Weir Going Into Ontario Hall

Uxbridge, ON – The Golf Association of Ontario announced today that Mike Weir has been selected as the 2010 inductee into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. Weir’s induction will mark the tenth anniversary of the Hall, which was established in the year 2000 to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments made by Ontarians to the game of golf.

With a new class inducted annually, Weir will become the 55th person to be welcomed into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. A former Ontario Amateur Champion (1990, 1992) and Ontario Junior Boys’ Champion (1998), Weir has become one of Canada’s most outstanding professional golfers, capturing numerous national and international titles including eight PGA tour victories.

Weir's most notable achievement to date came in 2003 when the Bright’s Grove, Ontario native captured The Masters Tournament at Augusta National, becoming the first and only Canadian to earn golf’s coveted Green Jacket.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame, the Golf Association of Ontario will also be inviting back each of the 54 past inductees (or family members in the case of posthumous inductions) to the 2010 induction ceremony to further celebrate Ontario’s rich golf history.

The final date of the 2010 induction ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks.

For more information about the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame or past inductees, please visit www.gao.ca/oghf

About Mike Weir

After honing his skills as a young golfer at Huron Oaks Golf Club in Bright’s Grove, Ontario, Mike Weir has catapulted to the forefront of professional golf in Canada with his impressive playing career. At age 16, he captured his first national title with a victory at the 1986 Canadian Juvenile Championship, and followed that up two years later with the Ontario Junior title. He continued to progress with his first Ontario Amateur crown in 1990, and earned a second provincial victory in 1992.

Weir, The Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year (1993), went on to win the BC Tel Pacific Open and the Canadian Masters (1997) as well as the 1998 PGA Tour Q-School. He clinched his first PGA Tour victory in 1999 and has since gone on to win seven more titles including the 2003 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. In that same year, he was awarded the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy by Canadian journalists as the outstanding Canadian Athlete of the Year.

Weir’s other accomplishments include representing the International Team at the President’s Cup (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007) and representing Canada at three World Cups (2000-2003). In 2009, Weir was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and was also invested as a Member of the Order of Canada.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas to all our On the Links readers, listeners, viewers, sponsors and tour members. I hope Santa was good to you can you got all those cool golf gifts you were hoping for. Santa left a few extra gifts here at the On the Links office so we thought we would pass them along. Some are actual presents while some are some wishes for 2010.

To Pine Crest Golf Club: one of your fine members to win the Wes Dixon tournament this year. It's been a while but this could be the year.

To Peterborough Golf and Country Club: the return of the Men's Invitational and a 120 players to fill the field and the brand new clubhouse.
To Kawartha Golf and Country Club: a retro fit of your current clubhouse keeping the feel and the tradition of the old one while bringing in the amenities of a new one.

To The Quarry: A driving range to go with your fantastic course.

To AGM Golf Memberships: even more members in your second year. 1st year was a great start, way to go and keep it up

To Pine Ridge and Katchiwano: buyers with big pockets

To On the Links Members: 8 great tour stops and at least 6 good scores to count towards your year end points

To OTL Tour and Pine Crest Member Al Crowe: more rounds of golf, 160 is just not enough

To Gary Dalliday: His first hole in one

To Marc Savard: A victory at the Kawartha Men's Invitational.

To All Beer Cart Girls: Less guys hitting on you and saying "This must be a cool summer job"

2010 Tour

Well it's been a while since we posted here but I thought I would just take this time to let everyone know that the On the Links Tour is getting set for the 2010 season. Already we have exciting news to announce. It's been confirmed that the Kawartha Golf and Country Club will return as a host venue for our 2nd last tour event next season. The date will be Monday August 23rd starting at 1pm. The other 7 tour dates will be announced starting in early January. Currently we are looking for new sponsors for the On the Links Tour. Conact me at pete@onthelinks.ca for details on how you can get involved either as a player on the tour, sponsor or both. Happy Holidays.

OG Invitational

The 1st Annual Oakland Greens Invitational was held recently (Aug 22nd and 23rd) at the Norwood area course and first round leader Len Sheenan was the overall winner edging out Jeremy Heffernan in a one hole play-off.

Heffernan settled for the second flight championship while Kenny Kent was the third flight winner. Brian Patterson and Grant Nelson won the 4th and 5th flights respectively. Sheenan along with Clayton Heffernan both established the new course record during first round play when they both fired rounds of 73.

Tournament co-organizer Mike Kidd says this year's inaugural event ran smooth and they hope to become part of the unofficial "majors" on the local invitational circuit. "Thanks to the help of all our sponsors and the players we are well on our way to joining the other clubs in the area and becoming perhaps the final big event of the invitational calendar" said Kidd. He added "The course was prepared well and the greens were fast and smooth and the players appreciated that, we also introduced".

The tournament also introduced tournament play to several area juniors who got their first taste of invitational style golf during the event. "We are hoping these young adults will grow with the tournament, we want to continue to grow the game here in Norwood and the eastern Peterborough area" Kidd said.

Sponsors included Accuracy Plus, Berretta Canada, Upper Canada Fuels and Remax Todd McRobbie.

Pictured: organizer Midd Kidd helps a young junior golfer with his scorecard duing the recent Oakland Greens Invitaitonal.

NEWS AND NOTES:

No one claimed the $1,000 AGM Hole-in-One Shoot Out on the 19th however OTL member Mike Kidd just rolled one by and missed my inches ... Wog Epping had the shot of the day , stiffing a five-iron to three feet on the difficult par-3 hole 16.... Any group or course wishing to host an international pairs qualifier can do so by calling 868-3574.... Next stop for the On The Links tour is Aug. 24 at Kawartha Golf and Country Club followed by Aug. 27 the Peterborough Golf and Country Club. To enter email pete@onthelinks.ca

Oakland Greens Men's Invitational

1st annual Oakland Greens Invitational
August 22&23

It's a men's tournament but we are encouraging juniors to play
hoping to increase their spirit to participate in competitive golf .

THIS IS A GREAT DEAL
ONLY $145.00 for men and $80.00 for juniors.

Included is a practice round, two rounds of tournament play and dinner Saturday night

Deadline to register is Sunday August 16th

Special thanks to our community minded sponsors:

UPPER CANADA FUELS-Peterborough & Norwood

BULLOCK INSURANCCE - Norwood

REXALL PHARMACY - Norwood

MILL LINE WOODWORKING - Norwood

NEWMAN INSURANCE - Campbellford

REMAX TODD MC ROBBIE - Norwood

ACCURACY PLUS - Peterborough

BERRETTA CANADA