2021 Niagara Golf Wall of Recognition
(Alphabetical Order)
Sandy Billyard: Player Category
- Ontario Junior winner in 1973 playing out of Lookout Point
- Ohio State University on a golf scholarship
- Former owner of Hunter’s Pointe Golf Course
- Inducted into the Welland Hall of Fame
- Enshrined for his golf achievements as both athlete and builder
- #1 Junior golfer in Canada
- Played in Canadian Open as an Amatuer
- Golf Ontario Wall of Recognition in 2014
- Represented Ontario in the Wellington Cup four-man match play competition
Ted Bishop: Superintentent Category
- Golf Course Superintendent at Rolling Meadows Golf & CC since 1986
Kennedy Bodfield: Player Category
- Golf Scholarship at McNeese State University
- 2009, 2011, 2013 Junior Girls Division Champion of Champions Winner
- 2011 Ontario Juvenile Girls’ Champion
- 2013 Ontario Junior Girls Champion
- 2013 Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Champion
- Former Team Ontario Player
- Won the CJGA Mizuno National Championship in 2014
- Won the CJGA Ontario Amatuer in 2016.
Bernie Bodogh: Player Category
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St. Catharines’ men’s club championships in 1989, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2014
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Winning a men’s club championship at least once a decade for 40 years
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Senior Men’s Club Championships in 2018 and 2019
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Champion of Champion senior crowns in 2018 and 2019
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Serving 12 years as co-chair of the Niagara Men’s Golf Tour
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Winning 10 times on the local tour and overall titles in 2003 and 2012
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Capturing the Brooke Invitational Amateur Championship at Lookout Point in 1995
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Playing in the prestigious Porter Cup in Lewiston, N.Y., in 2000 and tying for 61st
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Tying for 27th at the 2019 Senior Porter Cup.
Aldo Bortolon: Superintentent Category
- Lookout Point superintendent since 1974/75
Jim Briggs: Player Category
- Head Coach at Niagara College Varsity Golf Team
- Past Chairman of the Investors Group Niagara Bantam Golf Tour
- Co-Chairman of the Niagara Men’s Tour
- Team member of the RCGA Canadian Mid-Amateur Champions in 2003
- Team member of the GAO Ontario Team in 2003
- Niagara Men’s Tour overall Champion 2006, 2007, 2008
- Four time Niagara Golfer of the Year
- Three time winner of the Lookout Point Brook Men’s Invitational
- 2006 Winner of the Burlington Golf & Country Club 1 day 36 hole Invitational
- 2006 & 2007 Winner of the Whirlpool Golf Club Men’s Invitational
- Represented Canada at the 2003 Volvo World Amateur Golf Championship held in Spain
- Previous member of the Varsity Golf Team at Brock University
- In 2010 became Tour Chairman for the Niagara Juvenile Tour
Helen Chyplik: Player Category
- Won Ladies’ Championship at STGCC 15 times between 1962 and 1988
- 1976 Ontario Ladies Senior Champion
- Won the Ontario Ladies’ Senior Amatuer Championship in 1976
- Won the Ladies’ Niagara District Champion of Champions 5 times between 1961-1987
- Played in both the Ontario Ladies’ and Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Golf Championships
- Member of the Ontario Ladies; Provincial golf team on two occasions
- Played in the Ada Mackenzie Tournament 5 times (GAO Event for top ten players in Ontario)
- Represented Ontario at the Canadian four ball Championships twice with her sister (Mary Marvin)
- Inducted into the St.Catharines Sports Hall of Fame in 1997
Chris Critelli: Player Category
- Played in multiple Ontario “Senior” Women’s Championships, finishing 3rd in 2009 qualifying to represent Ontario at the Canadian Championships
- Won the STGCC Women’s Club Championship eleven consecutive years, 2009-2019
