Golf Shop News, July 28th

CADDIES NEEDED!!!

Are you Interested in caddying during the Canadian Women's Mid-Am & Senior Championships?  We have players coming to Lookout Point from across Canada who are looking for caddies for the championships with local course knowledge and expertise.  Caddies will earn a minimum of $40 per round.  Caddies must be available between Monday, August 27th to Thursday, August 30th (specific times and dates will be arranged between you and the player). Caddies will be assigned to players on a first come - first serve basis.  If you are interested please contact Dan Roud ASAP at dan.roud@lopcc.com to be added to the list.

Club Championships

Registration is open until Wednesday, August 1st for the 2018 Club Championships.  You can register through the member portal or in the Golf Shop.  The following is the break down of flights:

Men's Championship
August 4th, 5th & 6th

Men's Club Champion
Gross (Any Handicap)
Black Tees

Men's A Flight Champion
5 - 8 Handicap
Blue Tees

Men's B Flight Champion
9 - 11 Handicap
Blue Tees

Men's C Flight Champion
12 - 15 Handicap
Edge Tees

Men's D Flight Champion
16 - 19 Handicap
Edge Tees

Men's E Flight Champion
20+ Handicap
Edge Tees

Ladies Championship
August 4th, 5th & 6th - Open, A & B Flights
August 5th & 6th - C & D Flights

Ladies Club Champion
Gross (Any Handicap)

Ladies A Flight Champion
Gold Tees

Ladies B Flight Champion
Fringe Tees

Ladies C Flight Champion
Fringe Tees

Ladies D Flight Champion
Fringe Tees

Handicaps for each flight will be emailed out by the Ladies Section

Junior Boys Championship
August 5th & 6th

Junior Boys Champion
Age: 19 and under
Blue Tees

Juvenile Champion
Age:  15 and under
White Tees

Junior Girls Championship
August 5th & 6th

Junior Girls Champion
Age: 19 and under
Fringe Tees

British Open Pool Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2018 British Open Pool.  For the first time we had to use our tie-breaker based on the closest guess to Francesco Molinari's final score of -8.  

1st Place

Sharon Bradley (-18)
$150 in Golf Shop Credits

2nd Place

Bert Cadotte (-15)
Tie Breaker (-6 for winning score)
Green Fee Pass (value of $95)

3rd Place

Frank King (-15)
Tie Breaker (-3 for winning score)
$60 in Golf Shop Credits

Weekend Tee Times

Once the field has been set for our Club Championships August 4th, 5th & 6th and pairings have been released we will review the tee times that were reserved and open any unused times for players who are not competing in the Championship.

Kay Fraser Results

On Saturday, July 21st the Ladies Section played the Annual Kay Fraser tournament.  It was great to see such a strong turnout for one of our longest running Ladies events.

1st Place

Anita McKenzie & Sharon Montgomery-Greenwood (66)

2nd Place

Linda Anderson & Diane Girard (69)

4 Man Quota Points

We had 18 team's compete in our annual 4 man Quota Points event!  Congrats to our winners.

1st Place

Dr. Pran Kundi, Frank Mortensen, Dan Girard & Mike Kershaw (31 pts above Quota)

2nd Place

Bob Anderson, Des Brady, Harry Weller & David Grant (18 Points above Quota)

3rd Place

Rick Podrebarac, Brett Richardson, Frans Smoor & Peter VanderValk

Closest to the Pin # 2

Ian Penney

Closest to the Pin # 5

Bob Anderson

Closest to the Pin # 8

Rick Podrebarac

Closest to the Pin # 11

Ian Penney

Senior Invitational

From the Green Committee

Golf Course Update

As we enter the 4th week of an extended heat wave with next to zero rainfall, the golf course is certainly showing signs of stress.  The rough presently is in a semi-dormant state, especially in areas which receive no irrigation.  Our irrigation system, installed in 1987, is certainly showing signs of its weakness.  With the high heat and humidity were dealing with, disease pressure is at the highest its been in many years, and you can see some signs of this on a few greens.  We've implemented a plan to reduce any undue stress primarily to the putting surfaces.  Our greens are healthy, but this does not exclude them from any form of disease.  We have in the past few weeks, and will continue, to keep them as healthy as possible, keeping in mind golfing must go on.

