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The Golf dome and Golf Manitoba have once again agreed to a partnership that will see the Western Canada Games Training Squad use the facility as their official training site in preparation for the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games to be held in Kamloops, British Columbia in August.

The current Western Canada Games Training Squad is comprised of eleven girls and eleven boys, all of whom will be under seventeen years old on August 14th, 2011, the last day of the Western Canada Games competition. This group of young athletes is receiving extensive training which includes mental game preparation, physical fitness assessments and plans, dietary consultation, golf specific coaching, as well as equipment fitting and testing. Four girls and four boys will be chosen this summer from the Western Canada Games Training Squad to represent Manitoba in Kamloops and it is Golf Manitoba’s goal to prepare the potential members of the squad as much as possible.

“Golf Manitoba is extremely proud of the success we had at the 2009 Canada Summer Games and we are building on that model to prepare our athletes for the Western Canada Games later this year. We are able to train a group of young athletes on a long term basis in preparation for the competitive event. We are hopeful that this will not only benefit the eight members who qualify to represent Manitoba at the Games but also the others who are going through the training. The experiences they are getting will benefit their golf careers for life and the partnership with The Golf Dome allows us to conduct this extensive training year round”, said Garth Goodbrandson, Golf Manitoba’s Director of Player Development.

“The Golf Dome has been Winnipeg’s premier indoor golf facility since 1991 and we are proud to be associated with the Golf Manitoba as the official training site of the Western Canada Games Training Squad. The utilization of The Golf Dome’s indoor driving range will allow the team to train in a superior environment and will help assure success of the Golf Manitoba Program,” said Curtis Gray, President of The Golf Dome.

http://www.golfmanitoba.mb.ca/PDF/GolfDomePartnershipAnnouncement.pdf

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Golf Canada acknowledges programs and services who received funding in 2010

The annual general meeting has historically been a very important week for the Royal Canadian Golf Association, which is also known as Golf Canada.

In addition to appointing its new president and members to the board of directors, the association finalizes details of its three-year rolling strategic plan – Vision 2013 – and gathers with key stakeholders from the provincial golf associations as well as a number of national association partners.

The meeting also celebrates key accomplishments from the previous year and provides the association a forum to dialogue with its partners about issues facing the Canadian golf industry.

Each year, the association also uses the annual meeting to acknowledge several of the programs and services who receive funding, either directly or through one of the association’s programs or championships. Below is a list of the association’s beneficiaries in 2010.

- $25,000 to assist the Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation

- $230,000 to the Provincial Grant Program

- $12,000 to the National Allied Golf Association

- $10,000 to benefit the CJGA (Canadian Junior Golf Association)

- $618,288 to the Canadian Cancer Society and $102,427 to the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation through the Golf Fore the Cure program

- $1.3 million in total charitable proceeds for the Mike Weir Foundation and the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in the name of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open

- CN and the CN Canadian Women’s Open raised a total of $800,000 through the CN Miracle Match Program in support of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba

- The RCGA Foundation distributed $200,000 in 2010 and since 1982 has awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships to promising young golfers, landscape architects and turfgrass scientists

http://www.golfcanada.ca/amateur-competition/amateur-championships/article2316.ece

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World No. 1 planning to play here ‘for sure’

WORLD No. 1 Lorena Ochoa confirmed Wednesday she’s going to play the 2010 Canadian Women’s Open at St. Charles Country Club Aug. 23-29.

The LPGA Tour’s player of the year for four years running told a conference call with reporters that she’s an eager supporter of the Canadian championship.
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“Yes, I will be playing for sure,” Ochoa said via phone from her home in Mexico City. “It’s a tournament that I love to go. I think CN has done a wonderful job just getting more fans and putting a top tournament together. I think we all agree with that.”

“It’s just wonderful to see the volunteers and the sponsors and the community to get involved and help. I have nothing to say but good things. It’s been a great experience. We’ll be there later in the summer.”

Ochoa, who had three wins in 2009 to give her 27 in a stellar LPGA career, has had an eventful off-season. The 28-year-old was recently married to Andres Conesa, the CEO of Aeromexico airlines and joined a family with three kids, ages 14, 12, and 7.

“They are at a fun age,” Ochoa said. “We go and play sometimes golf, sometimes tennis. We like to spend some time together.”

“Having kids of my own, I think I still want to wait a little bit. I’m going to keep playing for a few years, and then after that we’ll make a decision.”

The LPGA’s 2010 schedule is a concern to many. With only 24 events, players are going to have plenty of enforced weeks off. But one of the byproducts of the lightest schedule since 1971 is that players, especially the top ones, will be playing, creating more events with great fields.

“I think this has been happening for the last couple years,” Ochoa said. “I think it’s very amazing how we have every tournament the top players, and I like that.”

“I think the better the competition gets, the more exciting for the media, for us, for all
the fans that come and watch us play, so I like that.”

Also of note Wednesday, the RCGA confirmed that the purse for the CN Canadian Women’s Open at St. Charles will drop $500,000 from last year’s event in Calgary and is set at US$2.25 million.

That takes it back to the level it reached in 2008, but still leaves it the fourth-highest purse on the LPGA schedule this year, and the highest for a non-major championship, so it’s likely to again attract one of the best fields of the season.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/golf/ochoa-coming-to-st-charles-for-top-canadian-title-84096732.html?path=/sports/golf&id=84096732&sortBy=oldest

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The 15 year-old talented golf player Alexis Thompson’s requests to join the LPGA Tour this 2011. The young American player had petitioned the Tour for ‘limited membership’ and a doubling in sponsor exemptions from six to 12.

