Manitoba Golf Guide | 2016

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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AN INCREASING FOCUS OF GOLF MANITOBA BY TODD LEWYS WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF GOLF MANITOBA, THEY TEND TO THINK OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE. AFTER ALL, THEY RUN EVENTS, MANAGE HANDICAPS (IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOLF CANADA’S SCORE CENTRE), DETERMINE COURSE RATINGS, AND OVERSEE THE MANITOBA GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND MANITOBA GOLF HALL OF FAME. THEY ALSO MANAGE THE RULES OF GOLF EDUCATION (AGAIN IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOLF CANADA) – AND, ON AN EVER-INCREASING SCALE, GOLF MANITOBA IS FOCUSING ON PLAYER DEVELOPMENT.

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I t’s becoming an increasing part of what we do,” says Dave Comaskey, Golf Manitoba’s executive director. “In the last number of years, games competitions (Manitoba Games, Western Canada Games, Canada Summer Games) have revolutionized how we deliver our program. Everything goes back to 2007, when we started a training squad for the 2009 Canada Summer Games.” Today, there are eight regions throughout the province that have training squads. In coming years, players from those squads will work on their skills and vie to become part of teams that will compete in the Manitoba Games, Western Canada Games and, ultimately, the Canada Summer Games. “What we’ve done is engage PGA of Manitoba golf professionals to train squads in their area,” he explains. “Each area has qualifying tournaments, and regular practice sessions with the young players. The idea is to give those young players as much regular training as possible.” At the same time, the coaches receive training that will help them offer their young charges the highest possible level of instruction in all phases of the game. “We bring in people like (sports psychologist) Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood, Derek Ingram (Golf Canada’s national men’s team coach), and our own director of player development, Garth Goodbrandson, to give coaches guidance and a grounding in the latest coaching techniques,” Comaskey says. “The whole process is becoming very sophisticated.” The progress that’s been made since 2002 has been phenomenal, he adds. “We’ve come a long way since Garth and Derek got the ball rolling on the player development side 14 or so years ago. The innovation and creativity they showed then has increased, and we’re very excited about what’s happening.” Ingram says Golf Manitoba is doing a superb job of bringing young players along. “I think they’re a leader in player development in Canada,” he says. “In the past 10 to 12 years, Dave and Garth have

taken the bull by the horns and done a fantastic job. They’ve developed fine players such as Charlie Boyechko, Josh Wytinck (both former U of M Bison players) and Aaron Cockerill, with more really good players in the pipeline. We’re going to see more elite-level (golfers) come out of Manitoba, and they’ll all be byproducts of the Golf Manitoba program.” Regional coach Tom Kinsman (Southwood Golf & Country Club) says thanks to Golf Manitoba’s commitment to player development, young players now have the opportunity to grow their games in an environment that will allow them develop the skills required to – possibly – reach the elite level of the sport. “It’s a fabulous program,” he says. “At a cost of $150 for 20 hours of coaching, it’s affordable, and all the coaches do a great job. Kids under 15 can get involved with regional teams, and compete for a chance to play in the Manitoba Games, and possibly the Western Canada and Canada Games. The Canada Games are coming to Winnipeg (at Southwood) in 2017, so this is a big year for the kids.” Comaskey says the program is a team effort from start to finish. “We get guidance from Sport Manitoba, and we also conduct the program in partnership with the PGA of Manitoba. One of the goals of the program is to develop more elite-level players, and we hope to see the fruits of our labours in the years ahead.” The other goal? “To develop golfers for life,” Comaskey says. “Most competitive golfers continue to play the game for the rest of their lives, so at the very least, those young players will go on to enjoy golf for years to come.” Director of player development Garth Goodbrandson says there’s no downside to kids getting involved in the player development program. “It’s very competitive, which is great, but it also provides the kids with lifelong memories, and hopefully some lifelong friends,” he says. “Even if they don’t go on to compete at the highest level of the game, they’ll become core golfers who have a life-long passion for it.”

“What we’ve done is engage PGA of Manitoba golf professionals to train squads in their area,” he explains. “Each area has qualifying tournaments, and regular practice sessions with the young players. The idea is to give those young players as much regular training as possible.”

