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The 2003 Masters champion, in Saskatoon for this week’s Mike Weir Miracle Golf Drive for Kids, made the prairie trek between Canadian Tour stops during his formative years. But he never stopped for a round — not with Saskatchewan serving as an obstacle to be crossed rather than a destination point.

“We’d be in Alberta and work our way over to Manitoba by driving right through here,” said Weir, who adds he was happy to hear the Tour added Saskatoon to its stable starting this summer.

“(Adding a Saskatoon stop) makes a lot of sense. You can tell there’s big golf fans here and a good golf community. It’s a great stop.”

The Canadian Tour touches down at Dakota Dunes with a full-fledged event next week, bringing in golfers from across the world who would love to trace Weir’s career path.

He played the Canadian Tour from 1993 to 1997 and says it’s the route to go for aspiring Canadian professionals.

Weir was named rookie of the year in 1993.

“The Canadian Tour was huge for me,” Weir said. “There’s good international flavour on the Tour, and the idea of having to make a cut was important. A lot of guys chase these mini-tours around, these one and two-day events. But I always preferred playing a full tour and having to get used to making a cut and what that entails.

“You’ve got to play the Canadian Tour. But you need to play overseas, too — that’s a big thing. Instead of settling for making this the whole route, then going to Q school, going overseas was a big thing for me. You learn how to handle yourself in travel. That’s important.”

Weir is in Saskatoon on a fundraising effort for the planned Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. Tuesday, he played 18 holes of golf at the Riverside with a rotating group of foursome partners who paid for the privilege. He later donned a microphone and conducted a joint clinic and question-and-answer session at Griffiths Stadium.

Weir, who paid his own costs for the trek to Saskatoon, was also involved with a gala dinner in the evening.

Organizers hope to raise more than $1 million this week, with all of it going to the yet-to-be-built Children’s Hospital.

Weir’s reception from Saskatoon fans showed the impact he’s had on the Canadian golf scene — one he credits to hard work rather than raw talent

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Adam Speirs shot a three-under 69 on Saturday and is still atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic.

Speirs is through 54 holes at 13-under 203 at Hazelmere Country Club.

Derek Gillespie fired a course-record, 10-under 62 on Saturday to vault into second place at minus-12.

Wes Heffernan (67) and Byron Smith (69) share third place at 10-under 206.

Speirs, who has held at least a piece of the lead after each round, double- bogeyed the second hole on Saturday and three holes later started making up the lost strokes with a birdie.

He birdied his first three holes after the turn, then Speirs birdied the par- three 15th to go past Gillespie into first place.

If Speirs can hang on Sunday, it would be his first Canadian Tour win.

Joseph Lanza (68) and Mike Grob (69) share fifth place at minus-nine. Adam Bland (67) and Brad Heaven (73) are knotted in seventh at eight-under-par 208

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Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., won the CN Canadian Women’s Tour event in Winnipeg yesterday by making a birdie on the fourth playoff hole. Sherlock, fellow amateur Kira Meixner of Richmond, B.C., and Toronto native Seema Sadekar had tied at one-under-par 143 after 36 holes of regulation play at the Glendale Golf and Country Club. Meixner bowed out on the first extra hole with a double bogey. Sherlock and Sadekar continued until Sherlock made the birdie on the fourth playoff hole, a par-5

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Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., birdied the fourth playoff hole to win the CN Canadian Women’s Tour event, yesterday at Glendale Golf & Country Club.

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Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., shot a 4-under-par 68 yesterday for a one-stroke lead over Corina Kelepouris of Drayton Valley, Alta., in a CN Canadian Women’s Tour event at Winnipeg. Brittany Henderson of Smiths Falls shot an 83 and was tied for 42nd going into today’s final round. The tournament winner will qualify for the CN Canadian Women’s Open in Ottawa, unless it turns out to be Sherlock, who is already in that event thanks to her 2007 Canadian amateur championship.

