Summer Edition - Golf BruceGreySimcoe magazine

Summer 2021

Vol. 17, No. 2

Moving to Next Level Pike Lake celebrates 60 Years

Simcoe pro earns his shot at Korn Ferry Tour Story, pg. 18

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elcome to the Summer Edition!

Hope it has been a good season for you so far. My season has been pretty darn good, mostly because my wonky back has co-operated, which has allowed me to play more rounds than I ever have. I've often wondered what would happen to my game if I was finally able to find the time to play and practise more. Would I become that halfway decent golfer that I imagined in my dreams? Or would playing more just confirm that lack of time on the course is not the thing that is holding me back! Well, thus far into the season I can report mixed results.

I've had plenty of rounds I would describe as somewhere between brutal and mediocre. But on some occasions - when the stars and my putts aligned I've achieved some personal bests.

I guess that's pretty typical. Golf improvement, they tell me, doesn't occur in a straight line. It's more like a rollercoaster ride which at times can be downright scary. So for now I'll hold on tight and see what the rest of the season brings.

Speaking of the remainder of the season, this will be the final edition for 2021 but coverage of the regional golf scene will continue on all social media channels and the golfbrucegreysimcoe.com website.

Enjoy this edition and stay tuned for more golf news in the weeks ahead. - Publisher/Editor Steve Harron harronmarketing@gmail.com *** A final note: Thank you to all my advertisers, supporters and contributors. Your support has allowed me to cover the local golf scene for 17 years and for that I am truly thankful.

A six-year-old from Sue Westwood Golf Academy at Orr Lake Golf Club has qualified for Golf Canada's National Junior Skills Challenge.

Brynlee Chappell will compete in the Age 8 and under female category of the event, which will be held Aug. 28-29 at TPC Toronto Osprey Valley.

Brynlee is ranked 5th in Ontario and 9th in Canada out of 62 females.

She qualified through a July 18 event at Orr Lake Golf Club earlier this season.

Also qualifying from that event was Page Sefton of Barrie, who will compete in the Age 1214 Female division.

The Junior Skills Challenge is an online and interactive program that focuses on developing the key golf skills of putting, chipping and driving. The online leaderboard allows instructors to upload players’ scores so they can track their improvement.

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CELEBRATING 60 YEARS!

Pike Lake Golf Centre near Mount Forest marks a milestone

Par 72, 7,100 yards Course characteristics: The words "links" and "linksstyle" are often misused in contemporary golf, but they meet their true expression in Doug Carrick's design. This semi-private course presents the pleasurable excitement golfers associate with such sites as St. Andrews, Beach, • Theseaside 27-hole resort is located betweenPebble Mount Forest & and Harriston Ballybunion.

• Amenities included mile-long lake, sandy beach, swimming area, recreation room, heated inground pool, • Best New building Course&ingames Ontario (2007) laundromat & convenience store and(2007) much more • Best New Clubhouse in Ontario 20-room offers great options for Stay and Play options • • Top 100 hotel course in Canada Cottage andAccommodations trailer rentals • • Luxurious with views of Georgian Bay One of Ontario's largest family-owned resorts • • Growing golf community now selling Phase 2

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History at a glance • Irv Cowen, who ran a confectionary in Toronto, purchased a rundown motel and lodge and five cottages at Pike Lake in 1961.

• Under Irv's direction, the resort experienced remarkable growth and camping was added, largely a result of trying to serve the needs of the Harriston Hockey School where parents wanted a place to camp while their children attended the school.

• By 1983, camping was strong and the owners were involved in building a second 9 holes.

• Trailer sales were added around this time after a persistent salesman from Northlander convinced them to keep a trailer at the resort (it sold the very first weekend).

• The resort is now one of the top Northlander dealers in Ontario and has achieved more than $100 million in Northlander trailer sales over the years.

• In the spring of 1986 a new 9 holes, designed by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Robbie Robinson, was opened for play.

• The clubhouse was expanded and renovated and when it opened in 1989 it could handle crowds of about 230 people - double the previous capacity.

• A 20-room motel opened in 1999 • Another 9 holes, designed by Shawn Watters, were added in 2002.

• The newest 9 - a links style - was integrated with the parkland style Robbie Robinson design to form a new 18-hole configuration.

• The original 9 holes - dramatically redesigned by that point - formed a separate layout known as the Lake Course.

