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2006 GAO tentative schedule Oshawa Golf & Curling Club Beck’s Non-Alcoholic Beer Investors Group Family Classic Men’s Better-Ball Championship Men’s Amateur Championship Mill Run Golf & Country Club, Uxbridge Oakdale Golf & Country Club, Downsview Oshawa Golf & Curling Club, Oshawa August 28-29, 2006 May 18, 2006 July 11-14, 2006 Junior & Juvenile Boys’ Better-Ball Championship Investors Group Bantam Girls’ Championship Port Colborne Golf & Country Club, Port Colborne Junior Tournament of Champions Willow Valley Golf Club, Hamilton August 24, 2006 Wooden Sticks Golf Club, Uxbridge July 18-19, 2006 May 20-22, 2006 Investors Group Investors Group Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Women’s Champion of Champions Junior & Juvenile Girls’ Championship Timberwolf Golf Club, Sudbury Credit Valley Golf & Country Club, Mississauga Willow Valley Golf Club, Hamilton August 29-31, 2006 June 6, 2006 July 18-20, 2006 Mixed Championship Clublink Investors Group Wooden Sticks Golf Club, Uxbridge Men’s Match Play Championship Junior & Juvenile Boys’ Championship September 4, 2006 Rocky Crest Golf Club, Mactier Whitewater Golf Club, Thunder Bay June 6-9, 2006 July 18-21, 2006 Men’s & Women’s Public Player Championships Osprey Valley Resorts, Alton Senior Men’s Champion of Champions Bantam Boys’ Championship September 5-6 (Men’s) - September 6, 2006 (Women’s) RiverBend Golf Community, London Puslinch Lake Golf Club, Cambridge June 12, 2006 July 24-26, 2006 George S. Lyon Championship Cedar Brae Golf & Country Club, Scarborough Beck’s Non-Alcoholic Beer Investors Group The Mandarin Golf & Country Club, Markham Men’s Champion of Champions Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Two Courses - TBA Wildfire Golf Club, Lakefield Toronto Golf Club, Mississauga September 7, 2006 June 15, 2006 August 1-3, 2006 Senior Men’s Better Ball Championship Investors Group Investors Group Maple Downs Golf & Country Club, Richmond Hill Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship Junior Boys’ Match Play Championship September 25, 2006 Rosedale Golf Club, Toronto Burlington Golf & Country Club, Burlington July 4-6, 2006 August 1-4, 2006 Grey Power Classic TBA Investors Group Women’s Four Ball Championship Women’s Amateur Championship North Halton Golf & Country Club, Georgetown Women’s & Junior Girls’ Match Play St. Catharines Golf & Country Club, St. Catharines August 14, 2006 TBA July 4-6, 2006 Investors Group Senior Men’s Amateur Championship Cutten Club, Guelph August 14-17, 2006 contact information GAO STAFF & OFFICE Wooden Sticks Golf Club DAVE MILLS DAVE COLLING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIR. OF TOURNAMENTS & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ext. 223 - [email protected] ext. 225 - [email protected] KATE SHELDON LARRY LONGO ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR ext. 235 - [email protected] MAILING ext. 226 - [email protected] ADDRESS: PO BOX 970 TONIA FERGUSON UXBRIDGE, ON NADINE FOREMAN ACCOUNTING MANAGER L9P 1N3 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR ext. 227 - [email protected] ext. 232 - [email protected] COURIER OLGA IVODITOV ADDRESS: KYLE MCFARLANE FINANCE DEPARTMENT 40 ELGIN PARK DR. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ext. 227 - [email protected] UXBRIDGE, ON ext. 228 - [email protected] L9P 1N2 SUSAN BUCK TELEPHONE: MIKE MCAULEY PUBLIC PLAYER PROGRAM COORDINATOR 905.852.1101 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR ext. 221 - [email protected] ext. 221 - [email protected] TOLL FREE: MAYA SUMNER 1.800.668.2949 CRAIG LOUGHRY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HANDICAPPING & COURSE RATING ext. 222 - [email protected] FAX: ext. 230 - [email protected] 905.852.8893 SANDY DAVIDSON MARCUS STROM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WEBSITE: COURSE RATING SUPERVISOR ext. 236 - [email protected] WWW.GAO.CA ext. 236 - [email protected] The Golf Association of Ontario provides leadership and promotes growth and development of amateur golf throughout the Province while preserving the integrity and traditions of the game YEARBOOK 2005 1 WWW.GAO.CA first tee TABLE OF CONTENTS 2005 STORIES 22 National Success 23 In Memoriam 25 Final 2005 Rankings 2005 GAO BOARD TOURNAMENT RESULTS 3 2005 Board of Directors 26 Bantam Boys’ & Girls’ 4 President’s Report 27 Junior & Juvenile Boys’ 28 Junior & Juvenile Girls’ DISTRICT REPORTS 29 Junior Tournament of Champions 30 Junior Boys’ Match Play 6 Essex-Kent & Hamilton 31 Junior Girls’ Match Play 7 Huronia & Kingston 32 Ontario Bantam Clublink Tour 8 London & Mississauga 33 Men’s Amateur 9 Niagara & Owen Sound 34 Men’s Mid-Amateur 10 Peterborough & Scarboro 35 Men’s Senior Amateur 11 Waterloo & York 36 Men’s Match Play 12 Northern & Thunder Bay 37 Men’s Champion of Champions 38 Senior Men’s Champion of Champions