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Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs put together four solid rounds of golf to record his first ever Canadian Professional Golf Tour win in the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic at South Surrey’s Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club Sunday.

Speirs’ worst round of the week came Sunday when he posted an even-par 72, but earlier rounds of 67, 67 and 69 were enough to carry him to a one-stroke win over Wes Heffernan and Byron Smith.

Speirs finished the tourney at 13 under par and collected a cheque for $16,000 for the win.

The win comes one week after Speirs endured a wild weekend at the CanTour’s Victoria stop where he opened with rounds of 67 and 66 but closed with a 71 and a 76 to wind up in a tie for 37th.

Ben Fox finished in fourth place at (71-69-70-68) 278 while fellow American John Ellis was one stroke back in fifth. Ellis was a sentimental favourite for many local golf fans at the GVCC in the wake of the tragic death of South Surrey teen Patrick Dooley. The Elgin Park student caddied for the American golfer when he placed fourth at Hazelmere last year but when the teen passed away from viral encephalitis in February, Ellis welcomed Patrick’s father Stephen as his caddy for this year’s event.

Canadian Derek Gillespie fired a course-record 62 on Saturday but was unable to replicate the magic on Sunday where he shot a 77 to finish tied for ninth overall at (72-70-62-77) 281.

Defending champion James Lepp of Abbotsford was part of a four-way tie for first after the opening round only to wind up in a tie for 17th at (67-71-72-74) 284.

Hazelmere teaching pro Philip Jonas was consistent all weekend with rounds of 71-73-71-71 to finish in a tie for 24th.

Playing in just his second CanTour event, North Delta’s Mark Kitts missed the cut after opening rounds of 74 and 73. Things didn’t go any better for Guildford Golf and Country Club head pro Dan Swanson who also missed the cut with scores of 76 and 74.

Hazelmere club member Shane Dent posted the best score of any amateur in the tourney with rounds of 78 and 77 but it was not enough to make the cut.

- Meanwhile in Vernon, Surrey’s Elaine Blatchford placed fourth overall at the 2008 B.C. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship.

Port Alberni’s Jackie Little took top honours when she was the only golfer to break par at the event held at Spallumcheen Golf and Country Club.

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But when Thomas McBroom peers out on the 297-acre parcel of land in St. Norbert, the renowned Canadian golf architect envisions endless possibilities for the future home of the Southwood Golf & Country Club.

“I see it as a fresh palate,” McBroom said last week at the official sod-turning ceremony. “It is flat ground but I look at this through architect’s eyes. All of the land will get graded. We don’t have a lot of natural features to work with, so we have to make them.

“It’s a really exciting creative opportunity for me.”

McBroom boasts a number of impressive courses on his resume and this is his first foray in Manitoba, something he does not take lightly.

“It’s a challenge,” said McBroom. “I’m a Canadian guy and I’ve built in most provinces. It’s one of those things where you want to leave a mark and this will be my mark in Manitoba. I’m pretty sure about that.”

After seeing the completion of the purchase of the land in St. Norbert and the sale of its existing golf course to the University of Manitoba, Southwood’s 700-plus members are finally starting to get a glimpse of what the future will hold.

Turning a relatively flat piece of land into a championship golf course doesn’t happen overnight, but the sight of work being done on the site is a constant reminder that the new track could be open as early as the summer of 2010 — though it’s possible they could wait until the spring of 2011.

“For the future of golf in the province, it’s a great thing,” said Southwood president Darcy Jones. “It will be the best golf course in Manitoba. Undoubtedly.”

Some might consider Jones’ sentiments to contain a fair amount of bias, but Southwood has high hopes of creating a golf experience that can attract some big-time events, like the Canadian Open.

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“Not that the other clubs in the city can’t, but we’re bringing the new championship style of club,” said Jones. “Maybe we can attract the big-gun (PGA) Tour or something like that, maybe a skins game, to raise the profile a bit.”

