Club News

Congratulations to the winners of the 24th annual Spring Scramble Columbo Classic! Dan Lubbers, Jack Lubbers and Barry Miller – All members of the Seaforth Golf club shot an impressive 7 under par (64) to win by 1 and prevent a playoff as there were 3 teams tied at -6 (65)!

The event was a great success and although it was a rainy week the weather held up perfectly.

30 Teams of 3 enjoyed a round of golf followed by a delicious roast beef dinner and prizes. Proceeds from the day went to the Seaforth and Area Food Bank, the Cancer Society and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Thanks to Marc Robinet and his crew, the amazing sponsors and all of the Staff here at the club for all their work in organizing this event!

The Halldorson Cup was played in a “Scotch Mist” on Sunday with 24 players teeing it up for bragging rights and a new hat! The event is held in memory of the late Dan Halldorson who played on the PGA Tour for many years

Runners up

Both Teams

Champions!

The Men’s Closing on Saturday was a great success as players were teamed up for the 18 hole Team Challenge Format playing the front 9 as a scramble and the back 9 as a net best ball scoring 1 player on par 5’s, 2 on par 4’s and 3 on the par 3’s. The teams were fairly matched as the scores were all very close. There were close to hole prizes on all par 3’s and over $1200.00 in gift vouchers awarded to the Men’s League Members. There was even a draw amongst the players who had perfect attendance this season with Derek MacDonald taking that prize, while Ron McCallum won the prize given to those who have attended all year but couldn’t make the final. A steak barbecue followed golf.

The Seniors League had a successful closing on Thursday with a round of golf and delicious roast beef dinner. Low Gross Winner for Senior Ladies was Jan Baldwin and Mary Lou Hyde won Low Net. Low Gross Winner for Senior Men was Richard Kehl and Low Net was Herman Mooy.

Thanks to Richard & Sue Kehl, Jan & Dave Baldwin & Mike Thomas for organizing Senior League.

Last weekend we held our annual Men’s Invitational and hosted golfers from all over Ontario and as far away as Bermuda, South Carolina and New York were divided into four flites so there were lots of opportunities to succeed on the course and on the scoresheet.

The winner of the Commercial Hotel Trophy and champion over the field is Paul Doig who won in a playoff against Tony Greidanus from Charlotte S.C. Both golfers shot 1 over par 72 in regulation play.

The low net winner with a net score of 61 is Pat McGee from London who gets his name on the Shorty Munro Memorial Trophy.

Seaforth members who visited the prize table included: Todd Doig, Barry Miller, Kevin Bennett, Jerry Wright, Nick Lubbers, Steve Knight, Alex Westerhout, Frank Verberne, Bob Kistner, Derek VanDrunen.

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make the event such a great success!

Congratulations to our 2018 Club Champions who have earned their own parking spots for the year!

♦Frank Verberne – Mens and Sr. Men’s Division.

♦Cathy Elliott – Women’s Division

♦Karstin Stuckless – Junior Boys Division

Thank you to everyone who supported the Club by participating in the Championship!

We had a wonderful weekend for the annual Seaforth Country Classic! The event was a huge success thanks to our wonderful volunteers, staff, sponsors, tournament committee, host families and competitors!
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Congratulations to Mitch Sutton and Selena Costabile for winning their respective divisions and taking home the exact same prize money of $7,500. This is the first time in North America where men and women have competed for the same amount of prize money in the same tournament.

Kevin Bennet is our current club champion and competed in the event winning the Halldorson award for the low amateur. Congrats Kev!

We are so proud to have been able to provide a place for both men and women Professional Golfers to compete, host a community event and support a charity.

This year we were able to raise nearly $7,000 for the Huron Hospice Volunteer Service and are so pleased to support such a deserving local organization.

Thanks to all of the spectators who came out to watch the event as well as all of the competitors for coming and playing in our event. The Great Lakes Tour partnered with us this year to help get the event going so thanks for the support and to all of the guys for competing.
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We can’t wait to do it all over again next year!!!

19th Annual Numb Nuts Tournament 2017

Overcast, 6 degrees felt like -2degrees. Wind gusts of 38km/hr from the East. 72 members and non-members thought it was a pretty decent day for the annual Numb Nuts Tournament! Thanks for coming out and supporting the event everyone!! Congratulations to Seaforth Golf Club Members Kevin Bennett and Matt Chaput for winning the event with a fine score of 73!