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The visionary Irv Cowen was a visionary and a risk-taker who could see the potential in a 9-hole golf course with no irrigation and a small, rundown clubhouse with sinking floors.

He also had to look past the poor condition of the motel and lodge and five cottages that were part of the real estate deal that brought him and his family from Toronto to operate Pike Lake in 1961.

Sixty years later the 500-acre property west of Mount Forest has been transformed into a golf and camping resort with 27 championship holes, 375 seasonal camping sites, 110 permanent homes, 25 overnight sites and a 20-room motel.

“This was his dream…his vision and he loved every day he came to work here,” said his wife Joan in an interview. “He was the driving force behind this.”

When the Pike Lake property came up

for sale, Cowen was running a confectionary in Toronto and playing his regular Wednesday golf game at Humber Valley Golf Course.

A real estate salesman who was a regular customer at the store noticed that he played golf and was able to convince him to take a drive to Pike Lake to view the property.

They were able to strike a property swap deal which saw the golf course owner, Cyril O’Reilly of Toronto, take over the store and Cowen take over the golf course property.

There was plenty of work to be done at Pike Lake but Cowen was no stranger to hard work and made his dream a reality.

Since his death more than 10 years ago, his work has been carried on by Joan and their children, Herb, Tom and Jeanne Cowen-Brown.

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Famous designer at a discounted price

Robbie Robinson, who worked for the legendary Stanley Thompson early in his career, was in his 80s when he designed the second nine holes at Pike Lake. It was one of his last projects before his death on Dec. 29, 1989.

The owners couldn’t really afford a designer of Robinson’s stature but they got a break on the price because of two factors: Robinson was extremely impressed with the picturesque Pike Lake property and his brother ran a Ford dealership in nearby Harriston.

Congratulations to the Cowen Family and the dedicated employees of Pike Lake on your 60 years of success!

A company that doesn’t have history, may not have a future.

Celebrating the 60th!

To celebrate the 60th Anniversary, the Cowen family held a fun 9-hole golf tournament on the Lake course on the long weekend in August. After golf, the 180 members, campers and staff in attendance were treated to free hotdogs, hamburgers and numerous prizes were handed out, including $10,000 in cash prizes for campers. The event also featured live entertainment and fireworks.

In 1961, Irv and Joan Cowen purchased a small campground and 9 hole golf course near Clifford, Ontario. Their vision to grow the business through hard work, strong family values and a commitment to provide a great customer experience has stood the test of time. Irv and Joan’s influence and core values have continued throughout the years and remain the key elements of Pike Lake’s success. From the moment that you first meet whether an RV customer, a guest, golfer or supplier, the Cowen’s make you feel like family. Over the years they have developed a reputation as a premier golf course and campground facility. Thousands of guests are welcomed to Pike Lake each year to enjoy all of the amenities it has to offer. It is quality of the experience that keeps everyone coming back year after year.

Northlander feels very privileged to have partnered with such an outstanding company for over 50 years. Together we have created meaningful business and personal relationships. Northlander has enjoyed sharing in Pike Lake’s past milestones and accomplishments, and we very much look forward to celebrating many more.

Pike Lake has sold Northlanders from British Columbia to Newfoundland with over $100 million in sales. They have been an integral part of our company’s success and together we recently celebrated the 20,000th Northlander unit being produced at our facility.

60 years of business success is a remarkable accomplishment and the Cowen family continue to be significant contributors to the community, campground and RV industry.

The vision that started back in 1961 remains as strong today as it was back then.

The journey is the reward.

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Meet the new pros Riley Schaus

Saugeen assistant pro ties for second at Playing Ability Test

Riley Schaus of Saugeen Golf

Club shot 78 and finished tied for 2nd at Mill Run Golf Club on July 19 to pass his Playing Ability Test.

That accomplishment gave him membership as a golf professional in the PGA of Canada.

Schaus was born in London, Ontario, raised in Hanover and moved with his family to Brandon, Manitoba at age 13.

He spent seven years in Brandon then went to Keyano College in Fort McMurray, Alberta on a basketball scholarship.

He was first introduced to golf at age 7 by his father Dwayne and began playing competitively while working at Shilo Golf & Country Club in Manitoba where he spent two summers. That’s also where he shot his best round – a 69.

He also spent two summers at Sally Creek Golf Course in Riley Schaus joined the pro ranks on July 19 when he passed the PlayWoodstock, Ontario. ing Ability Test.

This is his second year at Saugeen's facilities to teach,” he said.