Fear not, mid-to-high handicappers, this new course won’t leave you behind either as it will feature tees ranging from 5,200 to 7,400 yards.

The initial phase of the development includes 18 holes, but the long-term vision features 27 holes, a world-class practise facility and a posh clubhouse.

McBroom explained the next step in the building process takes essentially two years, noting the first year consists of rough grading and shaping, along with irrigation work right up until the bad weather hits in October or November.

Come the spring of 2009, it will be time to finish the golf course with top-soiling, finishing the bunkers and preparation for the seeding.

By the summer of 2009, the course should be ready for seeding and after that takes place, it will be require roughly a year for the grow-in stage before Southwood is ready to complete the move south.

As part of the official ceremony last Tuesday, five individuals were asked to hit a tee shot.

Past president Kae Koga was the first person to make contact, drilling her drive right down the middle.

Koga can’t wait for the next tee shot she takes on the St. Norbert site.

“It’s exciting,” said Koga. “It’s going to be hard for some of us to leave (the current site), but for the future it’s going to be wonderful.”

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Not so on another source of revenue: user fees.

The charges borne only by people who actually use the related services are on the rise — increasing by $42-million from 1998 to 2006.

There are more municipal user fees than there were a decade ago and they account for a greater proportion of all revenues the city receives.

Taking a family to Winnipeg’s zoo today costs $15.75. A decade ago, admission was less than half that amount: $7.01. Even adjusted for inflation — which was about 25 per cent over the last decade, according to the Bank of Canada — the price today would be $8.80 if the fee had only kept pace with inflation.

An 18-hole round at the city’s John Blumberg Golf Course costs $29. Ten years ago, the price in today’s dollars was $22.

A conditional use building application costs $338. Adjusted for inflation, the 1998 price would have been $188.

Officials in Winnipeg and other cities have discovered that keeping a lid on property taxes while hiking user fees can boost city coffers without inciting public riots.

“People don’t scream about those user fees,” said Dick Stewart, a former department head in Ottawa’s civic government. “That’s why you’re seeing the proportion of revenues growing from fees. Because they’re not as contentious. That doesn’t mean they’re a good thing. That doesn’t mean that (civic governments) should keep doing that.”

Before his retirement in 2002, Stewart was the general manager of the department of people services, which covered public health, recreation, libraries and social services at Ottawa city hall.

He is now an advisor to the public-interest group People for a Better Ottawa.

User fees, defended by their supporters as a responsible way of covering a city’s costs, can actually divide a city along class lines, Stewart said.

If a city begins charging higher fees for children’s swimming or skating lessons, parenting courses or other programs at community centres, a city’s quality of life stands to suffer and underprivileged people feel the most pain, Stewart said.

“When you begin to commodify (civic services) and set fees that exclude people, we’re down a slippery slope,” he said.

In 1998, Winnipeg had revenues of $1.071 billion. Forty-nine per cent came from property and business taxes, 28 per cent from user fees and other charges. Grants, interest, a Manitoba Hydro dividend and other taxes accounted for the rest of the city’s revenues.

In 2006, the city’s revenues were virtually the same: $1.069 billion, but only 44 per cent came from property and business taxes, a $58-million reduction in an eight-year span.

Meanwhile, 32 per cent of city revenues in 2006 came from user fees and other charges, a $42-million increase over those same eight years.

When asked to explain the rise in user fee charges, Mayor Sam Katz pointed to the skyrocketing price of gasoline. Every one-cent increase in the price of gas meant the city’s costs jumped $250,000, Katz noted.

“Any time the cost of a product goes up, usually it’s the end user who’s paying more.”

Even so, some user fees have far exceeded inflationary pressures.

A continuous foundation property — one with concrete or granite walls — at Brookside Cemetery is $1,350 today. The price in today’s dollars back in 1998 was $1,180.

An outdoor food-vendor’s licence for fresh fruit and vegetables has almost quadrupled: $64 in 1998 ($80 in today’s dollars), $235 this year.

