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Jocelyne Bourassa LPGA Profile

Gayle Hitchens Borthwick

Inducted in 1997

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: December 3, 1944

Place of Birth: Saskatchewan

The daughter of a golf professional, Gayle Borthwick has proven she knows a thing or two about golf over the past 40 years. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Gayle moved to British Columbia as a teen where she wrapped up the provincial title in 1962 and won the Canadian Amateur and the 1994 Canadian Senior, as well as numerous provincial titles. In 1996 Borthwick won her first international solo title, the U.S. Women’s Senior Championship. Now a resident of Ontario, Gayle generously donates her time as a volunteer in golf administration and in fundraising.

International:

1996 and 1998 United States Senior Women’s Champion
1963 Australian Two-Ball Champion (with Betty Stanhope Cole)

Teams:

Commonwealth Team Member: 1963, 1967, 1971
World Amateur Team Member: 1966, 1968, 1972, 1992 World Amateur Team Captain: 1994, 1996
Captain of Canadian Team to British Amateur: 1980
Member of Canadian Team against US: 1993
British Amateur Canadian Team Member: 1993
British Amateur Team Captain: 1980
BC Women’s Team Member: 1960-1965, 1967
Ontario Women’s Team Membe:r 1968 – 1973, 1979, 1983, 1984,1986, 1992-1996 (Winning team – 1970, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1993)
Ontario Senior Women’s Team Member: 1994, 1995

National:

1961 Canadian Junior Girls Champion
1962 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
Canadian Ladies’ Mid Amateur Champion: 1992, 1993
Canadian Ladies’ Senior Champion: 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000
Canadian Ladies’ Senior Championship Runner Up: 1996, 1997,998, 2006

Provincial:

BC Junior Ladies’ Champion: 1959, 1960, 1962
BC Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1962, 1963
Ontario Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1992, 1993
Ontario Senior Ladies’ Champion: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Other Items of Note:

Ontario Ladies’ GA Team Chairman 1981, 1982
Mississaugua District Executive 1978, 1979, 1980
Ada Mackenzie Foundation Director for 9 years, President 1992, 1993
Women’s Intermediate Golf President 1988, 1989

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 1997
SCORE Awards Senior Women’s Golfer of the Year: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006
Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2003
Member of Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame

Resources:

Photos of Gayle Borthwick from our collection.

Jocelyne Bourassa, C.M.

Inducted in 1996

Category: Professional/Builder

Born: May 30, 1947

Place of Birth: Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec

Jocelyne Bourassa was an outstanding amateur golfer throughout the 1960s. She took the LPGA by storm in the early 1970s, winning the 1973 La Canadienne in her second season. In addition to being named the LPGA’s rookie of the year, she was named the 1971 & 1972 French Canadian Athlete of the Year and 1972 Canadian Female Athlete of the Year. From 1980 until 2000 Bourassa was the executive director of the du Maurier Classic, one of the LPGA’s four major championships.

International:

1973 Winner of first Canadian LPGA Event, La Canadienne
1969 Low Amateur in LPGA Supertest Ladies’ Open
1967 Scottish Girls Open Stroke Play Championship
1971 New Zealand Ladies’ Best Ball Champion with Marilyn Palmer

Teams:

1970 World Amateur Team Championship
1971 Commonwealth Matches

National:

1965 and 1971 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion

Provincial:

Quebec Amateur Champion: 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971
Quebec Junior Champion: 1963, 1964, 1965
1971 Ontario Amateur Champion

Other Items of Note:

LPGA Treasurer: 1974-1975
Sponsorship Manager for Imperial Tobacco: 1981-1985
LPGA Board of Sponsors: 1986-1989
Vice-President LPGA Board of Sponsors: 1988-1989
Executive Director of du Maurier Ltd. Classic, and LPGA Major since 1980
created the du Maurier Ltd. Series

Awards:

Royal Order of Merit of Canada in 1973
1971 French Canadian Athlete of the Year
1972 Canadian Female Athlete of the Year
Selected as Golf Personality of the Year 1972 by Golf Canada
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 1972 (and voted Tour’s most colourful player)
Inducted to Quebec Sports Hall of Fame in 1992
La Presse Personality of the week, Sept 3, 1995
Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 1995

Resources:

Jocelyne Bourassa Wikipedia Profile

Photos of Jocelyne Bourassa from our collection.

Gordon Brydson

Inducted in 1982

Category: Professional / Builder

Born: 1907

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario

Died: 2001

Club Affiliations: Mississaugua Golf and Country Club

An all-round athlete, Gordie Brydson played hockey for the Toronto Maple Leafs and football for the Toronto Argonauts before focusing his energies on his professional golf career. In his 40 years association with the Mississaugua Golf Club, Brydson won every significant professional championship in Canada, including the CPGA Championship (1944,1948), the Millar Trophy (1937,1953), The Ontario Open (1930,1944), the Quebec Open (1941), and the CPGA Seniors Championship (1961). He was also runner-up in the 1954 Canadian Open.

National:

1935, 1942, 1953 Millar Trophy Champion
1941, 1942, 1946, 1955, 1956 Rivermead Cup winner
1942, 1944, 1948 Canadian Professional Golfers Association Champion
1960 PGA of Canada Senior Men’s Champion

Provincial:

1930, 1944 Ontario Open Champion
1941 Quebec Open Champion
1962 – 1965 Ontario Seniors PGA Champion
1938, 1941, 1946, 1950 Runner-up in the Ontario Open

Other Items of Note:

Started his golf career as assistant to George Cumming at The Toronto Golf Club.

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000

Photos of Gordon Brydson from our collection

Resources:

Gordon Brydson Mississaugua Golf & Country Club History

Donald Day Carrick

Inducted in 1997

Category: Amateur Player

Born: September 18, 1906

Place of Birth: Thunder Bay, Ontario

Death: 1997

Sports writer Lou Caz has said, “If you look up the word amateur in the dictionary, you will find Donald Carrick’s name.” A two time Canadian Amateur Champion, Carrick also won the US Western Junior Boy’s Championship, two Ontario amateur titles and played for Canada against the British Walker Cup team before retiring from championship golf in 1933 to focus on his family and law practice. Beyond his golf record, Carrick competed in the boxing segment of the 1928 Olympics as well as played varsity football and hockey. Voted runner-up to Lionel Connacher for Male Athlete of the Half Century, Carrick also received the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E) for his service in the Royal Artillery during WWII.

International:

1924 U.S. Western Junior Boys’ Champion
Low Amateur Qualifying Round, Western Open – 1924
Western Amateur Championship Runner-up – 1926

National:

1925, 1927 Canadian Amateur Champion
Low Amateur Canadian Open – 1927
Member of Canadian team vs. 1st Walker Cup team (1924)
Member of 1st Canadian Team to Britain – 1935

Provincial:

1923 Ontario Junior Boys’ champion
1926, 1933 Ontario Men’s Amateur champion
1934 G.S. Lyon Team champion

Teams:

Ontario Team Interprovincial Championship – 1930

Other Items of Note:

Defeated Sandy Somerville in 5 of 7 meets between 1925 – 1927
Competed in a number of exhibitions with the likes of Walter Hagen
Federal M.P. for Trinity, Toronto Constituency
3-time Intercollegiate Boxing Champion
Canadian Light-heavyweight division
Amateur Boxing Champion
5th place Boxing, light-heavy weight division, Olympic Games, Amsterdam
Runner-up to Lionel Connacher for Canada’s Male Athlete of the Half Century
Undefeated in meets with West Point and U.S. Naval Academy
All-star Hockey Defence man with Toronto Varsity Blues

Awards:

Order of the British Empire 1946
Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000
Inducted to University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame

Dawn Coe-Jones

Inducted in 2003

Category: Player – Professional

Born: October 19, 1960

Place of Birth: Campbell River, BC

Death: 2016

Native of Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Dawn Coe-Jones has been instrumental in establishing Canadian women on the LPGA Tour. Her career began with capturing the BC Junior in 1978 and 1979. She went on to Win two provincial amateurs en route to capturing the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1983. An NCAA All American at Lamar University, Dawn qualified for the LPGA Tour in 1984. In 1992 she captured the Women’s Kemper Open, the first of three official LPGA victories. Although a resident of Florida now, Dawn sponsors a junior golf tournament at her home course of March Meadows on Vancouver Island each year.

International:

1983 NCAA All-American
1992 Women’s Kemper Open
1994 LPGA Palm Beach Classic
1995 Tournament of Champions
1992 Pizza-La LPGA Matchplay Championship (Unofficial)

National:

1983 Canadian Amateur Champion

Provincial:

1978 and 1979 British Columbia Junior Champion
1982 and1983 British Columbia Amateur Champion

Awards:

Score Award Recipient for Outstanding Canadian Female Amateur – 1983
Score Award Recipient for Outstanding Canadian Female Professional – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Resources:

Photos of Dawn Coe-Jones from our collection

Graham Cooke

Inducted in 2010

Category: Amateur Player

Born: September 11, 1946

Place of Birth: Belleville, Ontario

Graduated from Michigan State University in Landscape Architecture and is enjoying a long, renowned career designing courses, primarily across Canada, with other works in the U.S., Italy, Finland and India.

National:

1979, 2001 Canadian Amateur Championship – Runner-up
1987, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 – 2002 Canadian Mid-Amateur Champion
2001, 2002, 2008, 2009 Canadian Senior Champion
2004 – 2007 Canadian Senior Championship – Runner-up

Provincial:

1965 Ontario Junior Champion
1981, 1984, 1993, 1996 Quebec Amateur Champion
Five-time Champion: Duke of Kent (Quebec regional tournament)
Four-time Champion: Alexander of Tunis (Quebec regional tournament)
2001 Winner of Golf Quebec’s inaugural “Graham Cooke Cup”
2006, 2008 Quebec Senior Amateur Champion
Twenty-Seven Quebec Willingdon Cup appearances

Other Items of Note:

Seven Canadian National Team Appearances
Nations Cup Championship: Paris, France (1976)
World Pairs Championship: Bogata, Columbia (1977)
King’s Invitation Championship: Rabat. Morocco (1978)
World Team Championship: Pinehurst, U.S.A. (1980)
World Team Championship: Stockholm, Sweden (1988)
World Team Championship: Vancouver, Canada (1992)
Pacific Rim Championship: Kelowna, Canada (1993)
Runner-up at the British Senior Amateur Championship in 2007 & 2009
1969 Big Ten Champions with Michigan State University
1971 NCAA All-American with Michigan State University
Worked closely with Golf Quebec in course rating systems
Past R.C.G.A. Governor
Designed more than 75 golf courses in Canada and internationally

Awards:

Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 2008

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2012

Resources:

Photos of Graham Cooke from our collection

Geoffrey Cornish

Inducted in 1996

Category: Builder – Golf Architect

Born: August 6, 1914

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Death: 2012

Geoffrey Cornish, one of the legendary Stanley Thompson’s protégés, fashioned a career in golf course architecture that would rank him as one of the best that Canada has ever produced. With a career that included more than 200 golf course designs or remodellings, Cornish turned his attention towards chronicling the history of his field. He collaborated with Ronald Whitten on The Golf Course and The Architects of Golf, two internationally-acclaimed books on golf course architecture.

Publications:

Co-Authored The Golf Course (1981) and The Architects of Golf (1992)
Both of these books are ground breaking research materials on the architects of golf around the world.
Golf Course Design with Robert Muir Grave. 1998, John Wiley and Sons. Standard textbook at college level.
Eighteen Stakes on a Sunday Afternoon. 2002, Grant Books (U.K.)
Classic Golf Design. 2002, John Wiley and Sons
Golf Course Design: An Annotated Bibliography and Highlights of its History, with Dr. Michael Hurdzan, ASGCA. Grant Books (U.K.), Publication Pending (Late 2005)

Other items of note:

Major in the Canadian Army 1940 – 1945, served in Europe
1975-1976 President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects
Designed some 200 courses
Operated three architecture Firms: Cornish; Cornish and Robinson; Cornish, Silva and Mungeam

Awards:

1981 GCSAA Distinguished Service Award
1982 ASGCA Donald Ross Award
1984 N.G.F. Outstanding Service Award
1991 Metropolitan New York GCSAA John Reid Lifetime Achievement Award
1992 Canadian GCSA John Steel Award
1996 Golf Course Builders Association of America Don Rossi Humanitarian Award
1996 Silver Medal of the British Institute of Golf Course Architects
2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Massachusetts
Distinguished Service Award of the US National Golf Foundation

Gary Cowan

Inducted in 1972

Category: Amateur Player

Born: October 28, 1938

There are very few accomplishments in amateur golf that have eluded Gary Cowan. His record includes one Canadian Amateur Championship, two U.S. Amateur Championships, low amateur at the Canadian Open and the Master Tournament, and medalist at the World Amateur Team Championship. In international play, he was a fierce competitor, representing Canada nineteen times in tournaments from Brazil to Japan.

International:

1966 United States Amateur Champion
1971 United States Amateur Champion
1964 Low Amateur in Masters
1971 North and South Men’s Amateur Champion

Teams:

1960 World Amateur Golf Canadian Team Member
1962 World Amateur Golf Canadian Team Member (2nd place)
1962 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Individual Title
1964 World Amateur Golf Canadian Team Member (2nd place)
1965 America’s Cup Canadian Team Member (Winning Team)
1971 New Zealand Centennial Trophy Tournament Canadian Team Member (Winning Team)
1981 Simon Bolivar Trophy Tournament (winner with Doug Roxburgh)

National:

1956 Canadian Junior Boy’s Champion
1961 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion

Provincial:

Ontario Boy’s Junior Champion :1956
Ontario Men’s Amateur Champion: 1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984

Other Items of Note:

Low Medalist in the World Amateur Team Championships in 1962
Participated in 8 Masters from 1962-1973

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1967

Photos of Gary Cowan from our collection

Canadian Male Amateur of the 20th Century

Links:

George Cumming

Inducted in 1971

Category: Professional Golfer/Builder

Born: May 20, 1879

Place of Birth: Bridge of Weir Scotland

Death: 1950

Considered the “Dean of Canadian Professional Golfers”, George Cumming’s teachings as proprietor of the Toronto Golf Club’s golf shop launched the career of many of Canada’s most revered golfers. Not only did this transplanted Scot win the Canadian Open in 1905, but three of his assistants won the championship in the following years – Charlie and Albert Murray and Karl Keffer. Cumming was Head Professional of the Toronto Golf Club over his entire career in Canada (1900 – 1950).

National:

1905 Canadian Open Champion
1914 Canadian Professional Golfers Association Champion

Other Items of Note:

At the time of his death, he was Vice-President of the PGA of Canada
Known as “The Dean of Canadian Professional Golfers”
1906, 1907, 1909, 1914 Canadian Open Runner-up
1912, 1919, 1924 Runner-Up PGA of Canada Championship

Awards:

Photos of George Cumming from the collection

Resources:

Marion Doherty

Inducted in 1981

Category: Builder

Born: September 11, 1911

Died: 1986

Marion Doherty’s contribution to golf in Canada is not measured in trophies, titles, or prize money. Her 42 years with the Royal Canadian Golf Association saw her move through the ranks from administrative positions to secretary-treasurer of the sport’s national governing body.

Judy Darling Evans

Inducted in 2017

Category: Amateur Player

Born: October 6, 1937

During her stellar amateur career, Judy Darling Evans was a dominant force in Quebec and Canadian women’s amateur golf with a resume that includes three Quebec Junior Girls’ titles (1953, 1956 & 1957); six Quebec Women’s Amateur titles (1957-1961, 1972); a Quebec Women’s Senior title (1988); three Quebec interprovincial team titles; a Canadian Junior Girls title (1957) and a pair of Canadian Women’s Amateur victories (1960-61). She also represented Canada at the 1959 and 1963 Commonwealth Games and in 1998, her accomplishments were recognized with induction into the Quebec Golf Hall of Fame.

A product of a proud golfing family, she and her mother Dora are the only mother-daughter duo to have both won the Quebec Ladies Amateur Championship and the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.