-Dave Comaskey, Golf Manitoba

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ON TOUR, THEY’RE KNOWN AS THE GRINDERS. IF YOU’VE EVER ATTENDED A TOUR EVENT AT ANY LEVEL, YOU’VE SEEN THEM: THE PLAYERS ON THE RANGE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO DIG A GAME OUT OF THE GROUND MUCH AS BEN HOGAN DID IN THE 1930S AND 1940S PRIOR TO WINNING A SLEW OF MAJORS IN THE EARLY 1950S. Derek Ingram was one of those players. Back in the late 1990s, the Winnipeg native decided he wanted to take a crack at playing Tour golf. After qualifying for the Canadian Tour, he threw his clubs in the trunk of his car and began crisscrossing Canada in pursuit of his dream. In his two years on Tour, Ingram won the respect of his peers for his playing ability – the man could flat out play – and his technical expertise. Much like Hogan, he had dug his game out of the ground through trial and error – and his dedication to learning every nuance of the golf swing to get the most out of his game. In his second year on tour, a funny thing happened. “I realized that I was putting more time into my friends’ games than I was putting into mine,” recalls Ingram. “I loved to compete, but I also really enjoyed helping my friends out.” At the same time, the lustre of Tour life had worn off. Intent on pursuing a teaching career and settling down, Ingram returned to Winnipeg and built Golf Central with partner Dave McMillan. He also began working with Garth Goodbrandson with the men’s golf team at the University of Manitoba. Not long after, Golf Canada came calling. Eventually, he became their assistant men’s

coach in 2001. Ingram was never happier: he was in his element. “Those appointments validated my decision to focus more exclusively on teaching and coaching,” he says. “I still loved to play, and actually won Manitoba PGA Player of the Year twice (2003, 2007).” The fine play only further cemented his reputation as a premiere teacher and coach. “I think it helped me on the teaching/ coaching side of things because it gave me credibility. It’s important to be able to play to a decent standard to coach; it helps you relate to players because you’ve been there.” Ingram’s ascent in the coaching ranks continued in 2008, when he was named head coach of Golf Canada’s women’s team. For a little over three years, he successfully guided

me.’ It was very emotional, a dream come true. It was quite a thrill being there in the middle of everything at Augusta.” There’s another big occasion coming up for Ingram this summer: the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Ingram was recently named head coach of Canada’s men’s golf team – something, believe it or not, he was prepared for. “It was my dream goal for the last seven or eight years. I started preparing for it back then, and actually went to the Sochi (Winter) Olympics in 2014 to get a feel for what the Games are like. I also coached Canada’s men’s golf team at last year’s Pan-Am Games in Toronto. I’m excited about the opportunity. We’ll have a good team, likely with Graham DeLaet and David Hearn.”

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the players in that program. Then, in 2011, he was named head coach of the men’s national amateur golf team. At present, he oversees the men’s national golf team, as well as a young pro squad that consists of promising players such as Adam Svensson, Taylor Pendrith and Corey Connors. Thanks to Ingram’s dedication – he works closely with those three players and others to polish their games and (hopefully) ready them for taking a shot a professional golf – he was able to realize a dream in April 2015. “Corey actually ended up qualifying for The Masters,” he says. “My wife had said we should go one year as spectators, but I said, no, I’m not going to go unless I’m playing, or with one of my players. When Corey qualified, he said, ‘Coach, you’re coming with

Roughly 18 years after embarking on his dream, Ingram can’t help feeling extremely humbled, and grateful. “My motto for the past 15-plus years – which I got from Canadian basketball coach Jack Donohue – is, ‘People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.’ When I work with players, I get to know the person first. Then, once I develop a relationship with them, I do my best to use my knowledge to help them play their best.” Simply put, the driving force behind his rise to prominence is a deep love for the game. “I have a passion for golf and people, and I think my players see that. It’s a privilege to travel all over the world and work with such good, highly-motived guys. I feel blessed. It’s a dream come true.”