“We all pay taxes for certain services which the majority of us use on a regular basis: street cleaning, garbage (collection), a lot of the basics,” Katz said.

“But then there’s a lot of stuff some use, but others don’t use, and that’s where you get into user fees. And I think there’s some logic to that.”

When it comes to user fees, Winnipeg is in the middle of the pack of Canadian cities. Western cities in general - Calgary and Edmonton in particular - have much higher user-fee revenues than cities in the east.

In 2006, Calgary collected $401 per capita in user fees, and Edmonton $382, compared to Winnipeg’s $201.

About half of the money collected in Winnipeg as user fees comes from water and sewer revenues.

Rates for those services have increased significantly in the last two years.

Some observers warn cities could grow too reliant on user fees and in doing so, could neglect one of the cornerstones of municipal government: to nurture well-being among all citizens.

“Usually the motivation around user fees is to increase city revenues, so it’s fiscal,” Stewart said. “But you don’t introduce user fees or increase them exponentially without having social impact. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t raise user fees. All I’m saying is that unless you’re prepared to do the analysis of the social impact and value that, then it’s not a balanced approach.”

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Podolak, Kuhn to play side by side

Mike Podolak and RickKuhn have gone head-to-head over many a golf course over the years. This weekend, though, it will be a side-by-side configuration for the North America Cup competition at Hawktree Golf Course.

Today and Sunday eight top North Dakota golfers take on eight of their Manitoba counterparts in an international showdown at Hawktree. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday’s action begins at 9 a.m.

“It’s just like the Ryder Cup format with one point if you win a match and half a point if you tie,” said Steve Bain, executive director of the North Dakota Golf Association. “It could be 8-0 on Saturday and Sunday there will be eight more points.”

Manitoba and North Dakota field eight-man teams.

The North Dakota team includes three Bismarck golfers - Rick Kuhn,Mike Huber and Parker Dire. Kuhn was the 2007 NDGAgolfer of the year.

This morning four foursomes will play four best ball matches with four points at stake. The afternoon event consists of four alternating-shot matches with four more points up for grabs.

Sunday’s schedule calls for eight singles matches, each worth a point.

North Dakota’s team, which also includes Podolak, Greg Melhus,Clint Nelson,Jeff Lamp and Chad Skarperud, was selected on the basis of a point formula applied to the 2007 NDGAtournaments.

“They have different criteria (for team selection) up there than we do,”Bain said. “… Ours is based on a point system in (NDGA)tournaments we sponsor in North Dakota.

“We probably have 150 golfers with points and whoever comes out on top is on the team. TomHoge from Fargo is one of the top collegiate golfers and he was invited but because of a schedule conflict he couldn’t participate.”

Bain said one name jumped off the Manitoba roster. “Irecognized Garth Collings…. He’s one of the top golfers in Manitoba,” he said.

Several of the North Dakota golfers have previously played together in a team format.

“Rick Kuhn has played on at least one team and Mike Podolak has been the captain four or five years,”Bain said. “Melhus and Nelson have played on the team before.”

North America Cup play occurs in even years. In odd years the NDGAsends a three-man team to the USGA state team event. Podolak, Nelson and Melhus are all three-time veterans of the USGAteam event.

Bain said making a team of golfers who are normally opponents makes for a positive situation.

“These guys all compete against each other all year long and for one tournament they get together as teammates and it’s a different atmosphere,” Bain said. “… You’ve got the same pride associated with it that you do on the national level with the Ryder Cup. The guys really go after it.It’s a lot of fun, and we have a good weekend.”

This is the 12th North American Cup matchup, the first in Bismarck. North Dakota has won six of the first 11 with one draw, but Manitoba has won two of the last three matches.