- Won the Niagara District Ladies’ Open Golf Championship six times between 2009-2019
- Won the Ontario Women’s Champion of Champions in 2017
- Played in the Ada Mackenzie Tournament seven times (Golf Ontario Event for top ten players in Ontario)
- Won the “Over 60 Division” at the Ontario Senior Women’s Championships on 2019
Harry Daniel: Lifetime Achievement Category
- President of St Catharines in 1974
- Served on the GAO from 2001 to 2008, including Chairman of Membership & Golf Hall of Fame Committees
- Winner of Volunteer of the Year Award got the GAO in 2001
- President of the GAO in 2006
- Served on the RCGA from 2007 to 2010 including Chairman of Governance and Hall of Fame Committees
- Served as Club Solicitor for the STGCC for 25 years
- Inducted to STGCC Wall of Fame – 2013
Bob Davis: Lifetime Achievement Category
- Brock University golf coach 1970 – 1995
- Member on the organizing committee of the Niagara Champion of Champions for 15 years
- St. Catharines Sports Person of the Year
- Has the Brock University Gymnasium named after him (2003)
- 1999 Inaugural Senior Ryder Cup Champion
Luke DelGobbo: Player Category
- 2017 on World Amateur Golf Ranking
- Competed at the Drive, Chip & Putt National Championship at Augusta National in 2018
- Committed to Kent State University for 2021
- 2019 Canadian Juvenile Champion
- Top 10 at 2019 U19 Canadian Junior
- Top 10 at 2019 Canadian Junior Boys
- 2nd at 2019 International Junior Masters
Mark Derbyshire: Player Category
- 30 straight Niagara on the Lake Golf Club Championships
- Champion of Champions – 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1999 Men’s Champion
Elizabeth Earley: Player Category
- Junior Girl Champion at STGCC 6 times between 1983 and 1988
- Junior Girls Niagara District Champion of Champions 1985 and 1986
- Ontario Junior Girls Match Play Championship – 1997
- Ontario Junior Champion and second ranked in Canada
- Scholarship golfer at the University of Central Florida
- Second Team All-American in 1992
- Won six NCAA college tournaments and two Conference Championships
- Won the 1995 Thailand Open on Asia Women’s Tour
- Won more than $80,000 including five Championships
- Played on the LPGA Tour for 5 seasons 1996 to 2003 – Career best 7th place finish at 2000 LPGA Corning Classic
- Played on the Futures Tour from 1993 to 2003, winning the 2002 Denver Future Golf Classic
- Won the Canadian PGA Women’s Championship held at STGCC in 2002
- Inducted into St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame in 2013
Steve “Butch” Fellinger: Player Category
- 1974 Ontario Junior Boys Champion
- University of Maryland Golf Team
- Top 10 at the 1978 Porter Cup
Dave Fulton: Player Category
- 1997 Ontario Juvenile Boys Champion
- Dave attended the University of South Florida on a golf scholarship.
- Recognized with the Scholar-Athlete award.
- Dave played competitive junior and amateur golf around the world including the 1999 US Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Course.
- Dave has worked with Golf Town Canada expanding his knowledge of the golf industry
Jack Gibson: Player Category
- 2010 Ontario Junior Boys Championship Winner
- University of Waterloo Men’s Golf Team
- Brock University Men’s Golf Team
Robert (Bob) Goss: Player Category
- Won 38 club championships, at seven (7) Niagara golf courses, despite never taking a lesson or competing until almost 30 years of age!
- Won 13 at Port Colborne Country Club, four (4) at Rockway Glen, four (4) at Long Beach Golf Course and one at Pelham Hills Golf Club. Senior club titles included five (5) at Port Colborne Country Club, three (3) at Hunters Pointe Golf Course, three (3) at Long Beach Golf Course, one at Peninsula Lakes Golf Club, one at Riverview Golf Course, and a super senior title at Hunters Pointe.
- In 2001, Bob came second at the Ontario Mid-Amateur Championship held at Bridgewater Golf Club
- Captained the Provincial team to the Nationals at Rivershore Estate and Golf Links in Kamloops, British Columbia. He was ranked 4th overall in Ontario that year and 5th by the GAO in 2007.
