (Colin and his late father introduced me to Golf), who is a fellow Spring Lakes & Golf Canada member and with my brother-in-law John Owen-Hicks.

The hole was playing 160 yards and I hit an 8 iron.

Cheers,

Chris Fradelos 

Craig Mackereth, Willow Valley, Hole #15

Thank you for the congratulations email. 

Details of hole-in-one:

#15 at Willow Valley, Hamilton

102 yards over a pond and tucked behind a sand trap

Used pitching wedge

Playing partners were John Roger & Wayne McLean

Dale O’Brien, Gander Golf Club, Hole #13

Thank you so much for your generous congratulations.

I was golfing with three of my good friends (Shirley Nolan, Nancy Dawe and Margie Day) who were extremely delighted to be part of my exciting moment. The yardage was 133 yards, and I used my Lady Cobra nine wood.

Thank you so much for the graphic you sent. I enjoyed it immensely.

Again, thank you for your congratulations,

Dale

Dan Seibel, Hills at Portal Golf Club, Hole #13

Thank you very much for your e mail message and your efforts promoting the wonderful game of golf in Canada.

A quick summary of my June 22nd, 2022, hole-in-one. It was on the par 3, thirteenth hole, at the Hills at Portal Golf Club in Surrey, B.C. The hole measured 

164 yards and I used my Miura 6 iron and a TaylorMade TP 5 golf ball. The ball landed on the green, bounced once, then rolled about 3 or 4 yards and dropped in the hole.  

My awesome playing partners were ‘Southpaw’ Dave Edison, ‘Down the Middle’ Bruce Johansson and ‘Halibut Hook’ Al Kirten. This was my second hole-in-one.

Thank you once again!

Best Regards,

Dan Seibel

David Shorey, The Landings Golf Course, Hole #13

Hello, 

Playing in a high school alumni golf tournament at The Landings Golf Course in Kingston ON. I hit my first hole-in-one playing in a scramble event with Craig Shorey, Mark Witheridge and Jordan Tekenos-Levy on the 13^th hole, Par 3, 148 yards. The wind was heavy that day and directly at my back when I hit my 50 degree wedge. The ball landed on the green with one bounce at the front pin placement and disappeared into the hole. We all knew it was in from the tee box and started yelling in excitement. Of course, it being a tournament made for quite the expensive round at the 19^th hole, but it was worth every penny to finally get my first ace after playing golf for 23 years!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Dave Shorey

Dora Dunlop, Sunnydale Golf Society, Hole #4

I was playing with my husband, Daniel Dunlop, and another coupe, Diane and Brian Fulsom, who are also members at Sunnydale Golf Club. The yardage was 115 yards, and I used my 7 wood.

Such a thrill for sure.

Glen Whitlock, Predator Ridge, Hole #15

Thank you for your email!  

What an exciting day to get my second ever hole-in-one. On this day we were supposed to play with friends but unfortunately, they had to catch an early flight so it was only my wife Sandra and I playing. 

I decided that since we were in between foursomes that I would play from the black tees. The yardage on the par three was 148 yards to the pin and I used an 8 iron. I hit a soft floaty cut to a front right pin placement and when it hit the green, we couldn’t see because of the higher grass at the edge of the pond. As we drove up we couldn’t see the ball anywhere, only Sandra‘s ball at the back of the green. We walked up to the cup and my Titleist ProV1x was laying in the bottom. ??

Thank you again for reaching out and everything that Golf Canada does for Canadian golf.

Kind regards, 

Glen

Ian Thomson, Canmore Golf Club, Hole #17

It was on the 17^th hole. 194 yards, red flag (front third) and I hit a 5-iron arrow straight. The ball landed about a yard short of the green, bounced on and rolled straight in.  It’s my third one-in-one, but my first in tournament play. The last was 25 years ago in North Ireland at Malone GC.

Thanks,

Ian

Jason Goldshlager, TPC Toronto, Hole #15

It was a great day indeed.

Playing partners: my daughter Jacky, and to buddies of mine Darren and Paul. The flag measured 133 yards I think. I hit a 9 iron. Beautiful fade :-). But nobody saw it because they were all using the washroom. 

That was our “47th” hole of the day.

Jamie Innes, Springfield, Hole #7

Thank you so much for reaching out.