National:

1957 Canadian Junior Girls Champion

1960 and 1961 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion

Provincial:

1953, 1956, 1957 Quebec Junior Girls Champion

1957-1961, 1972 Quebec Women’s Amateur Champion

1988 Quebec Women’s Senior Champion

Provincial Teams:

1956

1955, 1957-1961, 1968 Quebec Women’s Interprovincial

Teams:

1959 Commonwealth (with Marlene Streit, Roma Neundorf, Rae Milligan, Mary Gay)

1963 Commonwealth (with Marlene Streit, Rae Milligan, Betty Cole, Gayle Hitchens)

Awards:

Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 1998

Phillip Farley

Inducted in 1979

Category: Amateur Player

Born: March 12, 1912

Place of Birth: Toronto, ON

Died: April 10, 1974

Phil Farley was a dominant force on the Canadian golf scene for more than three decades as a player and capable administrator. He captured the Ontario Junior in 1930 on his way to an impressive record that saw him win the Ontario Amateur six times, the Ontario Open twice and finish as the low amateur five times in the Canadian Open. Runner-up in the Canadian Amateur on three occasions, Farley captured the National Senior Championship in 1968 and 1969. He was president of the OGA (now Golf Ontario) in 1949 and President of the RCGA (now Golf Canada) in 1967.

National:

Canadian Senior Men’s Golf Association Champion: 1967, 1972
Canadian Senior Men’s Amateur Champion 1968, 1969

Provincial:

1930 Ontario Junior Boys Champion
Ontario Amateur Champion: 1931, 1934, 1940, 1942-1946, 1948
Ontario Open Champion: 1942, 1945
1937 Quebec Amateur Champion
Won the George S. Lyon Team Championship on Scarboro Golf Club’s team: 1940-1942, 1944, 1950, 1953
Ontario Senior Champion: 1963-1964, 1966
Member of Ontario ‘s Willingdon Cup team twelve times
Member of Quebec ‘s Willingdon Cup team three times
Won the Ontario Best Ball Championship with Phil Brownlee

Other Items of Note:

Three-time semi finalist at Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship (1937, 1949, 1951)
President of the Ontario Golf Association in 1949
Canadian Open Low Amateur: 1931, 1934, 1937-1938, 1941
From 1950 to time of his death he was a member of the RCGA Board of Governors
President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1967

Awards:

Photos of Phil Farley from our collection

Resources:

Pat Fletcher

Inducted in 1976

Category: Professional Player

Born: June 18, 1916

Died: July 20, 1985

Pat Fletcher, longtime professional at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, was the last Canadian to win the Canadian Open. His victory in 1954 at Vancouver’s Point Grey Golf and Country Club came on the heels of his CPGA Championship win in 1952 and three Saskatchewan Open victories in 1947, 1948 and 1951. Fletcher spent a decade as head professional at Saskatchewan Golf and Country Club before moving to Royal Montreal in 1956. He held the position of president of the PGA of Canada from 1962 through 1965.

National:

1952 PGA Championship of Canada Champion
1954 Canadian Open Champion

Provincial:

Saskatchewan Open Champion: 1947-1948, 1951
Quebec Spring Open Champion: 1956-1957

Other Items of Note:

President of the Canadian Professional Golfers’ Association (1962 to 1965 inclusive) during which time he made many significant contributions to the progress of the CPGA.

Awards:

Inducted to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1974

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1975

Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 1998

Inducted to Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 2007

Inducted to the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame in 2010

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2017

Bruce R. Forbes

Inducted in 1987

Category: Builder

Born: April 18, 1922

Place of Birth: Brantford, ON

Death: October 5, 2001

Bruce Forbes dedicated more than 50 years of his life to administering and improving the game of golf in Canada. Elected President of RCGA (now Golf Canada) in 1965 and hired as its executive director in 1970, Forbes guided the Association through some of its most important years. Not only did this great ambassador of golf captain some of Canada’s most successful international teams; he also forged a new sponsorship direction for the Canadian Open and oversaw the RCGA’s move to Glen Abbey.

1956-1961: Director of the Ontario Golf Association
1960: Non-playing captain World Amateur Team Championships.
1960: Chairman of the RCGA National Tournaments Committee
1962: President of the Ontario Golf Association
1963: Commonwealth Trophy Tournament
1968: Elected an Honorary Lifetime Governor of the Ontario Golf Association
1958-1964: Governor with the Royal Canadian Golf Association
1965: President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association
1965: Non-playing captain Americas Golf Cup Matches (1st place)
1966-1969: An Honorary Governor with the Royal Canadian Golf Association
1970-1978: Executive Director of the Royal Canadian Golf Association
1971: Non-playing captain New Zealand Golf Centennial Championship
1972: Non-playing captain World Amateur Team Championships.
1974: Non-playing captain World Amateur Team Championships.
1975: Non-playing captain Commonwealth Trophy Tournament
1975: Non-playing captain Humberto de Almedia Cup
1976: Non-playing captain World Amateur Team Championships.
1977: Non-playing captain International Team Matches for the Nations’ Cup
1978: Elected an Honorary Lifetime Governor of the Royal Canadian Golf Association

Awards: Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000

Resources: Photos of Bruce Forbes from our collection.

Brent Franklin

Inducted in 2010

Category: Player (Amateur and Professional)

Born: December 16, 1965

Place of Birth: Barrie, Ontario

Success on the golf course came early for Brent Franklin who captured a number of Canada’s premiere golf championships over a six-year span. In 1983 and 1984, Franklin won the Canadian Junior title. These victories would bring Franklin’s talent to the forefront, eventually prompting Brigham Young University to recruit Franklin for their golf team. Over the next three years, Franklin would tie George S. Lyon as the only competitors to win three consecutive Canadian Amateur Championships. He would also represent Canada on the winning 1986 World Amateur Team with teammates Warren Sye, Jack Kay Jr. and Mark Brewer. In 1988 – his first year as a professional – Franklin would win the Canadian PGA Championship, defeating veteran tour pro Dave Barr. The following year, Franklin would also win the Blue Light Pro-Am. After being struck by a car while jogging in 1990, Franklin continued to play on the Japanese Tour, however, his success on the course would end as he tried to work his way back from the accident. Although Franklin has retired from competitive golf, his love for the game has brought him to coaching at the University of Colorado.

International Victories:

1986 World Amateur Team Champions (Teammates included Warren Sye, Jack Kay Jr., and Mark Brewer)

National Victories:

1983 – 1984 Canadian Junior Champion
1985 – 1987 Canadian Amateur Champion
1988 PGA of Canada Champion

Provincial Victories:

1983 – 1984 British Columbia Junior Boys Champion
1983 Vancouver and District Junior Champion
1993 Vancouver Match Play Champion
1985 Alberta Amateur Champion

Other Items of Note:

1986 Fresno State Pepsi Golf Classic Champion
NCAA All-American with Brigham Young University
Numerous top-10 finishes between 1991 and 1996 on the Japanese Tour

Awards:

1984 British Columbia Junior Athlete-of-the-Year

SCORE Award for Top Male Junior Golfer: 1983 and 1984

1988 Canadian Tour Rookie-of-the-Year

1987 SCORE Award for Top Male Amateur Golfer

Inducted to Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2017

Alexa Stirling Fraser

Inducted 1986

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: 1897

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia

Death: 1976, Ottawa

An American by birth, and a close friend of the legendary Bobby Jones, Alexa married an Ottawa doctor and moved to Canada in 1924. Already an accomplished amateur golfer south of the border, with wins at the 1916, 1919 and 1920 US Women’s Championships, Fraser also captured the Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Championship in 1920 and 1934.

International:

1916, 1919, 1920 United States Ladies’ Amateur Champion
1921, 1922, 1925 United States Ladies’ Amateur Runner-up

National:

1920, 1934 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
1921, 1925 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Runner-up

Other Items of Note:

Grew up with Bobby Jones, studied under same teacher and often played with him.

Awards:

Inducted to Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1989

Resources:

Photos of Alexa from the collection.

The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum is home to the Alexa Stirling Fraser Fonds.

Gail Graham

Inducted in 2017

Category: Builder/Player

Achievements:

Provincial:

1982 Manitoba Junior Girls Champion

1983 and 1985 Manitoba Women’s Amateur Champion

Provincial Team:

1980-1982 Manitoba Junior Interprovincial

1983-1987 Manitoba Women’s Interprovincial

National:

1988 PGA of Canada Women’s Champion*

Teams:

1986 World Amateur Championship (with Judy Medlicott, Marilyn O’Connor)

1987 Commonwealth (winning team with Jennifer Wyatt, Cathy Burton, Judy Medlicott, Audrey Bendick)

1999-2000 Nations Cup Team*

2009-2013 Handa Cup World Team*

International:

1988 Manhattan Futures Classic Champion* (Futures Tour)

1995 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic Champion* (LPGA)

1997 Alpine Australian Ladies Masters Champion* (LPGA)

2016 Wendy’s Charity Classic* (Legends Tour)

(* Denotes professional)

Other items of note:

Served on LPGA Executive Committee 1994-1997, 1999-2002

Served as LPGA Committee President 2001-2002

President LPGA Tournament Owners Association 2007-2013

Board member Legends Tour 2016-Present

Awards:

1986 NCAA All-American (Lamar University)

2002 William and Mousie Powell Award

Inducted to Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2008

Inducted to British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame 2009

Resources:

Wednesdays With Gail Graham

Richard H. Grimm

Inducted in 1993

Category: Builder

Born: April 29, 1923

Deceased: 2014

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Dick Grimm was affectionately known as “Mr. Canadian Open” during his involvement with our national professional championship that lasted from 1965 to 1993. Masterfully coordinating the skills of salesman, promoter, official and fan, Grimm put his heart and soul into making the Canadian Open the great event it is today.

Additional Highlights:

1965 Chairman of the Canadian Open for Mississaugua Golf Club
RCGA Canadian Open Chairman: 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
1974 President of the RCGA
1969 – 1974 RCGA Governor
1975 – present RCGA Honorary Life Governor
Director of Professional Tournaments for the RCGA: 1983 – 1993
Commissioner of the Canadian Tour: 1993 – 1997

Other items of note:

The Golf Journalists Association of Canada awards the Dick Grimm Award yearly to those who have made a significant lifetime contribution to Canadian golf

Awards:

Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000

Resources:

Photos of Dick Grimm from our collection.

Daniel Albert Halldorson

Inducted in 2002

Category: Professional Golfer

Born: April 2, 1952

Deceased: 2015

Manitoba’s Dan Halldorson has been one of Canada’s most consistent figures in professional golf since the 1970s. Most notably Canada’s only team member with two World Cup victories – the 1980 title with Jim Nelford and the 1985 title with Dave barr. Dan also won two PGA Tour events, seven Canadian Tour events and isn’t finished racking up the titles yet. Earning a total of more than $1 million on the PGA Tour, he was also named Canada’s professional golfer of the year in 1981 and 1983.

International:

1980 World Cup Champion* (with Jim Nelford)
1980 Pensacola Open Champion* (PGA Tour)
1985 World Cup Champion* (with Dave Barr)
1986 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Champion* (PGA Tour)
1982 Colorado Open*

National:

1986 PGA of Canada Championship*
1976, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1994 Rivermead Cup winner (Low Professional Canadian at Canadian Open)

Provincial:

1970 Manitoba Junior Boys Championship
1971 Manitoba PGA Championship*
1977 Saskatchewan Open*
1977-78, 1983-84 Manitoba*
1980 Quebec Open*

Teams:

1976 World Cup* (with George Knudson)
1978 World Cup* (with Dave Barr)
1979 World Cup* (with Jim Nelford)
1982 World Cup* (with Dave Barr)
1991 World Cup* (with Dave Barr)

(* Notes professional victories)

Other Items of Note:

28 top 10 finishes on PGA Tour

Awards:

1981 and 1983 SCORE Magazine Male Playing Professional of the Year

1983 Canadian Tour Order of Merit

Inducted to Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2003

Florence Harvey

Inducted in 1972

Category: Amateur Golfer/Builder

Born: 1878

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario

Died: 1968

A staunch advocate of women’s golf, Florence Harvey founded and held the position of Secretary of the Canadian Ladies Golf Union (now the Canadian Ladies’ Golf Association). One of the top players of her day, Harvey won the 1903 and 1904 Canadian Ladies’ championship, while capturing the Ontario Ladies Championship on four occasions.

International:

1910 Semi-Finalist in the Ladies’ Championship

National:

1903: Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion
1904: Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion
1911 and 1913: runner-up for the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship

Provincial:

1904, 1906, 1913, 1914 Ontario Women’s Amateur Champion

Other items of note:

Founded the Canadian Ladies’ Golf Union (Canadian Ladies Golf Association) and served as its first secretary
During World War I, Miss Harvey helped women golfers of to raise enough money to purchase an ambulance for use in Serbia

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2006

Inducted to Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2012

Mary Ann Hayward

Inducted in 2007

Category: Amateur Golfer

Date of Birth: March 10, 1960

Place of Birth: Lachine, PQ

Throughout her illustrious playing career, Mary Ann Hayward has distinguished herself as one of North America’s top female amateur golfers. Among her many accomplishments, the native of Lachine, Que. is a four-time Canadian Amateur Champion, a six-time winner of the Quebec Amateur Championship, a five-time Ontario Amateur champion and a fourteen-time winner of the Ontario Mid-Amateur Championship. She has been a member of countless inter-provincial teams for Quebec and Ontario and in 2005, Hayward became the first Canadian to win the US Mid-Amateur title. At the international level, Mary Ann has represented Canada eight times at the World Amateur Championship and four times at the Commonwealth Matches.

International:

United States Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion 2005
United States Senior Women’s Mid-Am Medalist – 2015
United States Women’s Mid-Am Medalist – 1998
US Senior Women’s Amateur Semi-Finalist 2010
North and South Senior Women’s Champion 2017
Eight-time member of the Canadian Team to the World Amateur Championship
Five-time member of the Canadian Team to the Commonwealth Matches

National:

Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion – 1993, 1996, 1999, 2004
Canadian Women’s Senior Champion – 2010, 2011, 2013
Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion – 2008

Interprovincial Teams:

Twelve-time member of the Quebec Amateur Team
Ten-time member of the Ontario Amateur Team
Eight-time member of the Ontario Senior Team

Provincial:

Ontario Women’s Amateur Champion – 1983, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997
Quebec Women’s Amateur Championship – 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999
Ontario Women’s Match Play Championship – 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008
Ontario Women’s Mid-Am Championship – 1990, 1994-1999, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008
Quebec Women’s Mid-Am Champion – 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017
Ontario Women’s Senior Champion – 2010, 2012-2014, 2018

Other Items of Note:

Low amateur 1995 du Maurier Classic
Academic All American for Florida International University 1983
Holds Ontario Record for most wins in a provincial championship

Awards:

SCORE Award for Top Female Amateur Golfer – 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2005

Inducted to Lachine Sports Hall of Fame in 1995

Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 2011

Resources:

Photos of Mary Ann Hayward from our collection.

Wilfred Homenuik

Inducted in 2005

Category: Player (Amateur & Professional)

Inducted: 2005

Born: December 30, 1935

Place of Birth: Kamsack, Saskatchewan

Club Affiliations: Oakdale G&CC; Cherry Downs G&CC; Highlands G&CC; Bel Acres G&CC; Glendale G&CC; Elmhurst G&CC

Born in Kamsack, SK , Wilf Homenuik was one of seven brothers, all of whom took to the links at one time or another. The level of internal competition might have added to his success – but whatever the root, his record speaks for itself. Eight international professional titles, 2 Canadian Professional Golfer Association (CPGA) championships, 2 CPGA Match Play Championships for the Millar Trophy and eleven provincial titles mark the career of this committed golfer. This well beloved teacher also played for Canada at the World Cup in 1965, 1971 and 1974 with such well known Canadian’s as George Knudson, Ben Kern and Moe Norman.

