National amateur women's golf tournament to be staged just north of Woodstock in July
Oxford Golf & Country Club is magnificent Craigowan
By Mark Schadenberg
The best Canadian amateur female
golfers will be north of Woodstock this summer at Craigowan.
The best women pro golfers in the world
will be at Grey Silo Golf Course in Waterloo next month.
Top Amateurs At Craigowan
The Canadian Amateur Women's
Championship at Craigowan (Huntingford) is July 22-25. A field of 156
players will vie for the national title. After the first two rounds,
the competition will be narrowed down to the top 70 (plus ties).
Craigowan (Oxford Golf & Country
Club) held its official grand opening back in September of 1959, so
after 50 (plus) years the course has matured and has been improved to
be considered one of the best in southern Ontario.
"Craigowan
is a fabulous place where it would be impossible to get bored.
Everyday would be a great day on this course. There is a great mix of
holes - long, short, left, right, up and down. The golfers will need
to bring all their shots for this one," says Bob Weeks,
Editor Scoregolf Magazine in a notation on the course's website.
Craigowan hosted the Ontario Men's
Amateur in 2009.
The 2014 national women's amateur will
be very prestigious for this seasoned tree-lined 18-hole course.
Now is the time to register as a
volunteer for the Craigowan (519 462-2743) event, which has its own
organizing committee as chaired by Sharon Rice.
The tourney is hoping to have upwards
of 200 volunteers to assist in many areas, including walking the course as scorers and transportation
for the players to and from Woodstock.
To volunteer, contact Adam Hagen –
Craigowan GM – (adam@craigowan.com)
and your name will be placed on a list and later contacted by the
event's committee.
Rice – in a story posted on the Heart
FM (www.1047.ca) website -- says this event is terrific for all of
Oxford County, especially Woodstock.
Rice
expects the tournament to draw more than a thousand of people to
Woodstock, offering an economic impact of "upwards of a million
dollars," through the patronage of local hotels, restaurants and
tourist attractions.
"It
will be a spectacular . . . (with) spectators coming into the area
and that will provide a huge economic boost into the region."
In the What's On Woodstock magazine
(link below), Rice complimented the community for its ability to
welcome such events.
“In 2005 Craigowan hosted the
Canadian Junior Boys Championship and then in 2009 they had the
Ontario Men’s
Amateur Championship,” says Rice.
“Golf Canada wanted to bring a women’s championship here as well
because of Craigowan’s quality course and facilities and because
Woodstock has been such a great community in hosting past prestigious
events.”
For fans of the sport, the best part is
admission is free.
“The more spectators we get, the
better,” says Rice. “We want as many people there as possible to
watch this prestigious national event.”
Canada's national amateur winner
receives a bye to the U.S. Women's Amateur and the women's pro
Canadian Open on the LPGA Tour. Therefore, the Craigowan field will
include a few qualifiers from the U.S., Europe and even South
America.
The defending champion is Brooke
Henderson (see story and picture below) from Smith Falls, Ont., who was just 15 at the time.
Manulife Classic
Inbee Park of South Korea is the
world's No. 1 ranked player on the LPGA Tour. She will compete at
Grey Silo (www.golfgreysilo.ca)
in Waterloo, along with Canada's best – LorieKane, Alena Sharp,
Jennifer Kirby, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Brooke Henderson, and other
top-ranked players like Michelle Wie, Natalie Gulbis, Stacy Lewis,
Lydia Ko, 2012 champ Brittany Lang, and defending champ Hee Young
Park.
Kirby is local talent as she calls
Paris home and has an impressive resume with six amateur tourney wins
in 2009 (Canadian Women's Amateur and national juniors in same year)
and qualifying for the LPGA Tour full-time through placing fifth at
the 2013 Q-School. She was also a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide
NCAA championship squad.
The Manulife Financial LPGA Classic is
June 4 – 8 at Grey Silo and is now in its third year as Canada's
second LPGA stop – 72 holes with a total purse of $1.5 million
(U.S. funds), and full field of 144 players.
For tickets, check out:
www.manulifeclassic.ca
and follow on Twiter: @ManulifeClassic
“We are thrilled to bring this
world-class event to Waterloo Region,” said Marianne Harrison,
President and CEO, Manulife Canada. “The
community’s support of the tournament has been outstanding,
bringing in over 60,000 spectators each year and
the support of over 1,000 dedicated volunteers. Fans have also been treated to exciting golf with two
sudden death playoffs.”
As with all pro golf tournaments, the
beneficiary is charity. At the Manulife Classic, proceeds will be
directed to Kitchener's St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation.
Woodstock-Area Links:
http://oxfordmediagroup.com/pdf/2014-05-WOW-May-web.pdf
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Waterloo-Area Links for
ManulifeClassic:
www.golfgreysilo.ca
Promoting Sports, Oxford County & Sports In Oxford County
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales
Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757
Dundas St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519)
537-1553, cell or text
Email:
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