Teams

Manitoba:GarthCollings, Winnipeg; Jesse Skelton,St. Francois Xavier; Scott Markham,WInnipeg; Brad Kirton,Winnipeg; Peter More, Winnipeg; Tyler Mancini, Winnipeg; Stewart Bannatyne, Winnipeg; Scott Borsa,Selkirk; DonCook (non-playing captain), Winnipeg.

NorthDakota:RickKuhn (captain),Bismarck, Mike Podolak,Oxbow; Mike Huber, Bismarck; Greg Melhus, Oxbow; Parker Dire, Bismarck; Clint Nelson, Fargo; Jeff Lamp, Fargo;Chad Skarperud, Fargo

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Though there was a time not long ago when she might have wondered what it would be like to turn professional and try to grind her way onto the LPGA Tour, the 27-year-old is quite content pursuing her career in pharmacy and keeping golf as her favourite hobby.

“It’s fun to have both,” Hardy said after a recent practice session at Elmhurst. “I like what I do.”

Truth be told, golf is still more than just a hobby for Hardy, who is playing out of Elmhurst this year.

But working in the CancerCare wing at the Health Sciences Centre has also helped Hardy view her sport of choice a little differently.

“I have fewer expectations,” said Hardy. “I’m working full-time and I had a job where I’m working with a lot of patients who are sick, so it puts things in perspective.”

Despite her own dampened expectations, Hardy is in the field and will be considered one of the favourites when the Manitoba Women’s Amateur Championship gets underway tomorrow at Transcona Golf Club.

The Senior Women’s Amateur is also set for Transcona.

Hardy, who won the women’s crown in 2001 and 2004, will try to wrestle the title away from Kaitlin Troop of Brandon — the two-time defending champ who recently completed her second season with the UBC Thunderbirds golf team.

“I just want to go out there and enjoy it,” said Hardy. “I’m playing not too bad. I’m hitting it fairly well, having a little trouble with some hooks here and there but my putting has improved a lot. I’m not as tentative. I’m trying to be a little more aggressive. It’s a different mindset.

“I really enjoy being out there and I enjoy the competition. It’s nice to have butterflies in your stomach and to go out there and compete.”

Hardy competed in the CN Women’s Tour event held at Glendale last week and has her sights set on playing the fourth and final stop on the tour in Ottawa in a couple of weeks.

“The calibre of player has really improved a lot the last few years,” said Hardy, who played in the event in London, Ont., earlier this spring. “It’s helped improve the calibre of the game in Canada.”

Hardy admits it’s “challenging” trying to juggle golf and work, but she’s having more fun on the course these days, even if she’s not playing as often.

“I practise and play a little bit during the week, but not as much as I’d like but it’s good,” said Hardy.

One of the other big changes is that Hardy has been working with a new coach, Andrew Park of the renowned Leadbetter Academy in Florida.

“I go down there about two or three times a year and then do some Internet stuff as well,” said Hardy. “I’m not as focused on technique this year, I’m just trying to hit my targets and go with it. It’s actually working out better than I expected it to.

“There are a lot of (swing) changes I’ve been making. I used to play a lot of competitive fastball. We’re working on a lot of the same hip action. We’re trying to get more power through the ball and transfer some of those athletic moves from baseball and incorporate that into golf.”

During her trips to the Leadbetter Academy, Hardy had the opportunity to meet Michelle Wie, who has generated plenty of attention since coming onto the scene as a highly touted amateur.

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Since we’ve spent much of the first several weeks scouring the rural courses, we figured it was time to go somewhere within the city limits. With the Manitoba Women’s and Senior Women’s Championships set for Transcona Golf Club this week, it was a natural fit.

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“Just the time alone spent on skating made for a little more pressure … just the fact that we were there for skating,” Lindsey said.

n The parents of Davenport’s Randi Jensen drove her to Chicago several nights a week last year so she could play for the Team Illinois 16-under hockey team. She spent this past school year at the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vt.

n Former Quad-City Mallards icon Garry Gulash and his wife, Cheryl, drive their 9-year-old son, Gavin, to Minnesota three weekends a month in the summer and took him to Chicago two nights a week in the spring so he could play for hockey teams in those locales. Gavin played for a U.S. team in an international tournament in Winnipeg earlier this month. It’s the second year in a row he has done so.