International Record:

1965 Peru Open (South American Tour)
1966 Panama Open (Caribbean Tour)
1968 Grand Bahamas Open (Caribbean Tour)
1971 Lima Open (South American Tour)
1971 Shreveport Open
1972 West Palm Beach Open
1973 Lake Michigan Classic
1978 Lake Worth Open

Member of the World Cup Team:

1965 with George Knudson (Tied 4th)
1971 with Moe Norman (8th)
1974 with Ben Kern (12th)

National:

1965 and 1971 PGA of Canada Champion
1967 and 1968 CPGA Match Play for the Millar Trophy Champion

Provincial:

1953 Saskatchewan Amateur Champion
1954 Saskatchewan Junior Boys Champion
1956, 1957 Manitoba Amateur Champion
1961, 1965 Alberta Open Champion
1961, 1972 Manitoba Open Champion
1990 PGA of Ontario Senior Champion

Teams:

1953 Willingdon Team member for Saskatchewan
1956 Willingdon Team member for Manitoba
1957 Willingdon Team member for Manitoba

Other items of note:

1960 McNaughton Brooks Bursary Recipient: 1960, 1963, 1965

Awards:

Inducted to Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame in 1998

Inducted to the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2005

World Golf Hall of Fame Profile
About.com Profile
Google News Archives

Resources:

Photos of Wilf Homenuik from our collection.

Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe

Inducted in 1991

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: 1883

Place of Birth: Troon, Scotland

Died: 1946

A champion golfer before emigrating to Canada from Scotland in 1910, Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe took numerous Scottish and British Championships. In 1910, she became the first person to capture three national titles; the Canadian, U.S. and British championships. Between 1910 and 1912, she won three straight Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Championships. In 1912, she married and moved to the United States and again won the U.S. Ladies’ Amateur in 1924 at the age of 41. Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe is considered one of the most successful woman golfers of the first quarter of the 20th century.

International:

1909, 1911 British Ladies Champion
1909, 1910, 1924 United States Women’s Champion

National:

1910 – 1912 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion

Other Items of Note:

Member of the World Golf Hall of Fame

Other Links relating to Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe:

Jules Huot

Inducted in 1977

Category: Professional Golfer

Born: January 7, 1908

Died: February 2, 1999

Club Affiliations: Professional at Lake St. Joseph Golf Club in 1926; Course Superintendent at Kent Golf Club 1927-1929; Professional at Kent Golf Club 1930-1944; Professional at Le Club Laval-sur-le-lac 1945 to 1970.

The finest of all Quebec golf professionals, Jules Huot’s victory at the 1937 General Brock Open marked the first time a Canadian professional had won a PGA tournament. Known as “ le petit Jules” in Quebec, this diminutive player captured the CPGA Championship and the Quebec Open three times, won five Quebec PGA Championships and finished as low Canadian professional at the Canadian Open on two occasions.

International:

1937 General Brock Open Tournament

Teams:

1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 Played against in Hopkins Trophy Matches
1954 Canada Cup (now World Cup) Team

National:

PGA of Canada Champion: 1934, 1939, 1946
Low Canadian Professional in the Canadian Open: 1931, 1935
Low Canadian in Labatt Open: 1953-1954

Provincial:

Quebec Open Golf Champion: 1934, 1945, 1958
Quebec Spring Open Champion:1932, 1935, 1951, 1952
Quebec PGA Champion: 1946-1947
1955 Ontario Open Championship
Quebec PGA Champion: 1955, 1958, 1959

Other items of note:

Writer and publisher of a golf book entitled “Le Golf” now third edition.
In recognition of his loyal services as professional, he was named Honorary Life Member by Le Club Laval.

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1978

Inducted to Quebec Sports Hall of Fame in 1996

Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2006

Resources:

Photos of Jules Huot from our collection.

Lorie Kane, C.M.

Inducted in 2015

Category: Professional Player

Lorie Kane started playing the game of golf at the age of five. As her interest and talent grew, she came under the tutelage of Canadian Golf Hall of Fame honoured member Jack McLaughlin.

Provincially, she won the P.E.I. Junior Girls Championship twice and was the P.E.I. Women’s Amateur Champion nine times between 1983 and 1992. Her extraordinary amateur career saw her represent Canada on several occasions including representing Canada in the first-ever golf competition at the Pan Am Games in 2015.

Kane turned professional in 1993 and three years later earned exempt status on the LPGA Tour. In 2000, Kane captured her first professional win at the Michelob Light Classic in St. Louis and also won three more times on the LPGA Tour that same year. Since joining The Legends Tour, Kane has claimed four victories. Nationally, she captured the Canadian PGA Women’s Championship from 1996-1999 and again in 2001.

Throughout her career, Kane established herself as one of the most popular LPGA Tour players with players and spectators. Her accomplishments garnered her the Heather Farr Player Award in 1998 and the Mousie Powell Award in 2000. In 2006, Kane was presented with the Order of Canada.

Provincial:

1982, 1983 Prince Edward Island Junior Girls Champion

1983-1985, 1987-1992 Prince Edward Island Women’s Amateur Champion

National:

1996-1999, 2001 PGA of Canada Women’s Champion

International:

1991 Mexican Amateur Champion

1991 Commonwealth Team member

1992 Canadian World Amateur Team member

2005, 2006, 2008 Represented Canada in the World Cup

2015 Pan-Am Games

LPGA:

2000 Michelob Light Classic

2000 New Albany Golf Classic

2000 Mizuno Classic

2001 LPGA Takefuji Classic

Legends Tour (LPGA):

2011 Wendy’s Charity Challenge

2013 The Legends Championship

2016 Self-Regional Women’s Health Classic

2016 Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial

Other items of note:

14 runner-up finishes on the LPGA Tour
Founded the Lorie Kane Charity Golf Classic benefiting charities in Prince Edward Island

Awards:

1998 Heather Farr Award (LPGA)

2000 LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award (LPGA)

Inducted to PEI Sports Hall of Fame in 2014

Inducted to PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2017

Resources:

Photos of Lorie Kane from our collection.

Karl Keffer

Inducted in 1986

Category: Professional Golfer

Born: March 1, 1882

Place of Birth: Tottenham, Ontario

Death: October 22, 1955

Golf Course Affiliation: Professional of the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, 1911-1945.

Karl Keffer, winner of the Canadian Open in 1909 and 1914, was the first Canadian-born golfer to win our national championship. He was a founding member of the CPGA (now PGA of Canada) and held the positions of Secretary-Treasurer, Captain and President over his 29-year involvement with the association.

National:

1909, 1914 Canadian Open Champion
1919 Canadian Open Runner-up

Provincial:

1926 Quebec Open Champion
1919 Manitoba Open Champion

Other Items of Note:

Karl Keffer was a founding member of the PGA of Canada in 1911, its Honorary Secretary-Treasurer from 1914 to 1928, Captain from 1934 to 1937 and President from 1938 to 1940.
Keffer is the first Canadian-born golfer ever to have won the Canadian Open.

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2004

Resources:

Click here to access photographs of Karl Keffer

Bernardo Andre Kern

Inducted in 2010

Category: Builder

Born: August 11, 1946

Place of Birth: Rolandia, Brazil

Died: October 14, 2002

International:

1972 New Mexico Open Champion
1974 New Mexico PGA Champion

Provincial:

1968 Ontario Men’s Champion
1979 Ontario PGA Champion

Teaching Achievements:

Coordinated completion of the Canadian PGA Teaching Certification Program
Inititated and chaired Canada’s first Teaching and Coaching Symposium
Instruction Editor “SCOREGolf Magazine” 1988-1998
Instruction Editor “SCOREGolf World” 1988-1989
Co-authored Future Links junior golf program

Other Items of Note:

Invented the “Accuform Rake” used at all TPC Clubs, PGA Tour events, and many of the top courses in the world
Represented Ontario in the Junior Interprovincial Matches and Willingdon Cup
1968/1969 First Team All-American with New Mexico State University

Awards:

1985 Ontario PGA Professional of the Year

Inducted to Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 1987

1991 PGA of Canada Professional of the Year

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1969

George Knudson

Inducted in 1986

Category: Professional Golfer

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Death: January 1989

George Knudson, who possessed one of the finest golf swings of all time, was one of Canada’s top PGA Tour professionals, winning eight tournaments in his 11-year career, more than any other Canadian before or since. At home, Knudson captured the CPGA Championship five times and was low Canadian professional at the Canadian Open on five other occasions.

International:

1961 Coral Gables Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1963 Portland Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1964 Fresno Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1967 New Orleans Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1968 Phoenix Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1968 Tucson Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1972 Robinson Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1972 Kaiser International Open Champion (PGA Tour)
1966 Low Individual World Cup in Spain
1968 Won the World Cup with Al Balding

National:

Low Canadian professional in the Canadian Open: 1963, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977
PGA of Canada Champion: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977
1966 Winner of the Millar Trophy
1955 Canadian Junior Champion

Provincial:

1954 Manitoba Junior Champion
1955 Manitoba Junior Champion

Other Items of Note:

Won 8 events from 1962 to 1972, tying Mike Weir as the Canadian with the most PGA Tour victories.

Awards:

William Lamb

Inducted in 1985

Category: Professional Golfer

Born: December 15, 1902

Place of Birth: Montrose, Angus, Scotland

Died: January 28, 1969

Willie Lamb, another of George Cumming’s successful assistants at Toronto Golf Club, won five CPGA Championships between 1928 and 1935. A player of immense concentration and few words, Lamb also won the Ontario Open once and captured the Quebec Open three times. Lamb served as professional at Uplands and Lambton Golf Club.

National:

1930 Winner of the Millar Trophy
Canadian Professional Golfers Association Champion: 1928-1930, 1933, 1935

Provincial:

1932 Ontario Open Champion
1931 – 1933 Quebec Open Champion

Other Items of Note:

Willie Lamb was Captain of the CPGA in 1929 and President in Ontario in 1948, 1949, 1950

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1964

Resources:

Photos of Willie Lamb from our collection.

Stan Leonard

Inducted in 1972

Category: Golfer, professional

Born: February 2, 1915

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia

Death: December 15, 2005

Tackling professional golf with the same intensity of his amateur days, Stan Leonard’s win at the 1940 PGA of Canada Championship was the first for a golfer from outside central Canada in nearly two decades. Leonard would capture seven more PGA of Canada titles and win the PGA Tour’s Western Open, Greater Greensboro Open and Tournament of Champions.

International:

1931 Low amateur Winner of Northwest Open
1957 Greater Greensboro Open Champion
1958 Tournament of Champions
1960 Western Open Champion
1952 Northwest Open Champion

National:

1960 Canadian Match Play Open Champion
1956 Canadian Professional Golfers Match Play Champion (now PGA of Canada)
Canadian Professional Golfers’ Champion (now PGA of Canada): 1940-1941, 1950-1951, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961
Low Canadian professional at the Canadian Open, Rivermead Cup winner: 1945, 1950-1952, 1955, 1958-1960

Provincial:

British Columbia Amateur Champion: 1932, 1935
British Columbia Open Champion: 1947, 1949-1950, 1954, 1961
Alberta Open Champion: 1937, 1939, 1941-1943, 1947, 1949-1950, 1955
Saskatchewan Open Champion: 1950, 1955
1955 Tied for first place in Labatt Open, but lost in an extra hole playoff
1945 Runner-up in Alberta Open

Other items of note:

Member of Canadian Hopkins Trophy team six times.
Member of Canada Cup team nine times
Member of British Columbia Willingdon Cup team six times.
Leonard was posthumously awarded the BC PGA’s Lifetime Award on October 11, 2006.
Stan Leonard won a total of forty-four tournaments during his career.

Awards:

Inducted to BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2001

See Marlene interviewed in the 1956 clip on the CBC Archives Website.

Resources:

Photos of Stan Leonard from our collection.

Marlene Streit

Inducted in 1971

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: March 9, 1934

Place of Birth: Cereal, Alberta

Graduated: B.A. Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida 1956 (Bus. Ad.)

One of the most revered and recognized female golfers in Canada and around the world, Marlene Stewart Streit personifies the dedication and determination of Canadian golfers. Streit is the only player to have won the Canadian, U.S., British and Australian Amateur Championships. She is an inspiration to many of Canada’s top young female amateur golfers.

Among her many accomplishments are 11 Canadian Ladies Open Amateur Championships, 9 Canadian Ladies Close Amateur Championships, 4 Canadian Ladies Senior Amateur Championships on September 11, 2003 when Marlene won her third USGA Senior Championship she also became the oldest USGA Champion. She also holds a USGA record for the longest final match in the 1966 USGA Amateur losing to JoAnne Gunderson Carner. (41 holes)

Marlene started caddying in 1947 and playing competitive golf in 1949 at the Lookout Point Country Club in Fonthill, Ontario. She was taught to play golf with sound basics and coached her entire career by Gordon McInnis Sr., golf professional at Lookout Point Country Club. Marlene went on to win 30 national or international amateur championships, with at least one championship in 6 different decades from 1951 – 2003 on 3 different continents: North America (Canada – 24; United States – 4; Great Britain – 1; Australia – 1)

International:

1953 British Ladies’ Amateur Champion (Royal Porthcawl GC, Porthcawl, Wales). Semi-finalist in 1954.
1956 United States Women’s Amateur Champion (Meridian Hills GCC, Indianapolis, Indiana) – (runner-up in 1966)
1963 Australian Women’s Amateur Champion (Royal Sydney GC)
1985 United States Senior Women’s Amateur Champion (Sheraton Savannah Resort, Georgia)
1994 United States Senior Women’s Amateur Champion (Seaside Course, Sea Island, Georgia)
2003 United States Senior Women’s Amateur Champion (Barton Creek Resort, Texas) – (runner-up 5 times 1986,1988, 1990, 1995, 1996)

Other International Championships of Note:

1956 and 1974 Women’s North/South Champion (Pinehurst, North Carolina)
1956 South Women’s Intercollegiate Champion (currently NCAA Championship)
1959, 1960, 1961 and 1965 Helen Lee Doherty Champion (Coral Ridge CC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
1959 Daks Ladies’ International Champion (Wentworth, England)
1987, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002 Ione D. Jones/Doherty Senior Champion (Coral Ridge CC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida). Runner-up 2003
1953, 1958, 1959, 1963 and 1965 National Mixed Foursomes Champion (Florida, USA)
1956 and 2003 Women’s International Four-Ball Champion (1956 partner, Anne Casey Johnston and 2003 partner, Carol Semple Thompson) (Orangebrook GC, Hollywood, Florida)

International Teams:

1953 England – Formby GC, Canadian Ladies Golf Union International Team to Great Britain (first team to travel overseas after the war, forerunner to Commonwealth Tournament) (Team 2nd)

Commonwealth Team (The Astor Cup)

1959 Scotland – St. Andrews Old Course, St. Andrews (Team 2nd)
1963 Australia – Royal Melbourne GC, Melbourne (Team 3rd)
1967 Canada – Ancaster GCC, Hamilton (Team 2nd)
1979 Australia – Lake Karrinup GC, Perth (Team 1st) – (Playing Captain)
1983 Canada – Glendale GCC, Edmonton, Alberta, (Team 4th) (playing Captain)

Women’s World Team Championship (Espirito Santo Trophy)

1966 Mexico – Mexico City CC, Mexico City (Team 2nd) (Low Individual)
1970 Spain – Club de Campo, Madrid (Team 4th) (Tied Low Individual)
1972 Argentina – Hindu CC, Buenos Aires (Team tied 5th) (Tied 2nd Low Individual)
1978 Fiji – Pacific Harbour GC, (Team 2nd) – non-playing Captain
1980 United States – Pinehurst #2, Pinehurst (Team 8th)– Non-playing Captain
1984 Hong Kong – Royal Hong Kong GC, Fanling, (Team tied 14th) – Playing Captain
1992 Canada – Marine Drive GCC, Vancouver, (Team tied10) – Non-playing Captain
1998 Chile – Prince of Wales CC, Santiago (Team 13th) – Non-playing Captain

Other CLGA Teams to Great Britain

1982 – Scotland – Downfield GC, Dundee – Due to Government policy, Canada could not participate in the 1982 World Team Championship because South Africa was competing. As an alternative, CLGA sent a team to play in the British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Playing Captain: Marlene Stewart Streit, ON; Barbara Bunkowsky, ON; Nancy White, PEI; Lisa Young, BC; Mary Anne Hayward, PQ; Nominated team for team competition: Bunkowsky, White and Hayward (Team 5th out of 6 teams)

National:

1951, 1954 – 1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1972 and 1973 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion – (runner-up 1953, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1982)
1951 – 1957, 1963 and 1968 Canadian Women’s Close Champion (tournament for Canadian Ladies Golf Association members only)
1985, 1987, 1988 and 1993 Canadian Senior Women’s Champion – (runner-up 1995)

Provincial:

1951 and 1952 Ontario Junior Girls Champion – (runner-up 1950)
1951, 1956 – 1958, 1968 – 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976 – 1977 Ontario Women’s Amateur Champion – (runner-up 4 times)
1982 Ontario Women’s Match-Play Champion (runner-up 1976, 1977, 1979)
1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995 and 2003 Ontario Women’s Senior Champion – (runner-up 2004)
Ontario interprovincial team member Amateur (16 times)

Awards:

1951 and 1956 Lou Marsh Award (Canada’s Outstanding Athlete – Amateur or Professional)
1951,1953 and 1956 Ontario’s Outstanding Athlete – Ontario Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association
1952 Sportswoman of the Year – Canadian Press
Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1962
1967 Officer of the Order of Canada
1973 Doctor of Laws honoris causa degree from Brock University
Inducted to Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame in 1977
1994 Senior Woman Amateur of the Year – Golf World Magazine
1995 Lifetime Achievement Award – SCORE Magazine
1997 Canadian Ladies Golf Association “Distinguished Service Award”
Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000
2000 Female Amateur Golfer of the 20^th Century awarded by Canadian Ladies Golf Association
Inducted to World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004 (First Canadian)
2004 Most Influential Canadian Women in Sport and Physical Activity CAAWS
2004 Honorary Director of the PGA of Ontario
2004 Honorary Life Member of the PGA of Canada
2006 Order of Ontario
2015 Woman of Distinction Award – Women’s Western Golf Association
2015 Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland
2016 Golf Journalists Association of Canada “Dick Grimm Award”

Other items of note:

Low Amateur at 5 LPGA events; 1954 Tampa Women’s Open and 1961 USGA Women’s Open, 1968 Supertest Open, 1975, ’78 Peter Jackson Classic, 1983, ’85 DuMaurier Classic,
Governor of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame 1989 – 2001
Junior Chair of Ontario Ladies’ Golf Association 1960 – 1962
Selection Committee Member of Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum 1994 – 1997
Director of the Ada Mackenzie Memorial Foundation 1974 – 1994. Served as President 1984 – 1985 (Charitable Foundation raising funds for disabled athletes in Canada)
Canadian Ladies Golf Association Advisory Panel (Player Development) 1994 – 1998
Committee Member of Golf Canada Heritage Services 1998 – Present
1965 Invited to play in Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf TV series. Defeated Marilyn Smith in 1965 in Oslo, Norway ($7000) and lost to Mickey Wright in 1966 at TheToronto GC ($3000). As an amateur this money was donated, in Marlene’s name, each year by the Shell Oil Company to the Ontario Ladies Golf Association (OLGA) to support junior girls golf.
1966 OLGA established the Marlene Streit Awards Fund for Canadian junior girls to gain international competitive experience. Golf Ontario continues to administer the fund.

Resources:

See Marlene’s 1951 and 1956 entries in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame “The Lou Marsh Legacy” exhibit.

George Seymour Lyon

Inducted in 1971

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: July 27, 1858

Place of Birth: Richmond, Ontario

Died: May 11, 1938

George Lyon didn’t take up the game of golf until he was 38 years old, but that didn’t stop him from honing his skills to become one of Canada’s greatest champions. Lyon won the gold medal for golf at the 1904 Olympics at 46 years old and celebrated his victory by walking through the clubhouse on his hands. He captured eight Canadian Amateur Championships and was runner-up in both the U.S. Amateur and Canadian Open. Later, when he was still an active and championship-winning senior golfer; Lyon founded the Canadian Seniors’ Golf Association and was elected president of the RCGA in 1923.

International:

1904 Olympic Golf Championship
Winner of North American Seniors Golf Championship: 1923, 1931-1932

National:

Canadian Amateur Champion:1898, 1900, 1903, 1905-06-07, 1912, 1914
Canadian Senior’s Golf Association Champion: 1918-1923, 1925-1926, 1928, 1930

Other Items of Note:

President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1923.
George Lyon started playing golf at the age of 37. He won his first Canadian Amateur Championship three years later.
Captain of the Lambton Golf Club for 23 years.
1910 Runner-Up Canadian Open
1906 Runner-up United States Amateur Championship
His other athletic accomplishments included pole vaulting, football , baseball, tennis, curling and cricket.

Awards:

Resources:

Heritage Minute

Photos of George Lyon from our collection.

Arthur Vernon Macan

Inducted in 2018

Category: Golf Course Architect (Builder)

Achievements:

1912, 1913 British Columbia Men’s Amateur Championship
1913 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championship

Course Architect:

Royal Colwood Golf Club, Victoria, BC
Qualicum Beach Golf Course, Qualicum, BC
Inglewood Golf Club, Kenwore, WA
Manito Golf and Country Club, Spokane, WA
Cowichan Golf Club, Duncan, BC
Marine Drive Golf Club,Vancouver, BC
Fircrest Golf Club, Tacoma, WA
Columbia-Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR
Alderwood Country Club, Portland, OR
Langara Golf Course, Vancouver, BC
California Golf Club, San Francisco, CA
Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle, WA
Gorge Vale Golf Club, Victoria, BC
University Golf Course, Vancouver, BC
Overlake Golf and Country Club, Bellevue, WA
Nanaimo Golf Club, Nanaimo, BC
McCleery Golf Course, Vancouver, BC
Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, ID
Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Vancouver, BC
Richmond Country Club, Richmond, BC
San Geronimo Golf Club, San Mateo, CA

Notable Renovations:

Vancouver GC, Seattle GC, Victoria GC, Jefferson Park GC, Peace Portal GC, Tacoma Country and GC, Capilano G&CC, Frasierview GC, Oswego Lake CC, Point Grey G&CC

Awards:

A selection of Macan’s golf course regularly maintain rankings on the SCOREGolf magazine, and GOLFWEEK magazine’s lists of top courses.

Other Achievements:

Inducted to the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame (1989)

Ada Mackenzie

Inducted in 1971

Category: Amateur Golfer/Builder

Born: October 31, 1891

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario

Death: April 15, 1977

Ada Mackenzie was one of the finest female golfers Canada ever produced. Her championship record features five Canadian Ladies’ Open Championships, and five Canadian Ladies’ Close Championships. Mackenzie was medallist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1927 and semi-finalist in 1932. A true ground-breaker in women’s golf, Mackenzie established the Ladies’ Golf and Tennis Club of Toronto, the only golf club in North America specifically for women.

International:

1937 Bermuda Tournament champion
1958 Bercanus Tournament champion

National:

Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1919, 1925-1926, 1933, 1935
Canadian Ladies’ Close Championship: 1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1933
Canadian Senior Women’s Champion: 1955-1960, 1962, 1965

Provincial:

Ontario Senior Women’s Champion: 1965, 1969

Other Items of Note:

In 1924, Ada founded the Ladies Golf and Tennis Club of Toronto, which is the only golf club on the continent exclusively for women.
Medalist and semi-finalist in the 1927 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
Semi-finalist in 1932 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship

Awards:

1933 Outstanding Athlete of the Year

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1955

Inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1968

Henry Martell

Inducted in 1982

Category: Player Amateur/Professional

Born: March 16, 1913

Died: 1987

A fine teacher of the game, Henry Martell led by example with a prolific tournament record that featured wins at four Alberta and Saskatchewan Opens, nine Alberta Amateurs and victories in the Canadian Amateur and two CPGA (now PGA of Canada) Championships. His first important win came at the 1935 Edmonton City Amateur when he was 22, while his final victory, the 1971 CPGA Senior came when he was 59.

National:

1946 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion
1947 Canadian Amateur Champion
1953 and 1958 Canadian Professional Golfers Association Champion
1966 and 1971 Canadian Professional Golfer’s Association Seniors Champion

Provincial:

Alberta Men’s Amateur Champion nine times: 1936 – 1947
Alberta Open Champion 1936, 1944, 1945 and 1952
Alberta Open Champion runner-up: 1943, 1955, 1960
1939 Ontario Open Champion
Saskatchewan Open Champion: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957

Other items of note:

Teacher to Betty Stanhope Cole

Awards:

Fritz R. Martin

Inducted in 1974

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: September 15, 1869

Place of Birth: York, Ontario, Canada

Death: May 19, 1934

The first left-handed golfer to win the Canadian Amateur, Fritz Martin captured the championship in 1902 and 1910 and was a finalist in 1907 and 1908. His greatest matches were against his brother-in-law George S.Lyon, including the times they met as seniors. A five-time captain of Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Martin was elected president in 1910 and was club champion on nine occasions.

National:

1902 and 1910 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion
1927 Canadian Seniors Golf Championship

Other Items of Note:

President of Hamilton Golf & Country Club, Ancaster, Ontario in 1910; Captain in 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1012.
1907 Canadian Amateur Champion Runner-Up
1908 Canadian Amateur Champion Runner-Up
In 1905, Martin entered his first United States Amateur Championship, with his famous brother-in-law, George S. Lyon. As fate would have it they were drawn against each other for the first round of match play. In Lyon’s own words Martin ” put up one of those electric games he is noted for, and defeated me one up, going round the Chicago course in 79 to my 80. He played the last nine holes in 36 – quite good enough to beat anyone.”
A portion of a quote from the British Empire Games Trials 1934 program reads: “At one time it was said he (Martin) had the best temperament for match play of any golfer, not even excepting his brother-in-law George S. Lyon, who was so often champion”.

Awards:

Inducted to the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

Resources:

Photos of Fritz Martin from our collection.

Roderick McIsaac

Inducted in 1983

Category: Builder

Born: September 9, 1927

Place of Birth: Sudbury, ON

Died: 1998

The President and CEO of Great Northern Capital, Rod McIsaac was the visionary that saw an Oakville golf course as the future home of the Canadian Open. His development company contracted Jack Nicklaus and worked with the RCGA (now Golf Canada) to develop the championship course that we know today as Glen Abbey.There has been perhaps no other single achievement that has meant more to golf in Canada than McIsaac’s vision of a permanent facility for the Canadian Open.

Other Items of Note:

Suggested that Oakville be the permanent home of the Canadian Open.
Worked with Jack Nicklaus to create Glen Abbey Golf Club.

Jack McLaughlin

Inducted in 2013

Category: Builder

Born: December 31, 1933

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario

Died: January 23, 1991

Jack McLaughlin was a Canadian club professional whose career began in 1953 at Scarboro Golf & Country Club. He later served at Cedar Brae Golf & Country Club and Bayview Golf & Country Club as Head PGA of Canada Professional. In 1974, Jack relocated to Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club where he served until his passing in 1991.

Career:

1953-1956 Apprentice CPGA Professional, Scarboro G.C, Toronto, Ontario
1956-1961 Head CPGA Professional, Cedar Brae G.C, Toronto, Ontario
1961-1974 Head CPGA Professional, Bayview G.C, Toronto, Ontario
1974-1991 CPGA Director of Golf, Shaughnessy G.C Vancouver, BC

National Achievements:

1958-1962 Director, CPGA of Ontario
1963 President, CPGA of Ontario
1960-1972 Education Chairman, National CPGA
1975 Director, CPGA of B.C.
1976 President, CPGA of B.C.
1984 Director, National CPGA
1984 Education Chairman, National CPGA
1985-1989 Chairman, CPGA National Teaching Committee
1985-1988 Chairman, CPGA National Junior Committee
1987-1991 Head Coach, UBC Thunderbirds Golf Team
1987-1991 Founder, Jack McLaughlin Golf School for Golf Professionals
Introduced the “Junior Junior” program for ages 4-11 through CPGA that clubs could implement

International Achievements:

1973 – First CPGA Professional invited to teach USPGA Business School
Founder McLaughlin Golf Corporation – Golf Management Company in Europe and Canada/Golf Merchandise Wholesale Distributor in Canada and US
1988-1991 Head Coach, Canadian Ladies National Team that competed internationally
Coach of Canadian professional and amateurs that competed internationally including: Lorie Kane, Ray Stewart and Brent Franklin

Awards:

1985 CPGA National Club Professional of the year
1985 Score Magazine Club Professional of the year
2003 CPGA Junior Promoter of the year renamed “Jack McLaughlin Junior
Leader of the Year Award”, given annually to the CPGA Member best promoting junior golf
2007 British Columbia PGA Lifetime Achievement Award
British Columbia PGA Pro Junior Event renamed “Jack McLaughlin Memorial Pro Junior”
Inducted to PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2014

Lisa Meldrum

Inducted in 2024

Born: May 19, 1982

Category: Golfer – Amateur/Professional

Provincial Championships:

1997 Quebec Junior Girls champion
2000 and 2002 Quebec Women’s Amateur champion

National Championships:

1998 Canadian Juvenile Girls champion
2000 Canadian Junior Girls champion
2001, 2002, 2003 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion
2006 CN Canadian Tour Championship

International Team Events:

2002 World Amateur Team Championship
2003 Copas de las Americas Championship

Notes:

Winner of 3 Collegiate Tournaments
2000 SCORE Award Female Junior Golfer
2001-2003 SCORE Award Female Amateur Golfer
LPGA Member 2010 and 2011, Symetra Tour Member 2012-2015

Awards:

2006 Canadian Tour Order of Merit

2009 Jocelyne Bourassa Player of the Year

2023 Quebec Golf Hall of Fame

Gail Harvey Moore

Inducted in 1998

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: June 13, 1943

Place of Birth: Ontario

Death: 1993

As a 16-year old Gail won the first of three consecutive junior titles in 1958. That was just the first of 21 provincial teams that would include Gail Harvey Moore; 12 of which would be representing her adoptive province of British Columbia, where Moore moved with her husband, in 1966. During her career, Moore would capture two National Ladies’ Close titles and the 1970 Canadian Ladies’ Open title, which she snatched from fellow hall of famer Marlene Stewart Streit. Her successful tournament play and team experience culminated with positions on seven National teams. The 1979 Commonwealth Team came home with the title, perhaps Gail Moore’s most outstanding achievement.

Teams:

1966 World Amateur Team Member (Runner-up finish)
1968, 1970 World Amateur Team Member
1979 Commonwealth Team Member (Winning Team)
1967, 1971 Commonwealth Team Member

National:

Canadian Junior Girl’s Champion: 1958-1960
1970 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
1963 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Runner-up
Canadian Ladies’ Closed Champion: 1964-1965
1963, 1968 Canadian Ladies’ Closed Runner-up

Provincial:

1959 Ontario Women’s Amateur Champion
1960 Ontario Junior Girls Champion
1962 Quebec Women’s Amateur Champion
1970 British Columbia Women’s Amateur Champion

Teams:

1958 Ontario Junior Team
1959 – 1966 Ontario Interprovincial Team Member
1968 – 1972, 1977 – 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991 British Columbia Interprovincial Team Member

Other items of note:

1969 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Runner-Up

Awards:

Alison Murdoch

Inducted in 2013

Category: Amateur Player

Born: November 13, 1949

Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario

Alison Murdoch’s career as an amateur golfer began in Quebec where she won the Quebec Junior Girls Championship in 1961 as well as numerous regional championships. However, her national success did not come to fruition until 2002, when she won her first of four Canadian Senior Women’s Championships. Since that time, she has won internationally, capturing the British and Irish Senior events, won two Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) Senior and Mid-Amateur Championships as well as the British Columbia, Alberta and Washington State senior titles.

International:

2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Irish Senior Women’s Open Champion
2007 Senior Ladies’ British Amateur Champion
2005, 2011 PNGA Senior Women’s Champion
2006, 2008 PNGA Women’s Mid-Am Champion
2010, 2014 Washington State Senior Women’s Amateur Champion
2010 Washington State Champion of Champions

National:

2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 Canadian Senior Women’s Champion
2010, 2011 Canadian Super Senior Women’s Champion

Provincial:

1967 Quebec Junior Girls’ Champion
2005, 2009 British Columbia Senior Women’s Champion
2010, 2012 Alberta Senior Ladies Amateur Champion

Regional:

1977, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 Ottawa City and District Champion
1997 Ottawa District Match Play Champion
2000-2009, 2012 British Columbia Zone 5 Senior Women’s Amateur Champion
2001, 2003, 2005-2009, 2012 British Columbia Zone 5 Women’s Amateur Champion

Teams:

1997, 1998 Ontario – Quebec Challenge Matches team member
2000-2007, 2009-2012 British Columbia Senior Women’s Provincial Team Member
2001 British Columbia Women’s Provincial Team member
2006-2017 British Columbia Team Member PNGA Cup

Other items of note:

12 Top 10’s in 13 appearances at the Canadian Senior Women’s Championship

Awards:

PNGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012

Inducted to the BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2009

Albert Murray

Inducted in 1974

Category: Player (Professional)

Born: September 3, 1887

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England

Died: June 7, 1974

Albert Murray and his brother Charles are to this day the only brother to have each captured Canadian Open championships. Albert, the younger of the brothers Murray, won the Open in 1908 and 1913 and also carded victories at the 1924 PGA of Canada Championship and the 1930 Quebec Open. In 1916, he opened Canada’s first indoor golf school in the basement of Montreal’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Devoted to the game, Murray served as PGA of Canada captain in 1920, 1921 and 1933 and was elected president in 1941.