- 2011, Bob was runner-up again, this time at the Ontario Senior Championship held in Kingston at the Loyalist Golf Club. He came 1st in the 60 plus category and this Ontario team competed at the Canadian Nationals in Newfoundland. The GAO ranked Bob 5th that year.
- Internationally, Bob won 3 New York State, Buffalo District Golf Association Senior Titles – 2002, 2006, 2010 – the only Canadian to do so. He also lost two (2) others in playoffs.
- Bob won the Niagara Men’s Golf Tour, overall title in 2002. He captured three (3) Niagara District Champion of Champions Titles – the Men’s Division in 2009 and the Seniors’ in 2010 (after bilateral knee replacements) and another senior title in 2017.
- He also won the Lookout Point T.H. Brooke Trophy and the Lookout Pointe Senior Invitational.
- Representing St.Catharines General Motors, Bob qualified and won seven (7) National Canadian Auto Workers Championships.
- Other accomplishments include seven (7) Holes-in-One, a scratch handicap improved to plus 2 at one point and the Port Colborne Competitive Club Championship four-day record at 14-under par in 2002. This included scores of 69, 65, 69 and 71 from the blue tees, with a back nine of 29 on the second day.
Matt Graham: Player Category
- 2005 Ontario Junior Boys Champion
- 2010,2012,2013,2019 Niagara Men’s Champion of Champions Winner
- 2013 Lookout Point Brooke Invitational Winner
- 2013 Lookout Point CC Club Champion
- 2006-2010, 2017-2020 Port Colborne CC Club Champion
Jeremy Julie: Player Category
- Sawmill Junior Champion – 1986 to 1992
- 1991 Ontario Junior Boys Champion
- 1989 Canadian Juvenile Boys Champion
- Awarded The Jack Bailey Trophy
- 1992 Rolex Junior All-American Boys Team
- 1997 NCAA Academic All American
- NCAA University of Virginia golf team
- Winner of 6 NCAA Division 1 Team Titles with University of Virginia
- Sawmill Men’s Champion – 1993-2002
Bill Kozak: Player Category
- Started caddying at Lookout Point Country Club in Fonthill.
- Won the Lookout Point Golf Championship 1940 at the age of 18.
- Turned professional in 1949 and won the Buffalo Open in 1955.
- Bill became the first Canadian in history to capture the Western New York P.G.A title in 1956; he repeated as champion in 1958 and again in 1970.
- 1970’s joined the Senior P.G.A circuit winning the Western New York Seniors P.G.A title in 1973,1976, 1979 and 1981.
- Bill captured the Canadian P.G.A in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1978.
- During his outstanding golf career, Bill was a member of the Ontario Team 6 times and set course records at 7 different golf courses.
Judith Kyrinis: Player Category
- Kyrinis began her golf career at the age of 12 at St. Catharines G&CC, and is now a member of both The Thornhill Club and Granite Golf.
- Judith has established a prominent record as an amateur golfer in Ontario, Canada and the United States, participating and winning local, provincial, national and international amateur Championships
- She was the 1998 Ontario Women’s Match Play Champion
- She also was a semi-finalist at the 2000 USGA Women’s Mid Am,
- The 2009 Women’s Four Ball Champion (with Susan Wickware)
- The #1 ranked golfer for Ontario Senior Women in 2014 and 2016
- Finalist at the 2014 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship
- The 2015 and 2016 Senior Women’s North and South Champion
- The #1 ranked for Ontario Mid-Am Women in 2016
- Medalist at the 2016 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship.
- The Ontario Senior Women’s Champion for 2016, 2017 and 2018
- The Ontario Ladies Mid-Amateur Champion for 2017.
