Spring Derby - Day 2 & Overall Results

Day two of this years Spring Derby brought heavy fog, sunny skies and windy conditions affecting just about every team in the field. With only four points separating first and fifth you knew it was going to be a great ending to this years event. Congratulations to the team of John Trimble, Kim Blake, Dennis Matton and Bob Nebel who took home this years title. Click on the link below to see the Day 2 standings.

http://www.impacttsonline.com/online/publish/whitevalegolfclub/2017/Tournament-1ad84b10-e142-e711-82cb-acb57da851bd.html

Day 1 Pay Outs
T-1st - Kandice Brackenbury, Wade Brackenbury, Ann Grffin & Ed Griffin. ($42.00/each)
T-1st - Brandon Wieser, Brad Haley, Jared Docking & Craig Ferns. ($42.00/each)
3rd - John Trimble, Kim Blake, Dennis Matton & Bob Nebel. ($21.00/each)

Day 2 Pay Outs
1st - John Trimble, Kim Blake, Dennis Matton & Bob Nebel. ($52.50/each)
2nd - Mike McGarragle, Peter Leaney, Grant Barrett & Donny O'Connell. ($31.50/each)
T-3rd - Bernie Docking, Sandra Docking, Colin Dunne & Jacquie Dunne. ($10.50/each)
T-3rd - Brandon Wieser, Brad Haley, Jared Docking & Craig Ferns. ($10.50/each)

Overall Pay Outs
1st - John Trimble, Kim Blake, Dennis Matton & Bob Nebel. ($94.50/each)
2nd - Brandon Wieser, Brad Haley, Jared Docking & Craig Ferns. ($78.75/each)
3rd - Kandice Brackenbury, Wade Brackenbury, Ann Griffin & Ed Griffin. ($63.00/each)
T-4th - Elke Oley, Ken Oley, Yvette Fulton & Gerry Lawrence. ($39.00/each)
T-4th - Mike McGarragle, Peter Leaney, Grant Leaney & Donny O'Connell. ($39.00/each)

Closest to the Pin
Day 1 - Jared Docking #3 & Bonnie Cartwright #13
Day 2 - Colin Dunne #3 & Mark Brewer #13

Spring Derby - Day 1 Results

With the long weekend behind us and warmer weather ahead this weekends focus for many was on the Spring Derby. A total of 84 players participating in this years event came out in hopes of leading the pack after todays modified quota point format. Day 1 saw two teams a top the leaderboard after posting matching totals of 106. Only four points separate 1st to 5th so tomorrow should be a close race to the finish. For complete standings click on the link below:

http://www.impacttsonline.com/online/publish/whitevalegolfclub/2017/Tournament-0ba56879-4f41-e711-82cb-acb57da851bd.html

Men's Night Shot-Gun

Ever year our men's league draft night is kicked off by the men's night shot-gun. The event is a great start to getting everyone into the league spirit and todays event had 97 participants. A number of excellent scores were posted and in the end the team of Nigel Rennie, John Thompson & Tim Packer were crowned champions with a team total of -20.

Closest to the Pin #4 - Bill Getz
Closest to the Pin #14 - Larry Valianes
50/50 Draw Winner - Chris Cummins

For a complete listing of today's standings please click on the link below:

http://www.impacttsonline.com/online/publish/whitevalegolfclub/2017/Tournament-bb16e6ef-d83e-e711-82cb-acb57da851bd.html



Men's Inter-Club Qualifying - Extended

The Men's Inter-Club qualifying which was scheduled to wrap up on Monday May 22nd has been extended due to poor weather to start the season. Qualifying has been extended to Monday June 5th to allow for a few more days for participants looking to play. Please contact Walt Lemon or the professional staff with any further questions.

What a difference a year makes.

After 2016 's record shattering heat and drought, we are now breaking records due to the polar opposite. Rain fall totals at Whitevale for the 48 hour this past Friday and Saturday measured 70mm, or almost 3 inches, fell onto an already saturated soil. Making the call to close the golf course and driving range was not done lightly. Severe and long lasting damage would have been done to many areas had any traffic been permitted. Most recent inspection of the golf course happened about 12:30 today.  While some neighbouring clubs are flooded out, we are lucky enough to have very little standing water anywhere at this point. While we have had excessive damage to different parts of the club during past storm events, very little damage has been seen due to this event. The only bunker washout that I found is this greenside bunker at 16.

 

This is not from rain flowing down the face of the bunker as is usually the case with washouts. This is from water percolating into the green. When the water gets below the roots zone that we have been able to impact with aerification by way of traditional coring, deep tine verti-drain and Dry-ject, the water hits a layer of compacted, poorly draining soil causing the water to move laterally along the top of this layer, finding its way to exit in these two spots 

All other bunkers held up very well. No trees came down and not other issues were identified other than soft ground that needs time to dry down, and firm up. Depending on where on the golf course we inspected, we found some areas that had already made significant progress toward drying and firming. Generally speaking everything along the south end of the club dries and firms up much better than everything along the north end due to much higher levels of sand in the soils. Holes 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13 are always able to handle rain events much better than 16, 17, 18, 9, 1, 2 and 3 which have higher amounts of clay and loam which tend to hold water.

As we get staff back out onto the course to continue getting all maintained areas dialed in, we will have areas that we wont be able to cut grass in because of areas that hold water and are far too soft to support mowers.
 Using heavy equipment to haul sand into bunkers that still need sand added will not be possible in a number of areas. Rest assured we are in great position for getting all areas finished up in the not too distance future.