National Record:

1908 and 1913 Canadian Open Champion
1924 PGA of Canada Championship
1939 and 1942 PGA of Canada Senior Men’s Champion

Provincial Record:

1910 and 1930 Quebec Open

Golf Course Architect:

The River Course at Louisville Landing (formerly Massena GC), New York
Country Club of Montreal, Quebec
Kanawaki Golf Club, Quebec, (with Charles Murray)
Montreal Municiple, Quebec
Royal Quebec Golf Club (Kent Course), Quebec
Remodeled:
- Malone Golf Club, New York
- Edmunston Golf Club, New Brunswick

Career:

1902, Teaching Professional, Toronto Hunt Club
1903, Assistant Professional, Westmount Golf Club
1905, Assistant Professional, Royal Montreal Golf Club
1906-1907, Head Professional, Royal Quebec Golf Club
1908-1912, Head Professional, Outremont Golf Club
1913-1920, Head Professional, Kanawaki Golf Club
1920-1925, Head Professional, Country Club of Montreal
1926-1942, Head Professional, Beaconsfield Golf Club

Other Items of Note:

In 1916, Murray launched Canada’s first indoor golf school in the basement of Montreal’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Murray became the youngest champion of the Canadian Open in 1908 at the age of 20.
Murray was the Captain of the Canadian Professional Golfers Association (now PGA of Canada) in 1920, 1921, 1933, and in 1941 he was the President.

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2015

Resources:

Biography, “The Stonecutter and the Golfers”, by Ian Murray

Photos of Albert Murray from our collection

Charles Murray

Inducted in 1971

Category: Golfer, professional

Born: August 27, 1882

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England

Died: 1938

Charles Murray was the older of the two Murray brothers, but was by all accounts just as prolific a golfer. The long-time professional at the prestigious Royal Montreal Golf Club captured two Canadian Opens, one in 1906 and one in 1911. His brother Albert won the championship in 1908 and 1913. Some of his great moments came in the Quebec Open, where he won the title 10 times between 1909 and 1924.

National:

1906, 1911 Canadian Open Champion

Provincial:

Winner of the Quebec Open ten times, dating from 1909 to 1924

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2015

Resources:

Photos of Charles Murray from our collection.

James Nelford

Inducted in 2013

Category: Player – Amateur/Professional

Born: June 28, 1955

Place of Birth: Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver native Jim Nelford had an outstanding amateur career winning the British Columbia Junior in 1973, the British Columbia Amateur in 1975 and back to back Canadian Amateur Championships in 1975 and 1976. He represented Canada on the team that won the 1975 Commonwealth Trophy Tournament. Attending Brigham Young University, Jim was a 2nd Team All American in 1975 and 1976. He also captured the Western Amateur Championship and the French Nations Cup in 1977.

International:

1976 All-American, 2nd Team
1977 Western Amateur Champion
1977 French Nations Cup Champion
1978 Cacharel Under 25 Champion
1980 World Cup Champion
1983 Essex International Classic Champion

National:

1975 and 1976 Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion

Teams:

1975 Winning Commonwealth Team Member
1977 All-American, 2nd Team
1979, 1980, 1983 World Cup Member

Provincial:

1973 British Columbia High School Champion
1973 British Columbia Junior Champion
1975 British Columbia Amateur Champion
1983 British Columbia Open Champion

Items of note:

1984 Co-Author Season’s in a Golfers Life with Lorne Rubenstein
1978-1988 PGA Tour Player: Sea Pines Heritage, 2nd, Bing Crosby Pro-Am, 2nd
1990-present Broadcaster – ESPN, TSN, CBC

Awards:

1992 Ben Hogan Award, Golf Writers of America

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

Resources:

Photos of Jim Nelford from the collection.

Jack Nicklaus

Inducted in 1995

Category: Builder (Architect)

Born: January 21, 1940

Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio

Jack Nicklaus’ accomplishments on the golf course can only be rivaled by his achievements in golf course design. A strong supporter of the Canadian Open throughout his career, Nicklaus took on the challenge of designing Glen Abbey as a permanent site for the Canadian Open. His first solo design, Nicklaus brought years of on-course experience at tough golf courses and designed a layout that was tough on the professionals, yet enjoyable for the average golfer. The success of the course and his support of the Canadian Open have assured the strength of golf in Canada for years to come.

Jack Nicklaus’ Record:

United States Amateur Champion: 1959 and 1961

United States Open Champion: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
Masters Champion: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
British Open Champion: 1966, 1970, 1978
PGA Championship: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980
Australian Open: 1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978
Canadian Open Runner-up: 1965, 1968, 1975-1976, 1981, 1984-1985

Other Items of Note:

First solo design, Glen Abbey Golf Club, opened for play in 1976. The course became the home for the Canadian Open in 1977.
Honorary Chairman of the Canadian Golf Foundation

Awards:

1962 PGA Tour Rookie-of-the-Year

Inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974

1975 Bob Jones Award

2000 Payne Stewart Award

2001 Lombardi Award of Excellence

2014 Congressional Gold Medal

Resources:

Images of Jack Nicklaus from the collection.

Murray Norman

Inducted in 1995

Category: Player – Amateur/Professional

Born: July 10, 1929

Died: September 4, 2004

There has never been a more colorful character in golf than Moe Norman. His legendary accuracy and prolific tournament record are renowned throughout the world. Among his many victories are two Canadian Amateurs, two CPGA Championships and seven CPGA Senior Championships along with multiple victories in the Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Opens. Though his idiosyncrasies kept Norman from enjoying a brief PGA Tour career, he returned to Canada where his ball-striking ability and love of the game earned him a place in the hearts of all Canadian golfers.

International:

1954 America’s Cup
1971 World Cup

Amateur:

1955 and 1956 Canadian Amateur Champion

Professional:

1958, 1963 Ontario Open Champion
1963, 1968 Saskatchewan Open Champion
1965 – 1967 Manitoba Open Champion1964 PGA of Canada Millar Trophy Champion
1966 and 1974 PGA of Canada Champion (runner-up in 1965)
1966, 1971, 1976 Alberta Open Champion
1966 Quebec Open Champion
1979 – 1985 & 1987 PGA of Canada Senior’s Champion

Other items of note:

Subject of numerous publications: “Moe & Me” by Lorne Rubenstein, “The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story” by Tim O’Connor, “Moe Norman: The Canadian Golfing Legend with the Perfect Swing” by Stan Sauerwein.

Awards:

Inducted to the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1999

Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2006

Inducted to the PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2014

Resources:

Images of Moe Norman from the collection.

Marilyn Palmer O’Connor

Inducted in 1999

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: December 17, 1946 in Vancouver, BC

Marilyn Palmer was born to be a golfer. The daughter of a golf professional, Marilyn grew up in British Columbia where she proceeded to win her first tournaments. After years as a provincial champion, Marilyn was also selected for no less than 12 national teams and competed as one of the members of the winning Commonwealth Games team in 1979. Marilyn relocated to Alberta in 1978 after marrying Don O’Connor. In her own opinion, her win of the 1986 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur was the most exciting victory, coming as it did, later in her career.

International:

1971 New Zealand Foursome Champion (with Jocelyne Bourassa)
1972 International 4-Ball Champion (with Dale Shaw)
1973 Pacific Northwest Ladies Golf Champion
1973 Australia Invitational Team Champion (Team Canada)

National:

1966 Canadian Ladies’ Close Champion
1976 Canadian Ladies’ Foursome Champion
1986 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
2001 Canadian Ladies’ Senior Champion (runner-up 1997, 1999, 2000)

Teams:

World Amateur Team – 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1986
Commonwealth Team 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979 (Placed 1st in 1979)

Provincial:

1963-1965 British Columbia Junior Champion
1965, 1966, 1969, 1971-1974, 1076, 1989 British Columbia Women’s Amateur Champion
1977, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996 Alberta Women’s Amateur Champion
1979 Saskatchewan Women’s Amateur Champion

Teams:

British Columbia Junior Team Member 1 time
British Columbia Interprovincial Team member 16 times
Alberta Interprovincial Team member 14 times
Alberta Senior Team member 9 times
Alberta Western Canadian team member 7 times

Other items of note:

LPGA Bluegrass Invitational – Low Amateur
LPGA Titleholders Championship – Low Amateur
South Atlantic Championship – Medalist
Doherty Challenge Cup – Medalist & Finalist
US Amateur – qualified 1972, 1973, 1975 & 1976
Qualified for British Amateur in 1975

Awards:

1981 SCORE Award Canadian Female Amateur

Inducted to Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame 1992

Inducted to British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame 2001

Inducted to Alberta Golf Hall of Fame 2005

Inducted to Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame 2005

Inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame 2016

Resources:

Images of Marilyn from the collection.

Herb Page

Inducted in 2019

Category: Builder

Born: March 16, 1951

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario

Herb Page has been a fixture on the Kent State University campus since arriving as an undergraduate three-sport student-athlete (golf, football and hockey) in 1970. Nearly 50 years later, Page has grown to become one of the most respected golf coaches in the world. Page has built an empire in the Mid-American Conference.

Page helped to develop countless golfers who have gone on to enjoy successful professional golf careers and opened a pathway for numerous Canadians to pursue NCAA post-secondary golf including: David Morland IV (1987–1991), Bryan DeCorso (1991–1995), Ryan Yip (2002–2006), Mackenzie Hughes (2008–2012), Corey Conners (2010-2014), Taylor Pendrith (2010-2014) and Jon Mills (1998–2002).

Page, who coached two PGA TOUR winners, also mentored Kent State graduate Ben Curtis, who claimed the 2003 Open Championship as well as a runner-up finish at the 2008 PGA Championship.

In 1997, Page played an instrumental role in launching the women’s golf program at Kent State, opening a post-secondary for path for Canadian women including Jennifer Ha, Kira Miexner, Josee Doyon, Taylor Kim, Jan Dowling and Kirby Dreher.

International Achievements:

23 Mid-American Conference Titles
28 NCAA Regional appearances, advancing to the NCAA Championship 18 times
Won three NCAA Regional titles (1993, 2001 and 2010)
Earned top-10 National finishes in 2000 (9th), 2008 (6^th), 2012 (5^th) and 2018 (10^th)
Selected to coach the International Team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup

Awards:

Inducted to the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 2003
Inducted to the Northern Ohio PGA Hall of Fame in 2005
Inducted to the Northern Ohio Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2012
Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2012
Awarded the Golf Coaches of America Labron Harris Award in 2008
24 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Award (1983-1984, 1990-1996, 1998-2001, 2003, 2005-2006, 2009-2010, 2012-2014, 2016-2018)

Robert Panasik

Inducted in 2005

Category: Player – Amateur/Professional

Born: October 20, 1941

Death: December 27, 2023

Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario

At 15, Bob Panasik played in the Canadian Open Championship. When he made the cut to stay for all four rounds he made history as well. In the 48 years since, no younger player has made the cut at a PGA Tour event. But his career does not stop there. Bob has spent all his life committed to the game of golf and to competitive play. Canadian Junior Champion in 1958 through to PGA of Canada Super Senior Champion in 2003, he has won a generous helping of tournaments, including 12 provincial titles, 2 PGA of Canada Championships, and 3 PGA of Canada Senior Championships. He also played his way into nine US Opens and 3 Canadian World Cup Teams.

International:

Qualified for the US Open Championship 9 times through Regional/Sectional Qualifying process: 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983
1968 Michigan PGA Assistants Champion: holds record margin of victory 10 strokes
1970 Michigan PGA Assistants Championship – winner
Member of Canada’s World Cup Team: 1972-1973, 1975
1994 Exempt to the Senior Tour
2001 Qualified for the 2001 US Senior Open

National:

1958 Canadian Junior Champion
1972 and 1973 PGA of Canada Champion
1981 and 1993 PGA of Canada Club Professionals Champion
1997, 1998 and 2001 PGA of Canada Senior’s Champion: 1997-1998
2003 and 2004 PGA of Canada Super Seniors Champion

Provincial Amateurs:

1955 Ontario Bantam Boys’
1956 Ontario Juvenile
1958 and 1960 Ontario Junior
Willingdon Cup Team Member Ontario: 1958-1960
1959 Ontario Amateur

Provincial Professional Titles:

1973 Newfoundland Open
1974 Saskatchewan Open
1974 and 1975 Alberta Open
1974 Quebec Open
1979 and 2002 Ontario Spring
1979 PGA of Ontario
1986 Manitoba Open
1998 Ontario Summer

Items of Note:

Youngest to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour event – the 1957 Canadian Open, at 15 years old, 8 months. He finished T64.
14 Appearances in the Canadian Open

Awards:

1973, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1984 PGA of Canada Order of Merit

1986 Order of Merit (Canadian Tour)

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2005

Images of Bob Panasik from the collection

Resources:

Windsor Public Library

Claude Pattemore

Inducted in 1996

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: 1927

Place of Birth: Athens, Ontario

Deceased: April 24, 2004

After losing his sight in a dynamite explosion in 1948, Claude Pattemore took up golf three years later at the insistence of a friend. By the following year, he was the best blind golfer in the country and continued a career as one of North America’s premier blind golfers for more than 20 years. He was the International and U.S. Blind Golfers Champion in 1963 and was a 12-time winner of the Canadian Blind Golfers Championship between 1952 and 1972.

International:

1963 U.S. Blind Golfers’ Champion
1963 International Blind Golfers’ Champion

National:

Canadian Blind Golfers’ Champion 12 times between 1952 and 1972
Represented Canada in team matches against U.S

Provincial:

Ontario Blind Golfer’s Champion 14 times between 1952 – 1972

Other Items of Note:

Lost eyesight in 1948 in a dynamite explosion
Took up golf in 1951
Attributes his success to the teachings of Clare Chinnery the professional at Chedoke GC, and his coaches, Dick Morris, Hugh Dunlop and Jack McCallum who are essential to helping him play.
Spent years encouraging the newly blind to challenge their new and foreign world.

Awards:

Inducted to Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2015

Sandra Post

Inducted in 1988

Category: Player – Professional

Born: June 4, 1948

Canada’s first player on the LPGA Tour, Sandra Post left a fine amateur career for the professional ranks and never missed a beat.

Following victories in three successive Canadian Junior Girl’s Championship, Post focused on turning professional for the 1968 season. Her victory in the LPGA Championship and a fifth place finish in the World Series of Golf garnered her rookie of the year honors and started a glorious career that included back to back wins at the 1978 & 1979 Dinah Shore and another six victories.

Until 2007, when Morgan Pressel won her first LPGA event and major title at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 9 days old, Sandra was the youngest winner of a modern major, winning the LPGA at the age of 20 years and 20 days old.

International:

1967 Women’s South Atlantic Women’s Amateur Champion
1968 LPGA Championship (LPGA)
1976 Pioneer Cup, medalist (Unofficial LPGA)
1976 Colgate Far East (Australian) (Unofficial LPGA)
1978 Colgate Dinah Shore (LPGA)
1979 Colgate Dinah Shore (LPGA)
1978 Lady Stroh’s Open (LPGA)
1979 Lady Michelob (LPGA)
1979 ERA Real Estate Classic (LPGA)
1980 West Virginia Classic (LPGA)
1981 McDonald’s Kids Classic (LPGA)
1999 – 2001 Captain of the Nation’s Cup between Canada and the United States

National:

1964 – 1966 Canadian Junior Girls Champion

Provincial:

1963, 1965, 1966 Ontario Junior Girls Champion
1963-1966 Ontario Junior Team member
1964 Ontario Ladies Champion

Other items of note:

Sandra Post was the first Canadian woman to play on the LPGA tour in the United States
Received the Order of Canada, C.M. in February 2004

Awards:

1979 Lou Marsh Memorial Award – Canada’s Top Athlete

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1988

Inducted to Oakville Sports Hall of Fame in 1999

Lou March Award interview from Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Resources:

Photos of Sandra Post from our collection.

