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within two feet and made the putt for birdie while Cornell Cornell, meanwhile, said he loved “the competitiveness” of
took three to get down from the fringe. the Tamarack.
Brandon’s Dwight Kearns also has a Cornell story. “I liked competition of all kinds,” he said. “Whether it was
Kearns and Cornell were battling in the men’s match play golf, or business, or running a hockey team.
championship flight final and were on the 13th hole when Competition’s the spice of life.”
a torrential Saturday downpour stopped play. Cornell, Tamarack champion at the age of 31 in 1969 and
“I was one up at the time and somebody from the again in 1998 when he was 60, plays infrequently these
committee came out and said, ‘match is over. Who’s days. At the age of 80, arthritis is winning the battle of his
ahead?’” back, he says, and an occasional nine holes with his buddy
Kearns objected to the premature victory suggestion and Jack Matheson is usually enough. A serious traffic accident
told the official that he and Cornell would return to the about a decade ago seriously injured Cornell, and says it has
course Sunday to finish things off. affected his memory.
Which they did. In the end, Cornell tied the match by the But he can’t forget the great times at the annual August
end of the 17th hole and then won the title with a 20-foot event at Clear Lake. “I loved the Tamarack,” he said. “A lot of
birdie putt on No. 18. great times. Great matches.”

Bob Jack
Cornell McDiarmid