The steps we have taken so far are:

* applied approximately 10% more water
*  Increased fertilizer
* Removed growth regulators
* Continued with our fungicide program
* Skipped mowing once a week
* Raised our mowing height
* Sliced the greens once (a form of venting)
* Eliminated any verticutting

Green speeds will be a bit slower, but having our greens make it through healthy is first and foremost.  Starting Sunday evening and finishing Monday morning, we will do another form of venting, using a 1/4-inch solid mini tine.  Immediately after, the greens will be rolled to smooth out the surface and, in a few days, there will be no signs of this procedure.  The value of getting oxygen down to the roots with this procedure is extremely valuable to the health of the turf moving forward into the remaining portion of the golf season.  If anyone has any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to me at aldo@lopcc.com

Golf Shop News, July 15th

Senior Club Championship Results

Thank you to all the members who participated in this weekend's Senior & Super Senior Club Championships.  We had 57 players this year - which is a 40% increase in participants from 2017.  As a result, we also had an excellent prize pool of over $2100!  Congratulations to this year's winners!

Senior Men's Champion

Joe Miszk

Super Senior Men's Champion

Guenther Penner

Senior Ladies Champion

Sharon Montgomery - Greenwood

Super Senior Ladies Champion

Maria Williamson

Senior Men's Low Net

Michael Foster

Super Senior Men's Low Net

Tom Cottringer

Senior Ladies Low Net

Diane Girard

Super Senior Ladies Low Net

Tina Drummond

For a full recap of the weekend's results please visit the Senior Club Championship website by clicking the following link:

Senior Club Championship Results

Our Senior & Super Senior Men's and Ladies Champions will be invited to be on this year's Travis Cup team which will travel to Stafford Country Club on August 10th to defend The Travis Cup Trophy.

Our Senior Men's & Senior Ladies Champions will also have an opportunity to compete in the 69th Annual Walt McCollum Niagara District Champion of Champions which will be held on Saturday, September 8th at Rockway Glen.

Driving Range Hours, Monday July 16th

Please note that the Golf Course is open on Monday July 16th.  As a result, the Driving Range will be closed for maintenance as Aldo and his crew continue to perform maintenance and make improvements to the quality of the practice facilities.

British Open Pool

The 3rd major of the year is nearly here!  If you want to enhance your British Open experience consider participating in our Lookout Point British Open member's pool.  The cost is $10 per entry.  Enter as many times as you like.  Payout's for the Top 3 (and ties) are based on the total number of entries.

Here's how you join our golf pool:

Pick your team of 6 golfers by going to the link below and entering the pool id and password.

Pool ID: 46294
Password: 1922
Link: https://www.easyofficepools.com/golf-tier-select/ 

Teams can only be added or updated prior to the first tee time of the tournament.

Senior Golf Central

Calling all Senior Men...

There are a number of fantastic Senior Golf Invitationals and Events coming up over summer and fall months, including our very own Senior Men's Invitational.  Did you know, all of the information for these events is available for FREE on www.seniorgolfcentral.ca.  Sign up on the website today and get registered on the mailing list so you don't miss out on what's happening with Senior Golf in Ontario.

Caddies Needed!!!

Are you Interested in caddying during the Canadian Women's Mid-Am & Senior Championships?  We have players coming to Lookout Point from across Canada who are looking for caddies for the championships with local course knowledge and expertise.  Caddies will earn a minimum of $40 per round.  Caddies must be available between Monday, August 27th to Thursday, August 30th (specific times and dates will be arranged between you and the player). Caddies will be assigned to players on a first come - first serve basis.  If you are interested please contact Dan Roud ASAP at dan.roud@lopcc.com to be added to the list.

Look what our Juniors are doing....

