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Atikokan Senior Men’s Open Championship.

The Atikokan Senior Men’s open golf tournament was played on Aug 14th. and was opened with a moment of silence for Peter Barna,
who has been involved in this tournament as a player and organizer .
Atikokan oldest active golfer Max Clement, opened the tournament with a nice drive past the corner on # 1.

Aug 14th 2018
Max Clement

Greg Tighe, took the championship flight, to win the 30th annual Seniors Open, with a come from behind score of 75

Ray Lacquerre presenting trophy to Greg Tighe

Kevin Cain took second with a 77 on a count back leaving Don Robertson (77) in third.
After the front nine, Don Robertson had a one stroke lead (36) over Russ Desserre (37) and a three stroke lead over
Kevin Cain (39) and Greg Tighe (39).
The back nine started great for Don, as he tallied an Eagle on # ten, Russ Desserre birdied it and was now two behind Don.
Greg took a 6 which put him 6 behind the leader, Kevin birdied it and was now 4 back.
Then the tides turned and over the next 5 holes Don’s lead was gone and Greg was clear of the field by two strokes and held this to the end, nice comeback Greg.

Tournament organizer Ray Laquerre presented Greg, with the Barney Modeland Memorial Trophy.

Flight one winners were, Franco Calvelli (83), Jerry Cripps (84) and Raymond Roy (92) on a count back.

Flight two winners: Jean Lambert (93 count back), Keith Kiervey (93) and Gordon Hoskins (94).

Flight three winners: Ron Speck (83), Mickey Desserre (93) and Alton Pollard with a (95).
Ron shot his way to a ten stroke lead by the end of his round.

4th Flight winners were: Gary Braun with a 87, Harold Mosley a 91 and Harley Beauregard with a 95.

5th Flight winners: Brian McCallum with a 97, Steve Geddes 103 on a count back and Ed Kennedy 103 on a count back.

6th flight winners: Richard Lampi 94, Scotty Russell 95 and Allen Bruyerre shot a 106.

52 players from across northwestern Ontario to British Columbia, took in the annual event.

Longest Drive: longest drive seniors for 50 to 70 age group, was Todd Bryck.

Barry Anderson had the longest drive of those over 70 .

Most accurate Drive on #7 was Alton Pollard

Closest to the pin on # 6 Keith Kiervy and closest on # 16 was Scotty Russell.

Thanks to Maxine McCallum and Sally Speck for taking care of the Scoring and posting of the scores.

Thanks to , for the great meal prepared for the event by First Round Draft Sports Bar & Grill
Thanks to all of the golf cart owners who donated their carts for the day,and those who sponsored
and/or donated to the event.

 

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Kevin Cain wins the Atikokan Seniors open Golf Tournament

 

Kevin Cain Wins the Senior Mens Open at Little Falls Golf Course on Aug 9th 2016

Kevin played the front nine in a 38 and improved his score on the back nine with a 37 for a 75 on the day.

He was tied with Greg Tighe with two holes to play, he parred the last two holes while Greg took bogies
on 17 and 18 leaving Kevin with a two-stroke victory.

Larry Ogden took the low net with a 67

70 golfers took part in the tourney and played in nice warm sunny conditions with light winds.

Kevin Was Presented with the Trophy by Ray Laquerre, the tournament chairman.

The rest of the organizing committee, Pete Barna looked after the prizes, Harold Mosley and Richard Lampi helped give them out.

winner of Little Falls Seniors Open Aug 9th 2016_cr_cr

 

many thanks to Sally Speck, Phyllis Mosley, Maxine McCallum, Jeannine Barna and Judy Lamarche,
for the great job they did in checking all the score cards and listing all of the scores for the guys to give out the prices.

championship flight Low Gross winners — Greg Tighe 77, Todd Bryk 78 on a count back, Russ Desserre 78, Don Robertson 79
Low Net Winners — Tim Fairburn 69, Earl Kline 70 on a count back, Frank Calvelli 70, Dave Green 74.

Flight # 1 low Gross winners– Brady Hubert 85, Alton Pollard 87, Raymond Roy 90, John Commine 94 on a count back.
low Net Winners– Gary Ladouceur 71, Art Huntley 76, Roy Lund 78, Jean Lambert 80 on a count back.

Flight # 2 low Gross Winners– Rod Payne 85, Al Holt 86, Ron Speck 88, Gordon Hoskins 90.
low net Winners– Gary Braun 70, John Mano 72 C.B, Bob Whalen 72 C.B. Glenn Boyda 72 C.B.

Flight # 3 low Gross Winners– Brian McCallum sr 96, Scotty Russell 98, Richard Lampi 99, Eli Kemph 100.
low net Winners– Brian McLeod 68, Ivan Pettit 70, Kelly Beauregard 73, Rick Cain 74.

Closest to the hole # 2 Ray Laquerre 14′ 5″.
# 6 Glenn Boyda   21″
# 11 Raymond Roy 10′ 1″
# 15 Tim Fairburn  23″

Most Accurate Drive– Jean Lambert

Longest Drive — Greg Tighe

Shortest Drive — Brian McCallum sr

Most Experienced golfer ( high score) Jim Fowler.

Thanks to all of the golf cart owners who donated their carts for the day, and all   of those who sponsored and/or donated to the event.

Special thanks to Motown, for the great meal prepared for the event..