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IT’S ONE THING TO GO TO THE GOLF COURSE WITH SOME FRIENDS ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON AND SHOOT A LOW SCORE. BUT DOING IT UNDER TOURNAMENT PRESSURE — AS WE WITNESSED ONCE AGAIN AT THIS YEAR’S MASTERS — IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME. L earning to deal with that mental aspect of the game is one of the many benefits young players hope to gain from being part of Golf Manitoba’s long-term player development program. Garth Goodbrandson, Golf Manitoba’s director of player development, says the program was revamped in 2012 leading up to that year’s Manitoba Summer Games, and is back for this year’s Games, to be held Aug. 7 to 13 in Steinbach. “What we’ve done is for boys 15-and-under and girls 17-and-under we’ve hired golf pros as coaches in each region, and we’ll form a training squad that will get together in May and June and have a qualifying event for each team,” Goodbrandson says. “It was fantastic in 2012. We had a great group of coaches, and we had 72

kids involved. When you talk to the kids now, they have great memories. Even those that didn’t make the team had a great time.” Each of the eight regions will send up to four boys and four girls to the Steinbach Fly-In Golf Club for the Games. Prior to the 36-hole regional qualifying tournaments, each player will receive at least 20 hours of coaching. While the players are expected to have a reasonable level of golfing skill to participate, Goodbrandson says many of them will be new to playing in tournament conditions. “Kids might go into the program this year at 11, and are not superstars by any means,” he says. “But they’re getting experience, and they’re still eligible at 15 (for the next Games).” The best way to learn from a disappointing performance on the golf course is for players to ask themselves how they would handle a similar situation if faced with it again in the future, Goodbrandson says. “They will get in that situation again,” he says. “It’s funny how often that happens.” Goodbrandson says some of the most important lessons that players learn are about

preparation and off-course activities rather than putting or bunker shots. “You see kids coming to the tee five minutes before their tee time, not getting enough sleep the night before, not having rain gear, or not eating lunch before their round,” he says. “If you keep doing the right things over the long haul, you’ll be successful.” In addition to the Manitoba Summer Games, the provincial development program is hard at work preparing for next summer’s Canada Games, which will be hosted by Winnipeg. A group of players began down the road to that event last year by first shooting for the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games in Alberta. All players who were eligible for that program are in the running for the 2017 event, which will be held at Southwood Golf and Country Club. “Based on the results from the previous year, we selected a training squad,” says Goodbrandson, who is also the coach of the Canada Games team. “Those kids had lots of practice at the Golf Dome over the winter, and will play in (local leagues) against top players this summer.”

Next year, the top three boys and girls will be selected in a marathon qualifying tournament of 12 rounds, with the top nine scores counting. Alumni from past Canada Games have gone on compete for the University of Manitoba’s national championship men’s team as well as many other universities and colleges on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. “It’s a fantastic experience for them,” Goodbrandson says. “For sure playing in the tournament at the Games is great, but being at the Games is something they will remember for the rest of their lives. We want them to play their best and also have a fantastic experience during the week.” The chance to compete in their home province is just one more reason for training squad members to fight for a spot on the team. “They’ll get that much more attention with friends and family watching them,” Goodbrandson says. “Winnipeg will do it up really well.”

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GOLF IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM RAISING UP NEW GENERATION OF GOLFERS BY TODD LEWYS

WHILE YOUNG KIDS LOVE TO PLAY, INTRODUCING THEM TO A SPORT CAN BE ANOTHER PROPOSITION ALTOGETHER . G etting them to play sports like soccer or football is easy, because (at least during the initial introduction to the sport), not a lot of technique is required to have fun – all you need to do is kick, or throw the ball around. Often, those simple actions are enough to get kids hooked on the sport. The same can’t necessarily be said of a sport like golf. Much like baseball, some technique is required early on to be successful in hitting the ball. When teaching baseball to youngsters, coaches will first put a ball up on a tee so kids can have a better chance of hitting the ball. Once they’ve gotten the hang of making decent contact, only then do coaches progress to having players hit pitches. For years, schools tried to introduce golf to kids in a distinctly Scottish way: using regulation-sized golf balls (or plastic whiffle balls) and small-headed clubs. The real balls were (hopefully) hit into a net, or those students who were lucky enough to make contact with the whiffle balls knocked them halfway down the gym with a good swing. It wasn’t the most user-friendly – or fun – way to introduce kids to an inherently difficult

