• PGA of Canada Class A Professional
• Callaway and Titleist, KJUS Ambassador
• WGCA – Women’s Golf Coaches Association Member
• Towson University, Head Coach Women’s Golf 2019 – Present
• 2021 coached Towson University Women’s Golf Team to breaking all University school records; 18-, 36- and 54-holes totals
• Recruited one of Spain’s top amateurs, Odette Font Garcia from Majorca now holds Towson University school record with a (-5) 67
• 2021 Head Golf Professional Championship, Lookout Point low female PGA of Canada Professional
• 2014 – 2019 Longwood University, Head Coach Women’s Golf
• Awarded Big-South All Conference Sportsmanship Award 2015, 2016
• 2014 Notre Dame Wall of Fame Inductee
• Trained with Canadian Olympic Ski-Cross team, NWHL Buffalo Beauts, competed in Red Bull

• 50 year CPGA Professional
• was instrumental in the design and development of Pen Lakes under the ownership of Steed and Evans.
• Built 36 hole Sparrow Lakes GC starting in 1992 and operated until sold in 2016
• Owner of Port Colborne CC
• Notable Amateur Wins 
• 1960’s SOSSA individual champion 3 times 
  1966 OCAA Individual Champion (Ontario College Championship) 
  1971 Niagara District Champion of Champions Winner 
• Notable Professional Wins
• Turned Pro in December 1971.
• 1994 Kitchener Westmount Octoberfest PGA team championship winner with partner Ken Tarling.
  1998 Ontario Sr PGA Champion.
  1983 and 1992 Ontario PGA Senior Pro/Junior Pro Champion with partner Bill Kozak.
• Professional History and Accomplishments as a Builder
• 1972 Assistant professional Port Colborne CC
• 1973-1979 Head Professional/GM Highland Golf Club Welland 
  1980-2003 Head Professional/GM Peninsula Lakes GC  Supervised construction of last 18 holes (27 now) and clubhouse
• 1993 built and owned Sparrow Lakes Golf Club (36 holes) 
  2016 December Purchased and renovated Port Colborne CC with Sandy Billyard 
• 1971 Lookout Invitational Champ
• 1971 Lookout Club Champ

• Had a club making service called IGS and made all of Rod Spittle’s persimmon drivers
• Bud has been in the golf business for 50 years, he was always trying to help out the younger players
• He made his own woods from a persimmon block and then put in the proper shaft and grip for the person buying the club. Then when metal heads came into the picture he would do the same thing with them.  He would watch the person swinging a club so he could match everything up.

(Nominated by Virginia Green, Lisa Allen, Robin Foster, Cathy Sherk)

• Player at Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club since 2000
• Ladies Club Champion 2007, ‘09, ’11 thru ’15, and ‘17
• Ladies Sr. Club Champion 2008, ’10, ‘22
• Ladies Super Senior Club Champion 2020
• Competed in 5 Ontario Sr. Women’s Golf Championships
• Competed in the Canadian Sr. Women’s Championship 2018
• NOTL Ladies 18 Hole Captain, Ladies Golf Section VP and President
• Chair of NOTL Women’s Invitational 2015, ’17,’19, ‘22
• NOTL Solheim Team Captain since 2013 – present
• Vice President Niagara District Solheim Executive
• Niagara Women’s Golf Tour Coordinator since 2017
• Volunteer with Golf Ontario as a tournament official since 2017
• Certified Provincial Golf Referee since 2020 and volunteer as a rules referee
• Niagara Summer Games 2022 volunteer at the golf venue
• Volunteer with Niagara District Senior Ladies Golf Association 2017 – present

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• 2012 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, Notre Dame College School, Welland
• 5 time Canadian National Championship participant
• 9 time Provincial Championship participant
• 1 American collegiate national championship participant
• 2019, 2020 Lookout Point club champion
• 2019 Lookout Point invitational champion
• 2017 NCAA Elite 90 Award Recipient (highest GPA at National Championship)
• 2016-2017 Academic All-American