Ralph Reville

Inducted in 1986

Category: Builder – Media

Born: 1867

Place of Birth: Whitney, England

Died: March 25, 1957, Brantford, Ontario

A pioneer of golf journalism in Canada, Ralph Reville devoted a lifetime to preserving the exploits of Canada’s greatest golfers in “Canadian Golfer”, the first golf magazine published in Canada. Reville was the founder, publisher, contributing and managing editor from 1915 to 1933 and also held the positions of Governor and Honorary Secretary of the Canadian Seniors’ Golf Association. He was alo the Honorary Secretary of the first Rules of Golf Committee of the RCGA.

The Canadian Golfer:

Founder, Publisher, Contributing and Managing Editor of Canada’s first golf periodical the “Canadian Golfer”.
Most prolific magazine on golf in Canadian history. Was published once a month 12 months a year, 100 pages + an issue. Started during the first World War (May 1915), it continued to publish successfully at this rate for 20 years. (There were about 30,000 golfers in Canada during the war and about 115 clubs). The “Canadian Golfer” “brought international recognition to Canadian golf with readers around the world.
Each issue carried articles on a variety of subjects, including greenkeeping, the rules of the game, the organization of new clubs, the construction of new courses, provincial and national championships and of the annual meetings of clubs.
Lord Alness, from Edinburgh said ” The Canadian Golfer is a model which many of our British golf papers might well imitate.
U.S. Burke Golf Company – The Canadian Golfer is the best golf journal we receive.
The Canadian Golfer served as the forum for many other early Canadian authors such as poet W.H. (Walter Hastings) Webling.

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2001

Clinton (Robbie) Robinson

Inducted in 2002

Category: Builder – Architect

Born: 1907

Place of Birth: St. Amadee, PQ

Clinton E. Robinson, better known as Robbie, loved the game of golf and spent his life bringing it to the masses. A golf course architect who apprenticed under the legendary Stanley Thompson, Robinson designed or remodelled more than 100 courses. Perhaps his single most significant contribution to the game was in the study of turfgrass and the dissemination of this information through the establishment of the Canadian Turfgrass shows and as the Green Section director for the RCGA in the 1950’s.

A list of Courses designed by C.E. Robinson:

Alberta:
Windermere Golf and Country Club

Manitoba:
John Blumberg Municipal
Portage La Prairie Golf Club
Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club

New Brunswick:
CFG Gagetown Golf Club
Gowan Brae Golf Club
Miramichi Golf and Country Club
Moncton Golf and Country Club
Sussex Golf Club
Westfield Golf and Country Club
Restigouche Golf and Country Club

Newfoundland:
Terra Nova National Park Golf Club

Nova Scotia:
Abercrombie Country Club
Ken-Wo Golf and Country Club
Lingan Country Club
Northumberland Golf and Country Club
Oakfield Country Club
Seaview Golf Club
Truro Golf and Country Club

Ontario:
Bay of Quinte Golf Club
Bayview Country Club
Belleville Golf and Country Club
Beverly Golf and Country Club
Blue Mountain Golf and Country Club
Bowmanville Country Club
Brampton Golf Club
Briars Golf and Country Club
Bridgeport Fairways
Conestoga
Brockville Country Club
Cedar Brae Golf and Country Club
Conestoga Golf and Tennis Club
Coral Creek Golf and Country Club
Dalewood Golf and Country Club
Doon Valley Golf Club
Dryden Golf and Country Club
East Park Executive Golf Course
Elgin House Golf Course
Fort Frances Golf Club
Hamilton Golf and Country Club
Hawthorne Valley Golf and Country Club
Hidden Valley Golf Club
Lake St George Golf and Country Club
Lido Golf Centre
London Hunt and Country Club
Maple City Country Club
Mount Hope Golf and Country Club
Muskoka Lakes Golf and Country Club
Oakdale Golf and Country Club
Oakland Greens Golf Club
Oxford Golf and Country Club
Parkview Golf Club
Pine Lake Golf Club
Richmond Hill Golf and Country Club
Richview Golf and Country Club
Rideau View Golf and Country Club
St Thomas Golf and Country Club
South Muskoka and Country Club
Strathcona Golf Club
Sunningdale Country Club
Trafalgar Golf and Country Club
Twenty Valley Golf and Country Club
Tyandaga Municipal
Upper Canada Golf Club
Windermere Golf and Country Club

Prince Edward Island:
Brudenel Golf Club
Green Gables Golf Club
Mill River Golf Club
Stanhope Golf and Country Club

Quebec:
Baie Comeau Club de Golf
Saskatchewan:
Holiday Park Golf Club
Kenopsee Lake Men’s Golf Club
Madge Lake Golf Club

United States:
Lemontree Golf Club
Warren Golf Club

Courses remodelled by C.E. Robinson:

Alberta:
Calgary Golf and Country Club
Earl Grey Golf Club

British Columbia:
Burnaby Mountain Men’s Golf Club
Vancouver Golf Club

Manitoba:
Assiniboine Golf Club
Elmhurst Country Club
Pine Ridge Golf Club
St. Charles Country Club

New Brunswick:
Fredericton Golf Club
Riverside Country Club

Nova Scotia:
Amherst Golf and Country Club

Ontario:
Barcoven Golf and Country Club
Beach Grove Golf and Country Club
CFB Borden Golf and Country Club
Cherry Hill Golf Club
Credit Valley Golf and Country Club
Dundas Valley Golf Club
Glendale Golf Club
Glen Lawrence Golf and Country Club
Golfland
Huntington Golf and Country Club
Lambton Golf and Country Club
Oakville Golf Club
Oshawa Golf Club
Rosedale Golf Club
St. Catherines Golf and Country Club
St. George’s Golf and Country Club
Sarnia Golf and Country Club
Thornhill Country Club
Westmount Golf and Country Club
Whirlpool Golf Club

Prince Edward Island:
Belvedere Golf and Winter Club

Quebec:
Beaconsfield Golf Club
Elm Ridge Country Club
Kanawaki Golf Club
Royal Ottawa Golf Club

Saskatchewan:
Regina Golf Club
Wascana Golf and Country Club
Waskesiu Lake Golf Club

United States:
Dearborn Country Club
Monroe Country Club

Colombia:
Calis Golf Club
Medellin Golf Club
Mennezales Golf Club

Stephen Ross

Inducted in 2011

Category: Builder

Born: June 22, 1954 in Newmarket, Ontario

Stephen Ross joined the Royal Canadian Golf Association as Assistant Amateur Tournament Director in 1977 serving under W.T. Hamilton. Within a short period of time he became the Director of Amateur Tournaments and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Rules of Golf. Stephen was with the association in 1982 when they suffered severe financial difficulties during the initial years of ownership of Glen Abbey Golf Club. In 1989, Geordie Hilton, Executive Director of the Association since 1978, became ill. Stephen moved into the position of Executive Director and led the organization for the next 18 years playing a significant role in the growth of the Canadian Open while raising the associations’ profile both nationally and internationally. During Stephen’s tenure, the RCGA became financially stable and expanded their services significantly (see programs listed). As well as providing leadership within Canada, Stephen is known internationally as a respected member of the golf community.

Occupation:

1977 – 1980 Assistant Amateur Tournament Director
1980 – 1989 Director of Amateur Tournaments for the Royal Canadian Golf Association & Director of Rules, Amateur Status, and Handicapping
1989 – 2007 Executive Director of the Royal Canadian Golf Association

International:

Respected international authority of the Rules of Golf
Member of the Joint Rules Committee (R&A, USGA), 1992, 1993
Led the bid and organized the 1992 World Amateur Team Championship
Served on the World Golf Hall of Fame election panel.

Rules Official at:

The (British) Open – 1991 – 2006
The Masters, 15 years
The President’s Cup, 6 events
The Australian Open, 2 years
World Match Play, 4 years
US Open
Player’s Championship, 15 years

Significant Items during his tenure:

Increased the RCGA revenue base by more than 400%
Grew the RCGA staff from 14 to 61
Introduced the CN Future Links program
Responsible for the growth of the RCGA through the 90’s, early 20th century
Expanded the Green Section
Built and expanded the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum
Orchestrated the purchase of the RCGA Learning Centre in Calgary
Created the RCGA’s Rules of Golf certification program, taught many seminars
Introduced the USGA ‘slope’ handicapping system
Restarted the Canadian Senior Open
Conserved the Canadian Women’s Open Championship
Expanded the Amateur circuit from 3 to 18 tournaments
Successfully negotiated the sale of Glen Abbey
Amalgamated the Canadian Ladies Golf Association and the RCGA
Successfully negotiated many Title Sponsorships for the Canadian Open, Canadian Women’s Open and the Senior Open
Introduced the RCGA Foundation University / College Grant Program
Led the organization through its Centennial
Spearheaded the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Open
Maintained strong relationships with the PGA Tour through the 90’s, kept pace with rising PGA Tour purses at a time when the Canadian dollar was valued at 60 cents US
Re-introduced Golf Canada Magazine
Organized the Four Nations Cup – Japan, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Introduced the RCGA’s Distinguished Service Award to recognize dedicated volunteers

Awards:

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2012

2014 International Association of Golf Administrators Distinguished Service Award

Resources:

Photos of Stephen Ross from our collection.

Doug Roxburgh

Inducted in 1990

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: December 28, 1951

Still active in competitive golf, Doug Roxburgh has been at the pinnacle of amateur golf in Canada for more than two decades. Canadian junior Champion in 1970, runner-up in the Canadian Amateur in 1971 and Amateur Champion in 1972, Roxburgh embarked on an amateur career that many in BC would compare to local hero Ken Black. He has won the Canadian Amateur four times and the BC Amateur 13 times, while representing his country on six World Amateur Teams.

International:

1981 won Simon Bolivar in Venezuela
1971 Member of winning Canadian team to New Zealand Golf Centennial Tournament
1972 Member of Canadian team to Humberto de Alemdia Cup
1973 Represented Canada on a six-man team to play in South Africa
1975 Member of winning Canadian team to Commonwealth Trophy Tournament

National:

Canadian Amateur Champion: 1972, 1974, 1982, 1988
1970 Canadian Junior Champion
2014 Canadian Men’s Senior Champion

Provincial:

British Columbia Amateur Champion: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976-1978, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996
British Columbia Junior Champion: 1969-1970
British Columbia Senior Men’s Champion: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019

Other Items of Note:

Member of 15 British Columbia Willingdon Cup Teams
Member of 5 Canadian World Amateur Teams

Awards:

Inducted to BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1995

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2003

Resources:

Images of Doug from the collection.

Lorne Rubenstein

Inducted in 2007

Category: Builder – Media

Born: June 25, 1948

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario

For nearly 40 years, Rubenstein has been chronicling golf in Canada and around the world. Renowned as one of this country’s pre-eminent golf journalists, he wrote a weekly column in the Globe and Mail from 1980-2013, and has appeared in every major golf publication in Canada and abroad, while winning many awards. He has written a number of best-selling books, hosted television shows and offered commentary on radio. He has covered golf at both the amateur and professional level and has co-authored books with many of the game’s top players. Through his career, the Toronto native has also spent time as a curator for the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, was the first editor of SCORE Golf magazine, caddied on the PGA Tour and has written a number of golf club histories.

1976 – 1982: Part Time Curator – RCGA Museum/Library/Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
1981 – 1983: First Editor of Score Magazine
1980-2013: Columnist, The Globe and Mail

Published Books:
1984: Seasons in a Golfer’s Life (with Jim Nelford)
1988: Natural Golf Swing (with George Knudson)
1991: Links: An Insider’s tour through the World of Golf
1993: Touring Prose
1997: The Swing (with Nick Price)
2000: The Fundamentals of Hogan (with David Leadbetter)
2001: A Season in Dornoch
2003: Mike Weir: The Road to the Masters
2006: A Disorderly Compendium of Golf; co-author with Jeff Neuman
2009: This Round’s On Me: Lorne Rubenstein on Golf
2012: Moe and Me: Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf’s Mysterious Genius
2017: The 1997 Masters: My Story, by Tiger Woods with Lorne Rubenstein

Awards:

1985 National Magazine Awards Gold Medal

Golfer Writers’ Association of America: 1st Place, Newspaper Columns; 1989, 1994, 1995

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2006

2009 Canadian Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award

2013 PGA of Canada George Cumming Distinguished Service Award

Golf Journalists’ Association of Canada: First place, Feature, 2016; First place, editorial/column/blog, 2017

Resources:

Photos of Lorne Rubenstein from our collection.

Cathy Sherk

Inducted in 1995

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: June 17,1950

Place of Birth: Bancroft, Ontario

An inspiration to female golfers throughout Canada, Cathy Sherk has complemented her impressive amateur and professional career with a dedication to teaching the game to up-and-coming young amateurs. As an amateur, Sherk captured her second Canadian Amateur, the U.S. Amateur and medalist honors at the World Amateur in 1978, leading Golf Digest to name her the world’s #1 Women’s Amateur. Since retiring from professional play, Cathy enjoys being a part-time golf instructor in her hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

International:

1978 United States Amateur Champion (Runner-up in 1977)
1978 North/South Ladies Amateur Champion
1978 World Amateur Team Championships – Low Individual

International Teams:

1978 World Amateur Team – Low Individual

National:

1977 – 1978 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion
1988, 1990, 1991 PGA of Canada Women’s Champion

Provincial:

1976 Ontario Women’s Match-Play Championship
1978 Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship

Other Items of Note:

Professional coordinator for the Ontario Junior Girls Camp (1986 – 1998)
Player Director – du Maurier Ltd. Series (1990 – 1992)
Canadian Ladies Golf Association Advisor/Coach (1994-1998)

Awards:

1978 Ontario Athlete of the Year

1978 Women’s Amateur Golfer by Golf Digest

1978 Canadian Female Athlete of the Year (co-winner)

Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000
Inducted to PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2014

Resources:

Photos of Cathy Sherk from our collection.

Douglas Howard Silverberg

Inducted in 1989

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: January 16, 1933

Place of Birth: Red Deer, Alberta

A dominant force on the Alberta golf scene since the late 1940s, Doug Silverberg has won every major provincial championship in his home province, including the Juvenile, Junior, Amateur, Open and match play. In addition to his stellar provincial record, Silverberg won the Canadian Junior in 1950 and the Senior Championship of Canada in 1994 and also represented Canada several times at the Commonwealth Tournaments, Americas Cup and World Amateur Team Championship.

International Teams:

Commonwealth Team: 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967
Commonwealth Team (Winning Team): 1971
America’s Cup Team: 1954, 1956, 1963
World Amateur Team Matches: 1964, 1966
America’s Cup Team (Winning Team): 1965

National Record:

1950 Canadian Junior Champion
1994 Canadian Senior Men’s Champion

Provincial:

1948 and 1949 Alberta Juvenile Champion
1949 Alberta High School Champion
1949-1951 Alberta Junior Champion
1954 and 1958 Alberta Amateur Champion
1958 Saskatchewan Open
Alberta Amateur Champion: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971
Alberta Match Play Pro-Am: 1962, 1964
1964 Alberta Open Champion
Central Alberta Amateur Champion: 1954 – 1961
- 1954-1961, three Central Alberta Opens
Winner of 1958 Molson Open
Willingdon Cup Team Winner in 1962, 1965 and 1966.

Other Items of Note:

Douglas Silverberg served as President of Calgary Golf Association for three years.

Awards:

Inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1985

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1955

Resources:

Photos of Doug Silverberg from the collection.

C. Ross (Sandy) Somerville

Inducted in 1971

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: 1903

Place of Birth: London, Ontario

Died: May 17, 1991

Sandy Somerville’s victory in the 1932 U.S. Amateur, a first for a foreign golfer, served notice that Canada was indeed a force on the international golf scene. Between 1926 and 1937, Somerville captured six Canadian Amateurs and was a finalist on four other occasions, a record of excellence that may never be equaled. A gentleman golfer throughout his lifetime, Somerville served as president of the RCGA in 1957.