Saugeen and he is currently Schaus performed well in the Toronto Players working as an assistant pro.

Tour Pro-Am at Saugeen in June, finishing T-28th in “Now that I have turned pro, I am wanting to a field that included some of the best pros in the keep growing as a player as well as work towards province. my Class A. I have been lucky enough to use 10 golfbrucegreysimcoe.com

Rachael Rier

Former junior champ now working on achieving Class A Professional status

Former Grey Bruce Junior Golf Tour champion

Rachael Rier has taken the first steps to becoming a Class A Golf Professional.

She recently became a member of the PGA of Canada and has completed more than half of the required courses to achieve her Class A status.

Due to COVID-19, the PGA of Canada wasn’t running Player Ability Tests in the spring so Rier was accepted based on scores she posted in college tournaments. (She played on the women’s golf teams at both Georgian College in Barrie and Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan).

This summer she is working at Galt Country Club in Cambridge.

“I recently gave my first junior lesson and am looking forward to continue my teaching career,” she stated in a recent email.

Rier will finish up the season at Galt but in the fall will also resume her online studies for the final year of her Bachelor of Business in Golf Management degree at Georgian.

She is scheduled to graduate in April 2022.

Rier, who grew up in Hanover, was named Georgian’s Female Athlete of the Year in April 2020.

The announcement was made in a video message from her golfing idol – LPGA star Lexi Thompson.

Her accomplishments during the 2019-20 season included a first place finish at the Fanshawe Invitational, a 2nd at the Niagara Invitational, 3rd at both the Georgian College and Lakehead-Orillia Invitationals and 4th at the Ontario Collegiate Athletic Association (OCAA) championship.

Her performance at the OCAA championship

Rachael Rier in file shot from 2019-20 season. helped her team win a bronze medal.

She also placed 8th as an individual in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championship.

Prior to joining the Georgian Grizzlies team, she spent two years at Davenport University on a golf scholarship. She studied Sports Management at Davenport and decided to switch to Georgian to take Golf Management. Rier achieved the golf scholarship after competing on the Grey Bruce Junior Golf Tour for several years and playing in other amateur events in the province. brucegreysimcoe.com 11

Courses of BruceGreySimcoe

* indicates course is

member of GOLF BGS Marketing Group

Wiarton

Sauble

Stone Tree

Scenic City

Settlers' Ghost

Tomahawk Georgian Bay

*Monterra Cranberry

*Westlinks

*Duntroon Highlands

Springwater

Twin Creeks

Vespra Hills

Mad River

Borden

Somerhill

Ferns Highland Glen

*Kincardine

*Walkerton

BlackHorse

Whispering Hills

Homestead

Mount Forest

Dunadel

Bear Creek

of Willow Creek

Allandale

The Wilds at Cedar Valley

Tangle Creek

Silver Brooke

Horseshoe Valley Trehaven

Heritage Hills Barrie Landings CC

Green Featherwind Acres

*Markdale

Scottish Highlands

Braestone

Simoro Links Shanty Bay

Marlwood

Blue Mountain Batteaux Creek OslerBrook

Townsend Lake

Hawk Ridge Couchiching

Orr Lake

Lora Bay

Meaford

*South Port *Saugeen

*Ainsdale

Lake St. George Evergreen

Brooklea *Bonaire

*Legacy Ridge

Chesley Lake

*Midland Balm Beach

*Cobble Beach

Northern Dunes

Pinewoods

*Southampton

White Pines

Big Bay The Point Nest

Cedar Links Innisbrook

National Pines

Innisfil Creek

Big Cedar

Harbour View

*Nottawasaga

Canadiana

The Club at Bond Head

Bradford Highlands

Woodington Lake

*Pike Lake

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Championship Roundup BruceGreySimcoe golfers compete at provincial, national level

PGA Championship of Canada

G.W. King of The Georgian Bay Club (in photo below) was the top pro from the BruceGreySimcoe region at the PGA Championship of Canada.

He fired rounds of 70-70-68-67 to finish tied for 17th at the event, which was held Aug. 4-7 in Bromont, Quebec.

Branson Ferrier of Vespra Hills Golf Club near Barrie shot 71-7366-69 to tie for 30th while Terry O’Brien of Cedar Links Golf Centre in Barrie carded rounds of 75-7171-69 and was 52nd.

The winner was Riley Fleming of Lynx Ridge Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta who shot 66-63-68-66 (-25 total).

