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Brampton Golf Club
Host Club for the 99th Investors Group
Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship
MEDIA GUIDE
INVESTORS GROUP ONTARIO WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Media Contact:
Kieran Harris
Communications Coordinator
Brampton Golf Club
905.457.5700. X.225
[email protected]
Brampton Golf Club
“Host for the 2014 Golf Association of Ontario’s Women’s
Amateur Championship”
Marlene Stewart Streit,
O.C., O.Ont
World Golf Hall of Fame,
2004
Honorary Chairperson
Mayor Susan Fennell
Honorary Patron
Rick Dodds-Hebron
Tournament Chairman
1921
Host Club Committee At A Glance
The picture below features Honorary Chairperson, Marlene
Stewart Streit, 11-time Ontario Women’s Amateur
Champion, receiving her crystal award during her 2004
induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Brenda Kenefick
Vice Chairperson
Jan Wilde
Vice chairperson
Committee Members
Kieran Harris
Bohdan Klufas
Katelyn McMahon
Susan Priest
Mark Stafford
Jean Tanaka
Ron Wicks
Emerson Mahoney
BGC Ambassadors
Brittany Marchand
Ont. Women’s Amateur
Champion - 2012
Club Captain
Greg Allworth
Men’s Captain
Iva Zimmel & Lyn Savidge
Ladies Co-Captains
Alan Kerr & Mike Presutti
Junior Convenors
Bonnie & Galen Shaw
Mixed Section Convenors
Robert Dool
Masters Section
Bobby Breen
Golf Ambassador 50+years
Ian Scott
General Manager
7700 Kennedy Road, Brampton, Ontario L6W 0A1
www.bramptongolf.com
About Brampton Golf Club
Founded in 1921, Brampton Golf Club was set along the rolling valley and
floodplains of Etobicoke Creek. The original site, an intimate 9-hole course located
south of Steeles Avenue and East of Highway 10, was charted by legendary architect,
Stanley Thompson.
As the game’s popularity increased in the region, so too did Brampton’s membership.
It became apparent that the Club needed to expand to accommodate the growing
demand in the community. So, in 1963, construction began on a new 18-hole course
on an adjacent property immediately south of the original lands.
Stanley Thompson had passed away just a few years before, so another architect of
distinction, Clinton “Robbie” Robinson, was commissioned to design the championship course. “Robbie”, as he was known, had apprenticed with Thompson for over
a decade and was his closest disciple. He maintained many of Thompson’s design
principles in his vision for Brampton, and also incorporated Robert Trent Jones’
“modern” design influences, aimed at developing courses which would be “tough but
fair.” Robinson became a conduit between classic and modern design, later mentoring
Doug Carrick and Thomas McBroom as they rose to prominence as visionary
architects.
Long recognized for the great test of golf the course offers, Brampton has hosted
several major amateur and professional competitions on its grounds, including: the
1969 Men’s Ontario Amateur Championship; 1978, ’79, ’80, ’81 and 1983 CPGA
Senior Championships; 1984 Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship; 1985 CPGA
Championship; 1989 Canadian Tour Players Championship; and 2011 Ontario Men’s
Amateur Championship.
The Club maintains a storied history of competitive acclaim, boasting many champion
players in regional, provincial, national and international competitions. The myriad
accolades of its players have secured for Brampton a verifiable reputation as a
“players’ club,” and the moniker holds true to this day.
Brittany Marchand, BGC
Member and Winner of the
2012 Ontario Women’s
Amateur Championship
THE GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO
The Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) is the provincial sport organization for golf. Formed in
2001 following the amalgamation of the Ontario Ladies' Golf Association and the Ontario
Golf Association, the merger combined the resources of both the OGA and the OLGA and
their history of representing amateur golfers in Ontario for close to 80 years.
In the early days of golf in Ontario, there were only a few small associations representing
private clubs in the Toronto area that provided a service that was specific to golf
championships. With the growth and development of the game, membership of the GAO
now includes public, private and semi-private golf clubs. Our individual members belong to a
golf club or have joined directly as a member of the GAO Public Player program. At the
present time, the GAO represents over 450 member clubs and more than 100,000
individuals making it one of the largest amateur golf associations in the world.
Initially the focus of the Association’s service surrounded championship tournaments.
However, the services provided by the GAO have grown substantially and the Association
currently provides a wide range of programs that include:
* Course and pace rating and course measurement of all member clubs.
* Handicap Services through a provincial web-based network of clubs.
* Sport Development, ranging from grassroots programs such as Mr. Knickers and Friends
up to high performance athlete development as part of our Team Ontario program.
* Educational and certification seminars on a range of subjects, including rules, course
rating, scholarships, member services, and sport development.