“This season, Lexi still will be able to secure up to six sponsor exemptions for LPGA-sanctioned events, and also may choose to pursue additional playing opportunities through our ‘open’ Monday qualifier format “, commissioner Mike Whan said.

LPGA commissioner had to balance Thompson’s petition against the needs of the Tour’s rank-and-file players, many of whom now struggle to compete in as many as 12 events each season because of limited fields and the economic downturn.

There are only 25 events on this year’s schedule, with 13 of them being held outside the United States. The 2008 LPGA Tour comprised 34 events.

Thompson, who as a 12-year-old became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, made her professional debut last June at the ShopRite LPGA Classic where she missed the cut.

The month after, she tied for 10th in the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont before producing her best finish of the season two weeks later with a tie for second at the Evian Masters in France.

She competed in eight events last year, six through sponsor exemptions and two via qualifying.

After her precocious debut at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open, Thompson qualified again the next three years, and was a triple gold medal winner (individual, team, total team) at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, matching the success of Paula Creamer (2003) and Lorena Ochoa (2001).

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Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet will get a late start to the 2011 PGA Tour season.

The native of Weyburn, Sask., will undergo minor back surgery Monday to repair a herniated disc. He’ll need eight weeks to recover.

DeLaet suffered from a bulging disc for most of this season but it became herniated late in the year.

A complete recovery is anticipated.

DeLaet was the top Canadian on the PGA Tour this season, finishing 100th on the money list with over $950,000 US in earnings.

He became the first Canadian rookie in over a decade to retain his card.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/12/31/sp-delaet-surgery.html#ixzz1AuZ4hkcV
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It has been reported few weeks ago that Brenan Little had left Weir for the opportunity to caddie Sean O’Hair this season. Both have been open and even blog about their views with their separation. Finally, the Canadian golf player Mike has found his season’s partner— Pete Bender.

More than three months ago, Weir took a break and has been recovering after a partial tear of ligament in his right elbow. Now, within two weeks he is scheduled to play in the Bob Hope Classic in the California dessert.

“I’m 100 per cent confident I’ll be back as one of the best players in the world,” Weir said.

To start 2011, Weir has been granted a minor medical exemption by the PGA Tour and will have five tournaments to try to bring his money total up to that of the 125th player on that money list in 2010.

That means Weir must add $227,885 to his 2010 earnings of $559,092 (151st) in order to keep a full-time card for 2011.

If he is unable to do that, Weir will still be able to invoke a lifetime earnings exemption he’s earned in order to play full-time this year. He has made more than $26 million the PGA Tour in his career.
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When the best female golfers in the world descended on St. Charles Country Club in August, Michelle Wie stole the show at the 2010 Canadian Women’s Open.

Wie became famous at a young age, but her growth as a golfer was stunted somewhat by her quest to play against men.

However, this past summer the 20-year-old Hawaiian showcased her growth on the fairway and cruised to the second victory of her LPGA career, winning wire-to-wire against a top-notch field that included a handful of players battling it out for the No. 1 world ranking.

Wie created a major buzz during the opening round when her tee shot on the 183-yard,11th hole found the cup for a hole-in-one.

Through the course of the week, Wie’s group had a tremendous following and she didn’t disappoint, launching majestic drives and showcasing a smooth and powerful swing as she led wire-to-wire.

There’s no question she was a cut above the competition and if she can find a way to channel that energy going forward, Wie could be a dominant force on the LPGA Tour and she might look back to her days in Winnipeg as the ones which got her career pointed in the right direction.

Wie wasn’t the only player to impress. The entire field was courteous and the fan-friendly element was something to behold.

There was even an element of true Canadian as veteran Lorie Kane made a charge on the final two days to finish tied for 11th.

The ladies weren’t the only top players to grace the grounds at St. Charles either as 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir was in town for the charity event that bears his name.
Though Weir suffered through an injury-plagued season, he took part in the Mike Weir Miracle Golf Drive for Kids, raised plenty of money for the foundation and reminisced about his time on the Canadian Tour.

Speaking of the Canadian Tour, it wasn’t a great year for Manitoba’s four touring professionals but Adam Speirs and Matt Johnston of St. Charles, Ryan Horn of Dauphin and Tyler Mancini of Pine Ridge will be better down the road for the experiences they endured.

As for Manitoba’s Canadian Tour stop, The Players Cup battled some tough weather but featured another exciting finish as eventual Order of Merit winner Aaron Goldberg held off former PGA Tour member Jim Rutledge.

On the Manitoba PGA Tour, Dean North of Carman captured player of the year honours after another sound season.

The amateur golf scene featured a couple of breakthrough performances, including one from Aaron Cockerill of Teulon, who earned the nod as Golf Manitoba Amateur Golfer of the Year.

In his final summer competing as a junior, Cockerill outlasted friend and rival Myles Sullivan in a playoff to claim the Manitoba Junior Boys crown, won the Golf Canada Western Future Links Championship and had a Top-10 finish at the Canadian Junior Men’s Championship.

Garth Collings of Breezy Bend earned his sixth Manitoba Mid-Amateur crown but it was Peter More of Breezy Bend who won his first Manitoba Men’s Amateur title.

Speaking of first-time winners, Mindy Lichtman of St. Boniface won her first women’s amateur title, Mike Berney of Transcona won his first men’s senior title, Karen Saarimaki of Kenogamisis Golf Club won her first senior women’s title and Jenna Roadley of Glendale won the junior girls title.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/golf/2010/12/30/16705841.html

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