- Voted the Top Female Golfer of the Year by the Golf Journalists Association of Canada for 2017
- Winning the 2016 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship and the 2016 Canadian Women’s Mid-Am Championship
- 2017 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Champion
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2019 Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame
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2019 Canadian Mid Amateur and Senior Champion
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2019 Tied Low Amateur US Senior Open
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Niagara District Champion of Champions Winner
Jack Lowrey: Player Category
- Won the Ontario-Washington D.C Completion Jack defeated Dean Beaman
- Won the Porter Cup in Lewiston, N.Y. twice
- A qualifier for the U.S Amatuer, Jack ended up building and owning the Queenston Golf Club, in addition to acquiring the St. David’s Golf Club
- Queenston and St. David’s Golf Club Owner
- O.A.G Champion
- Willingdon Cup Champion
- St. David’s Golf Champion (17 times)
- SCGCC Junior Boys Champion in 1952 & 1954
- Played in US Junior Boys Championship in 1953
- Won the Open Championship at St. Catharines 11 times from 1953 to 1972
- Won the Niagara District Champion of Champions in 1954, 1955, 1960, 1964 & 1968
- Won the Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship in 1956
- Won the Willingdon Cup Championship in 1956 with team members Jerry Magee, Bill Marland and Moe Norman.
- At the Canadian Open in 1972 at Cherry Hill, Jack qualified with Tom Watson at the P.G.A Championship.
- St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame 1991.
Dave Mackenzie: Player Category
- Joined Beechwood Golf Club at 13 years old
- When he was 14 joined St. Catharines G&CC
- Won Junior Club Championship multiple times
- 1972 Ontario Junior Champion at the age of 18
- Turned professional a few year later
- Asst. Professional at Board of Trade-Royal Montreal and Worchester CC in Boston
- Head Professional at New London Conn and Worchester CC in Mass.
- While at Royal Montreal Dave won multiple Quebec PGA Tournaments
- Qualified for the Canadian Open held at Royal Montreal
- Became head professional at Worchester Club in New England, home of the First Ryder Cup
- Vice President of the New England PGA
Stefi Markovich: Player Category
- Ranked 1st in Ontario in 1992 and 1993 and top 5 in Canada in 1992
- Placed 2nd at Canadian junior in 1992
- Won the Provincial junior match play in 1993
- Win 2 South Eastern Team Championships 1993 and 1997
- 1997 Canadian golf foundation – Jack Nicklaus Award for Academic Excellence
- 2011 won the Provincial Champion of Champions in Peterborough
- 2013 1st place finish at Ontario Women’s Mid-Am Championship
- 2009 1st Rank Provincially for Women’s Mid-Am
- 2013 1st Rank Provincially for Women’s Mid-Am
- 2013 3rd place at the US Mid-Am in Asheville
Walt McCollum: Lifetime Achievement Category
- Shareholder in Niagara On the Lake Golf Club
- One of the Original organizer/creator of the Niagara District Champion of Champions Golf Tournament
- Chairman for 30 years for the Champion of Champions
- Past Director for the Ontario Golf Association
- St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame 1990
- He was a staunch supporter of golf in the Niagara Peninsula at both the amateur and professional levels.
- Champion of Champions would have not existed without Walt
Gordon McInnis Sr: Professional Category
- Joined the Professional staff at the Lookout Point Country Club in Fonthill in 1938; after serving in the RCAF from 1940-45 he was appointed Head Professional, a position he held until 1993.
- Set Lookout Point CC course record of 65, a feat he would repeat on seven occasions.
- A renowned and respected golf instructor, Mr. McInnis was a mentor to Canadian golfing greats Marlene Stewart-Streit, Cathy Sherk and Moe Norman.
- Honoured by the OGA for his contribution to golf in 1973.
- Honoured by the CPGA of Ontario for his contribution to golf in 1977.
- Ontario Senior/Junior PGA Champion (1978, 1988)
- Received CPGA Teaching Award in 1993.
- Reflecting on Mrs. Streit’s and Mrs. Sherk’s U.S. Amateur victories, Gordon conceded, “to have (my) picture taken with the two of them with the same trophy is one of the pride and joys that I have.”
- Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame – 2001
- Inducted into the CPGA Wall of Fame – 2016
Joe Miszk: Player Category
Joe Miszk was a long time member of Lookout Point Golf Club and recently joined the Cherry Hill Club.