• 2009 CJGA Kaneff Series overall Champion 
• 3rd individual at 2010 OFSAA 
• 2009 OFSAA Team Champion
• 2010 STGCC Junior Club Champion
• Attended Queens University of Charlotte on a golf scholarship 
• Member of the Niagara College Golf Team 
• 2nd at 2013 Canadian College National Championship
• Won the 2013 Niagara Mens Tour overall title 
• 2nd at 2014 Toronto Star Amateur
• Played in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Canadian Amateur Championship 
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 STGCC Men’s Club Champion 
• Won the 2018 Niagara Champion of Champions 

• 2007 Spring and Fall OFSSA Team Champions (NDSS Trojans)

• 2009 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, St Francis Secondary, St Catharines
• Won the South Ontario School Championship 2 times
• Helped the Phoenix win the 2008-09 All-Ontario Championship
• Won two of three events on the Niagara district junior tour with a 67.7 scoring average.
• Lost in the quarters at the International Junior Masters
• Participated and made the cut in
• Ontario Junior
• Ontario Matchplay
• Ontario Amateur
• Canadian Junior
• Canadian Amateur
• Won the St.Catharines Mens Open Flight 2013
• Won the Junior Boys Championship
• Won CJGA Season Opener Willow Valley
• Represented Team Ontario at Oak Hill for the Williamson Cup 2009
• Played for the Div1 University of Arkansas Little Rock 4 years
• Organized and ran the Chromosome 18 Charity Golf tournament

• 3 time OFSAA team champion
• 2 time individual runner-up
• 3 time zone/SOSSA individual champion
• 2006 Jim McLean open champion
• 2006 GAO junior matchplay champion
• 2008 7th place Ontario Juniors
• 2010 Horizon league team champions
• 2011 Individual champion Division 1 Titan Invitational

• 2012 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, Notre Dame College School, Welland
• 2022 Port Colborne Men’s Club Champion

• 2012 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, Notre Dame College School, Welland

• 2009 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, St Francis Secondary, St Catharines

(Nominated by John White)

• 1985 Twenty Valley Junior Club Champion
• Won 1985 Junior Niagara Champion of Champions
• Played collegiately at the University of South Carolina – Aiken
• 1990 NAIA Honourable Mention All American in Golf
• 1990 NAIA Academic All American
• Played in 1990 and 1996 Porter Cup (medalist in 1996 qualifier)
• 1989, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2013 Twenty Valley Club Champion
• 1991 OUAA Team Champion – Western Mustangs
• 2nd in 1994 Willie Park Invitational at Weston G&CC
• Won 1995 Men’s Niagara Champion of Champions
• Won overall points championship for 1995 Southern Ontario Amateur Golf Tour winning 4 out of 5 events
• Won overall points championship for 1995 Great Lakes Amateur Golf Tour with 3 wins
• T5th in 1995 Canadian Club Champion Championships
• Won the 1996 Great Lakes Golf Tour event at River Oaks (Pro and Am Division)
• Co-Course record holder at Twenty Valley G&CC with a 63
• Played in 18 Ontario Provincial Championships
• Played in 13 Canadian National Championships
• Convenor of NRHSSA and SOSSA Golf Championships from 2007 to present
• Convenor of 2009 and 2012 OFSAA Boys Golf Championships
• Coached Golf Team at Sir Winston Churchill SS for 25 years
• Awarded he Leadership in School Sports award for golf by OFSAA in 2012
• Served on Board of Directors of Twenty Valley G&CC for 8 years as Treasurer
• Convenor of 2021 OFSAA Girls Golf Championships 
• T18th finish in 2022 Senior Porter Cup

• 2007 Spring and Fall OFSSA Team Champions (NDSS Trojans)
• The 2 wins for OFSAA
• Palmetto championship 1st individual 
• PGA Tour Caddie 