sport, to say the least. While Golf Manitoba has had its Golf in Schools program for much of the past 20 years, the program’s focus has changed dramatically in the last five to six years, says Garth Goodbrandson, Golf Manitoba’s director of player development. “Over the last number of years, we’ve developed a kit that’s far more user-friendly,” he says. “Rather than regular clubs and whiffle balls, we now give kids oversized, hard plastic clubs and big Nerf balls. They can put the ball up on a tee, and then – after a bit of instruction – take a swing at it.” The difference between the old and new methods of introducing kids to the game has been night and day, Goodbrandson says. “Kids really enjoy the bigger ball – it’s just so much easier to hit when you’re starting out. With the bigger ball, there are very few missed shots, and kids are able to get the ball up in the air. They love seeing the ball fly through the air, and are excited about their success.” The new approach has resonated with young female golfers, he adds. “Their success rate with the bigger club and ball is just so much greater. Before, when they tried to hit a small whiffle ball with a small club, they’d hit the ground, and it would hurt their hands. They have so much fun with the expanded ball and club – there’s lots of laughter, and smiles. When kids have more fun, you have a much better chance of catching their interest and getting them involved in the game.” Today, the Golf for Kids Program is offered at more than 100 elementary schools across the province. Not only has the new approach

gone over well with kids, it’s also gone over well with schools. “It’s not only fun, but it’s safe for both the kids and teachers,” Goodbrandson says, adding that Golf Manitoba also puts on instructional seminars for teachers. “You can do it inside or outside, and it doesn’t take a lot of resources to put it on – they’re provided for the schools. We typically start doing the clinics in May or June in physical education classes. Our goal is to put golf clubs in as many hands as possible to expose kids to golf.” The whole idea is to capture kids’ imaginations by making the sport as fun as possible.

“If kids have fun and get off to a good start, chances are good that they’ll explore the sport further,” he says. “If they show that interest, we’ll supply them with irons and a putter so they can get out and practice at a golf course.” At that point, there’s a good chance that they’ll will be hooked on the game, and will want to progress to playing at city courses, or at a local golf club. “It’s all about raising up the next generation of golfers,” Goodbrandson says. “In the last three years, we’ve put about 5,000 kids through the program each year. We’re hopeful that many of those kids will develop a love for the game, and will want to play it for the rest of their lives.”

“If kids have fun and get off to a good start, chances are good that they’ll explore the sport further,” he says. “If they show that interest, we’ll supply them with irons and a putter so they can get out and practice at a golf course.”

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ANCHORING BAN HIGHLIGHTS RULE CHANGES BY AVI SAPER

THE RULES OF GOLF ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, BUT FEW CHANGES HAVE COME WITH AS MUCH CONTROVERSY AS THE BAN ON ANCHORING THE CLUB, WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. G olf’s two governing bodies — the United States Golf Association and the R&A — gave players plenty of notice to adjust their techniques accordingly when they announced their decision in May 2013. When the newest edition of the Rules of Golf took effect on Jan. 1, players could no longer anchor their club “directly or by use of an anchor point” in making a stroke. Techniques such as using a belly putter anchored to the player’s torso had been growing in popularity in recent years, especially in the professional ranks, where Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson all anchored their way to major championships. But there was never a shortage of detractors claiming that the pendulum motion was not a true golf stroke. “It basically means you can’t put your forearms or your hands on your body, or hold a club against your stomach,” explains Bob Fallis, a member of Golf Manitoba’s board of governors and the organization’s rules chair. While the anchoring ban could have a major effect on the PGA Tour, Fallis says he is hard pressed to think of any top local amateur players who had been using the technique. “There probably are one or two,” he says. “In the seniors there are a couple more, but most people have had time to change back.” Fallis says the rules for serious competitions needn’t always be followed during a friendly game with friends. “If you want to use an anchored putter at your golf club I couldn’t care less,” he says, adding he expects to see some belly putters in his own