- 6-time club champion at Lookout Point dating from 1999 through 2011
- 3-time senior club champion from 2017-2019.
- He has represented the club at numerous local and provincial events and was a bronze medalist at the 2012 Ontario Better-ball
- Bronze medalist at the 2019 Ontario Sr. Champion of Champions,
- T-5 at the 2016 and 2019 Provincial Sr. Championship
- Proud member of the Canadian Senior Golf Association and has represented the organization internationally at Royal Montreal in 2018 and at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England in 2019.
- He is a strong believer in supporting and growing the game of golf in Niagara and giving back through his business and family.
- Joe served as a past board member of Lookout Point, he was a committee member of the 2004 Canadian Women’s Open at Legends on the Niagara, 2013 PGA of Canada Senior Championship at Lookout Point, as well as the 2016 Canadian Sr. Amateur at Grand Niagara
- Volunteered with Niagara Regional Special Olympics Golf, and was a very strong supporter of the Jack Spittle Memorial Golf Scholarship program promoting local junior golfers through education
- Joe, his wife Bernadette, and his entire family are also very involved in cancer research fundraising in the area.
Bruce Murray: Professional Category
- Former STGCC Head Professional
- 2 time President for the PGA of Ontario
- Master Professional Status in 1981
- Golf Professional for over 60 years
- Rockway Golf Club-Kitchener Ontario
- St. Catharines Golf Club-St Catharines Ontario
- Royal Montreal-Montreal Quebec
- Shaughnessy Golf Club-Vancouver B.C.
- Wildfire Golf Club-Lakefield Ontario
- Life Master Professional Member
Merle Noyes: Player Category
- 5 time Men’s Division Champion of Champions Winner
- Won the 1963 Big Idylwylde (Was one of Ontario’s major golfing events)
- 1972 Canadian Senior Men’s Champion
- 12 + Port Colborne Club Championship Winner
Nolan Piazza: Player Category
- 2018 & 2020 Ontario Junior Boys Champion
- 2019 CJGA World Junior Challenge Champion
- Committed to Morehead State University
- 2248 on World Amateur Golf Ranking
- Competed in the 2020 U.S Junior Amatur Championship
John Piccolo: Superintentent Category
- 40 years as superintendent at St. Catharines Golf and Country Club
- Worked at Burlington Golf and CC.
- Became assistant Greenskeeper Glendale Golf Club in Hamilton in 1957.
- Built Windsor Park golf Club (Now Flamborough Hills) in 1962.
- Became Head Greenskeeper St.Catharines Golf and CC in November 1963.
- Retired in 2005.
- Honorary golf member St.Catharines Golf Club
Wayne Redshaw: Lifetime Achievement Category
- Veteran sports writer and sports editor whose career began as a sports beat writer in 1962.
- Covered 30 Canadian Opens on the golf scene
- Redshaw left the newspaper world in 1995 but not the industry. FORE! Golfers Only was launched a year later and for the next eight years he wrote stories that his late wife Dianne proofread, compiled columns of stats and sold ads for what at the time was Canada’s only weekly golf publication.
- As boss of DWR Sports Publications, Redshaw would deliver as many as 20,000 magazines to golf courses and Avondale stores across the Niagara peninsula.
- Redshaw is also a member of the Sabres Hall of Fame and life member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
- Won the (Lorne Rubenstein Media Award) with Golf Ontario
Michael Riva: Player Category
- 1979 Ontario Juvenile Champion
- Member of Canadian National Junior Championship Team
Shirley Romanow: Player Category
Moved to Niagara in 1966 Playing Career
- Champion of champions Women’s Division winner, playing out of St. Catharines G&CC 1967, 1968, 1969, and playing out of Lookout Point G&CC in 1981 and 1983.
- Niagara District OLGA Amateur Champion 1968, 1970, 1971
- On Niagara District Amateur team (playing at the Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship), 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976,1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Best finish 6th place.
- Winners of District team trophy at Ontario Amateur 4 times – 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978.
