Winner Greg Doherty with Tour Directors John and David Brisson
Sebastian Szmirmak, Jon Mills, Reggie Millage
Jon Mills and his hole-in-one!
Brad Revell, David Crawford, Dan Bowling
Ian Doig, Brad Young
Richard Jung
Zack Schnurr, Lee French, Nate Lockey
Jon Rondeau
Mike Woodcock, Michael Gonko, Joey Hetherman
Dave Brisson with Greg Doherty, Sang Lee & Kyler Murphy
Kyler Murphy and his albatross!
Greg Doherty and his day 2 score
Eric Hawerchuk of Barrie took his first Professional win from Shawn LaFontaine of Cobourg in a shootout at Uxbridge’s Wyndance Golf Club. The pair shot 70, 2 under on the windy day; both 1 shot ahead of 3rd place finish from Jon Rondeau of Maple, Ontario. Hawerchuk has been in six playoffs and he hasn’t lost one. “I just try to make pars and I’m aware that everyone is nervous in the setting.” His playoff strategy is sticking to routine and trusting his golf game under pressure.
Hawerchuk was back playing the Great Lakes Tour after playing in Western Canada on the PGA Tour Canada. His trip, among many others, was cut short when the city of Calgary flooded leaving it in a state of emergency. He is back on the PGA Tour Canada in Winnipeg making everyone in Ontario proud.
Eric’s started playing golf seriously at the age of 12. He practiced under Sam Young at Shelburne Golf Club – one of the best junior schools in Canada. He was taught young what it means to practice seriously and how to play the game while keeping it fun.
Hawerchuk earned his PGA Tour Canada card last year at Q-School and his goal it to earn his Web.com tour card in the next couple years. His long term goal it to be a top player in the world. The team at the Great Lakes Tour believe this can be a reality as Hawerchuk is a consistently good player with a great work ethic. He is also a great team player, motivating Pros and Ams, old and new. Best of luck in your golf career Eric.
We liked Andrew Jensen’s brights at out Hunters Pointe event. Andrew is sponsored by Adidas and is wearing Adidas Performance.
Richard Jung of Toronto takes the win for the Great Lakes Tour 2-day Platinum Event tournament. Following Thursday’s round 1, Former Team Canada member Jung found himself tied for third after shooting a 67 on the par 71 course. Come Friday, Jung swept by Michael Gligic, Matt Hoffman and David Markle shooting 64. This is Richard Jung’s first year playing as a Professional and his first win with the Great Lakes Tour. He is off to sectionals in Ohio in the next couple weeks. Good luck Richard.
Ryan Jeffrey, Goderich
John C. Atherton, North York (left) David Sheman, Newmarket (right)
Ryan Corbin, Brampton
Michael Gligic, Burlington
Andrew Jensen, Ottawa
Adrian Singh, Maple
Matt Hoffman, Thornhill (left), David Markle, Shelburne (right)
Benjamin Moser, Waterloo
Joey Hetherman, Burlington
David Crawford, Hamilton
Matt Hoffman, who leads round 1 of our Victoria Park East Platnium Event, is sponsored by Puma and Cobra.
We asked David Markle of Shelburne, winner of our May 9th Otter Creek event, “What’s In Your Bag?”
We asked Donny Churchill of Rockway Glen in Vineland, “What’s In Your Bag?”. (His bag stood out for obvious reasons!)
Driver- TM R1
3 wood – TM Rocketballz high launch
3 Hybrid- TM Rocketballz high launch
Irons- TM Rocketbladz 4-A wedge
Wedges- Titleist Spin mill 56 degree and 64 degree
Putter – Scotty Cameron Studio Design No. 5
Ball- ProV1
Snacks – Nature Valley Bars & Gatorade
Lucky Ball Marker from The National Golf Club of Canada
Lucky Divot Tool from Cherry Hill Club
Donny is sponsored by Niagara Golf Warehouse.
Zack Schnurr of Huntsville won the two-day platinum event at Rockway Glen, taking place May 2nd & 3rd. Ottawa’s Andrew Jensen led through the first 27 holes of the tournament until Schnurr came in with a strong finish shooting 4 under par. Andrew Jenson finished second at 3 under and Michael Gligic of Burlington, and Eric Hawerchuk of Barrie tied for third shooting 2 under.
It was the first event that the Great Lakes Tour held at this Vineland course and the pros had great things to say. We will definitely be returning next year. For full event results, click here.
The Great Lakes Tour managed to avoid the rain for the first time in the 2013 season! Event registration brought a strong field with Danny King, Zoltan Veress, Michael Gligic and Victor Ciesielski on the roster. Ben Ferguson of Ancaster took the win shooting 67. Michael Gligic, David Sheman and Ben Moser tie for second with scores of 69. Despite Ferguson’s win, we will call Moser player of the game as he drove back from Texas, arriving the morning of, to play the Great Lakes Tour event.
Wednesday, April 24th was our scheduled 36-Hole Kick Off. Brampton’s Turnberry Golf Course, was well received among our Pro’s. Everyone coming off sharing their praise for the fun course – one player even went so far to call it “cute!”, but we won’t be naming names. The morning started off great; cloudy with an acceptable temperature of 9 degrees. Yes, rain was forecasted and we thought we were going to avoid it. Nope. Mother nature came in on a broomstick and shut us down. Luckily all players were able to get through the first round. Eric Ross and Michael Gligic came out on top with scores of 56. To view the leaderboard, click here.
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