Lookout Point's junior members continue to shine Locally, Provincially and Internationally.  Here are some of the highlights of just the past couple of weeks:

In International competition:
Kayla Burke & Ben MacLean we're selected to represent Team Canada at Dolphin Head Golf Club in Hilton Head, SC in the 2018 North America Cup!  Ben won all 3 of his matches and Kayla won 2 out of 3 to lead Team Canada to a 13.5 to 10.5 win over Team USA.

Provincially:
Freddy D'Angelo (9th) & Luke Delgobbo (14th) both played exceptionally well in windy conditions at Loyalist Country Club in Bath, On. at the Ontario Junior's to qualify for the Canadian Junior Championship later this summer!

Over at Maple City Golf & Country Club, Kayla Burke finished T13 in the Ontario Juniors and as a result qualified for the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in BC!!

Freddy D'Angelo has been on fire this summer!  Earlier this summer Freddy managed to qualify at King's Forest for the Ontario Men's Amateur which was held this past week at St. Thomas Golf & Country Club.  Freddy finished tied for 10th which guarunteed him a spot in the Canadian Men's Amateur in BC later this summer.   If that wasn't enough, Freddy placed t11 at Blue Springs earlier this year in a Canadian Open Qualifier and now has an opporunity to qualify for the RBC Canadian Open through the final qualifing stage at Heron Point on Monday, July 23rd. 

Not content with a North America Cup already to his credit, Ben Maclean won the Juvenile Boys (u17) qualifier at Blue Mountain Golf & Country Club this past week on July 12th.  What you may not know is Ben is actually still a Bantam (u15)!!!  Best of luck in Oshawa at the Ontario Juvenile Championships Ben!

On August 21-22nd, Sawmill Golf Club here in Fenwick, On. will be hosting the Ontario Bantam Championship.  In the field representing Lookout Point are Ben Maclean, Matthew Martell & Bradyn Wark (who qualified with a 13th place finish at Cambridge on July 8th).

Closer to home:
Here on the Niagara Junior Tour our juniors continue to lead the way.  Here are some of the results from the tour stops at Rockway and Rolling Meadows earlier this month

Rockway Vineyards
u13 Boys - Michael Martell (2nd Place)
u15 Boys - Braydn Wark (1st), Matthew Martell (2nd), Isaiah Ellis (4th)
u17 & u19 Boys - Matt Gibson (1st), Ethan Siebert (6th)

Rolling Meadows
u13 Boys - Michael Martell (1st Place) - 75!!!!
u15 Boys - Ben Maclean (1st), Bradyn Wark (2nd), Matthew Martell (3rd), Isaiah Ellis (4th)
u17 & u19 Boys - Matt Gibson (T4), Ethan Siebert (T4), Ryan Harold (T7)

FRIDAY DATE NIGHT COUPLES GOLF

July 20th
July 27th
August 10th
August 17th
August 24th

Interested in bringing a non-member to Friday Date Night and adding some Golf to your evening plans?  Contact Kent Taylor (gordonkenttaylor@gmail.com) who will book and make arrangements for you and your guest to add some Golf to the above Date Nights.  The rates below include Golf, Cart and a food voucher which needs to be redeemed the night you play.

Member with 1 Guest - $125 (includes all Golf & Carts and $55 food voucher)

Additional Non-member Couple - $195 (includes Golf & Cart for both non-members and a $55 food voucher)

Golf Shop News, July 3rd

Canada Day Parent Child Recap

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our annual Parent Child tournament on Monday, July 2nd.  Everyone was a winner by getting to participate with their family and friends but we would like to recognize our two low scores of the day

Rowan & Troy McLellan (84)

Randy & Lauren Wardrope (76)

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Canada Day Raffle

Congrats to Karen Tribble who won our Canada Day Raffle prize package!   Don't forget, we have a great promotion going on in the Golf Shop right now.  Buy any Titleist dozen and get a ballot for a Fat Tire Bike which we will be raffling off at the end of August.