regular group. “Other than calling them a cheater, I won’t worry about it,” he says with a laugh. While the anchoring ban has received the most attention, it isn’t the only change in the latest edition of the rules. A committee consisting of three members from the R&A, three from the USGA and one from Golf Canada are responsible for making the final decisions on any rules changes every four years. Golfers have long complained about being penalized a stroke for their ball moving after they have addressed it — even when they didn’t make contact with the ball. This will no longer be the case. If the player doesn’t cause the ball to move, they simply play their next stroke from the ball’s new location without penalty. “It used to be that you were automatically at fault,” Fallis says. “Lots of times the wind would move it. Now it’s a matter of convincing the people you’re with or the rules official that you didn’t move it.” Also new for 2016 is an easing of the penalty for submitting an incorrect scorecard. If a player signs their card and later discovers that they should have added a penalty stroke, they can now make the correction and add a two-stroke penalty. In the past, the player would have been disqualified. Finally, players now have a little more wiggle room if they use an “artificial device” — such as a training device — during competition. Instead of an immediate disqualification, the player is now penalized two strokes on the first infraction and DQ’d for a second. Decisions on the Rules of Golf , which contains some 2,500 decisions designed to clarify the game’s 34 rules, is updated every two years. This year, 29 new decisions were added while 81 were removed. “It has its own language,” says Fallis, who is one of a handful of Level 4 rules officials in the province. “Even a good golfer, if they looked at it, would be pretty confused by it.” For the average golfer playing a rare competitive round of stroke play, Fallis says the best course of action when a rules issue arises is to finish the hole playing two balls and to ask their club pro for a ruling after the round. In match play, a player should tell their opponent what they are doing and any dispute can be settled after the round.

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TEE OFF AT MORE THAN 125 COURSES THIS SEASON THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF GREAT PLACES TO GOLF IN MANITOBA

Pine Falls Golf Club 204-367-8463_____________9 PU Pine Ridge Golf Club 204-222-6477_____________18 P Pleasant Valley Golf Club 204-537-2487____________18 PU Poplar Ridge Golf Course 204-848-2382____________18 PU Portage la Prairie Golf Club 204-857-6177____________ 18 SP Reston Golf Club 204-877-3511_____________9 PU Ridgewood Golf Course 204-326-6225_____________9 PU River Oaks Golf Course 204-261-4653____________18 PU Riverdale Golf & Country Club 204-328-7122_____________9 PU Riverview Golf & Country Club 204-746-2027_____________9 PU Roblin Golf & Country Club 204-937-4774_____________9 PU Roland Golf Club 204-343-2409_____________9 PU Rossman Lake Golf Club 204-859-2391_____________9 PU Rossmere Country Club 204-988-1530___________ 18 SP Russell Golf Club 204-773-2969_____________9 PU Sandhills Golf & Country Club 204-834-2325_____________ 9 SP Sands Beach Golf Club 204-268-3364_____________9 PU Sandy Hook Golf Club 204-389-5466____________18 PU Sandy Lake Golf Course 204-585-5227_____________9 PU Scotswood Links 204-436-2600____________18 PU Selkirk Golf & Country Club 204-482-2050____________ 18 SP Shilo Golf & Country Club 204-765-3623____________ 18 SP Shooters Family Golf Centre 204-339-2326____________18 PU Souris & Glenwood Golf Club 204-483-2956_____________9 PU Southport Golf Course 204-428-3174_____________ 9 SP Southside Golf Course 204-254-6709____________18 PU

Southwood Golf & Country Club 204-269-7867_____________ 18 P St. Boniface Golf Club 204-233-4276____________ 18 SP St. Charles Golf & Country Club 204-889-4444____________ 27 P St. Malo Golf & Cabins 204-347-5514_____________9 PU Steinbach Fly-in Golf Club 204-320-4653____________18 PU Sunnyside Golf Club 204-728-2374____________18 PU Swan River Golf & Country Club 204-734-3935___________ 18 PU Teulon Golf & Country Club 204-886-4653___________ 18 PU The Golf Dome 204-489-7776____________ n/a P The Players Course 204-697-4976_____________9 PU The Shamrock Golf Course 204-878-2098_____________9 PU Thompson Golf Club 204-778-5537_____________9 PU Transcona Golf Club 204-222-6171____________18 SP Tuxedo Golf Club 204-888-2867____________18 PU Victoria Beach Golf Course 204-756-2435_____________9 PU Virden Wellview Golf Club 204-748-1721___________ 9 PU Warren Golf Course 204-322-5104____________18 PU Wheat City Golf Course 204-729-2177____________18 PU Wildwood Club 204-284-7385___________9/18 SP Windsor Park Golf Course 204-986-3006____________18 PU Winkler Centennial Golf Club 204-325-7582____________18 PU Winnipeg Canoe Golf Course 204-233-1105_____________9 PU Winnipegosis Golf Course 204-656-4737_____________9 PU