- Competed in 3 Canadian Amateurs
Volunteer Work in Niagara
- 1972-1974 Secretary/Treasurer of the Ontario Ladies Golf Association – Niagara District
- In 1978 Chair of Niagara District which she held for at least 3 years and involved in Ontario Junior Girls Golf Camp at Brock Golfland
- In 1981 was President of Lookout Point Ladies Section.
- Member of Provincial Board as Ontario Tournament Director 3 years,
- From 2000 – 2002 Shirley was once again Chair of ND, OLGA, during this time the OGA and OLGA amalgamated, Shirley co-chaired with Thomas Quarantillo in the 2002 year.
- In 2002 started up a Women’s District Tour for the 18 and under handicaps and it is still running today although under a different format.
- Also in 2002 presented with an Award in Recognition of Volunteer Services from 1972 to 2002 from the GAO.
- 2004 worked with the RCGA and was Administrative Assistant for the LPGA event held at Legends, prior to and during the event.
Jeff Roy: Professional Category
- Cherry Hill & Whisky Run Head Professional
- Runs the Junior Golf Camps
- Named by Ontario Golf News as one of the 19 most interesting people to play golf with, in Ontario.
- Has caddied on the LPGA Tour and worked on the PGA Tour.
- President of PGA of Ontario
Anne Sharpe: Player Category
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1945-1950, 1965, 1972, 1975 Lookout Point Women’s Club Champion
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1953 & 1954 Ontario Women’s Amateur Champion
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1965 Champion of Champions Winner
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1975 & 1978 Niagara District Champion
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1980 Ontario Senior Women’s Amateur Champion
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Runner Up for the North/South Amateur in the early 1980’s
Cathy Sherk: Player Category
- Ontario Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1978); Runner-Up (1973, 1976-77)
- Ontario Women’s Match-Play Championship (1976)
- Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1977-78)
- U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion (1978); Runner-Up (1977)
- North and South Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1978)
- Women’s World Amateur Team Championships, Low Individual (1978); Canada placed 2nd.
- Joined the LPGA Tour in 1979 and competed for six years.
- Mrs. Sherk’s mentor was fellow Hall of Famer Gordon McInnis Sr.
- Ontario Athlete of the Year (1978)
- Co-Winner of the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year (1978)
- #1 Ranked Woman Golfer in 1978 by GolfDigest
- Professional coordinator for the Ontario Junior Girls Camp (1986 – 1998)
- CPGA Ladies’ Champion (1988, 1990-91)
- Player Director – du Maurier Ltd. Series (1990 – 1992)
- CLGA Advisor/Coach (1994-95)
- Canadian Ladies Golf Association Advisor/Coach (1994-1998)
- Inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1995
- Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2000
- Inducted into the PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2014
Adam Short: Player Category
- Past PGA Tour Player
- 2008 RBC Canadian Open Participant
- Bell Canadian Open Participant
- 2009 Korn Ferry Member
- Member of PGA Tour Canada for over 10 years
- U.S PGA Tour
- Played professionally in South Africa, Europe, Central and South America
Rod Spittle: Player Category
- Played college golf at Ohio State University
- During his collegiate golf career, Spittle helped the Buckeyes win the BIG Ten Championship three consecutive years (1976-1978)
- He won the Men’s Canadian Amateur in 1977 and 1978
- Provincially helped Ontario win back to back Willingdon Cup (1977-78)
- 1987 and 1989 Columbus (Ohio) District Amateur Championship
- 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000-2003 Columbus (Ohio) District Mid- Amateur Championship
- Spittle turned professional in 2004, shortly before turning 50
- He began playing on the Champions Tour in 2005
- His best finish in his first four years was a T-2 at the 2007 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
- He did not play the Champions Tour at all in 2009
- In 2010, he Monday-qualified into the AT&T Championship, and won the event in a one-hole sudden-death playoff over Jeff Sluman
- Spittle played 5 events the entire 2010 season
- In 195 starts over his 13-year PGA TOUR Champions career, Spittle missed just five cuts and earned more than $4M in prize money
- He had a pair of runners-up finishes, a pair of third-place finishes and had 23 top-10s
- He played his final PGA TOUR Champions event on home soil, finishing T17 at the 2018 Shaw Charity Classic
- Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2013
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Inducted into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame in 2019
- Inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2019
Marlene Stewart Streit: Player Category
- Started playing competitive golf in 1949 at Lookout Point Country Club
- Ontario Junior Girls Champion (1951-52)
- British Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1953)
- United States Women’s Amateur Champion (1956)
- U.S. Inter-Collegiate Champion (1956)
- Attended Rollins College (1956)