* Support for industry issues.
* Scholarships for student athletes
* Communications – through our web site, social media, electronic news, and Ontario Golf
News magazine.
The Golf Association of Ontario is affiliated Golf Canada in providing member services,
carrying out national programs and promoting the growth of the game. The GAO also
maintains important working relationships with a number of allied golf associations,
including the Ontario Golf Course Superintendents Association, the PGA of Ontario and the
Ontario chapters of the National Golf Course Owners Association.
From rating courses and keeping the integral rules of the game intact, to growing the game
at the grassroots level and getting the game of golf into our school systems, to keeping the
Ontario golf community aware of all relevant issues and hosting the best amateur
tournaments in Canada, the Golf Association of Ontario is a passionate group dedicated to
making golf better for everyone in Ontario. We share a love and passion for golf, while
preserving its past, fostering its future, and championing golf's best interests for everyone
who enjoys the sport.
FACT SHEET
2014 Investors Group Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship
July 7-11, 2014
Brampton Golf Club, Brampton, Ontario
Championship Information
First played in 1904, the Investors Group Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship is being
contested for the 99th time in 2014. The event features the best female golfers from across
Ontario in a 72-hole stroke play format, with the field cut to the low 54 golfers and ties after
36 holes. Past winners include 1968 LPGA Championship winner Sandra Post (1964), LPGA
player Alena Sharp (1989), Team Canada members Jennifer Kirby (2009, 2010), Augusta
James (2011), and 2012 champion Brittany Marchand (2012). World, Canadian and Ontario
Golf Hall of Fame member Marlene Stewart Streit holds the record for the most titles with
11 (’51, ’56, ’57, ’58, ’68, ’69, ’70,’72, ’74, ’76, and ’77).
Event Format
90 players with the lowest handicap factors (below a factor of 12) will play 36-holes
(Tuesday and Wednesday) of stroke play to determine the low 54 players and ties for an
additional 36 holes (Thursday and Friday) of stroke play. Trophy presentation will take place
following play on Friday, July 11, 2014.
Provincial Team Representation at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
The Investors Group Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship serves as a qualifier for the
Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship. Ontario's entry, a 3 player team, will be
comprised of the Ontario Amateur Champion, and the next two low finishers. In the event of
a tie after 72 holes, a hole-by-hole playoff will occur immediately following the final round of
play for the final team position.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, July 7
7:30 am – 7:30 pm
9:00 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
6:00 pm
Practice Round for all competitors
Future Champions Clinic with Mr. Knickers
Tournament Registration
Past Champions/Media Day Draw
Past Champions Dinner
Tuesday, July 8
Wednesday, July 9
7:30 am - 1:00 pm
7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Round 1 (Starting - # 1 Tee)
Round 2 (Starting - # 1 Tee)
(field cut to low 54 & ties)
Thursday, July 10
Friday, July 11
7:30 am - 11:00 am
7:30 am - 11:00 am
Round 3 (Starting - # 1 Tee)
Round 4 (Starting - #1 Tee)
Awards Ceremony Following Play on Friday
Some of Brampton Golf Club’s Probable Competitors in the
2014 Ontario Women’s Amateur Championship Field
Sandy Byckowski
Meredith Fairbairn
Ally Kerr
Kristine Littlefield
Brittany Marchand
Katelyn McMahon
Alexandra Naumovski
Karen Lee Ping
Rebecca Priest
Stephanie Tucker
Katelyn McMahon,
2012 Junior Girls Club Champion
Brittany Marchand, 2012 Women’s
Ontario Amateur Champion
Ally Kerr, 2012 Junior
Girls Medal Play Champion
Alexandra Naumovski,
2013 Junior Girls Club Champion
Sandy Byckowski,
2013 Ladies Club Champion
PAST CHAMPIONS - ONTARIO WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
1904 Florence Harvey (Hamilton G&CC)
