GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO 2008 YEARBOOK GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO 2008 YEARBOOK 2009 Championship Schedule TOURNAMENt LOCATION DATE Men’s Better-Ball Championship Oakdale G&CC, Toronto May 14 Investors Group Junior Spring Classic Wooden Sticks GC, Uxbridge May 16-18 Men’s Champion of Champions Donalda Club, Toronto May 25 Women’s Champion of Champions Timber Ridge GC, Brighton May 25 Men’s Match Play Championship The Lake Joseph Club, Port Carling June 2-5 Senior Men’s Champion of Champions Carrying Place G&CC, Kettleby June 8 Women’s 4-Ball Championship Deerhurst Highlands, Huntsville June 17 Investors Group Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship Loyalist CC, Bath June 23-25 Investors Group Junior & Juvenile Boys’ Championship Whistle Bear GC, Cambridge July 7-10 Investors Group Women’s Amateur Championship Wildfire GC, Lakefield July 14-16 Investors Group Men’s Amateur Championship Craigowan G&CC, Woodstock July 14-17 Bantam Girls’ Championship Barcovan GC, Carrying Place July 21-22 Investors Group Junior & Juvenile Girls’ Championship Barcovan GC, Carrying Place July 21-23 Investors Group Junior Boys’ Match Play Championship Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston July 21-24 Bantam Boys’ Championship Puslinch Lake GC, Cambridge July 27-29 Investors Group Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Paris Grand GC, Paris July 28-30 Investors Group Senior Men’s Amateur Championship Twenty Valley G&CC, Vineland August 11-13 Investors Group Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Markland Wood GC, Etobicoke August 18-20 Junior Boys’ Better-Ball Championship Dundee CC, New Dundee August 24 Baka Wireless Men’s Public Player Championship Black Diamond GC, Pontypool August 24-25 Baka Wireless Women’s Public Player Championship Black Diamond GC, Pontypool August 25 Women’s and Junior Girls’ Match Play Championship Sunningdale G&CC, London August 26-28 Mixed Championship Wooden Sticks GC, Uxbridge September 7 George S. Lyon Championship Rattlesnake Point GC, Milton September 8 Senior Men’s Better-Ball Championship Maple Downs G&CC, Richmond Hill September 21 YEARBOOK 2008 www.GAO.ca Golf Association of Ontario Golf Association of Ontario 40 Elgin Park Drive, Uxbridge, Ontario, L9P 1N3 Phone: 905.852.1101 • Fax: 905.852.8893 www.gao.ca Executive Director Dave Mills ext. 223 – [email protected] Director of Tournaments Dave Colling ext 225 - [email protected] Tournament Manager Larry Longo ext. 226 – [email protected] GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO Director of Player Development On March 31, 2001 the membership of the Ontario Golf Association (est. 1921) and the Ontario Ladies’ Mike Kelly Golf Association (est. 1926) voted overwhelmingly to amalgamate the two organizations and form a ext. 232 – [email protected] single golf association to be known as the Golf Association of Ontario. The GAO gained official status in Player Development Coordinator November, 2001. Mallory Dayman The OGA and the OLGA represented Ontario Golfers for over 75 years. As such, the GAO inherits a long ext. 237 – [email protected] and rich history. With over 420 member clubs and over 115,000 individual members, the GAO is one of the Director of Handicapping & Course Rating largest golf associations the world. Craig Loughry As the governing body of amateur golf in Ontario, the GAO has an affiliation with the Royal Canadian ext. 230 – [email protected] Golf Association. The RCGA serve a national mandate. The GAO plays an important role supporting Course Rating Manager and promoting