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Golf Course Status - This Weekend

with the annual member guest event this week, the golf course will be closed for member play on Friday, July 6th.  There will be limited play in the evening, please contact the Golf Shop for availability.  On Saturday, July 7th there will be a member shotgun at 7:00 am open to Full Play members only.  You may book a spot in the shotgun by contacting the Golf Shop.

On Monday, July 9th the range will be closed for the day for maintenance.  The Golf Course and chipping are beside the parking lot will be open.

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Senior Club Championships

Register Today

Closes on July 11th

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Ladies Social Shotgun

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Canadian Women's Senior & Mid-Am Championships

At the end of August, Lookout Point Country Club is pleased to be hosting the Canadian Women's Senior & Mid-Am Championships.  

Conducted since 1971, the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship has featured many of the country’s top senior golfers. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Marlene Streit, Gayle Borthwick, Marilyn O’Connor and Margaret Todd all own senior championship titles.

In the past, this competition has also featured a strong contingent of international players, particularly from the United States – most notably Nancy Fitzgerald. The Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Senior Championship has also been referred to as the CLGA National Senior Championship.

The winner receives an exemption into the United States Golf Association’s Senior Women’s Amateur Championship.

We have a number of volunteer opportunities available and are looking for members who will be interested.  Please click on the link below to submit your application

Volunteer Signup

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RBC SCRAMBLE

Lookout Point is hosting a public Local Qualifier for the PGA of Canada RBC Scramble on Monday, July 30th.  Members are welcome to enter.  Teams must register online at the link below (Registration cost is $29.95 per player)  All information about the event including rules and regulations can be found at www.rbcpgascramble.com.

RBC Scramble Registration

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Beverly Golf Club Reciprocal Opportunities

Please come into the Golf Shop if you wish to fill out a ballot for the following monday recirprocal tee times at Beverly Golf Club

July 16th

July 23rd

July 30th

August 13th

September 10th

September 24th

We will draw the ballots on July 11th and post the results in our next eblast.

Golf Shop News, June 26th

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2 Man Best Ball Recap

Thank you to all the participants of the 2018 2 Man Best Ball Tournament.  Mother nature cooperated in the end and a field of 62 players posted some outstanding team scores.  At the end of the day we had two teams finish at 59 and had to go all the way to the 4th tiebreaker to resolve it.  A full recap of the event including all the prize winners can be found by clicking the link below:

2 Man Best Ball Results

Congrats to our 2018 Champions

Frank Mortensen & Pran Kundi

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Men's Member Guest

One of the highlight's of the Lookout Point Calendar is the Men's Member-Guest tournament.  This year marks the 35th Annual event and we are looking for 2 more teams to complete our field of 60 teams (Not available to lifesytle catagories).  To claim one of the remaining spots (first come first served) you will need to email Dan Roud directly at dan.roud@lopcc.com  Any interested member's who we are unable to accommodate this year will be put on the 2019 Waitlist.  The cost for the event is $725 per team (All in) and includes all Golf, Carts, Food, Prizing (including skins) & a welcome gift for your guest.  The tournament page for the event is in the process of being created but an agenda for the event is posted on the site below:

2018 Men's Member-Guest

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RBC Scramble

Lookout Point is hosting a public Local Qualifier for the PGA of Canada RBC Scramble on Monday, July 30th.  Members are welcome to enter and receive a discounted entry fee.  Teams must register online at the link below (Registration cost is $29.95 per player) and the event entry fee is $20 for Members and $75 for Public players (payable at registration on July 30th)  All information about the event including rules and regulations can be found at www.rbcpgascramble.com.

RBC Scramble Registration

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Monday, July 2nd 8:00 am Member Shotgun

On Monday, July 2nd we will have a member shotgun in the morning at 8:00 am.  With Monday being a holiday there are booking restrictions in place, however, with a member event occupying the afternoon, we will accept requests for the 8:00 am shotgun from category members other than Platinum once the lottery has been run on Wednesday, June 27th.  The draw will not be posted online but will be available to view by visiting or calling the Golf Shop.  Platinum members are encouraged to book their request in the lottery anytime before noon on Wednesday, June 27th by calling the Golf Shop.