International:

1932 United States Amateur Champion

National:

1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1937 Canadian Amateur Champion
1960 and 1965 Canadian Men’s Senior Champion; co-winner in 1961 and 1966.

Provincial:

1926 Manitoba Amateur Champion

Other Items of Note:

In 1950 Sandy Somerville was rated by Canadian Press as Canada’s top golfer of the half century.
Impressive record in other sports, (hockey, football and cricket), marks him as one of Canada’s best all-round athletes.
In 1953 he served as President of London Hunt & Country Club
President of the RCGA (now Golf Canada) in 1957
Semi-finalist in British Amateur in 1938. six times; runner-up 4 times

Awards:

Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

Resources:

Photos of Sandy from the collection.

Rod Spittle

Inducted in 2019

Category: Amateur/Professional Golfer

Born: July 18, 1955

Place of birth: St. Catharines, ON

Rod Spittle had a successful amateur career winning the 1977 and 1978 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships while playing Division I golf at Ohio State. Provincially he also helped Ontario win back to back Willingdon Cups (1977-78). During his collegiate golf career, Spittle helped the Buckeyes win the BIG Ten Championship three consecutive years (1976-1978) alongside teammates John Cook and Joey Sindelar.

In 2010, Spittle was forced to Monday qualify into PGA TOUR Champion events. Playing with limited status, Spittle got into only five events the entire 2010 season. He Monday qualified into the final event of the year, the AT&T Championship, and in a storybook ending, he played stellar golf all week and beat Jeff Sluman in a playoff for his first-ever professional title.

In 195 starts over his 13-year PGA TOUR Champions career, Spittle missed just five cuts and earned more than $4M in prize money. He had a pair of runner-up finishes, a pair of third-place finishes and had 23 top-10s. He played his final PGA TOUR Champions event on home soil, finishing T17 at the 2018 Shaw Charity Classic.

Achievements:

National Victories:
1977 and 1978 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship

Provincial Victories:
1977 and 1978 Willingdon Cup (Ontario)

Teams:
1975, 1977, 1978 Ontario Willingdon Cup

International Victories:
1976 – 1978 BIG Ten Championship with Ohio State Buckeyes
1987 and 1989 Columbus (Ohio) District Amateur Championship
1994, 1995 and 1997 Columbus (Ohio) District Mid-Amateur Championship
2000, 2001 and 2003 Ohio Mid-Am Championship
2010 AT&T Championship (PGA TOUR Champions)

Awards:

Resources:

Rod Spittle player profile on PGA TOUR

Betty Stanhope-Cole

Inducted in 1991

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: September 21, 1937

Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta

Ranked as Canada’s top woman golfer in 1974 and 1976, Betty Stanhope Cole is among the elite of Canada’s female amateurs. Winner of the Canadian Junior Girls’, Canadian Ladies’ Open Amateur and Canadian Ladies’ Close Amateur, Cole represented Canada five times between 1963 and 1976 and played on 25 Alberta interprovincial teams. In 1980, she gave up competitive golf to devote her time to the CLGA.

National:

1956 Canadian Junior Girls Champion
1957 Canadian Ladies’ Champion
1967 Canadian Ladies’ Close Champion

Provincial:

Winner of Eastern Provinces title in 1964.
Alberta Junior Girls: 1955-1957
Alberta Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1957-1959, 1963, 1966-1968, 1972, 1974-1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984
1988 Winner of sixteen Alberta Ladies titles between 1957 and 1984, and runner-up ten times.
1966 Saskatchewan Ladies Champion

Teams:

Played on five Canadian teams, 1963 to 1976.
Played in 29 Interprovincials; 25 for Alberta, and 2 for ontario and 2 for Saskatchewan
World Amateur Team: 1964, 1974, 1976
Commonwealth Team: 1971

Awards:

Inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1980

Inducted to Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2003

Resources:

Photos of Betty from our collection.

John B. Steel

Inducted in 1988

Category: Builder

Born: July 22, 1908

Place of birth: New Milne, Scotland

Death: May 1992

John Steel started his career as Carpenter and Caretaker at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. He showed an interest in greenskeeping, for which he appeared to have a natural aptitude. When the greenskeeper died, Steel was given the job. John Steel made up for his lack of formal education in his science by reading and attending seminars in Canada and the United States. John was a moving force behind the founding of the Canadian Golf Superintendent Association (CGSA) and was elected as the first president in 1967. He was a founding member of the Course Superintendent’s Association of Manitoba in 1950. John was made an honorary life member of the Golf Manitoba and of the CGSA. In 2003 Mr. Steel was one of the first class of inductees to the newly formed Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame.

Awards:

Violet Pooley Sweeny

Inducted in 1998

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: December 1886
Place of Birth: Victoria
Death: March 19, 1965

Born in Victoria in the later part of the nineteenth century, Violet Pooley Sweeny played in her first provincial championship in 1905 and won the title. A month later she took the Pacific Northwest Golf Association’s Championship title. Over the course of the next 25 years, Violet Pooley Sweeny would capture 8 more provincial titles, and another six PNGA Championships.

In 1911, Sweeny reached the fourth round of the British Ladies’ Championship. In 1913, she was the first overseas player to reach the semi-finals.

In addition to her record career as a player, Violet dedicated a great deal of herself back to the game, as a founder of the Canadian Ladies’ Golf Union, as vice president of the organization in 1924, and provincial president for the CLGU for fourteen years.

International:

1905, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1928 Pacific Northwest Women’s Golf Champion
1909 Oregon State Champion

Provincial:

British Columbia Women’s Amateur Champion 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1920,
1922, 1923, 1929

Other Items of Note:

Vice President of Canadian Ladies Golf Union in 1924
President of British Columbia Canadian Ladies Golf Union 1933 – 1946
Competed in only two Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship due to distance
Competed in U.S Women’s Amateur Championship in 1913 but was defeated in 2nd round
Competed in British Women’s Amateur Championship in 1911 but was defeated in 4th round by eventual champion

Awards:

Inducted to BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1974

Inducted to Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 1989

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2001

Warren Sye

Inducted in 2016

Category: Amateur Player

Inducted: 2016

In 1986, Warren Sye would set the standard against which Canadian teams at the World Amateur Team Championship would be measured. He, alongside three teammates, became Canada’s first team to claim victory in the international competition – a feat which has yet to be matched 30 years later. Sye’s provincial success included five Ontario Amateur Championship titles between 1988 and 1996, as well as Ontario Champion of Champions victories in 1983 and 1991. At the national level, Sye is one-of-seventeen individuals to capture two-or-more Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships (1990 and 1994).

Sye’s extraordinary accomplishments as an amateur golfer were recognized by SCOREGolf Magazine, winning their “Male Amateur Golfer of the Year” award in 1985, 1990, 1994 and 1996.

Provincial:

1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 Ontario Amateur Champion (runner-up in 1989 and 1992)
2012 Ontario Senior Champion
1983, 1991 Ontario Champion of Champions
1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Eastern Ontario Amateur Champion
1984 Western Ontario Amateur Champion
Ontario George S. Lyon Team Champion winners: 1981, 1983, 1991
Member of 9 Ontario Willingdon Cup Teams
1977 and 1978 Ontario Open, Low Amateur
1969 and 1970 Father and Son Champions

National:

1990, 1994 Canadian Amateur Champion
1981, 1990, 1992, 1994 Member of 4 winning Willingdon Cup Teams

International:

1985 Simon Bolivar Cup, 2^nd place Team, 3^rd place Individual
1986 Winning World Amateur Team Championship (Caracas, Venezuela)
1986, 1988, 1990, 1994 World Amateur Team Championship team member
1987, 1989, 1993 Pacific Rim Team Matches team member
1995 US Mid-Amateur Championship, runner-up
1994, 1997 (winner), 1998 International Team Matches for the Carlos A. Raffo Cup
1997 Individual Champion for the Manuel Prado Cup

Awards:

1985, 1990, 1994, 1996 SCOREGolf Award Male Amateur Golfer

1986 Federation of Canada’s “Sport Team of the Year” Award

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2003

Inducted to Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2003

Resources:

Photos of Warren Sye from our collection.

Gordon Baxter Taylor

Inducted in 1986

Category: Player – Amateur and Builder

Inducted: 1986

Born: 1909
Died: January 27, 1999

Another of Canada’s multi-sport athletes, Gordon B. Taylor excelled at football, basketball, hockey and driving. In fact the talented young Taylor played for the Montreal Royals and was considered a prospective Olympic driver before honing his skills on the golf course. His victory at the 1932 Canadian Amateur was the start of a storied career that eventually led to a vital role in golf administration in this country. Not only did Taylor win the Canadian Seniors’ Championship in his later years, but he also served as president of the RCGA and Canadian Seniors’ Golf Association.

International Teams:

1935 Member of first overseas Canadian Team
1954 Captain of Canadian Team at the first Commonwealth Golf Tournament
1964 Captain of Canadian Team at the Senior Triangular Matches in 1964

National:

1932 Canadian Amateur Champion
1966 and 1967 Canadian Senior’s Golf Association Champion

Provincial:

1934 Quebec Men’s Amateur Champion
1968 Quebec Senior Men’s Champion

Other items of note:

President of Golf Quebec in 1949
RCGA Governor from 1950 to 1964
RCGA President in 1959
RCGA Advisory Governor from 1965 to 1977
President of Canadian Seniors Golf Association in 1978 and 1979

Awards:

Stanley Thompson

Inducted in 1980

Category: Builder – Architect

Stanley Thompson

Inducted: 1980

Born: September 18, 1893
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario
Death: January 4, 1953

Stanley Thompson was not only a fine amateur golfer in his day, but he developed into one of the most internationally renowned Canadian golf course architects. With over 120 golf courses to his credit, many of Thompson’s enduring designs are among the top golf courses in Canada to this day. His eye for incorporating the natural lie of the land into his designs is in evidence at Toronto’s St. George’s, Vancouver’s Capilano and Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta.

Courses Designed in Canada:

Norway Point, ON
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Brantford Golf and Country club, ON
Lakeview Golf Club, ON
Muskoka Lakes Golf Club, ON
Owen Sound, ON
Summit Golf Club, ON
Windermere Golf and Country Club, ON
Beach Grove Golf Club, ON
Bigwin Inn Golf club, ON
The Briars, ON
Glen Stewart, ON
Highland Golf Club (London, ON)
Humber Valley Golf Club, ON
North Bay Golf and Country Club, ON
St. Clair Beach Golf Club, ON
Niakwa Golf and Country Club, ON
Halifax Golf and Country Club, ON
Lingan Golf and Country Club, ON
Burlington Golf and Country Club, ON
Cedar Brook Golf and Country Club, ON
Lake Shore Golf and Country Club, ON
Mississaugua Golf and Country Club, ON
Shore Acres Golf Club, ON
St. Thomas Golf Club, ON
Thornhill Golf and Country Club, ON
Uplands Golf Club, ON
York Downs Golf Club, ON
Bayview Golf and Country Club, ON
Couchiching G&CC, ON
Fort Williams, ON
Islington G&CC, ON
Kenora, ON
Queen Victoria Park, ON
Marlborough, QC
Alcrest, MB
Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club, AB
Big Bay Point, ON
Erie Downs, ON
Toronto Ladies’ Golf Club, ON
Minaki Inn, ON
Ki-8-Eb, QC
Wasaga Beach, ON
Saugeen Golf Club, Port Elgin, ON
St. Andrews Golf Club, ON
Mount Bruno Country Club, QC
Regina Golf Club, SK
Southwood Golf and Country Club, MB
Huntsville Downs, ON
Oakdale Golf Club, ON
Orchard Beach Golf and Country Club, ON
St. Catharines, ON
Banff Springs Golf Club, AB
Mayfair Golf and Country Club, AB
Lambton Golf Club, ON
Assiniboine, MB
Castle Mountain Miniature
Allandale, ON
St. George’s Golf and Country Club, ON
Tor Hill, SK
Murray Municipal Golf Club, SK
Prince Rupert, BC
Lethbridge, AB
Digby Pines, NS
Brampton, ON
Chedoke, ON
Dundas Valley, ON
Erindale, ON
Old Mill Miniature
Oshawa Golf and Country Club, ON
Peterborough Golf and Country Club, ON
Waterloo County ON
Westmount Golf and Country Club, ON
Seigniory Club, QC
Aurora Higlands, ON
Brockville Country Club, ON
Catarqui Golf and Country Club, ON
Cutten Field Golf Club, ON
Glen Mawr Golf Club, ON
Truro Golf and Country Club, NS
Willowdale, ON
Mount Royal, QC
Kawartha Lakes Golf Club, ON
Capilano Golf and Country Club, BC
St. Leonards, QC
Muskoka Beach, ON
Noranda Mines, QC
Sunningdale Golf and Country Club, ON
Credit Valley Golf Club, ON
Kitchener Civic, ON
Highland Links Golf Club, NS
Green Gables Golf Club, PEI
Norway Bay Golf Club, QC
Beaconsfield Golf Club, QC
Waskesiu Golf Course, SK

Other Items of Note:

Co-founder of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1948
He completed 200 courses, the majority in Canada, but includes courses in Brazil, Colombia, British West Indies and the United States
He introduced the strategic type of golf hole design
Stanley won the 1924 Ontario Amateur at the Toronto Golf Club

Awards:

Inducted to Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame in 2015

Resources:

Photos of Stanley Thompson from the collection.

Stanley Thompson Society

Mabel Gordon Thomson

Inducted in 1986

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: September 28th, 1874
Place of Birth: Saint John, New Brunswick
Died: August 13, 1950

Mabel Thomson was one of the Maritimes’ greatest golfers. Many of her accomplishments on the golf course preceded even the establishment of the Maritime Golf Association. At the national level, Thomson won five Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Championships between 1902 and 1908 and represented Canada on several team matches against the United States and Britain in the early years of the twentieth century.

Thomson’s accomplishments all occurred before the publication of Canada’s first golf periodical in 1915, therefore very little has been written about her. The facts of her Maritime golf record have not been fully established, and might never be, since she was playing in Maritime tournaments before there was a Maritime Golf Association. The New Brunswick Hall of Fame credits her with three wins, in 1905, 1906 and 1911. An article by the Secretary of the Canadian Ladies Golf Union in 1915, credits her with nine.

National:

1902, 1905 – 1908 Canadian Women’s Amateur Champion
Winner of the qualifying medal round in the Canadian Ladies Amateur Championship in 1904, 1905 and 1908.

Provincial:

Multiple winner of the Maritime Ladies Championship.

Other items of note:

Represented Canada in team matches against the United State and Great Britain during the period of 1902-1908

Awards:

Inducted to New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1975

Margaret Todd

Inducted in 1997

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: May 31, 1918
Place of Birth: Montreal, QC

Canadian women’s golf was truly blessed when, as a young lady, Margaret (Sutcliffe) Todd first picked up a golf club. A natural at the game, Victoria Golf Club’s Margaret Todd took three British Columbia Amateur titles, two Canadian Women’s Senior titles and played on a host of teams, including Canada’s first international team to Great Britain. But beyond the fairways Margaret gave back to the game three fold, through administrative work with the Canadian Ladies’ Golf Association. She served the CLGA in many capacities, including as National Director of Rules. Her most significant contribution has perhaps been in the realm of enhancing player development opportunities whenever possible.

National:

1976-1977 Canadian Women’s Senior Champion

Teams:

Canadian Team vs Great Britain 1950 and 1953
1963 Commonwealth
1972 World Amateur
BC Women’s Team – 8 times
BC Senior Women’s Team – 8 times

Provincial:

1947-1949 British Columbia Women’s Amateur Champion
1975-1976 British Columbia Women’s Senior Champion

Other:

National Course Rating Director 1961 – 1963
National Teams Director 1970 – 1972
National Rules Director 1984 – 1986
British Columbia Rules Director 1980 – 1983
Chairman CLGA Advisory Panel 1994-1995
Commonwealth and World Amateur Delegate 1964, 1970, 1984, 1992
Director BC Golf Museum 1989

Awards:

Inducted to BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1973

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2001

Resources:

Photos of Margaret Todd from our collection.

