Well it was not raining, but it sure was windy.  Windy conditions and fast greens made it a tough day to score.  It obviously was not too tough for our Director of Instruction who managed to boot it around in 33 strokes.  John Blom also proved he can play in the tough conditions firing a net 29 to win his 2nd low net of the year.  He must be leading the player of the year race.

Alan Doherty played later in the day and managed to squeak one inside of the great shot that Ray Wilcock hit on the 5th green.  Alan's shot ended up only about 6 inches behind the cup.  After seeing where it ended up i canot believe it did not go in. 

NEXT WEEK IS THE FIRST WEEK OF OUR PLAYOFFS.  ALL POINTS WILL BE RESET AND WE WILL HAVE A 6 WEEK RACE FOR THE TITLE.  CONGRATULATIONS TO WEAPONS OF GRASS DESTRUCTION WHO ARE THE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS.  THEY EARN THE TITLE AND START THE PLAYOFFS WITH A POINT ADVANTAGE.  AS PLAYOFFS START ALL TEAMS HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A RUN.  THE POINT SYSTEM WILL REWARD GOOD PLAY AND TEAMS CAN JUMP UP THE LEADERBOARD QUICKLY.

Low Gross - Dave Smallwood - 33 

Low Net - John Blom - 29

Dave Stephenson - Longest Drive #1 - Sponsored by Watertight Roofing - Mike Thrasher & Bryce McCandless

Alan Doherty - Closest to the Pin - #5 - sponsored by Erb & Erb, Brent Taylor

Kyle Martin - Poor Performance of the Week, achieved by hitting it in the water on #4- Sponsred by the GPC

Ron Vanderbeek - Closest to the Pin #8 sponsored by Big Rock Brewery - Paul Guerriero

Hot Shot of the Week - Mike Thrasher - Mike made a spectacular putt on #7.  He hit his 2nd shot to the far right side of the green in the "finger" and drained what had to have been an 80 foot putt.......great shot Mike!

The Canadian Open, the third-oldest national open golf championship, will be played this week for the 101st time. It’s also the first time in 42 years that St. George’s Golf and Country Club is hosting the event

Here are 3 great Canadian Open Moments

1971

Then-Canadian Open sponsor Imperial Tobacco commissioned a trophy to recognize the golfer who won the U.S. Open, British Open and Canadian Open in a single year. Lee Trevino did it in a single month, as he fit in a playoff victory at Richelieu Valley outside Montreal between his win at the U.S. Open and at the British, a week later at Royal Birkdale. The wind was blowing and that suited Trevino's low-ball, Texas style. He opened with a 73, not bad given the distractions - "All those French girls in those hot pants are driving me crazy," he said - but recovered with rounds of 68, 67 and 67. He birdied the first playoff hole against Art Wall and when he later won at Royal Birkdale, earned a $25,000 bonus from Imperial Tobacco and a unique niche in golf lore that he so far has only had to share with Tiger Woods.

2000

It was the perfect shot to end the perfect summer. There were a record 50,000 people at Glen Abbey to watch Tiger Woods stalk his prey in September of 2000, going for his ninth win of the season. There were 1.5-million Canadians watching on television at home. The Tiger effect? That was a 315-per-cent ratings increase over the previous year, for those keeping count. Tied with Woods heading into the Sunday, New Zealand's Grant Waite pushed the legend to the limit. With Woods leading by a shot, Waite landed an iron pin-high on the par-five 18th to give himself a makeable eagle chance, forcing Woods's hand. Woods responded by famously ripping a 6-iron 218 yards out of the bunker, over water, dead at the flag and into the memories of everyone who saw it.

2004

A Canadian hasn't won their national championship since Fletcher in 1954. But no Canadian came as close as Mike Weir did 50 years later. It was a remarkable tournament at Glen Abbey. Vijay Singh was in the midst of one of the greatest seasons in modern golf history. Weir was a season removed from his Masters win. It was the 50th anniversary of Fletcher's victory and the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Open. Flags were flying at half-mast to honour Canadian golf great Moe Norman, who died the week the 2004 event began. On the final day, Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., stumbled after leading by three with eight holes to play, but had putts to win on the 72nd hole of regulation and a five-footer on the second playoff hole, failing to make either, leaving Singh the sheepish champion and Weir the devastated loser.