(Nominated by Bruce Murray)

• • Catharines Golf & Country Club Hall of Fame
  • Driving force in the Peninsula in the 60’s
  • Former President of the OGA
  • Influential to the Ontario Open
  • Influencer for the Ontario Ladies CPGA Championship
  • Canadian open Qualifying coming to St. Catharines

• 2012 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, Notre Dame College School, Welland
• 2x Academic All American 
• 2012 Niagara Junior Tour Champion
• 2021 Niagara Mens Tour Champion 
• Scholarship to play Division 1 VCU Mens Golf
• Atlantic 10 Team Conference Champions 2014, 2015, 2016
• Placed 6th Auto-trader.com Classic (68,72,70 -6)
• Named A10 Rookie of the Week 3x
• Won the Midlands Amateur Championship in his native Zimbabwe behind a 7-under (71-72-69-69=281) performance

• 2006 Niagara Juvenile Tour Champion
• 2006 Juvenile Club Champion – Beechwood Golf and Country Club
• 2007 Spring and Fall OFSSA Team Champions (NDSS Trojans) – 2 Gold medals
• Multiple wins on the Niagara District Junior Golf Tour
• Competed in GAO Ontario Juniors, Ontario Amateur, Canadian Juniors (2008)
• Member of NCAA Division 1 Golf at Sacred Heart University 2008-2012
• NCAA Division 1 Northeast Conference Champions 2011
• NCAA Division 1 Northeast Conference Athlete of the Week – April 12, 2010
• Multiple NCAA Division 1 Individual Top 5 finishes
• Member of OUA Men’s Golf Team at Brock University 2013
• Individual winner – 2013 OUIT Ridgeback Invitational (OUA)
• Competed in the Canadian Men’s University Championships 2013
• Multiple team wins NCAA and OUA
• 2019 Men’s Club Champion – St. Catharines Golf and Country Club

• Volunteered at the First Tee of America – Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2009-2012
• Co-chair of the Grounds Committee and Golf Committee Member at St Catharines Golf and Country Club – 2022-Present
• 11 years working in the golf industry in Niagara (NOTLGC, Beechwood, Royal Niagara)

• 2009 Boys OFSAA Team Champion, St Francis Secondary, St Catharines

• 12 years old – Won rookie of the year Niagara Junior Tour
• 13 years old – 3rd place at GAO Bantam Tournament
• Won 4 of 6 events to capture US Kids Golf local tour title and qualified for the teen world championships in Pinehurst, NC (placed 22nd)
• Won NDJGT
• Won zone and SOSSA multiple times
• Placed 5th at OFSAA
• Member of Team Waterloo GAO development team
• 10th place – Ontario U19 Championship
• 9th place – Canadian U19 Championship
• 1st place – Ontario U17 Championship (Ontario Summer Games) Won 73,73,70 (E)
• Member of GAO Team Ontario
• Played in every tournament for all 4 years
• Career scoring average over 4 years 76.45 (5th in FGCU History)
• 3 hole in ones
• Captain of the golf team 2018 and 2019
• 1st – Won MSU Citrus Challenge individually 71,71,70
• Holds FGCU record for career birdies (213)
• Tied for FGCU record for career eagles (4)
• Placed top 10 twice in ASUN Conference Championships (finished T2nd in 2018)
• 2nd place Ontario Women’s Amateur (2016)
• 2nd place Ontario Women’s Amateur (2017)
• 3rd place – National Order of Merit – Women’s Amateur (2019)
• Went on to be assistant golf coach of FGCU Women’s Golf team while earning Masters Degree (2019-2021)

