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Scot Dave Haxton makes an approach shot from the rough on the

second hole at the Tamarack in 2004.

team, was introduced to Bill and, with a lot of free time
By Bruce Penton thanks to his job as a mailman, Haxton and Moody, Jr.,
became regular golf buddies. “We played a lot of golf
olf fans around the first tee of the Clear Lake Golf around Fife,” he said.
Course during Tamarack week in 2000 might have Bill, Jr.’s parents, Bill, Sr. and Linda, visited their son in
Gthought a Brier had broken out when the bagpipe- Scotland in 1999, met the Haxtons, and invited the Scot
playing Ian Dickson and his son Scott celebrated Dave and his wife to Clear Lake the following August. The
Haxton’s championship with the ultimate Scottish tribute. Tamarack was part of the deal, of course.
Haxton, a Scot and playing in the Tamarack during his first And what a debut! First trip to Canada; first Tamarack;
visit to North America, said being piped to the first tee first place!
from the pro shop for the trophy presentation “was very Haxton, who uses an unorthodox baseball grip, eventually
special, with everyone clapping. It gave me goosebumps played in four Tamarack tournaments, and he says in an
and made me very proud. Yeah, that was a very proud email interview from his home that “the competition was
moment,” he said. nothing like I had ever played in before. It was so organized
Haxton, whose connection to Clear Lake came through and everyone was so nice and friendly.”
Brandonite Bill Moody via his son, Bill, Jr., came close to “To be in another country and feel like you’re at home is
winning back-to-back titles, but lost the 2001 final to something really special,” said Haxton. “Had it not been for
Brandon’s Jared Jacobson. Bill Moody, Sr., on my bag with his knowledge on the
The Haxton-Moody connection began in Kirkcaldy, greens, I don't think I would have done so well. “
Scotland, where Moody, Jr., was playing hockey with the There is a stark difference between the Clear Lake
local team. Haxton, friends with some of the players on the course and the Scottish links Haxton was accustomed to,
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