“If he didn’t love it, we wouldn’t do it,” Cheryl Gulash said. “If he didn’t have such a passion for it, with gas prices the way they are, I think I could think of other ways to spend my weekend.”

Early, early starts

Gavin Gulash got his first pair of skates when he was 11 months old, although he couldn’t skate well until he was 3.

It’s an indication of just how young kids are starting their sports careers.

Madison Keys was swatting tennis balls at the age of 4.

Most local gymnastics academies say it’s normal for aspiring Shawn Johnsons and Carly Pattersons to begin taking classes at the age of 3, although some facilities will accept pupils before they turn 2.

John Doak of the Alleman Jr. Pioneers Wrestling Club said many wrestlers now get started at the age of 5, although several top collegiate wrestlers claim to have started when they were 4. Every local high school of any size has a youth wrestling program to feed it.

While Davenport’s First Tee golf program typically does not take golfers younger than the age of 7, players as young as 5 are taking lessons from private instructors such as DeNike.

Ian and Connor Bedell of Davenport were hitting live pitching (albeit with a plastic ball from a short distance) from their father, Daniel, before they reached the age of 3. Now 8, they already have played hundreds of organized baseball games for travel teams and in various youth leagues.

They play more than 50 games each summer, and in the winter months, they spend two nights a week at the K Zone in Bettendorf, keeping their batting eyes and pitching arms fine-tuned. Both have had their fastballs clocked at more than 50 mph.

The twins have dabbled in other sports. They took karate classes when they were 4, and they’ve played YMCA basketball and soccer. They were introduced to football in the Rising Knights program last fall.

“But we play baseball the year round,” Daniel Bedell said.

Competitive necessity

Whether or not the modern trend toward very early starts and specialization is good or bad is highly debatable. What seems beyond dispute is that it has become necessary in order to compete at a high level in the current athletic arena.

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It’s about golf, singing and special entertainment, lots and lots of food and beverage, and it’s for a special cause, the Mobile Food Pantry Operation.

It’s a new event on the local charity golf circuit this summer and it’s offering a totally different touch.

Noted Canadian musician Tom Jackson will be the celebrity guest for the ‘Swinging For Supper’ tournament at the Pine Needles Golf Club on Tuesday, July 15.

Besides playing in the tournament, Jackson will be the headline singer at a concert and barbecue hosted by the Great Canadian Pub on Orange Lane on Monday, July 14 at 6 p.m. A highlight of the evening will feature an auction for Jackson, a keen golfer, to be a part of their team.

The Great Canadian Pub, Crowne Plaza Hotel and T-Bones Restaurant, Molson Canadian, Rallye Motors, Town of Riverview and Safety Resourses Consulting were announced as part of the local sponsorship group yesterday.

The Swinging for Supper concert and golf tournament here is one of six events Jackson will host this summer. Other stops are in Halifax, Calgary, Regina, Selkirk and Winnipeg, Man.

Mary-Lee Dawson, one of the tournament organizers, said an application was made to the Jackson tour to come to the Maritimes.

“This is a first for Moncton and a first for Halifax and another good thing is we have a three-year commitment,” she said.

“Tom Jackson has been doing charity and raising money for foods banks for over 20 years. He’s very devoted to projects like this.”

Dawson said all expenses for Jackson, a singer and songwriter who was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, are covered by national sponsors.

“What we raise locally stays locally,” she said.

Officials set an objective of pulling in $10,000 for the Mobile One operation.

Mobile One is the only provider of meals to people in need during evening hours and weekends. It’s hours of operation are 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at six different locations, six days a week. Dawson often hears that some are abusing the service and she knows better.

