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02 GOLF GUIDE 2017 M A N I T O B A 10% Discount on Golf Charters BEAVER BUS LINES LTD. 204.989.7007 • Deluxe Modern Buses • Air Conditioned • Washroom Equipped • Professional Drivers • Underneath Storage • CD & DVD Equipped TO REQUEST A QUOTE CONTACT: info@beaverbus.com www.beaverbus.com CHARTER TRIPS FOR ALL OCCASIONS CANADA OR USA 100% Manitoba Owned • Free Wifi in Canada George McLeod accepting Golf Manitoba's Distinguished Service Award for 2016 from Tammy Gibson, the association's president, at Golf Manitoba's annual award reception in Winnipeg in October. Photo: Mike Lagace, Golf Manitoba. Going the extra mile BRANDON'S GEORGE MCLEOD HONOURED FOR DEDICATION TO GAME By Mark Halsall V olunteers play a huge role in Canadian golf, with tens of thousands of them helping to support the game in communities across the country. There are a special few who wield a strong influence at every level of the game in Canada, and you can count George McLeod among them. Starting with the Wheat City Golf Club in Brandon and then later for Golf Manitoba and Golf Canada, the 70-year-old Manitoban has taken on all kinds of tasks — everything from rules official, course rater, starter, scorer to tournament chair — in his 30-plus years as a golf volunteer. McLeod's favourite volunteer role reveals the respect he has for golfers — making sure that he gets all those names right when announcing players stepping up to the tee box, as a tournament starter. "We're a bilingual nation, so I always thought it was important if somebody from St. Boniface in Winnipeg or Quebec had a French name, that it was pronounced correctly," he says. "I'm not bilingual so I would pull the player or a caddy or a parent aside and have them