Gary Jeffrey of Collingwood Golf Services competed in the Seniors Division, shooting 77-77-75 and finishing 35th in the 54-hole event.

The winner of the Seniors division was Brantford, Ontario’s Dennis Hendershott (71-69-64).

PGA of Ontario Zone Championship The PGA of Ontario Zone Championship was held last month at Barrie Country Club and six pros from BruceGreySimcoe finished in the top 40.

The top local pro was Branson Ferrier of Vespra Hills Golf Club near Barrie. He shot 71-68 (-5) and tied for 3rd – finishing three shots behind the winner, Alan McLean of Echo Valley Golf Club (66-70).

First prize was worth $6,000 while Ferrier collected $2,200.

Results from other BGS pros were: T-10 Jeff Ash, Vespra Hills (71-72) T-20th G.W. King, Georgian Bay Club (72-74) T-27th Terry O’Brien, Cedar Links Golf Centre near Barrie (71-76) 33rd Ben Groome, Vespra Hills (75-74) T-40th Scott Loosley, Woodington Lake Golf Club (76-76) T-56th Nate Clingersmith, Horseshoe Resort (7878) 14 golfbrucegreysimcoe.com

Ontario Senior Women's Two golfers from BruceGreySimcoe finished in the top 12 at the Ontario Senior Women’s Championship. Kathie Houghton of Georgian Bay Club (GBC) fired a final round 83 to move into 8th place and Kim Legge of Saugeen Golf Club had a final round 93 to end up in 11th spot.

Houghton's first two rounds were 85-87 while Legge carded rounds of 83-82.

Yvonne Fraser of National Pines Golf Club near Barrie (95-94-96) was 17th while GBC golfer Catherine Butler (93-96-100) finished 18th.

The winner was Judith Kyrinis of the Thornhill Club who had rounds of 74-69-67 & finished at -3.

The event, being held at Spring Lakes Golf Club north of Markham, had gross and net flights and a 60+ division.

Results among BruceGreySimcoe golfers, all of them from Midland G & CC, are:

Meet the Pro

Curtis Braun is the new assistant pro at Cobble Beach Golf Links

Curtis Braun is the new assistant golf professional

at Cobble Beach Golf Links.

Born in Brampton and raised in Caledon, Curtis starting playing golf regularly at age 16 and began working in the industry after finishing high school.

His first job was at Caledon Country Club and he spent six years there before leaving to attend Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia where he played on the varsity baseball team and studied Business.

He returned to Ontario one year later and enrolled in the Marketing and Advertising program at Sheridan College.

After graduating, he found he was more interested in returning to the golf industry than working in marketing and advertising.

This led him to a position as Back Shop Manager at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley near Orangeville.

And when a Playing Ability Test event came to the course last August, he signed up and passed the test – a requirement for becoming a PGA of Canada pro.

He became aware of the Cobble Beach opportunity through Osprey Valley assistant pro Ryan Jackson, who left Osprey this year to return to Cobble Beach.

Jackson and Head Pro Ryan McBride, along with Executive Golf Pro Warren Thomas, have been doing most of the golf instruction so far this season but the plan is to have Braun do more teaching as the season progresses.

Braun said he is thrilled to be part of the team at Cobble Beach.

A Flight Net 12th Angela Penfound T-14th Shelley Gianetto T-14th Susan Rooney 20th Kim Dubeau A Flight gross are: 12th Shelley Gianetto 16th Susan Rooney T-18th Dubeau 23rd Angela Penfound

Canadian Men's Amateur Andre Zhu of National Pines Golf Club near Barrie finished tied for 29th at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. He fired rounds of 77-6870-70.

The only other golfer from the BruceGreySimcoe region – Taylor Beckstead of Tangle Creek Golf Club near Barrie – shot rounds of 73-76 and missed the cut.

The championship, held at Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ontario, was won by Max Sekulic of The Glencoe Golf and Country Club in Rycroft, Alberta. He shot rounds of 68-65-68-66 for a -17 total.

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Best Public Golf Courses in Canada Cobble Beach Golf Links

28th

The Club at Bond Head

59th

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The Nest at Friday Harbour

41st

Three clubs in region make Top 59 list

Three courses from BruceGreySimcoe have made the

SCOREGolf list of the top 59 Public Courses in Canada.

Cobble Beach Golf Links is the top rated local course on the list. The spectacular Doug Carrick design near Owen Sound is ranked as the 28th best Public Course in Canada.