“We serve two slices of bread, a slice of lunch meat, a bowl of soup and a beverage,” she said. “We have people standing in line in public parking lots in the cold and the rain. I don’t think they are abusing it. They need it and with the help of various efforts like this golf tournament we can keep on providing it.”

Cost of the tournament is $600 for four-player teams and $150 per player.

The price also includes free entry into the Monday evening concert with Jackson and musical guest Shannon Gaye.

The concert and barbecue will also be open to the general public at a cost of $25 a ticket.

To secure a spot, participants can fax or mail registration and payment to: Mobile One Community Services, Swinging for Supper, 128 Preston Cresent, Moncton E1C 6H8, fax 506-854-7222.

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Corina Kelepouris of Drayton Valley, Alta., now living in California, is entered. The 35-year-old pro defeated amateurs Laura Matthews and Jessica Luciuk by two shots. Luciuk is also entered.

The players will be chasing $41,250 at this event, with the winner earning a double prize — a payday of $6,875 and an exemption straight into the CN Canadian Women’s Open, the $2.25- million LPGA Tour event taking place later in the summer in Ottawa.

The winner from events Nos. 1 and 2 this season was amateur Sue Kim of B.C., who will not be in Winnipeg. Kim’s double victory has added that extra Open exemption to the order of merit standings and now the top three, instead of the top two, will also get entries to Ottawa.

Competing at Glendale will be several players with local connections. Amateurs Jill Hardy of Elmhurst, Stacey Bieber of St. Charles, Kathryn McKenzie of Winnipeg and Angela Daykin of Thunder Bay, Ont., are among them.

Bobbi Brandon, formerly of Dauphin, and Christin Thomson of Fort Frances, Ont., also have experience on the Manitoba golf scene.

As well, the runners-up from the event in London, Ont., earlier this month, Jennifer Greggian of B.C. and Jessica Carafiello of the U.S. will be here. American Susan Choi, who lost to Kim in a three-way playoff in the tour’s opening event in Richmond, B.C., in May, will also play Glendale.

Head pro Jim Steep said Thursday that the RCGA has asked Glendale for a course near 6,500 yards, which seems to perfectly fit the description of the club’s white tees at 6,491 yards for a par of 73. The RCGA has also asked the club to keep the rough at its current height of two-and-a-quarter inches and speed up the greens fractionally to 10.5 to 11 on the stimpmeter.

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The Links at Crow Wing, the new Graham Cooke/Wayne Carleton creation at Niverville, is still on track for at least a partial opening next spring.

Work continues to progress on the much-awaited links-style course with an old-country feel, owner Kerry Church said this week.

“We’re well along with the drainage and irrigation work on the front nine,” Church said. “Things are moving right along and I’d expect the seeding will begin in the next four weeks.”

Cooke was at the site two weeks ago to direct some shaping and drainage refinements on the back nine. He gave the green light for the finishing work to proceed on the front.

Now Church, like many other course operators, said the rain can stop any time.

“It had been dry but we need it to dry out a little. You expect some rain and I live in a farming community, so I have to wear two hats on that issue,” he said, laughing.

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Today I’m going to announce the winner in my big My Winnipeg Contest, in which I, the personable and hard-working Page 2 columnist, asked you, the compassionate and kind-hearted newspaper readers, to share your innermost feelings about the city in which we all live together in harmony and bliss.

I got the brilliant idea for this contest last week when my colleague and good buddy Boris dragged me to the Winnipeg premiere of local filmmaker Guy Maddin’s new film My Winnipeg, during which some of us middle-aged audience members with weak bladders laughed so hard that, later in the evening, when we gave the film a standing ovation, we sincerely wished we had thought to bring along an extra pair of pants.

But the thrust of my gist is that My Winnipeg got me to thinking about “my Winnipeg,” as in what I, a person who grew up in Vancouver, truly feels about the city where I have now lived for the last 30 years or so.

