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Brantford Golf & Country Club 60 Ava Road Brantford, Ontario N3T 5R7 Tel: 519-752-3731 grounds@execulink.com brantfordgolfandcountryclub.com
About the Course Established in 1879, Brantford is the fourth oldest golf club in North America Architect: Nichol Thompson / Stanley Thompson Type of Club: Private Number of Holes: 18 Number of Rounds Annually: 30,000 Practice Facility: Chipping range, two putting greens and a 200 yard mid iron range
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11th Green
Credit: Ryan Marangoni
Member Since 1991
Paul Evenden Superintendent, Brantford Golf & Country Club by Ryan Marangoni, Assistant Superintendent, Brantford Golf & Country Club
B
uckle your seat belt and strap yourself into the DeLorean because we are heading back to the 80’s on a dark and stormy night many moons ago. Tucked away in a genetics lab at the University of Guelph, a student was peering out a window in deep thought as rain trickled down the glass. A bolt of lightning in the sky and a deep sigh from a young Paul Evenden signaled that something was not sitting quite right. “I just could not see myself working in a lab the rest of my life.” While studying at Guelph, Evenden worked for his father in a hobby shop sweeping floors and selling model airplanes to customers part-time. As fate would have it, one of Mr. Evendens’ frequent patrons was the General Manager of Hamilton Golf and Country Club, John Mickle. He saw the fire in young Paul’s eyes and offered him a summer job on the grounds crew while in school. It was not long after that
Paul Evenden, Superintendent, Brantford Golf & Country Club
Evenden switched programs out of genetics into the Turf Management program at the University of Guelph where he graduated in 1991. When asked why, Evenden simply says, “I liked working outside too much.” Evenden worked as a student greenskeeper