- Lou Marsh Trophy Winner (1951, 1956)
- U.S. Women’s Open, Low Amateur (1961)
- Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1962
- Australian Women’s Amateur Champion (1963)
- Officer of the Order of Canada (July 6, 1967)
- Ontario Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1951, 1956-58, 1968-70, 1972, 1974, 1976-77); Runner-Up (1966, 1978-80, 1982)
- Ontario Senior Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1987-88, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2003)
- Canadian Ladies Amateur (Open) Champion (1951, 1954-56, 1958-59, 1963, 1968-69, 1972-73); Runner-Up (1953, 1970-71, 1978)
- Canadian Ladies’ Amateur (Close) Champion (1951-1957, 1963, 1968)
- Canadian Senior Ladies’ Amateur Champion (1985, 1987-88, 1993)
- North & South Women’s Amateur Champion (1956, 1974)
- U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Champion (1985, 1994, 2003); Runner-Up (1996)
- Only person to win Canadian, United States, British and Australian National Amateur titles.
- Canadian Female Athlete of the Year (4 times)
- Inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1971
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004
Gary Stickl: Player Category
- Won Ontario Junior 1974/75
- Played in the 1988 Florida Open as an Amatuer
- Played on the Nike Tour and NGA Hooters Tour from 1996 until 1998
- Played in the 1997 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic PGA Event
- Former Indiana University Golf Team Player
Bill Tape: Player Category
- Fort Erie Sports Hall of Fame
- Won High School Golf Championship in 1965
- Won the 1971 Oktoberfest best-ball tournament at Westmount Country Club
- Played in the South Africa Tour consisting of 15 tournaments and six pro am events
- Won his first tournament as a professional in 1974 winning the Manitoba Open
- Bill played every tournament on the Canadian Tour the following year
- Won the CPGA Championship at Bayview GC in 1975
Ken Tarling: Player Category
- 143 Professional Tournament Victories in 8 different countries
- 15 Time member PGA of Ontario Team (Ryder Cup) versus the PGA of Quebec
- Played in events on the TPS, Ben Hogan, Nike and Buy.com Tours
- 1984 – Gary Bowerman Award Winner
- 1987 – Honorary Life Member Twenty Valley G&CC
- 1992 – Member of the Canadian Team for the International Team Matches
- 2002 – Meeting Fidel Castro after winning a tournament in Cuba
- 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2017 – PGA of Ontario – Senior Hunt Trophy Award
- 2011 – PGA of Ontario Player of the Year Award
- 2012 – Honorary Life Member of PGA Tour of Canada (Canadian Tour)
- 2013 – PGA of Ontario Hunt Trophy Award Winner
- 2013 – Played in the British Senior Open – Royal Birkdale
- 2013 and 2014 – First ever Playing Captain of the PGA of Ontario Team for the
- Ontario/Quebec Ryder Cup Matches
- 2017 – Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame
- 2020 – Inducted into the PGA of Ontario Hall of Fame
International Victories
- 15 International Professional Victories
- 2011 Winner of Australian Legends Tour Order of Merit (Money Title)
National Victories
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2001 – PGA of Canada Club Professional Championship
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2011 – PGA of Canada Senior’s Championship
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2019 – PGA of Canada Super Senior’s Championship
Provincial Victories
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1980 – Golf Association of Ontario Amateur Public Links Championship
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1989 and 2013 – PGA of Ontario Pro Pro Championship
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1990 – PGA of Ontario Summer Championship
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1992 – PGA of Ontario PGA Championship
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1994 and 1999 – PGA of Ontario Fall Championship
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1997, 1998 and 2009 – PGA of Ontario Pro Junior Championship
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1998 – PGA of Ontario Spring Championship
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2005 – PGA of Ontario Head Pro Assistant Pro Championship
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2008 – PGA of Ontario Senior Pro Junior Pro Championship
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2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2017 – PGA of Ontario Senior Championship
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2010, 2011, 2013 and 2017 – PGA of Ontario Senior Fall Championship
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2016 and 2017 – PGA of Ontario Senior Spring Championship
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2017 – PGA of Ontario Player of the Year Championship
John Taylor: Superintentent Category
- Twenty Valley, Hunter’s Pointe, Grand Niagara
- President of Western Ontario Golf Superintendents Association
- Past president of the Ontario Golf Superintendents Association
Angelo Toto: Superintentent Category
- The Links of Niagara at Willodell Superintendent (Retired)
Tess Trojan: Player Category
- The 32 year old St. Catharines, Ontario native Tess Trojan has been a Special Olympics Athlete for 20 years.