Hole 7 at Springfield from the blue tees is roughly 180 yards to the centre of the green. I hit my 6 iron and it landed just on the front left of the green, took a nice bounce off the hill on the green and shot straight to the flag and fell in. Unfortunately, I was out for a round by myself, but I had the people on my tee box that were waiting (was a pretty busy day) that got to see it happen! (thank goodness someone saw it). I didn’t take a picture unfortunately, but I was to over the moon about getting my first hole-in-one!

Joe O’Donell, Henderson Lake Golf Club, Hole #4

I had the good fortune of my second hole-in-one at Henderson Lake Golf Club on the 4th hole (140 yards, par 3) in Lethbridge June 22^nd.

What are the odds of this….in 2000, I got my first hole-in-one. Same conditions, very windy. Hit a 6 iron and my twin brother Dan O’Donnell was with me. The other thing…both times I used a 6 iron.

John McDonald, Garrison, Hole #11

Thanks for your best wishes.

I used an 8 iron on a 138-yard pin placement. The other members of the group were: Greg Reid, Tom Thayer and Eric Lockhart. I am 68 years old, an index of 10.7 and this is my second hole-in-one.

Thanks again for your interest and keep up the great work. The score posting system with performance information is outstanding.

John McDonald

Judith Rash, Rockland, Hole #3

Thanks Golf Canada for recognizing this exciting event! It occurred on the Rockland West course, Hole #3. I used my 7 iron for the hole was playing 130 yards that day. My long time Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Tournament partners were Jan Meyer, Bob Price and Ole Sorensen. All of us watched as my shot landed on the green and rolled straight into the cup. My first ace after 30 years of close calls. Sharing it with good friends made it all the sweeter.

Kevin MacDonald, Saugeen Golf Course, Hole #7

Let me first state the hole-in-one occurred Friday June 24, 2022, at Saugeen Golf Course which has three 9 hole layouts: Legacy, Sunset and Sunrise. Our rotation that day was Sunset then Sunrise. I was playing with Bill Jacques, John MacLeod, and John Maybury. All full members of the club.

We were on our back 9 (Sunrise) on the 7th hole which was our 16th hole for that 18. We were playing the blue tee blocks and measured the distance to the pin at 154 yards; slightly up hill and green protected by large bunker in front. I hit an 8 iron and cleared the bunker landing on the fringe, ball leaped forward and over a knoll and disappeared. Playing partner Bill Jacques stated that it was a hole-in-one immediately, as he had gotten a hole-in-one on this hole several years ago with the pin in the same spot.

Approached green and the ball was nowhere to be seen, Bill stated “look in the cup”. I have been playing golf for almost 50 years and this was my first hole-in-one.

Finished playing and purchased a round of beers. At the same time, my wife was at the club house decorating the banquet hall for my daughter’s wedding which was taking place at the club on Saturday, June 25. I went to the banquet hall to offer my help and she was with my daughter and all of the bridesmaids. They asked how was golf?  In which I stated I got my first hole-in-one, they all congratulated me. 

The next day the wedding was beautiful, it was my daughter’s day, and I didn’t mention my hole-in-one from Friday during my father of the bride speech, however the maid of honour opened her speech by congratulating me on my hole-in-one. All 100 guests started to clap, I stood from my table and thanked them, then stated that all drinks tonight are on me! (it was an open bar anyway).

It was the best two days of my life. A hole-in-one on Friday, and my only daughter’s wedding on Saturday.

Thanks,

Kevin MacDonald 

Kody Tremblay, Sunningdale Golf and Country Club, Hole #14

Good afternoon,

Thank you for reaching out!

I was playing with Sunningdale members Mathew Carlton and Chris Carreiro, as well as Byran Straatman who is a fellow member of St. Mary’s GCC with myself. 

The yardage was about 170 yards (scorecard reads 168), and I hit a 7 iron. The reaction from my group members was something I’ll never forget! 

Linda Lucas, Kings Links by the Sea, Hole #6

Thanks for the congrats. Yes, it was fun to watch the ball disappear into the hole. And, better yet, to see a 1 on the scorecard.

I was playing with Dianne, Kelly and Barb; the hole was number 6 with a yardage of 120 yards and I used my 8 iron. It wasn’t a classic shot, but it went in!

Cheers,

Linda

Marie Lynd, Elmwood, Hole #8

I was playing with Betty Bateman and Sharon Pollock in the Elmwood Ladies Morning league. It was at #8, a 100-125 yard par 3. I used my #8 hybrid (Adams, IDEA techV3) and a yellow pinnacle ball. 

It was the first hole-in one of my life.