Murray Carlyle Tucker

Inducted in 1999

Category: Professional/Builder

Born: November 2, 1922
Place of Birth: Mitchell, Ontario
Died: June 24, 2002

Mitchell, Ontario native Murray Tucker has served the professional golf industry since 1948 when he became the professional at the Sunningdale Golf and Country Club, in London, Ontario. Although more than proficient at the game, winning many titles throughout his career, Murray’s legacy to the game has been his work toward assisting his profession. Writing many of the original manuals and policies, he was particularly responsible for introducing a pension plan for Canadian professionals. Murray was also the first Canadian to earn the degree of ‘Master Professional’.

Assistant Professional, Mississaugua G&CC ,1946 -1948
Professional, Sunningdale G&CC, 1948 – 1953
Professional, Rosedale GC, 1953 – 1965
Director of Golf, Board of Trade CC, 1965 – 1989

National:

1955 Millar Trophy winner
1971 PGA of Canada Senior Champion

Provincial:

1958 PGA of Ontario Champion
Ontario Seniors’ PGA Championship – 3 times
1950 Ontario Open Champion

Other items of note:

1949 Irving Open Champion
Course Records – Rosedale, Uplands, Box Grove, Cobourg, York Downs (old Course) Board of Trade
Canada’s first Master Professional
1959 – 1960 President of PGA of Canada
1959 & 1962 President of PGA of Ontario
Director of PGA of Canada and PGA of Ontario more than 20 years
Instituted PGA of Canada Pension Plan
Designed and wrote numerous employment manuals for the PGA of Canada
PGA of Canada Club Professional of the Year

Awards:

Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 2017

Resources:

Photos of Murray Tucker from our collection.

Robert Vokey

Inducted in 2017

Category: Builder

Birth date: July 15, 1939

Birth place: Verdun, Quebec

Born in Montreal and raised in Verdun, Que., Vokey has become one of the world’s foremost wedge designers and trusted short game advisor to many of the modern game’s greatest golfers. His innovative designs have made Titleist Vokey wedges a trusted brand among golfers of every age and skill level.

Growing up, Vokey was a three-sport athlete in hockey, baseball, and football. His talents on the football field led to a professional stint with the Québec Rifles of the United Football League. He moved to Southern California in 1965 to work for AT&T laying telephone lines and it was during this time that he developed a passion for golf and the tools required for golfers to play their best.

Bob Vokey credits his early inspiration in club design to the summers he spent with his father, a fine tool and die maker who had a penchant for golf and enjoyed tinkering with equipment.

Over his illustrious career, Vokey has designed wedges for many of golf’s notable players including Seve Ballesteros, Lee Trevino, Bernhard Langer, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Davis Love III, Mark O’Meara, Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, as well as Canadians Mike Weir, Ian Leggatt, Graham DeLaet and Brad Fritsch.

Awards:

Resources:

Who is Bob Vokey?

Lisa Walters

Inducted in 2008

Category: Player – Professional Golfer

Born: January 9, 1960

Place of Birth: Prince Rupert, BC

International:

1981 All American at Florida State
1992 and 1993 Hawaiian Ladies’ Open (LPGA Tour)
1998 Oldsmobile Classic (LPGA Tour)

National:

Co-Captained Nations Cup with Sandra Post

Provincial:

1977 British Columbia Junior Girls Champion
1978-1981 British Columbia Women’s Champion

Other Items of Note:

Injuries plagued Lisa throughout her career as back, knee, rib, shoulder, wrist and thumb problems threatened to end her career. It was that perserverance that allowed her to win three tour events.
A bit of an enigma to many due to her low-key nature, Lisa is tied with current Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Dawn Coe-Jones for wins on the LPGA Tour

Awards:

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

Resources:

Photos of Lisa Walters from our collection.

Bob Weeks

Inducted in 2016

Category: Builder

Inducted: 2016

Birth: April 16, 19

Bob Weeks is one of Canada’s leading golfer writers and broadcasters. He is best known as the golf analyst for TSN where he has covered hundreds of tournaments, including more than 60 major championships, in Canada and around the world. In addition, he has hosted numerous golf programs over the years, both on television and radio, and written hundreds of columns on TSN.ca.

For 28 years, Weeks was the editor of SCOREGolf Magazine while also hosting SCOREGolf TV. His work has appeared in Golfweek, Golf Magazine, Mclean’s, the Globe and Mail and other publications in Canada and around the world.

Weeks, who started playing golf at age 11 in Prince Edward Island, has been a proud member of the Weston Golf & Country Club for more than 40 years. He has been inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame, the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame. In addition, he has been named winner of the Dick Grimm Award presented by the Canadian Golf Journalists Association, and the PGA of Canada’s highest honour, the George Cumming Award.

Achievements:

1987 – Associate Editor – SCOREGolf Magazine

1988 – Co-created SCOREGolf Top Golf Course Rankings

1992 – Editor SCOREGolf Magazine

1994 – Co-host of “Fairways” Radio Show

1996 – V.P. SCOREGolf Canada Ltd.

1996 – Created SCOREGolf radio Show

1998 – Authored “The World’s Greatest Golf Courses”

1998 – Host of SCOREGolf TV

1999 – Co-founded first Canadian golf magazine for women, “Canadian Women Golfer”

2002 – Co-Founded SCOREGolf for Women TV

2006 – Started “Weeks Speaks” blog on SCOREGolf.com

2011 – Co-developed “Canada’s 25 Greatest Golfers of All-time” Ranking

Awards:

1993 – Golf Week Magazine Top Columnish

2007 and 2009 – National Post’s Most Influential Canadian Golf Media Personality/Journalisht

2009 – Golf Journalists Association of Canada Web Editorial Award

2013 – Dick Grimm Award Presented by Golf Journalists Association of Canada

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2014

Inducted to Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2014

2015 Distinguished Service Award from Golf Canada

Inducted to Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2016

Resources:

Photos of Bob Weeks from our collection.

Robert Stanley Weir

Inducted in 2019

Category: Builder – Writer

Achievements:

• Canada’s first golf writer. His works can be found in Canadian Golfer, Golf Magazine, Golfer’s Magazine, Golf Illustrated, Vanity Fair and Harpers Bazaar.

Wrote on the subject of golf for over two decades. Over 90 articles have been uncovered currently.
Weir’s Golfers in Action series profiled golfers Walter Travis, C.B. MacDonald, Willie Anderson, among others.
Weir was an early investigator into golf psychology.
Recognized by the Golf Journalist Association of Canada as Canada’s first writer.

Golf Background:
• Royal Montreal Golf Club member 1890-1901
• Outremont Golf Club founding member, 1902-1913
-Clubs first President
-Donated a Handicap Medal
• Kanawaki Golf Club founding member, 1914 – 1920
• Golf Canada Board Member – 1904

Other items of note:

Wrote the English lyrics to O’Canada
Bernard Darwin wrote of Weir: “He has an easily intelligible method of explaining something, which is horribly difficult to explain”.
Published two books of poetry
Legal work included the writing: The Administration of the Old Regime of Canada, Legislative Acts for Education, and Municipal Code and Code of Civil Procedure

Golf Writings:

To read the golf writings of R.S. Weir, click here.

Mike Weir, C.M.

Inducted in 2009

Category: Professional Golfer

Place of Birth: Sarnia, Ontario
Date of Birth: May 12, 1970

International:

1999 Air Canada Championship (PGA Tour)
1999 Telus Skins Game
2000 World Golf Championship – American Express
2001 Tour Championship (PGA Tour)
2003 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (PGA Tour)
2003 Nissan Open (PGA Tour)
2003 The Masters (PGA Tour)
2003 Champions Challenge
2004 Nissan Open (PGA Tour)
2004 Champions Challenge (PGA Tour)
2007 Fry’s Electronics Open (PGA Tour)
2021 Insperity Invitational (Champions Tour)
Played on 5 President’s Cup Teams – 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
Co-Captain of President’s Cup International team – 2017, 2019
Captain of President’s Cup International team – 2024
Played on 6 World Cup Teams – 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007

National:

1986 Canadian Juvenile Championship
1997 BC Tel Pacific Open
1997 Canadian Masters

Provincial:

1988 Ontario Junior Championship
1990 Ontario Amateur Championship
1990 Ontario Willingdon Cup Team Member
1992 Ontario Amateur Championship

Other items of note:

Runner-up 1985 and 1986 Ontario Juvenile Boys Championship
Runner-up 1992 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship
Runner-up of the 2004 Canadian Open
International Coach for the 2024 President’s Cup Team

Awards:

Lou Marsh Memorial Award as Canada’s Top Athlete in 2003

Lionel Conacher Award as Canadian Male Athlete of the Year (2000, 2004 and 2005)

Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada on November 5, 2009

Inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2017

Resources:

Photos of Mike Weir from the collection.

See Mike’s 2003 entry in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame “The Lou Marsh Legacy” exhibit.

Nick Weslock

Inducted in 1972

Category: Amateur Golfer

Born: December 13, 1917

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Death: October 27, 2007

One of Canada’s most prolific championship golfers, Nick Weslock dedicated his life to competing in the amateur ranks and succeeded at every age category. He won the Canadian Amateur four times and captured the Ontario Amateur eight times over four decades, while finishing as low amateur in the Canadian Open on eleven occasions. A seven-time winner of the Ontario Open as an amateur, Weslock also represented Canada on several international teams, including the championship-winning Americas Cup, Commonwealth Championships and New Zealand Centennial tournament squads.

Teams:

Canada’s Americas Golf Cup Team seven times
Canada’s Commonwealth Team five times
Canada’s World Amateur Golf Team three times
Member of Ontario’s Willingdon Cup Team twenty-one times

National:

Canadian Amateur Champion: 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966

Provincial:

Ontario Amateur Championship: 1944, 1950, 1958, 1961-1962, 1965, 1969-1970
Ontario Open Champion: 1946, 1949, 1959, 1962, 1964-1965, 1969
Ontario Senior Champion:1969 and 1970

Other Items of Note:

Nick Weslock was a Member of Canada’s team that competed in the Humberto Almedia Cup Tournament and Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1970
Low Amateur Canadian Open Championship: 1947-1949, 1962-1968, 1970

Awards:

Inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1980

Resources:

Photos of Nick Weslock from our collection.

Gordon Witteveen

Inducted in 2012

Category: Builder

Born: May 19, 1934.
Place of Birth: Netherlands
Died: December 16, 2010.

Gord Witteveen’s career was dedicated to the world of turfgrass as a superintendent, historian, author and mentor to the next generations of greenkeepers. A graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College, founding director of the Canadian Superintendents Association and the GreenMaster magazine, Witteveen was a dominant presence in the Canadian golf landscape for over four decades. His fascination with turfgrass led him to research, compile and write: A Century of Greenkeeping and Keeping the Green in Canada: A history of Golf Course Management as well as co-author practical Golf Course Maintenance: The Magic of Greenkeeping and Keepers of the Green. He received multiple awards for his publications including regular contributions as a featured columnist to GreenMaster.

Career:

1956-1957 superintendent for Noranda Mines Golf Club in Quebec
1958 First superintendent at London Highland Country Club
1961-1972 superintendent at Northwood Golf Course in Toronto
1966-1972 Board of Directors for CGSA
1970 President of CGSA
1973-1999 superintendent at Board of Trade Country Club
1973-1977 GCSAA Board of Directors and Historical Preservation Sub Committee
1995 participated in TurfNet, sharing advice, opinions and experiences
1999-2008 Owned and operated Pleasant View Golf Course, Brantford

Accomplishments:

Earned Bachelor of Arts in Science at Ontario Agricultural College in 1958
Founding Director of the Canadian Golf Superintendent Association 1966
On the Board of Directors for CGSA 1966-1972
CGSA president 1970
Initiated the GreenMaster Magazine and served as editor for 5 years

Awards:

ScoreAward/CGSA Superintendent of the Year 1983
GCSAA Leo Fesser Award for best superintendent-written article in Golf Course Magazine 1983
CGSA John B. Steel Distinguished Service Award 1999
GCSAA Distinguished Service Award 2004
OSGA Distinguished Service Award 2007
Namesake for Gord Witteveen Award for outstanding writing by a superintendent for publication in GreenMaster magazine

Publications:

Co-author, Practical Golf Course Maintenance: The Magic of Greenkeeping 1998
Author, A Century of Greenkeeping 2001
Co-author, Keepers of the Green 2002
Author, Keeping the Green in Canada: A History of Golf Course Management 2008
Author, “The Last Word” for GreenMaster Magazine for 6 years
Blog “The Way I See It”

Robert Wylie

Inducted in 1995

Category: Player – Amateur

Born: September 25, 1929
Place of Birth: Alberta

As a young up-and-coming player, Bob Wylie tested his mettle on the PGA Tour in 1957 before returning to the amateur ranks where some of his greatest accomplishments were still ahead of him. After being reinstated as an amateur in 1960, Wylie won the first of his five Alberta Amateur Championships and his second Alberta Open. The affable Wylie has attacked senior golf with the same intensity he showed throughout his career, winning four consecutive Senior Golf Championships of Canada from 1985 to 1988. He remains a threat to win each year.

International:

America’s Cup Team Member: 1960-1961
World Amateur Team Member: 1960, 1962, 1968, 1984
1960 Mexican Amateur Champion
1962 Silver Medallist World Amateur
1968 Bronze Medallist World Amateur

National:

Canadian Men’s Senior Champion: 1985-1988, 1990, 1993, 1995

Provincial:

Alberta Open Champion: 1956, 1960
Alberta Amateur Champion: 1960, 1962, 1967-1969
Alberta Senior’s Champion: 1985-1990, 1994
1962 Saskatchewan Open Champion

Other Items of Note:

Ranked 7th in Golf Digest as 1988 Senior Amateur

Awards:

Resources:

Photos of Bob Wylie from our collection.

Richard Zokol

Inducted in 2011

Category: Player – Professional

Birthdate: August 21, 1958

Place of birth: Kitimat, British Columbia

Richard “Dick” Zokol’s playing career is highlighted by successes as an amateur, collegiate and professional golfer; member of Canada’s 1980 World Amateur Team; and winner of the 1981 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. Born in Kitimat, BC but grew up in Vancouver, Richard joined the Marine Drive Golf Club as a junior member in 1970. Richard “walked-on” to the Brigham Young University Golf Team in 1977 then captained BYU to the 1981 NCAA Championship (Division I) at Stanford University. He would turn professional later that year and it wasn’t long before he claimed his first professional victory, the 1982 British Columbia Open. Zokol spent 22 years competing on the PGA TOUR and has two career victories – the 1992 Greater Milwaukee Open and the 1992 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic. Other professional victories include the 1984 Utah Open as well as the 2001 Canadian PGA Championship. Zokol represented Canada at the World Cup (1992 and 1993) and was a member of the Dunhill Cup Team (1985-1987 and 1992-1993). During his amateur and professional career, Zokol competed in 26 Canadian Opens.

International:

1980 International Champions Tournament – Individual Title; (Morocco)
1981 NCAA Team Championship Brigham Young University
1984 Utah State Open
1992 Deposit Guarantee Classic (PGA Tour)
1992 Greater Milwaukee Open (PGA Tour)

National:

1981 Canadian Amateur Championship
1982 British Columbia Open
2001 Canadian PGA Championship (Nationwide Tour)

National & Provincial Teams:

1977 – 1981 Brigham Young University
1980 World Amateur Team (Canada)
1980 Willingdon Cup (BC)
1980 International Champions (Canada)
1981 2^nd Team All-American (NCAA)
1985 – 1987, 1992, 1993 Dunhill Cup Team (Canada)
1992, 1993 World Cup Team (Canada)

Other Items of Note:

Played in 26 Canadian Open Championships
Co-hosted Acura World of Golf (13 years)
Holds a USGA 9-hole record in US Opens at Pebble Beach (30 on front nine in final round of 2000 US Open)
Golf course architecture: Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club designed by Whitman/Zokol/Suny – won 2009 Best New Course in Canada – Golf Digest & ScoreGolf publications
Founder & Chairman of Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club
Honourary Life Member of the Marine Drive Golf Club – Vancouver, BC

Publications:

SwingFree: 3 Simple Steps to Better Golf 1999

Awards:

SCORE Award Male Playing Professional of the Year 1992 and 1993

Inducted to BC Golf Hall of Fame in 2009

Inducted to Brigham Young University Athletic Hall of Fame (1981 Golf Team) in 2009