• Former Professional golfer (Canadian Tour Member) (1985-2011)
• 2017 Ontario Senior Amateur Championship Champion
• S Open Regional Qualifier participant (1983,2002)
• Great Lakes Professional Tour at ages 57 and 58
• 3 time U.S Amateur Competitor and medalist (1974,1979,1981)
• 1982 U.S Mid-Amateur Competitor
• 2^nd at 1984 Canadian Amateur Championship
• played in countless Canadian Am
• Top 5 at Canadian Amateur Championship
• Ontario Senior Champion (Flights)
• Oakhill Better Ball
• 3 time Twenty Valley Club Champion (1969, 1971,1972)
• 2 time STGCC Club Champion (1984-1985)
• 1970 Ontario-Quebec University Golf Championship Individual Champion
• 1972 University of Georgia Course Record – 66
• 1985 Ontario Willington Cup Team Champions
• 2 time Lookout Point Invitational Champion (1969,1971)
• Sunningdale Masters Champion (1977, 1981)
• Highland Amateur Champion (1979,1984)
• 1984 Canadian Open participant
• 1985 London Hunt Innovational Champion

(Nominated by Jim Aziz)

1) Achievement as a builder of the Senior Ryder Cup, which has become Canada’s largest team golf competition amongst Canadian Senior Golfers, aged 55 and over.

2) Canada’s leading senior golfers play in the competition, which today, has 148 member clubs. The Senior Ryder Cup commenced in 1999 with 4 member clubs and through Art’s leadership in the early years as noted in the attachment, has achieved tremendous success and continues to grow as it serves as an opportunity for Senior Golfers to continue competing and that includes some competitor who are in their 80s. \In 1998, competitive seniors in Niagara region, over the age of 55, could no longer compete against younger players in Club and GAO competitions primarily due to length off tees;

• • Art Stead was the principal organizer in setting up a competition for those players aged 55 and over
  • Art Stead was the Chairman (now designated as President) for the playing seasons of 1999, 2000 and 20001. Art handled all of the administration including secretarial, treasurer. Art used his my own money for mailings, paper, envelopes etc. No one was reimbursed for items such as gas, meals, long distant calls etc. Everyone who participated were volunteers. There were no copy machines, faxes. Computers were just starting to be available but few people knew how to operate them so communication was phone or by meetings
  • In the fall of 2001 Art to set up an organization with a business like committee structure including a President, Secretary and Treasurer plus a few others to help on a committee. Art knew a committee structure was necessary because of his experience that a one-man operation would not last very long. The primary purpose of the committee structure was to establish a sound structure for future growth.
  • Once the committee structure was in place, Art commenced drafting a manual of rules and regulations that remains in place to this day with updates made over the past twenty years by subsequent SRC Boards Spent countless hours developing Governance ByLaws, policies, procedures, process to administer seasonal play, playoffs and the Championship
  • The manual outlines various duties and responsibilities, SRC bylaws, Captain responsibilities, match formats, yearly histories etc.
  • Role of President was created in 2003 and Art continued on the SRC Board as Secretary/Treasurer
  • Art left the Board after 2003 but returned in 2005 at the request of the existing Board to assist in addressing some challenges that had arisen for the Senior Ryder Cup Board and the competition
  • Art finally left the Board in 2011. However, over the next few years he was available, asa consultant, to the Board on any issues
  • Art has continued with his connection to the SRC Board up to the current time. He attends all Championship events and presents his trophy to the winning team. 3
  • The Senior Ryder Cup competition has increased from its original four clubs to today’s 148 member clubs that include 139 Ontario clubs, five New York Clubs and four clubs from Michigan.