New to the list this year is another great Carrick design - The Nest at Friday Harbour near Barrie. It comes in at 41st.

The third local course is The Club at Bond Head, a 36hole Hurdzan-Fry design in south Simcoe County that grabbed the 59th spot on the list.

Topping the list was Cabot Cliffs in Inverness, Nova Scotia.

For more about the Top 59 list, head to scoregolf.com

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Next step for Nesbitt

Simcoe pro gets shot at Korn Ferry Tour after strong season on PGA Tour Latinoamerica

Simcoe County pro golfer Drew Nesbitt recently

finished up the season in 8th place on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

After finishing tied for 6th in the final event – the July 22-25 Bupa Championship in Tulum, Mexico - the former Horseshoe Valley resident ended up with 795 points on the Points List.

His 8th place finish gives him an exemption to the final stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School.

Players who advance to Final Stage are assured a Korn Ferry Tour card for the following season, and the top 45 finishers (and ties) at Final Stage are assured a healthy number of starts in the first part of the following Korn Ferry Tour season.

The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level.

Final Qualifying will take place Nov. 4-7 at the Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia.

While Nesbitt gets his shot at the next level in November, there was a point during the season where he was in the 5th position on the Points List – the final spot that would have guaranteed full membership on the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2022 season.

Besides his 6th place finish last month, Nesbitt’s season also included solo 2nd finishes at the Banco del Pacifico Open in Ecudaor in June and the Mexico Open championship in March where he lost in a playoff.

Nesbitt has been in the limelight several times during his 7 years as a pro golfer.

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Popular event set for Sept. 16 at Saugeen Golf Club

DREW NESBITT He won a regional qualifier and played in the Canadian Open in 2017, narrowly missing the cut.

And he is the only golfer in history to shoot 59 on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

In 2019, he got some serious TV and social media exposure (no pun intended) when he took off his shirt and rolled up his pants then hit a great shot out of the water at the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic.

The shot set him up for a par and the stroke he saved by hitting out of the water was the difference as he made the cut right on the number.

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Crime Stoppers tourney returns The popular Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce Golf Tournament will return this year.

The event is set for Sept. 16 at Saugeen Golf Club.

The tournament, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, is usually held in June but the organizing committee states that the September date was chosen to “accommodate the timeline relative to the control of COVID-19.”

The committee will work closely with Saugeen to ensure all protocols will be in place to ensure a safe and successful tournament experience.

The tournament will take on a scaleddown format but will maintain its normal high standards, including Hole-in-One & Closest-to-Pin opportunities, commemorative souvenirs and much more!

Celebrating its 29th year, the tournament continues to be the flagship means of funding for Crime Stoppers with donations to date of more than $530,000.

Anyone interested in participating either as a player or sponsor should contact Larry Holmes of Trillium Mutual Insurance in Listowel (holmes@trilliummutual.com or 1-800-265-3020.

Saugeen Golf Club will be the venue for the 29th Annual Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce Tournament. golfbrucegreysimcoe.com 19

AROUND THE CLUBS

What's new at area golf courses

Cobble Beach Golf Links The Senior Club Championships were held last month at Cobble Beach Golf Links and the winners were: Ladies Division 1st Gross - Martine Size 1st Net - Rona Lynn Ferguson 2nd Net - Barb Bardswick Men's Division 1st Net Prize - Brian Ferguson 2nd Net Prize - Don Hoffman 3rd Net Prize - Richard Bennett 4th Net Prize - Tim Sparks 5th Net Prize - Peter Mitchell 1st Gross Prize - Charlie Pittock (75) - birdied 1st hole in payoff.

2nd Gross Prize -Fred Bennick

Braestone Club The Orillia-area club has completed work on new washroom facilities on course just to the left of the 6th Green and the right of the 15th tee boxes. Along with the new “on-course” washrooms, you will also find a stationary refreshment cart which will give golfers a chance to visit the cart a minimum of two times throughout the round. Anyone desperate for a beverage can also call the clubhouse.

New washroom facilities at Braestone Homestead Golf & Winter Resort

Legacy Ridge Golf Club The Senior Club Championship was held Aug. 9-10 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club and the winners were: A Flight Gross: Neil Havens (72-77) A Flight Net: Ed Grandman (net 144) B Flight Gross: Wim Kruisselbrink (83-82) B Flight Net: Ches Pietryszyn (net 150) C Flight Gross: Dan Blackburn (83-86) C Flight Net: Doug Lenson (net 141) 20 golfbrucegreysimcoe.com

The new patio at Homestead Golf & Winter Resort was officially opened on July 31.