many aspects of the game, including a provision of services to member clubs and to Marcus Strom individual members as well as contributing to the “Good of the Game.” ext. 231 – [email protected] The GAO is a non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and supported by Volunteer Committees and Club Representatives throughout the province. Each member club has the Director of Marketing & Communications Kyle McFarlane opportunity to designate representatives to work with the GAO and to represent the club’s interests within ext. 228 – [email protected] the association. The strength of the GAO lies in its broad range of membership support through Ontario. Marketing & Communications Coordinator Funding for programs conducted by the GAO comes from: Claire Welsh ext. 234 – [email protected] • Corporate and Private Donations • Program Participation Fees Website Coordinator • Corporate Sponsorship Jamie Demeter • Tournament Entry Fees ext 222 – [email protected] • Membership Fees Administrative Director • Grants Kate Sheldon ext. 235 – [email protected] Programs and Services delivered by the GAO include: Public Player Program Coordinator • Provincial Championships Susan Buck ext. 221 – [email protected] • Course Measuring and Rating • Player Development Programs Coordinator of Volunteers • Support for Turfgrass Research Sandy Davidson • Rules of Golf ext. 236 – [email protected] • Amateur Status Club Membership Coordinator • Ontario Golf Magazine Linda Francone • Information Seminars ext. 227 – lfrancone@gao,ca • Ontario Golf Hall of Fame Administrative Assistant • Media Relations Anita Haden • District Programs ext. 233 – [email protected] • Volunteer Opportunities Accounting Clerk • The Handicap System Olga Ivoditov • Scholarship Programs ext. 238 – [email protected] • Awards and Recognition Programs www.GAO.ca YEARBOOK 2008 3 Contents COMMITTEE REPORTS GAO BOARD AND COMMITTEES 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSagE 6 ScHOLarSHIP & DISTRICT COORDINATORS 7 RULES & COMPETITION 15 VOLUNTEERS 16 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 18 MarKETING & MEMBERSHIP 19 MEMBER CLUBS 20 HaNDIcaP & COURSE RATING 22 ONTARIO GOLF HALL OF FaME 24 CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARIES CHAMPIONSHIP SITES 29 Ontario Golf Hall of Fame PLAYER RANKINGS 30 Class of 2008 24 2008 JUNIOR RESULTS BANTAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 31 JUNIOR & JUVENILE BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 32 JUNIOR & JUVENILE GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 33 JUNIOR SPRING CLASSIC 34 JUNIOR BOYS’ & JUNIOR GIRLS’ MaTCH PLAY 35 JUNIOR & JUVENILE BOYS’ BETTER BALL 36 2008 MEN’S RESULTS 26 Volunteers Honoured MEN’S BETTER BALL 37 MEN’S AMATEUR 38 MEN’S Mid-AMATEUR 39 SENIOR MEN’S AMATEUR 40 MEN’S MaTCH PLAY/SENIOR MEN’S BETTER BALL 41 MEN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 42 SENIOR MEN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 43 GEOrgE S. LYON CHAMPIONSHIP 48 MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP 49 MEN’S PUBLIC PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP 50 2008 WOMEN’S RESULTS WOMEN’ MaTCH PLAY 35 WOMEN’S AMATEUR 44 WOMEN’S Mid-AMATEUR 45 SENIOR WOMEN’S AMATEUR 46 WOMEN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 47 National Success 25 MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP/WOMEN’S FOUR BALL 49 WOMEN’S PUBLIC PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP 50 4 YEARBOOK 2008 www.GAO.ca GAO Board & Committees 2008 GAO BoaRD OF DIRECTORS BACK RoW (LEFT to RIGHT): Kelly Roberts , Bill Duffield, Jim Furlong , Ian