Assiniboine Golf Club 204-988-9313____________ 9 SP Beausejour Golf Course 204-268-2010_____________9 PU Bel Acres Golf & Country Club 204-632-8337____________18 SP Birtle Riverside Golf Club 204-842-5364_____________ 9 P Black Bear Golf Course 204-345-9977_____________9 PU Boissevain Golf Course 204-534-2365_____________9 PU Breezy Bend Country Club 204-895-7205_____________18 P Bridges Golf Course 204-735-3000____________18 PU Buffalo Point Resort 204-437-2777____________18 PU Carman Golf Club 204-745-2366____________18 PU Cartwright Town & Country Club 204-529-2260_____________9 PU CFB Winnipeg 17 Wing Golf Course 204-832-8436______________9 P Clear Lake Golf Course 204-848-4653____________18 PU Cottonwood Golf & Country Club 204-422-5540____________27 PU Crescent Drive Golf Course 204-986-5911_____________9 PU Dauphin Lake Golf Resort 204-638-9400____________18 PU Delahunt (Treherne) Golf & Country Club 204-723-2502 ____________ 9 PU Deer Ridge Golf Course 204-726-1545_____________9 PU Deloraine Golf & Country Club 204-747-2411_____________9 PU Elkhorn Resort & Conference Centre 204-848-2802_____________9 PU Elmhurst Golf & Country Club 204-224-2244_____________18 P Falcon Lake Golf Course 204-349-2554____________18 PU Falcon West Golf Course 204-777-7273____________18 PU Fisher Branch Golf & Country Club 204-372-6855_____________9 PU Gilbert Plains Country Club 204-548-3030____________18 PU

Girouxsalem Golf & Country Club 204-326-5722_____________9 PU Gladstone Golf & Country Club 204-385-2998_____________9 PU Glen Lea Golf Course 204-728-9090____________ 18 SP Glenboro Golf & Country Club 204-827-2856_____________9 PU Glendale Golf & Country Club 204-832-1306_____________18 P Grand Pines Golf Course 204-756-2345____________18 SP Granite Hills Golf Course 204-345-4653____________18 SP Halcrow Lake Golf & Country Club 204-627-2300_____________9 PU Hamiota Golf Club 204-764-2341_____________9 PU Harbour View Golf Course 204-222-2751_____________9 PU Heritage Golf Course 204-757-2830_____________9 PU Holiday Mountain Golf Course 204-242-2172_____________9 PU Inwood Golf & Country Club 204-278-3536____________18 PU John Blumberg Golf Course 204-986-3490____________27 PU Kenora Golf & Country Club 1-807-468-7995__________ 18 PU Kildonan Park Golf Course 204-986-5679____________18 PU Killarney Lakeside Golf Club 204-523-8277____________18 PU Kingswood Golf & Country Club 204-736-4079____________18 PU Kyle Memorial Golf Course 204-427-2376____________ 9 PU Lake of the Sandhills Golf Course 204-437-4653____________18 PU Lakeside Golf Club 204-759-2002_____________9 PU Lakeview Hecla Golf Course 204-279-2072____________18 PU Lakewood Hills Golf Course 204-848-2450_____________9 PU Larters at St. Andrews Golf Club 204-334-2107____________18 PU LaVerendrye Golf Club 1-888-424-5046__________ 18 PU Links at the Lake Golf Course 204-642-8858____________18 PU

Links at Quarry Oaks 204-326-4653____________27 PU Lorette Golf Course 204-878-2172____________ 9 SP Lundar Co-op Golf & Country Club 204-762-5877_____________9 PU MacGregor Town & Country Club 204-685-3100_____________9 PU Manipogo Golf & Country Club 204-646-2100_____________9 PU Maplewood Golf Club 204-433-3344____________18 PU Manitou Town & Country Golf Club 204-242-2287_____________9 SP Mars Sandhills Golf Course 204-265-6444____________18 PU McCreary Golf & Country Club 204-835-2711_____________9 PU Granite Hills Golf Course 204-345-4653____________16 PU Melita Golf Course 204-522-3820_____________9 PU Miami Golf & Country Club 204-435-2756____________ 18 SP Meadows at East St. Paul 204-667-4653 ___________ 18 PU Minnedosa Golf & Country Club 204-867-3151____________18 PU Minnewasta Golf & Country Club 204-822-4992____________18 PU Neepawa Golf & Country Club 204-476-5711____________ 18 SP Netley Creek Golf & Country Club 204-738-4653____________18 PU Niakwa Country Club 204-256-7326_____________18 P Northern Pines Golf Course 204-728-6967_____________9 PU Oak Lake Golf Club 204-855-2641_____________9 PU Oak Island Golf Course 204-855-2262____________18 PU Oakview Golf & Country Club 204-327-5590_____________9 PU Oakwood Golf Course 204-422-8045____________18 PU Phantom Lake Golf Club 204-687-3335_____________9 SP Pilot Mound Town & Country Club 204-825-2766____________ 9 PU Pinawa Golf Club 204-753-2294____________18 PU