- Tess was honoured to represent Canada and capture Gold at both the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles and more recently at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi.
- Won two gold medals at National Games and a gold and silver at Provincial Games.
- She has participated in and medaled at many Special Olympics North America Tournaments; Galloway NJ, Hilton Head SC, Port St. Lucie FL, Seattle WA, Nashville TN and the Ontario Disability Tournament at Wooden Lakes.
- Tess was inducted as her High School’s 2016 Wall of Fame Athlete, the first athlete with an intellectual disability to be inducted.
- She is a graduate of Niagara College with certificates in College Exploration and Pre-Community Services.
- Tess is proud of her commitment to community as an Usher for the Niagara Ice Dogs and the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines. Tess volunteers in a Kindergarten Classroom and mentors a young friend with an intellectual disability. Tess currently serves on the Special Olympics Ontario Board of Directors as the Athlete Representative.
- Tess’s parents run the Niagara North Special Olympics Golf Program, Chippawa Chippers at The Legends in Niagara Falls. Her Dad Mike serves as her underpaid caddy in competition.
- In the golf off season Tess participates in Special Olympics; basketball, bowling, speed skating and CYO Jr Ice Dogs Special Needs hockey, skiing, swimming, hip hop lessons and enjoys travelling (especially if it includes golf, tennis, cycling or boating).
Les Westlake: Player Category
- 1977 Ontario Public Amatuer Champion
- Toronto Star Champion at age 34
- Won the Ontario Men’s Amatuer Golf Championship in 1980
- Played on the Ontario Willington Cup team in 1980
- Played in U.S Amateur Golf Championship in 1980 and 1984
- Qualified to play in numerous Porter Cup Championships from 1980 to 1988
- Won the “Open” Championship at STGCC six times from 1981 to 1994
- Won the Ontario Better Ball Championship in 1982
- Won the Niagara District Champion of Champions tournament in 1982, 1983, 1988 and the Senior Division in 2001
- Played in the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship in 2012 to 2013
- 2015 Investor’s Group Sr. Men’s Championship 70+ Division Champion
Alex Wilson: Professional Category
- Former head pro at Port Colborne Country Club
- PGA of Canada Niagara Chapter Leader
- Past President PGA of Ontario (1989,1990)
John White: Professional Category
- 1993 – Founded the Niagara Junior Golf Tour
- 2004- Named Ontario Teacher of the year for Juniors
- 2006 – St. Catharines Sportsperson of the year
- 2017 – Winner of the Chuck Smith Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Niagara Sports Commission
- 27 years as the Head Golf Professional at Beechwood Golf & Country Club
- Coach of the Brock University Men’s & Ladies’ Golf Teams
- Coach multiple Ontario Champions
- Competed on the Australian and Canadian Golf Tours
- Has coached more than 75 players on to college golf
- 4 Time Senior Player of the Year NDPGT 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016