And so I launched the My Winnipeg Contest because I knew, deep in my heart, that if I got enough entries I’d be able to slap them into a column and spend the rest of the long weekend in my backyard drinking beer.

And, boy, did you readers ever come through big time. I received dozens and dozens of entries, some from as far away as Cork County, Ire., and Stockton, Calif. As I write this, my desk is littered with printed copies of your e-mails, most of which are now coated with peanut butter because I’m also trying to eat my breakfast.

Anyway, all the entries were subjected to a rigorous two-part judging process, in which I first checked each one to see if it contained any money (they did not) and then read them to my buddy Boris in a professional radio-announcer voice and asked: “How about this one?” Or: “OK, what about that one?”

After perusing all the entries, I am delighted to report that you readers really love your city. Except, of course, for those of you who do not. I received several e-mails from readers who made the lighthearted points that (a) they hate Winnipeg; and (b) they hate me even more.

But most of the entries gave me a definite warm and fuzzy feeling, so here are a whole bunch of them, culminating with the GRAND PRIZE WINNER. Your Winnipeg is …

The model they (whoever they are) used when they (whoever they are) coined the phrase, “There’s no place like home!”

The way all of us come together whenever there is any kind of emergency or need to fundraise; our city is the most caring one in Canada, if not the world.

The way people from afar always order their favourite food “memories,” like Winnipeg rye bread, corn beef sandwiches, Jeanne’s cakes, Sals nips. But for the future, my Winnipeg will be the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

The many outdoor activities you can do year-round (Fringe Festival, Red River Ex, Folklorama, Festival du Voyageur).

BDI only if it’s mid-day or just as they’re closing — and I only live a few houses away.

A Timmies, not far from where you are ANYWHERE!

The Blue Bombers through thick and thin.

My Winnipeg is filled with columnists who get their readers to write their columns (OK, that one came from my boss).

Dodging the beer police at the local golf course because you want to drink your far superior contraband beer instead of the (bad word) they sell from the booze cart.

Portage and Main, the windiest corner in Canada.

Bitching about everything in Winnipeg but being the FIRST one to stand up and defend it when someone takes a shot. Gotta love it!

Everyone knowing each other, yet there are enough strangers to keep this place interesting.

My Winnipeg is that never leaves you even if you live it (Huh?).

Warm summer evenings; there are patio heaters around but they’re usually not necessary in the Peg.

The Fat Boy and Fries at George’s on St. Mary’s Road; I haven’t found a comparable burger in “Cowtown” yet! (from an ex-Winnipegger in Calgary).

Wide blue skies.

Just 45 minutes to a lake (and not just a puddle).

Tobogganing when it’s not minus 40.

Gelati and wandering the Corydon area.

Everything I need to have a wonderful life — my family and friends, reasonable housing, clean air, green space, four wonderful seasons, and best of all, great people!

A city of wondrous sights, gastronomical delights, warm fuzzy people and the holder of my heart though I’ve been gone for 50 years (from an ex-Winnipegger in California).

The climate of warm people.

Knowing I can get anywhere in the city in 30 minutes or less, and to waterfront paradise, in less time than an average Torontonian commute.

Which brings us at last to our winning entry, which was submitted by the very sweet and clever Kathy Labossiere:

“My Winnipeg is … being able to use your car’s heater and air conditioner on the SAME day!”

I hope you will be as deeply moved by Kathy’s entry as Boris and I were. And, just as soon as Kathy answers her phone, I will tell her that she has won a lovely $100 gift certificate for Giselle’s Professional Skin Care & Spas, as well as a copy our fabulous book, The Hermetic Code.

In conclusion, I’d like to thank all of you for taking the time to enter. I realize some of you would have picked a different winner, but in a great city like ours everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

And yours is wrong.

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Zachary Klassen of Winkler shot a 3-over 72 on Sunday to win the Manitoba Junior Bantam Championship at Kildonan Park Golf Course.

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