2017 Halldorson Cup

Last sunday was a perfect day for the Annual Halldorson Cup here at the Seaforth Golf Club! We had 24 competitors this year, 12 players on the Old Age and Treachery team and 12 on the Youth and Skill Team! The Matches were close but “Youth and Skill” were victorious again this year!! Thanks so much to everyone for coming out and supporting the event in memory of the Great Dan Halldorson.

Seaforth Country Classic Skins Game

The Seaforth Country Classic Skins game on Monday went off with GREAT SUCCESS despite the rainy weather. The teams of Derek Gillespie and Ryan Willams VS. Lorie Kane and Robyn Doig were pretty evenly matched and everyone from the competitors to the fans and the volunteers had a blast watching some very impressive golf! Between the 4 golfers 15 birdies and an eagle were made so there were multiple carry overs which made for some very exciting and substantial wins for both teams. With $7,200 in prize money the Guys finished up with a total of $4450 and the Girls made $2750. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to watch as well as those who helped sponsor the event and our Charity of Choice – Huron Hospice Volunteer Service. Between the Country Classic Pro Am in August and the Skins Game we were able to present Kathy O’Reilly and the Huron Hospice Volunteer Service with over $6900!

Congratulations to our Club Champions for the 2017 season!

Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the event! We love showcasing our very own Members!!

Men’s Club Champion – Kevin Bennett Senior Mens Champion – Kevin Bennett

Runner Up – Frank Verberne Runner UP – Frank Verberne

Low Net Champion – Jimmy Dick Low Net Champion – Doug Fry

2nd Low Net – Derek VanDrunen 2nd Low Net – Todd Doig

Ladies Club Champion – Jean Dow Sr. Ladies Club Champion – Shelley Joiner

Low Net – Linda Doig Low Net – Jan Baldwin

45th Annual Mens Invitational

Congratulations to the Winners of the 45th Annual Men’s Invitational! Low Gross over the field was former Member Ryan Jeffrey and Low Net was Member, Shop Manager and Mechanic, Jimmy Hyde. Terry Mullan was the Low Bermudian and Roland Skinner was the Low Net Bermudian. This year we were very pleased to have 80 competitors who came from as far away as Bermuda, Ottawa and all over Ontario, as well as plenty of our own members! This was the first year that Ken Doig Sr. did not compete but he was there to greet everyone and present the trophies. The weather cooperated and a great day was had by all! Thanks to everyone for coming and keeping the event going as well as all of the Staff and Volunteers who helped everything run smoothly!

SEAFORTH COUNTRY CLASSIC SKINS GAME!!

We invite you to the Seaforth Country Classic Skin’s game on Monday, September 18th at 1:30 pm.

We are delighted to host golfers, LPGA 4 – time winner & Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member, Lorie Kane, Web.com player & MacKenzie Tour Champion, Ryan Williams, Big Break winner & 2012 Seaforth Country Classic Champion, Derek Gillespie, and our very own professional Robyn Doig as they tee it up in this exciting Skins Game format.

The venue will be the Seaforth Golf Club, 42990 Front Rd., Seaforth, Ontario, N0K 1W0.

Following the round we are having a ‘Meet and Greet’ with light refreshments.
This will allow everyone a chance to meet with our players.

The Skins game will have a purse of $7200.00 allocated in the following way-
Holes 1 & 2                       $200.00 each
Holes 3 & 4                       $250.00 each
Holes 5 & 6                       $300.00 each
Holes 7 & 8                            $350.00 each
Holes 9 & 10                          $400.00 each
Holes 11 & 12                        $450.00 each
Holes 13 & 14                        $500.00 each
Holes 15 & 16                        $550.00 each
Holes 17 & 18                        $600.00 each

The team must win the hole outright or the money is carried over to the next hole increasing the value of the hole and making for even more excitement and pressure. The amount of money won will be shared by the two-person team.

To make it even more exciting for you the format will by ‘Ryder Cup’ style.

Holes 1 to 6 will played as a two person ‘scramble’.

Holes 7 to 12 will be ‘alternate shot’.

Holes 13 to 18 will be two person ‘better ball’.

This will all be done in a true ‘battle of the sexes’ style! The purpose of our Skin’s Game is to showcase both men’s and women’s professional golf and also highlight our charity, Huron Hospice Volunteer Services. It will also give you an opportunity to watch some great golf and perhaps consider working with us again as we plan for future Seaforth Country Classics!