COMMITTEE REPORTS 39 Women’s Amateur 40 Women’s Mid-Amateur 5 Scholarship & DC 41 Women’s Senior Amateur 13 Marketing & Tournament 42 Mixed Championship 14 Volunteer 43 Men’s & Women’s Public Player 16 Player Development 44 Family Classic & Grey Power Classic 17 Handicap/Course Rating 17 Rules & Public Player 18 Member Clubs 20 Ontario Golf Hall of Fame 21 Past Presidents 24 Tournament Hosts Beacon Hall Golf Club YEARBOOK 2005 2 WWW.GAO.CA gao board & committees 2005 GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Back Row (L to R) William Duffield, Kathy McDonald, Thomas Quarantillo, Carolyn Smith, Kelly Roberts, John Mealia, Wayne Greer Front Row (L to R) Anna Poste, Morris Whatmore, Lee Griffin, Barbara Allan, Harry Daniel, Stephen James Absent: Paul Fitzgerald, Joan Hulmston 2005 GAO COMMITTEES District Coordinators Executive Committee Scholarship Committee Membership/Marketing Rules Committee Wayne Greer - Chair Barbara Allan - Chair Tom Quarantillo - Chair Committee Lee Griffin - Chair Lori Couture Harry Daniel Lisa Legris Harry Daniel - Chair Harry Daniel Bruce Rand Lee Griffin Joan Hulmston Ken Skoretz Sally Cirtwill Ruth Giles Steve James Dave Woods Lorry Moffatt Jim Furlong John Swift Dave Mills Bill Duffield Debbie Sampson Gavin Kendrick Elaine Summers Dave Mills Tom Quarantillo Bob Leggitt Alice Gazeley Tournament Committee Kate Sheldon Carolyn Smith Anna Poste Bonnie Swanson Bill Duffield - Chair Kyle McFarlane Dave Mills Nancy Reid Roy Bratty Lee Griffin Kate Sheldon Anne Edgar Dodds-Hebron Anne Edgar Dodds-Hebron Kelly Roberts Hall of Fame Committee Kyle McFarlane Dave Colling Ken Teshima Gavin Kendrick Carolyn Smith - Chair Lynn MacMillan Wayne Oakley Harry Daniel Finance Committee Player Development Margaret Holgate Kathy Pilkey Nancy Reid Steve James - Chair Committee Bob McMenemy Ruth Giles Elliot Gardiner Kelly Roberts Kelly Roberts - Chair Judith Weaver Lorry Moffatt Barbara Humphries Lee Griffin Joan Hulmston Christine McCrae Dave Colling Ian Giles John Mealia Lisa Legris Karen Heise Kyle McFarlane Dave Mills Dave Woods Ken Skoretz Handicap & Course Rating Kate Sheldon Ralph Bauer Nancy Reid Committee Nominating Committee Stu Hamilton Ken Hopkins Paul Fitzgerald - Chair Anna Poste - Chair Audit Committee Bill Duffield Neil Seagris Kathy MacDonald Morris Whatmore John Mealia - Chair Tom Quarantillo Jim Furlong Joan McCallum Ian Giles Carolyn Smith Sue Wickware Judy Waldrum Bob Heath Barbara Allan Tom Quarantillo Dave Colling Jill Paton Lib Ventresca Harry Daniel Bill Duffield Sandy Davidson Jim Faulkner Anna Poste Craig Loughry Kate Sheldon Marcus Strom Dave Mills YEARBOOK 2005 3 WWW.GAO.CA presidents report 2005 OVERVIEW t has been an honour to represent the Golf Association of Handicap Seminars leading to the certification of over 171 Ontario as President during the past year. It has afforded me Handicap Chairs at our Member Clubs, we continue to be success- the opportunity to travel across our Province, meeting and ful in brokering the signed License agreements between Member Italking to a great number of our volunteers in the organiza- Clubs and the RCGA. Along with these Handicap Certification tion, which has heightened my awareness of the enormous Seminars we facilitate Handicap Summits for our certified handi- amount of work done by the GAO and how it directly and positive- cap chairs to meet with their peers to discuss solutions to handi- ly impacts our sport and our lives in the golf communi- capping issues that arise at the club level. We have also institut- ty. ed club level Handicap Information Sessions to help members understand the basics of the handicapping system and why it is 2005 has been a very productive year for the Golf integral to our game. We continue to build gender neutral course Association of Ontario. The Board of Directors and our rating teams that are able to rate our Member Clubs and Courses staff have worked diligently to improve and grow the for both men and women on the same rating visits. Our Course services and programs we offer to amateur golfers in Rating volunteers freely give of their time and we owe them our Ontario. We have been very fortunate to have retained continued gratitude and appreciation for the very important work and to have expanded the list of our corporate spon- they do. sors, without whose assistance our programs would suf- fer. Our major partner, Investors Group along with Our various Player Development programs at both the District and Beck’s Non-Alcoholic Beer, Baka Wireless, Bushnell, Provincial level are growing. From grass roots programs at the Grey Power Insurance, Moore’s Clothing, Ashworth, District level, encouraging and educating higher handicap players Barbara Allan Titleist, Footjoy, Ultimate Golf Vacations and Davey Tree have all to advance their games to the High Performance Development GAO President contributed to the growth and ongoing success