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Shot of the Day – Brandon’s Jim Nay
smacked his tee shot on the par-3 6th
hole into the basket of Bob Jenkins cart
parked near the 7th tee box.
There have been 18 multi-championship
winners in the Men’s Division. Only 5 have
more than 2 titles. These 18 have won 49
of the 84 played.*
“I’ve caddied to a lot of celebrities string three consecutive wins together.
you know like Clint Eastwood and
Douglas Bader, who was a great
Battle of Britain pilot who lost his
legs,” said Haxton, who quit
caddying three years ago. “Probably
Clint Eastwood was my favourite.
To be in his company was something
very special. Plus, he paid very well.”
Haxton makes it sound like fun, but
how would you like to be the guy
that gives Dirty Harry the wrong
club?
What does a 161 get you? In 1974 a
36-hole score of 161 had you in the
Men’s Championship flight yet in 2014
you would be playing in the fourth or
fifth flight.
“I'm just trying to grasp the whole
thing right now. Coming into the
tournament, maybe some people
expected me to make the
championship flight and maybe win
a match or two. But I never thought
I'd be in the finals.” – Dave Scinocca,
Men's finalist
Barry McKenzie is the only man able to
Winning in ‘65, ‘66, & ’67. He added a 4th
title in 1971.
26 of the 84 Women’s
winner’s names started
with the letter “M”. But
none since 1988 when the
Queen of the Tamarack,
Marg Patrick won her
record 7th.
The longest match we came across while
combing thousands of stories was 26 holes. It
took eight extras for Ken Newman to top Rod
Zenk in a 2002 3rd flight tilt.
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