1905 Frances Phepoe (Hamilton G&CC)
1906 Florence Harvey (Hamilton G&CC)
1907 Vere C. Brown (The Toronto GC)
1908 Muriel Dick (Lambton G&CC)
1909 Muriel Dick (Lambton G&CC)
1910 Dorothy Campbell (Hamilton G&CC)
1911 Muriel Dick (Rosedale GC)
3&2
1912 Effie Nesbitt (Woodstock G&CC)
4&3
1913 Florence Harvey (Hamilton G&CC)
4&2
1914 Florence Harvey (Hamilton G&CC)
1915-20 Championship cancelled due to WWI
1921 Frances Gibson nee Scott (Hamilton G&CC) 2&1
1922 Ada MacKenzie (Mississauga G&CC)
4&3
1923 Ada MacKenzie (Mississauga G&CC)
2&1
1924 Frances Gibson nee Scott (Hamilton G&CC) 1up
1925 Frances Ferrie nee Scott (Hamilton G&CC)
1up
1926 E.W. Whittington (The Toronto GC)
5&3
1927 Ada MacKenzie (Mississauga G&CC)
2&1
1928 Cecil Smith (The Toronto GC)
1929 Maude Smith (The Toronto GC)
2up
1930 Cecil Smith (The Toronto GC)
1931 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1932 Honor Bright (Lookout Point CC)
1933 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1934 Mary Hunter (Glendale G&CC)
1935 E.W. Whittington (The Toronto GC)
1936 Sydney Mulqueen nee Pepler (The Toronto GC)
1937 Mrs. Cliff Shuttleworth (Glendale G&CC) 5&4
1938 Cecil Gooderham nee Smith (The Toronto GC) 6&4
1939 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1940-45 Championship cancelled due to WWII
1946 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
7&5
1947 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1up
1948 Cecil Gooderham nee Smith (The Toronto GC) 1up
1949 Cecil Gooderham nee Smith (The Toronto GC) 3&2
1950 Ada MacKenzie (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1951 Marlene Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
7&5
1952 Mary Gay (Westmount G&CC)
6&4
1953 Anne Sharpe (Lookout Point CC)
7&5
1954 Anne Sharpe (Lookout Point CC)
5&4
1955 Rae Milligan (Jasper Park Lodge GC)
1956 Marlene Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
1957 Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
1958 Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
1959 Gail Harvey (Scarboro G&CC)
1960 Shirley Woodley (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
1961 Lou Evans (York Downs G&CC)
1962 Sue Hilton (London Hunt)
1963 Sue Hilton (London Hunt)
Hamilton G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
London Hunt
Rosedale GC
Brantford G&CC
Lookout Point CC
Weston G&CC
London Hunt
Burlington G&CC
Essex G&CC
Brantford G&CC
Oshawa G&CC
Glendale G&CC
Ladies GC of Toronto
Mississaugua G&CC
Westmount G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
2&1 Thornhill G&CC
Cataraqui G&CC
St. Andrews GC
York Downs G&CC
Weston G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
St. George's G&CC
Brantford G&CC
Mississaugua G&CC
Lambton G&CC
Westmount G&CC
Thornhill CC
The Toronto GC
Burlington G&CC
St. George's G&CC
Weston G&CC
Thornhill CC
Brantford G&CC
Peterborough G&CC
Beach Grove G&CC
Mississaugua G&CC
Oshawa G&CC
3 Past Ontario Champions (L to R): Gayle Hitchens Borthwick, Gail Harvey Moore, Marlene Stewart Streit,
Kay Helleur (non-playing Captain). 1966 CLGA World Team to Mexico
More Past Champions (L to R): Margaret Todd, Ada MacKenzie, Marlene Stewart Streit.
London, Ontario. Sunningdale G&CC - 1953.
PAST CHAMPIONS - ONTARIO WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
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2011
2012
2013
Sandra Post (Trafalgar G&CC)
Sue Hilton (London Hunt)
Pamela Miller (Oshawa GC)
1up
Pamela Miller (Oshawa GC)
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
8&7
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC) 72-75-76-223
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
Jocelyne Bourassa (Shawinigan GC, QC)
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
Jane Kirkpatrick (Lambton G&CC)
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
Sue Wickware (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
Marlene Streit nee Stewart (Lookout Point CC)
213
Cathy Sherk (Lookout Point CC)
216
Karin Mundinger (The Ladies GC of Toronto)
235
Judy Ellis (Westmount G&CC)
77-74-74-225
Barbara Bunkowsky (Burlington Springs GC) 74-73-78-225
Nancy White (Oakville GC)
73-75-71-219