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11 GOLF GUIDE 2016 Manitoba

HERE COMES SANDY KURCEBA’S FALCONWEST BY SCOTT TAYLOR

SANDY KURCEBA HAS A PLAN. AFTER 11 YEARS AT FALCON LAKE GOLF COURSE, KURCEBA FOUND HIMSELF A GOLF PROFESSIONAL WITHOUT A HOME. T he Government of Manitoba has decided to sell “Manitoba’s Jewel of the Wilderness,” at Whiteshell Provincial Park and Kurceba, the Director of Golf had to find a new home. “So my cousin Kenny McCreedy, the owner and builder of Fantasy Lake sat down with me and had a chat about leasing the course,” said Kurceba, who is not just a golf professional; but a former PGA Tour player, a teacher and coach, perhaps the best trick shot artist anywhere in the world and also a highly-regarded golf course operator. As of April 1, Sandy took over Fantasy Lake Golf Course.

“Falcon is a great course and people love to play it. I want them to think of Falcon West the same way. It’s Manitoba’s only 18-hole Par 3 golf course and we intend to build my Natural Golf schools there.” Kurceba’s trick shot shows have taken him around the world and they’re always tremendous. Of course, there is as much hockey as golf in those shows. “My career is split into so many facets as a PGA professional in the golf business,” he explained. “I have had two careers in my life: Summer golfer from junior to pro and winter hockey player from pee-wee to pro. That’s why my Happy Gilmore look in the show is the combo of my two sports. “And when I put on the skates to hit shots, I’m living my two talents in one. I often think that if I could have worn my skates on Tour, I might have made more putts.” Kurceba has been the director of golf at some

of the finest golf clubs in Canada and Australia. He’s been a PGA member in both Canada and Australia and played the tours in both countries. He holds three course records, has eight holes- in-one and has not only won the Carling Cup and the Titleist Cup, he was also an Australian hockey champion. If Sandy says you’ll love the new Falcon West, that’s a guarantee you can take to the bank. Team Falcon West, with a staff of Anne Sullivan as the event coordinator and Norm Schmautz as golf course superintendent, will provide its guests with the best service in the province. In fact, the Director of Gold, the Bald Falcon says you’ll love the new Falcon West and that’s a guarantee you can take to the bank. FORE!

“While many Manitobans might not have played Fantasy Lake, most Manitobans have seen it, on the highway just east of Winnipeg. We are re-branding it. It will now be called Falcon West. We’re going to bring up the grooming of the course, change some of the greens. It will also be the new home of SKGolf International, the company that former hockey star and 20-year member of the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian professional tours, heads up. It’s a company that boasts a trick shot artist, a showman, a former golf teacher of the year, event planner and promoter – and even inventor – of the game and it’s all one guy. Look for yourself at www.skgolf.net. So why Falcon West? “When golfers get out on that Trans- Canada Highway east of Winnipeg heading to the Whiteshell, all they’re thinking about is playing Falcon Lake,” said a man whose daughter, Jaclyn, has nicknamed him, The Bald Falcon.

Welcome to St. Boniface Golf Club Established in 1931; the club is located in the heart of St. Boniface, only 5 minutes from downtown Winnipeg.The golf course is a natural, classic par 72 course with tree-lined fairways and small undulating greens. St. Boniface Golf Club provides a challenging yet enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels. Offering memberships to fit every type of golfer, with flexible payment plans making it easy and affordable to join. Trial Memberships Available Now For first-time members, allowing you to take advantage of all the benefits of a full membership without the costs of share & initiation fees in your first year.

ST. BONIFACE GOLFCLUB

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