Your past support of our tournament, as well as financial support from our sponsors and an enhancement by Seaforth Golf member Glenn Hurst has allowed this exciting event to happen and we hope you can join us on September 18th to follow these great players.

Thank you for your support over the years….
CA, Cam, Maureen, Robyn, and Todd

The Annual Junior Invitational

Sunday was a great day for our Annual Junior Invitational. The Winner of the Gord Sallows Trophy with a fine score of 72, was Seaforth’s own Sheldon Pryce. Rachael Rier, Jackson McLlwain, Karsten Stuckless, and Will Salnek were winners of their divisions! Thanks to all of the juniors for participating, to the parents for bringing them and to our volunteer scorers for helping to keep everyone on track throughout the day!

Seaforth Country Classic Pro Am – 2017

The Pro-Am was a huge success and we would like to thank our amazing Sponsors as well as all of the Pro’s, Am’s, Volunteers and Staff that helped make for an awesome day! We are thrilled to be able to make a donation of $5555.00 to our charity the Huron Hospice Volunteer Services!

Sponsors Include:
Hendrickson Spring, Looby Construction, WH Smith Construction, Fred Leitch Q.P. Barrister, Premium Transportation, Municipality of Huron East, MacPherson Builders, Nike Golf, Tournament Sports/Bridgestone Golf, Golf Trends Inc. Seaforth Rain Gear, Triple Bogey, Artech Signs and Graphics, Sketch Business Equipment ltd., Baden Coffee, and Careen Inc.

2017 Triple Six Ladies Invitational

The weather cooperated and we had a great day for the ladies as they competed as partners in the fun triple six tournament yesterday! The first six holes were a scramble, the middle six were best ball and the last six were alternate shot. (All of the ladies said they were still friends after the alternate shot section!)

Congratulations to Roma Harris and Elaine Arthur from Woodlands Links Golf Course in Clinton who won the tournament with a fine score of 68. Thanks to everyone for coming and taking part in a great day!

We Celebrated Canada Day in True Fashion here at the Seaforth Golf Club!

At 10am folks got their picture taken with John A. MacDonald, Stephen Harpur and Joe Clark – Some of Canada’s Past Prime Ministers. These kind gentlemen are in our community of golfers and were great sports in helping us to Celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday!

At 1pm Couples from all over Ontario competed in our Mad Hackers Tee Party Annual Couples Invitational.

Congratulations to our winners who were victorious in a Playoff – Carolanne and Todd Doig. Second place went to Mario and Lisa Gonzales of Sarnia. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 Ken Doig Sr. Senior Mens Invitational!

Don Ferguson and Kevin Ibbitson had the low gross score of 63 and Rudy Oppersman and Glen Skea had the low net score of 52. The weather was great, and so was the company! Thanks to all of the guys who competed this year and tackled the team format of scramble on the front 9 and best ball on the back 9! A big thanks to our Volunteers and staff for helping to put on a great event!

Congratulations to the Winners of the 23rd Annual Spring Scramble Columbo Classic!

The event was a great success once again and the weather held up wonderfully after having to postpone it from earlier in May. Thanks to a dedicated tournament committee the event has raised thousands of dollars for both the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Seaforth and Area Food Bank over 23 years.

Jason Anstette, Kevin Murray, Brian Nigh, Barry Young

Pictures from the 2016 Junior Invitational-

Our golf development services are designed for everyone.

2016 Ken Doig Sr. Men`s Invitational

1st low gross – Jim Walker and Jay Cressman – 61

1st low net – Kim Belton and Barry Fawley – 53

2nd low gross – Frank Verberne and Jerry Wright – 64

2nd low net – Kevin Ibbitson and Don Ferguson – 54

2016 Seaforth Country Classic Pictures-
For more information please visit www.seaforthcountryclassic.com

Junior Buddy Day 2015

2015 Junior Invitational

Junior Low Gross – Greg Simpson

Juvenile Low Gross – Pete MacDonald

Bantam Low Gross – Trent Zordragger

Peewee Low Gross – Mike Lucier

Girls 15-18 Low Gross – Madeleine Gehan

Girls 14 and under Low Gross – Katie Cranston

Check the calendar and sign up for Couples Night, Interclub and other events.

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Wall of Recognition

At Provincial Championships each year, the GAO takes the opportunity to recognize individuals within the local community that have demonstrated a commitment to the betterment of amateur golf in Ontario. The members of the GAO’s Wall of Recognition include:

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Numb Nuts 2014

Spring Scramble 2013

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