Three Way after Round One of the Club Pro Championship

GolfScene PROSpectives Panel member Danny King is off to an impressive start at the PGA of Canada’s Club Pro Championship.  A win gives King the number one ranking and player of the year honours. Official Release Below: (PGA of Canada) Three players came storming out of the gate Monday at the Titleist & FootJoy PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada. Lance McCullough (The Ridge Course at Cordova Bay), Roger Beale (Royal Westmoreland)... [Read More...]

Meet the Canadian PGA’s Top Ranked Players

GolfScene PROSpectives panel member Danny King is ranked #3 on the CPGA's rankings. Positive news coming out of the Canadian PGA this morning as the association launches a national player ranking system.  Based on a hybrid version of the current world golf rankings, the system will award performance points and ‘calculate’ an active order of merit for its 3,700 members.  Not all of the membership are active competitive players, but... [Read More...]

Kelly Dixon Joins Canadian PGA

(CPGA) January 4, 2011 – The Canadian PGA is pleased to welcome Kelly Dixon to the Canadian PGA National Office as the Director of Communications & Marketing starting January 3, 2011. A native of Sudbury, Ontario, Dixon has over 12 years working in the golf industry. Specializing in tournament development and promotion, Dixon brings her experience with public relations, advertising and communications to the Canadian PGA. For the past three... [Read More...]

Southbrook’s Brian Hutton Wins the Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship

Congratulations to Southbrook Golf and Country Club’s Head Professional, Brian Hutton, for his victory at the 2010 Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship in Port St. Lucie Florida. Brian’s three round total of of 209 (-7) was good enough for a one stroke victory. Some pretty impressive scores for the Canadian Club Professionals. Other regional scores of note: 4th Danny King (Milton) at -5 9th Dan Greenwood (Burlington) -1 Press... [Read More...]

2010 Ontario PGA Award Winners

– Ian Webb, Jason Helman, Todd McGrath, Ron Webb and Tayler Kimura Take Home the Hardware - (Ontario PGA., October 27, 2010) – Ian Webb, the Executive Professional / General Manager from Credit Valley Golf & Country Club is the 2010 Ontario PGA Golf Professional of the Year. Webb, who began his apprenticeship under Rocco D’Amelio at Bridgewater Country Club in the Niagara Peninsula, has worked at Credit Valley since 2000 as... [Read More...]

Academy at BraeBen’s Brian McCann Wins 2010 CPGA Assistant’s Championship

– Brian McCann Shoots 66 to Win the 2010 Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Assistant’s Championship presented by Simmlands Insurance - VICTORIA, BC – In what looked like a heavyweight fight the entire day, it seemed like a fitting ending with both Brian McCann of Mississauga, ON and Bryn Parry of North Vancouver, BC going down swinging until the final putt. In the end it was McCann, Teaching Professional at the Academy of BraeBen, who... [Read More...]

Bavaird Hangs on to Win CPGA Women’s Championship

BURLINGTON, ON (courtesy CPGA) – On a day where the biggest workout may have come from the volunteers manning the leaderboard, Laura Bavaird of Grosse Ile, MI sealed the deal with a 4-foot par putt to win the 2010 Canadian PGA Women’s Championship presented by NIKE Golf by a single shot over close friend Lisa Ferrero of Lodi, CA at the Burlington Golf & Country Club. An unbelievable day that saw lead change after lead change and charges made... [Read More...]

Big Break Burlington

Big Break Stars Seema Sadekar, Sara Brown, Stacey Bieber & Maiya Tanaka to Compete at the 2010 Canadian PGA Women’s Championship presented by NIKE Golf ACTON, ON – (courtesy of the CPGA) – The Canadian PGA announced today that four players from this year’s Big Break – Sandals Resort on the Golf Channel will be teeing it up at the 2010 Canadian PGA Women’s Championship presented by NIKE Golf at Burlington Golf & Country Club on... [Read More...]

CPGA PRO[FILE] : Ron Webb

Ron Webb with son Brennan at the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic in New Orleans It Runs in the Family Ron Webb has been in the golf business for over 45 years. In 1974 he helped open the South Muskoka Golf Club in Bracebridge, Ontario while working out of the trunk of a Mustang. “In those days you had to do what was necessary to help golfers meet their tee time and enjoy a pleasurable round of golf,” says Webb. Webb started his professional... [Read More...]

Oakville’s Jessica Shepley wins Canadian PGA Women’s Championship

Area Amateurs Show Well The Dundas Valley Golf Club played host to the two day Canadian PGA Women’s Championship presented by Nike Golf with Oakville’s Jessica Shepley finishing two rounds at -9 to take the title in a strong field of professional and amateur players from North America. Oakville's Jessica Shepley is the 2009 CPGA Women's Champion Shepley’s amateur career began on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit. She... [Read More...]