Men's Opening Field Day

What a way to bring in the first event of the men's season then with blustery winds, cold temps and threatening rain. Even with all of those factors against us 66 brave men took on Whitevale in an attempt to become the champions on the Opening Field Day. The team of Brad Haley, Mark Crerar and Colin Dunne played extremely well considering their task and won with a final score of 55.5. A job well done gentlemen!

1st - Brad Haley, Colin Dunne & Mark Crerar (55.5)
2nd - Tim Filer, Tom Bermingham, John Liska & Wes Brown (56.0)
3rd - Peter Lambrinos, Dennis Matton & Stephen MacDonald (60.7)
4th - Dec Dunn, Brandon Wieser, Gabor Karl & Tom Kelly. (61.1)
5th - Wade Brackenbury, Jerry Kimber, Darryl Cooper & Wayne Carpenter (61.5)
T-6th - Mark Brewer, Doug Bruce, Walt Lemon & Tom Budgen (62.0)
T-6th - Michael Woolgar, Paul Dunphy, Art Pingree & Greg Haley (62.8)
8th - Bob Nebel, Mark Doyle & Kim Blake (62.8)
T-9th - Rob Connors, Ken Oley, Bob Grandmaitre & Tim Packer (63.8)
T-9th - John Trimble, Wayne Rossall & Bill Getz (63.8)
11th - Howard Cooper, Al Swartz & Brian King (64.1)
12th - Clayton Spahn, Don O'Brien & Peter Wieser (64.9)
13th - Steve Campbell, Gerry Lawrence, Brian Guenther & Gord Lee (65.3)
14th - Chris O'Brien, Michael Cann, Alex Maggiacomo & Dave Whiting (65.4)
15th - Fred Calvert, Bernie Docking, Al Billington & Don Hobb (65.8)
16th - Jim Glover, Paul Cormier, Dave Convery & Nigel Rennie (66.8)
17th - Bob Doyle, Peter Laeney, Stephen Stuart & Damian Leach (69.3)
18th - Brendon Allman, Brian Fee, Jay Petroff & Tony Iordanis (72.0)

Women's Opening Field Day

With brisk winds and cool temperatures forty of Whitevale's bravest ladies took part in the Opening Field Day. This event is a great way to kick off the season with the step aside scramble format that challenges ever level of golfer. Congratulations to our winning team of Anne Hill, Cindy Alexiou, Pamela Cooper & Reg Wordtmann who finished with a score of 65.5.

1st - Anne Hill,Cindy Alexiou, Pamela Cooper & Reg Wordtmann. (65.5)
2nd - Jan Pugh, Jodi Crerar, Liane Garvey & Janet Martinko (66.8)
3rd - Kathy McGilton, Lisa Brewer, Elke Oley & Anna Lindsay (67.9)
4th - Lisa Mackie, Diana Packer, Veronica Raos-Dunn & Theresa Arbuthnot (68.0)
5th - Josette Bell, Michelle Miles, Lynne Sage & Dawna Matton (68.8)
6th - Norma Columbus, Joanne Kajganich, Jill Fewster-Yan & Maureen Cormier (71.1)
7th - Margaret Chew, Darlene Doyle, Marianne Goss & Terri Toms (71.5)
8th - Sue Dickinson, Linda Briggs, Chris Denysek & Janet Boychuk (73.7)
9th - Suzi Snow-Liska, Barb Wolfe, Yvette Fulton & Julie Pingree (74.0)
10th - Mary Charlton, Barb Rogers, Airlie Brown & Lynda Yvoski (75.2)

Men's Inter-Club Qualifying

Men's Inter-Club Qualifying 2017

Competition Dates

@ Meadowbrook (Tuesday June 27th)
@ Oshawa (Monday July 17th)
@ Whitevale (Monday July 24th)
@ Cedar Brae (Tuesday August 22nd)

Qualifying Process

Dates: Friday May 5th - Monday May 22nd
Cost: $20 for 3 x 18-hole attempts (Note: qualifying fee to be chitted by Business Office)

Categories: A: 0 - 9, B: 10 - 15, C: 16+

Process:
- Must advise pro shop prior to playing and hand in score after playing.
- Qualify from Blue Tee's A and White Tee's for B & C.
- May re-qualify for an additional $20.
- Best net score represents your qualifying round

Requirements:
- 4 man teams for each category group.
- There will be a cost for team shirts.
- Everyone will play at least one game, would like to have 18-24 qualifiers.
- There will be additional charges to fund the Whitevale hosted dinner pro-rated to all participants.
- Fees for golf carts will be chargeable at each club, approximately $20 each round.
- For pace of play, all participants are encouraged to ride.

Questions

- Visit the professional staff or contact Walt Lemon 416.493.5521

Fore! Nine!....Is Back.

Back by popular demand is Fore! Nine! A book about the history of Whitevale Golf Club written by Walt Lemon. Last year the book sold out so don't wait to get yours while quantities last.

Titleist Loyalty Program

Each year Titleist runs a promo on their Pro V1 & Pro V1x golf balls. When you purchase 3 dozen your receive your 4th dozen FREE. Along with this promo you also have the option to personalize the balls and choose any number you wish. The Titleist Pro V1 continues to be the #1 ball in golf, why not play what the pro's play. To place you order contact the pro shop today!