Mary Ann Hayward (Whitlock GC, QC)
73-73-75-221
Ann Lavis (Westmount G&CC)
222
Ann Lavis (Westmount G&CC)
80-70-74-224
Audrey Bendick (Hydeaway GC)
73-77-72-222
Joye McAvoy (Hydeaway GC)
80-72-71-223
Deborah Lee (Hamilton G&CC)
74-72-73-219
Deborah Lee (Hamilton G&CC)
75-70-75-220
Mary Ann Lapointe nee Hayward (Whitlock GC)74-76-74-224
Terrill Samuel (Weston G&CC)
73-71-73-217
Gayle Borthwick nee Hitchens (The Toronto GC)75-77-72-223
Gayle Borthwick nee Hitchens (The Toronto GC)76-79-72-227
Aileen Robertson (St. Charles CC, MB)
77-77-74-228
Mary Ann Lapointe nee Hayward (Whitlock GC)73-76-72-221
Mary Ann Lapointe nee Hayward (North Halton)71-73-75-219
Mary Ann Lapointe nee Hayward (North Halton)76-77-73-226
Kristen MacLaren (Bay of Quinte CC)
74-74-70-219
Alena Sharp (Brantford G&CC)
72-75-71-218
Laura Henderson (Kingsville G&CC)
74-70-70-214
Jessica Shepley (Trafalgar G&CC)
69-75-70-214
Laura Matthews nee Henderson (Kingsville GC)71-76-72-219
Cheryl Mitchell nee Tooshkenig (Baldoon GC) 74-73-74-221
Terrill Samuel (Weston G&CC)
80-73-72-225
Lindsey Knowlton (Rosedale G&CC)
74-75-69-218
Ashley Sholer (Chippewa Creak G&CC)
71-71-71-213
Rebecca Lee-Bentham (Highland Gates GC) 68-76-71-215
Nicole Vandermade (Brantford G&CC)
74-72-70-216
Jennifer Kirby (Brantford G&CC)
72-68-72-212
Jennifer Kirby (Brantford G&CC)
68-72-72-212
Augusta James (Loyalist Country Club)
68-72-73-213
Brittany Marchand (Brampton Golf Club)
73-69-67-209
Robyn Doig (Seaforth Golf Course)
71-73-73-217
Sunningdale G&CC
Cataraqui G&CC
Ladies GC of Toronto
Maple City CC
St. Catharines G&CC
Credit Valley G&CC
Essex G&CC
Thornhill CC
Brantford G&CC
Lambton G&CC
Idylwylde G&CC
Board of Trade G&CC
Barrie CC
Cataraqui G&CC
York Downs G&CC
Brantford G&CC
Westmount G&CC
Hamilton G&CC
Lookout Point CC
Dundas Valley G&CC
Brampton GC
St. Thomas G&CC
Peterborough G&CC
Essex G&CC
North Bay G&CC
Barrie CC
Owen Sound G&CC
Conestoga CC
Ladies GC of Toronto
Sault Ste. Marie G&CC
Mad River GC
Beach Grove G&CC
Cataraqui G&CC
North Halton G&CC
Kawartha G&CC
Brantford G&CC
Highland CC
Kingsville G&CC
Bay of Quinte CC
Whitevale GC
Timberwolf GC
York Downs G&CC
St. Catharines G&CC
Rocky Crest GC
Bay of Quinte CC
Wildfire GC
OslerBrook G&CC
Cutten Fields
Loyalist Country Club
Woodington Lake Golf Club
Brampton Golf Club
“Host for the 2014 Golf Association of Ontario’s Women’s
Amateur Championship”
Marlene Stewart Streit,
O.C., O.Ont
World Golf Hall of Fame,
2004
Honorary Chairperson
Mayor Susan Fennell
Honorary Patron
Rick Dodds-Hebron
Tournament Chairman
Brenda Kenefick
Vice Chairperson
Jan Wilde
Vice chairperson
Committee Members
Kieran Harris
1921
We Are Pleased to Host The 2014
Ontario Women's Amateur Championship
To build on our past successes of hosting special events including the recent
2011 Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship, and at the
invitation of the Golf Association of Ontario, Brampton Golf Club is pleased
to announce the hosting of the 2014 Ontario Women's Amateur
Championship. This prestigious event will take place from July 7th to July
11th, 2014.
"Based on the over-whelming success of the 2011 Ontario Men's Amateur
Championship at Brampton, it was an easy decision for the G.A.O. to extend
this invitation to Brampton Golf Club," announced Dave Colling, Director of
Rules & Competition for the G.A.O.
Bohdan Klufas
Katelyn McMahon
Susan Priest
Mark Stafford
Jean Tanaka
Ron Wicks
Mike Nieder, President of Brampton Golf Club, commented: "Just as we did
in 2011, I know our members will embrace and become engaged in the
2014 Women's Amateur.”
Below:Volunteers from BGC’s membership at the 2011 Investors Group
Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship
Emerson Mahoney
BGC Ambassadors
Brittany Marchand
Ont. Women’s Amateur
Champion - 2012
Club Captain
Greg Allworth
Men’s Captain
Iva Zimmel & Lyn Savidge
Ladies Co-Captains
Alan Kerr & Mike Presutti
Junior Convenors
Bonnie & Galen Shaw
Mixed Section Convenors
Robert Dool
Masters Section
Bobby Breen
Golf Ambassador 50+yrs
Ian Scott
General Manager
7700 Kennedy Road, Brampton, Ontario L6W 0A1
www.bramptongolf.com

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