Murray, Stu Hamilton FRONT RoW (LEFT to RIGHT): Kathy Pilkey, Liz Hoffman (1st Vice President), Stephen James (President), John Swift (2nd Vice President), Susan Wickware, Elaine Summers ABSENT: Bill Muzak, Bob McMenemy COMMITTEES NOMINATING: FINANce: ELITE PLAYER AUDIT/RISK MemBERshiP & Chair: Bill Duffield Chair: John Swift DEVELOPMENT: MANAGemeNT: MARKetiNG: DISTRict COORDINAtoRS Anna Poste Kelly Roberts Chair: Liz Hoffman Chair: Ian Murray Chair: Kathy Pilkey Bruce Rand Barbara Allan Liz Hoffman Stu Hamilton Bill Duffield Susan Wickware John Swift Harry Daniel Susan Wickware Kelly Roberts John Swift Jim Furlong Ruth Giles Liz Hoffman Ian Murray Bob McMenemy Tom Bryson Tom Bryson Elaine Summers Steve James Kate Sheldon Mary Ann Lapointe Jim Furlong Kelly Roberts Gilles Hurtubise Dave Mills Elaine Summers Tim Condon Kyle McFarlane Jenny Ellis EXECUTIVE: Dave Colling Kate Sheldon Dave Mills Bonnie Swanson Chair: Steve James HANdicAP & COURse Mike Kelly Dave Mills Kate Sheldon Roy Bratty Liz Hoffman RAtiNG: Ann Carroll Karen Vamplew John Swift Chair: Bob Heath HALL OF FAME: SCHOLARSHIP Dave Woods Ken Teshima Bill Duffield Sharon McClelland Chair: Ian Giles Chair: Joan Hulmston Ralph Bauer Lynn MacMillan Dave Mills Bob McMenemy Harry Daniel Bill Muzak Laurann Van Volkenburg Kelly Roberts GRASSRoots PLAYER Anna Poste Stu Hamilton RULES AND Murray McDonald Kelly Meeks DEVELOPMENT: Jackie Rosart Bob McMenemy COMPetitioN: Judith Weaver Stephanie Lytwyniuck Chair: Jim Furlong Lorry Moffat Dave Mills Chair: Bob McMenemy Joyce McCrae Joe Maggio Bill Muzak Dick Grimm Kate Sheldon Kelly Roberts Ken Hopkins Kathy McDonald Dave Hollinger Joann Johnston Anna Poste GOVERNANCE Nancy Reid Joanne Backus Bob McMenemy Marlene Streit Susan Wickware Chair: Anna Poste Laurence Tulloch Jim Faulkner Susan Wickware Garry McKay Bill Muzak Barbara Allan Judy Waldrum Susan Holliday Liz Hoffman Jim Barclay Ruth Giles Bill Duffield Jim Furlong Craig Loughry Roy Bratty Jeff Stauffer Lorry Moffatt Liz Hoffman Joy Bradford Marcus Strom Don Ingram Kevin Purcell Bob Leggitt Elliot Gardiner Paul MacNaughton Dave Colling Kyle McFarlane Lee Griffin Harry Daniel Sandy Davidson Mike Kelly Jim Furlong Ian Giles Jim King Kate Sheldon Kathy Pilkey Dave Mills Dave Colling Larry Longo www.GAO.ca YEARBOOK 2008 5 President’s Report achievements of three new inductees into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. Gerry Kesselring, along with the late Lloyd Tucker and Lex Robson were honoured in a memorable ceremony that high- lighted the achievements of the new members while celebrating their contributions to golf in Ontario. We are very proud of these Ontario golfers and their accomplishments. Over the past year, I have been fortunate 2008 was a very exciting year from a Player enough to have represented the Golf Asso- Development standpoint. After its initial launch in June of 2007, the Callaway Golf in Schools program ciation of Ontario as President. After travel- has grown into a roaring success that will impact ling throughout Ontario and experiencing more than 15,000 students in Ontario every year. first-hand the breadth of the GAO’s accom- Embraced by teachers, parents and students alike, • Decided that it is best that we continue to the program continues to give children a positive enhance and improve our programs which help to plishments, I can say with confidence that golf experience from a young age while teaching grow the game. Cutting these drastically could save the GAO should be proud of the difference it the inherent values and life-skills that form the core only an insignificant amount of money per member.