The Ladies Open fared better than the Men’s Open in terms of weather, but both featured strong participant numbers and solid sportsmanship at the annual events, held at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club (SVGC).
The Men’s Open, held Canada Day long weekend, saw 83 players take to the green, with Dave Venman finishing as the Overall Low Gross winner, and Chris Vandemosselar as the Overall Low Net winner.
“The weather was spotty and the scores were similar,” said Tom Leach, in the SVGC newsletter, noting that the greens were running fast and smooth.
And the Ladies Open boasted beautiful weather and course conditions for the 52 woman who participated in the competition, held July 6 and 7.
The team of Aina Pettersen from Terrace, and Carol Schaeffer from Rupert took the Overall Low Gross win, with the team of Fran Fraser and Coranne Dohler from Smithers taking the Overall Low Net.
Men’s and Ladies’ nights at the club continue to be popular – as is the Junior program that sees more than 40 young golfers take to the course on Tuesday nights to learn skills and golf etiquette from the club’s head professional Germain Francoeur and a handful of volunteers.
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Men’s Open Results
Overall Winners:
Low Gross: Dave Venman 223
Low Net : Chris Vandemosselar 209
A Flight:
Low Gross: Scott Rigler 225
2nd: Germain Francoeur 226
3rd: Harold Feddersen 228
4th: Tyler Gibson 231
A Flight:
Low Net: Don Olson 214
2nd: Kim Haworth 216
3rd: Sten Sundin 219
4th: Paul Leffler 223
B Flight:
Low Gross: Wilf Taekema 249
2nd: Bill Warcup 251
3rd: Ken Demiris 251
4th: Mike Kerbrat 255
B Flight:
Low Net: John Warcup 216
2nd: Andrew Weissner 220
3rd: Scott Gingles 220
4th: Dan Barker 223
C Flight:
Low Gross: Darcy Netzel 259
2nd: Don Movold 264
3rd: Randy Prinz 265
4th: Rick Letawski 269
C Flight:
Low Net: Willy Wekel 221
2nd: Shiloh Vanderheide 222
3rd: Kelly Gingles 226
4th: Pete Croot 229
D Flight:
Low Gross: Gerry Comerford 273
2nd: Ken Giesbrecht 284
3rd: Troy Farkvam 286
4th: Ron Marhauer 296
D Flight:
Low Net: Phil Davies 216
2nd: Wayne Epp 223
3rd: John Bandstra 225
4th: Chris Courtney 229
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Ladies Open Results
Overall Winners:
Low Gross: Pettersen / Schaeffer
Low Net : Fraser / Dohler
A Flight:
Low Gross: Croot / de Jong
2nd: Williams / K Wardrop
3rd: Heagy / Farkvam
A Flight:
Low Net: Kerbrat / Kerbrat
2nd: Seppala / Nicholson
3rd: Stevens / Thomas
B Flight:
Low Gross: P Wardrop / Hobenshield
2nd: Lam / Shepherd
3rd: Malkow / Starr
B Flight:
Low Net: Murphy / Cresswell
2nd: Tchernoussoff / Annibal
3rd: Pretulac / Adams
C Flight:
Low Gross: Armstrong / Nester
2nd: Apolczer / Dover
3rd: Vandyk / Earl
C Flight:
Low Net: Tates / Toreme
2nd: Mooney / Harris
3rd: Ottesen / Goble