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Country Meadows golfer headed to Moncton shrine
Greg Jones has won several provincial championships
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Greg Jones has won so many golf tournaments he’s lost count, but the 47-year-old Berry Mills
resident reverently recalls his playing partners.
Jones has won 11 or so New Brunswick mixed golf championships with Country Meadows club mate
Leanne Richardson, one of the province’s greatest female players ever.
He also captured a pair of New Brunswick best-ball titles with Mel Murray, a 10-time provincial
champion and acclaimed ball-striker from Fredericton. Jones was also a member of at least seven
provincial teams that competed for Canadian championships.
All of those high-profile accomplishments were special, but none could match the championship
partner he had in August at Golf Bouctouche.
That’s where he and 16-year-old daughter Laura teamed up to shoot 6-under par 138 over two days to
win their first ever New Brunswick mixed title.
“I was very proud and kind of choked up about that,”said Jones, who also won the 1999 New
Brunswick Amateur as well as a pair of provincial mid-amateur crowns.
“I tried to pass on some of the things I learned about golf over the years because I’ve been able to
learn from so many wonderful people,”Jones said.
“I hope some of the things I learned helped her in some way. I guess she kind of plays golf the same
way I do. It’s a chess game on the course and we’re both able to make our moves to make our way
around it.”
As of tomorrow – checkmate.
Jones will be officially inducted into the Moncton Sports Wall of Fame at a ceremony tomorrow at 7
p.m. the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are available free of charge at the Capitol Theatre box office.
“It’s certainly an honour and something I was not expecting,” Jones said. “When you play golf, you
don’t think about things like this.
“I am someone who follows sports in Moncton and I realize there have been a lot of great athletes,
teams and builders over the years. I don’t think of myself in their class.
“I have a lot of people to thank for the success I’ve had on the golf course. I’ve played with great
players and I’ve had great teachers, like Doug Sullivan, who has always been there to lend a helping
hand out at Country Meadows.
“The course doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. It’s a challenging layout and you have to make all
of your shots And, of course, there’s Doug and all of the members who always encourage you
whenever you go to a tournament.
Jones also credited his parents, who opened DLJ Sales, an auto parts company that he nopw operates,
more than 50 years ago.
“My parents taught me the value of a strong work ethic and I think that paid off in my career and in
playing golf,” he said.“I’ve always been able to put extra time in my golf game.”
The two-time winner of the Moncton Open and two-time winner of the Catamount Open, both events
which featured pros in their fields, even built a practice green next to his home.
“There wasn’t always time to get out to the course to work on a few things so it was kind of nice to
step out of the house and work on the game right there.”
Jones admits he’s a little uneasy about the wall of fame selection.
“I don’t know if I deserve it. I also think I have some good golf left to play even though I have a few
more aches and pains than in the past.”

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