(Nominated by Shirley Romanow)

• Ontario Ladies Golf Association (OLGA) Niagara District Course Rater for 5 years @ 1980 to 1985
• OLGA Mississauga District Teams Convener 1999-2000
• Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) Mississauga District – Teams Convener 2001-2005, Rules Convenor 2006, District Coordinator 2007-2011
• GAO Niagara District Coordinator 2011-2015, District Focus Group 2012, Chair of District Coordinator’s Committee 2013-2015
• GAO Volunteer of the Year in 2012
• Niagara District Solheim Cup Chair 2012-2014
• Niagara Women’s Player Development Program Chair 2016-2019
• GAO Tournament Official 2016-present including 2021 PGA Head Professional Championship, 2021 Provincial High School Girls Championship and Canada Summer Games 2022
• GAO Communities Golf Advisory Team 2017
• Chair Niagara Women’s Golf Tournaments – Wood Trophy and Four Ball, 2016 – present
• 2019 started Niagara Women’s Golf Newsletter
• Member of Niagara’s Wall of Recognition committee, 2021 to present
• Twenty Valley Golf & Country Club Business Ladies Captain early 1980s
• Trafalgar Golf & Country Club Business Ladies Captain and President in 1990s
• Twenty Valley Golf & Country Club Ladies President 2012-2015
• Ontario Ladies Golf Association’s, Niagara District: Niagara Junior Girl’s Champion -1971, Junior Girls Inter-Club team member in 1972 winning Molly Farmer Award with Judy and Janet Marlow; 1972 Mother Daughter Fran Neufeld Trophy; Amateur Champion, 1983, member of winning Wood Trophy team
• GAO District Champion: Mississauga District Champion 1988, 1990, 1998; Mississauga District Senior Ladies 2003, 2006 and 2009; Niagara District Flo Monroe Low Net Senior 2011; Senior 2012; 2013; member of team Wood trophy winners 2013; Mid-Amateur 2014; Diamond 2015.
• Twenty Valley G&CC: Junior Girl champion 1969-1972, Ladies Club Champion, 1981, 1983, 2011-2022, Senior Ladies Club Champion 2018
• Trafalgar G&CC Ladies Club Champion 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005-2007, 2009-2010
• OLGA: Ladies Amateur, Low Net of the Field, 1983; Ontario Women’s Four Ball Champion, 1995; member of 1999 OLGA Mississauga District Team Net Champion at Ontario Amateur (member of many Amateur, Mid-Amateur and Senior teams)
• Ada MacKenzie Ontario team member 2010
• GAO: Niagara District Women’s Team member winning the Team Net Trophy at 2012 Ontario Senior Women’s Amateur
• Niagara Solheim Cup: Twenty Valley team member team of winning team in 2012 and 2013
• GAO Senior Women’s Championship A Flight Champion, 2019
• Competed in 2 Canadian Junior Girls Championships and 3 Canadian Senior Women’s Championship, and 1 British Mid-Amateur Championship

• 1951 Canadian Open Participant
• Set the Competition Course Record for the Sportsman’s Niagara Tournament 1979 with a 66
• Team win at the Lookout Point Member Guest
• Winning team of the St. Catharines GCC Pro-Am
• Senior Men’s Champion of Champion Division Winner
• 1994 Ontario Senior Better Ball Participant (72)
• Senior Championship Flight Champion in the CGA at Pasadena
• Senior Champion at the CGA at Seminole Lake in 1997
• Broke the course and competitive record in the qualifying round of London and District Amateur Golf Tournament with a 66
• Champion of the London and District Amateur Golf Tournament
• Broke Roseland Golf Record with a 65 and followed with a 64
• 1963 Woodstock Craigowan Invitational Champion
• Ontario Golf Association Tournament Champion
• 1950 Cop Ridgetown Tournament Champion
• 2 time Champion of the Bright’s Grove invitational Tournament
• 3 Time Champion of the Canadian Travelers and Retail Merchants Association Golf Tournament
• Sarnia Golf Club Invite Champion
• 1953 Windsor-Essex County Amateur Champion
• 1949 Ontario Open participant
• Multiple time Champion of the A.C.T Tournament

• 2 Time OFSAA Team Champion with Niagara District Secondary School 2006/07 and 2007/08
• Individual Top 10 OFSAA Championship both years (2006/07 and 2007/08)
• 2007 SOSSA Individual Champion
• 5 Time Junior Club Champion at Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club
• 2022 Club Champion at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club