The Urstadt team after winning the Southampton Cup. Southampton Golf & Country Club

Urstadt team wins Southampton Cup

The annual Ryder Cup, renamed Southampton Cup, was held last month with Team Urstadt up against Team Lazenby. On the first day, the format was match play, a two-man best ball, where the low net score of a team counts toward winning the hole. After day one, the teams were tied, 3–3. On day two, the format was a twoman scramble. The final point total was Team Urstadt 7.5 points; Team Lazenby 4.5 points. It was closer than the results indicate, as two matches were settled on the 18th hole.

Midland Golf & Country Club Senior Club Championship Results: Senior Ladies Champion: Kim Dubeau-White Senior Men's Champion: Randy Robbins Super Senior Ladies Champion: Lynn Morton Super Senior Men's Champion: Chuck Hatfield Senior Ladies A Flight Winner: Karen Matz Senior Ladies B Flight Winner: Jill Bremner Senior Men's A Flight winner: Tod Sloan Senior Men's B Flight winner: Steve Garrett Super Senior Men's A Flight winner: John Gignac Super Senior Men's B Flight winner: Paul Foy golfbrucegreysimcoe.com 21

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If you or someone you know scores an ace please send the details to harronmarketing@gmail.com Just need the basic details: Date, hole #, yardage, club used and names of playing partners.

Steve Smith aced #3 at Southampton on Aug. 3.

Carson Perry aced 9th hole at Southampton on Aug. 3.

Domenica Pezzente aced #14 at Cobble Beach Golf Links July 3.

Aug. 3 - Member Steve Smith with a 7 wood on the tough #3 at Southampton Golf & Country Club.

Aug. 3 - Carson Perry of Sarnia with a 7 iron from the Blue tee on the 9th Hole at Southampton G & CC. It was his first ace!

July 31 - Calvin Peters with a 56 degree wedge from 108 yards on #8 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club. He was playing with Jerry Reid, Andrew Haefling & Jeff Flagler.

July 18 - Legacy Ridge member John Lovell on #2 at his home club. It was witnessed by his son Jamie.

July 18 - Martine Size with a 7-iron from 110 yards on #6 at Cobble Beach Golf Links.

July 5 - Tony Stapley with a pitching wedge from 116 yards on #12 at Ainsdale Golf Course. It came during Senior Ryder Cup play.

July 3 - Domenica (Dom) Pezzente with a 5-wood from 117 yards on #14 at Cobble Beach Golf Links. It was witnessed by playing partners Cathy and Don Langley.

June 30 - Theo Peckham collects the Men’s League Hole in One Pot of about $1,700 with his ace on #17 at Legacy Ridge GC. June 30 - Bill Lewis on #12 at Legacy Ridge GC. June 30 - Jim Kelly at The Nest at Friday Harbour.

June 25 - John Cho on #14 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club. He was playing with his son Paul. It was his 4th ace.

June 24 - Member Jason MacKenzie on hole #2 at the Nest Golf Club at Friday Harbour. It occurred during Men’s League.

June 24 - Joe Brunato with a 7-iron on #7 at South Port Golf Course.

June 23 - Bill Saunders with a 7-iron on #16 at Scenic City Golf Course. He was playing with Lawrence Surridge.

June 16 - Mia Duggan on #2 at The Nest Club at Friday Harbour Resort. Her ace, the first of the season at The Nest, came during the inaugural member event. She placed third in the event!

June 10 - Scott Van Gerwen on #5 at Somerhill Golf Club. Witnesses were playing partners Andy Ritchie and Lucas Haugh.

June 10 - George Coulter from 140 yards with an 8-iron on #8 at Ainsdale Golf Course. It came during Men’s League play and was witnessed by Phil Willits, Steve Jolley and Mark Odorico.

June 10 - Paul Botting with a 9-iron from 120 yards on #12 at Ainsdale Golf Course on Men’s Night.

June 9 - Steven Frey with a 5 iron on #15 at Settlers’ Ghost Golf Club.

June 4 - Kim Abraham with a 7-iron from 101 yards on #8 at Cobble Beach Golf Links.

June 2 - Jimmy Richardson on #11 at The Wilds of Cedar Valley.

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John Lovell, left, with son Jamie, aced #2 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club on July 18.

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