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Tileist Bike Promotion

From now until August 25th we will be running a promotion in the Golf Shop for a Titleist Bike.  For every 1 dozen Pro V1, Pro V1x or AVX golf balls you purchase you will receive a ballot.  The bike is on display in the Golf Shop now.

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NIAGARA CUP QUALIFYING

After a year off, the Niagara Cup is back for 2018.  The Niagara Cup is an interclub competition pitting the finest golf clubs in the Niagara & GTA regions against each other in a team gross match play format.  Teams are made up of 8 players (7 amateurs and 1 professional).  Please read the info below or contact Adam Steinschifter if you are interested in qualifying or for more information

Qualifying dates are between June 21st - July 5th
21 years of age or older
Qualifying is off the Black tees (best 2 of your 3 qualifying rounds)
Cost is $25 to attempt
 

Our first round opponent is Greystone Golf Club.  The first leg of the match will take place at Greystone Golf Club on Sunday, July 15th - tee times starting at noon.  The return match is scheduled for July 22nd at Lookout Point - tee times beginning at 3 pm

We will be taking 6 players plus a couple alternates based on player availability.  Congratulations to Taylor Tyminski (2017 Club Champion) who has been awarded an automatic spot on the 2018 Niagara Cup team.

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CANADA DAY PARENT/CHILD & PATIO PARTY

July 2nd, 1:30 pm Shotgun

Parent/Child tournament
$20 per member, $40 per guest
Includes raffle ticket, golf, and prizes
Cart not included

Format:
2 Player Teams
18 Hole Alternate Shot
 

CANADA DAY RAFFLE

Enter for your chance to win a Titleist Bag, Lookout Point merchandise, Callaway balls and much more.... Valued at over $400.  Tickets are 1 for 5 or 3 for 10.  Will be drawn prior to the fireworks on Monday, July 2nd.

2018 Two Man Best Ball

2018 Two Man Best Ball Results

Thank you to all the participants of the 2018 2 Man Best Ball Tournament.  Mother nature cooperated in the end and a field of 62 players posted some outstanding scores.  July is a busy month with lots of member events upcoming:  Canada Day Parent-Child, Senior Club Championships, and 4 Man Quota Points are all open for you to sign up on the member portal.

A note about retrogression:  For member events that are NOT shotguns, we are following the USGA and Golf Ontario method of Last 9, 6, 3, 1.  You can find more information on the exact tie-breaking procedures here:

https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao/mo/tiebreakpolicyqualify.htm

 

1st Place

Frank Mortensen / Pran Kundi (59)

via tie break
Last 9 - 30
Last 6 - 19
Last 3 - 9
Last hole - 3

Titleist 917 Driver ($480 value each)
 

2nd Place

Bart Klimowicz / Terry Smith (59)

via tiebreak
Last 9 - 30
Last 6 - 19
Last 3 - 9
Last hole - 4

Taylor Made TP Putter ($270 value each)

 

3rd Place

Don Robert / John Rukavina (60)

via tiebreak
Last 9 - 28

FootJoy Superlite Shoe ($125 value each)

 

Most Honest Team

John Bruce / Lockie Williams

we'll let them tell you the score.....

 2Undr Men's Brief ($25 value each)

Closest to the pin - Hole # 2

Bob Anderson

1/2 Dozen Pro V Golf Balls

Closest to the pin - Hole # 5

Ralph Mauro

1/2 Dozen Pro V Golf Balls

Closest to the pin - Hole # 8

Roger Jacklin

1/2 Dozen Pro V Golf Balls

Closest to the pin - Hole # 11

Ian Penney

1/2 Dozen Pro V Golf Balls

Rainy Day Random Draw Prize

Roger Jacklin / Dan Degazio

As a thank you to all of this year's participants who braved the threat of rain we wanted to add a special draw prize to a randomly selected team:

 Lookout Point Umbrella ($40 value each)

 

50/50 Draw

Don Robert

$190