Manitoba Golf Guide

2019

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2 GREEN FEES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! ALL SEASON SPECIAL WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS COUPON! WESTMAN'S FINEST GREENS! • Customized Tournament & Corporate outing rates available upon request. • CPGA Head Professional Dave Scinocca available for lessons. • Enjoy The CFB Shilo Memorial Tribute to Canadian Military History at the Shilo Country Club, where each hole has a memorial plinth dedicated to a story of Canadian Military achievement! FULLY STOCKED PRO SHOP LICENSED RESTAURANT/LOUNGE CPGA Professional Dave Scinocca To book tee-times call 204-765-3623 or online at SHILOCOUNTRYCLUB.COM GOLD MEDAL Best Golf Course – Westman 2019 Located in Mordan, Manitoba (1 hour from the Perimeter) 1-877-822-4992 | golfminnewasta.com Bring this ad in & receive 4 3 Green Fees for the price of w w w. c a r m a n g o l f a n d c u r l i n g c l u b . c o m | 1 . 2 0 4 . 7 4 5 . 2 3 6 6 As much as we think we like change, the reality is that we are all creatures of habit. Take the rules of golf, for example. Back in 2012, golf's governing bodies – the United States Golf Association (USGA) and Royal & Ancient Club of St. An- drews (R & A) – embarked upon the unenviable task of revising the rules with the goal of making them more user-friendly and less punitive. Finally, after seven years of painstaking work, the new rules were rolled out in January of this year. The roll-out – much to the horror of the USGA and R & A – was anything but seamless. Although many of the changes appeared straightforward – key changes in- cluded dropping from knee height instead of shoulder height, being permitted to leave the flagstick in while putting on the green and reducing search time for a lost ball from three to five minutes – they turned out to be anything but. NEW RULES WILL TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO BY TODD LEWYS

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