As the golfers arrived for registration they were received by hot coffee and kringel. Lunch was a choice of hamburger or bbq chicken breast on a bun. A le Coq beers imported from Estonia, were made available to all players at a subsidized price of $5.00 per beer.
John Lacy, the Shawneeki Golf Course Pro welcomed the EGO golfers and went over some of the rules pertaining to the scramble play. Jaak Jarve, EGO president also welcomed this year's golfers and informed them that a 3-par closest to the pin hole had been dedicated to the memory of an EGO golfer, Allan Liik, who had passed away last year. Allan had been on both 1st Place Men's Scramble teams for the past two EGO tournaments.
At about 12:50 pm, the shotgun EGO tournament carts rolled out from the clubhouse to the awaiting tees and fairways. The course was in excellent shape, and the greens were fast.
The individual winners were as follows: Hole 1- Ladies Longest Drive- Aili Wells; Hole 6- Mens Longest Drive- Matt MacKay; Hole 7- Ladies Closest to the Pin- Lia Hess; Hole 9- Everybody Closest to the Pin (Sponsored by friends of Allan Liik)- Matt MacKay; Hole 10- Closet to the Beer Case- Shared by both Peeter Ojala and Aivo Veel; Hole 12- Hole in One (Nissan Micra- offered by Rob Brown Alta Nissan- Aurora) No winner; Hole 14- Mens Closest to the Pin- Todd Lindstrom; Hole 17- Straightest Drive- Jarek Varrik
All of the individual winners received a $200.00 gift certificate from BEST BUY. Matt MacKay who won two individual prizes also received a complimentary bottle of Cognac on the Allan Liik memorial hole.
The putting contest was ably run by our steadfast Putting Meister Tony Kadai.
Men's putting champion Kalev Kuutan with a score of a perfect 150 points.
Women's putting champions (three way tie with 40 points) Lia Hess, Aili Wells and Riina Klaas.
All of the putting champions received a dozen EGO golf balls.
For the Individual Championship low gross men's top three winners were: 1st Place- Peeter Ojala 89; 2nd Place- Jason Brooks 95; 3rd Place- Ray Skyvington 98
The winners for the Scramble Teams are as follows: Ladies top two teams – 1st Place- Kristina Vohma, Anne Tõnisson, Kathy Põldre, Eneri Taul 86; 2nd Place- Maimu Schaer, Marlene Kuutan, Tiiu Tõnisson, Riina Klaas 89. Mens top three teams -1st Place- Dan Payton, Larry Snider, Mark Winters, Matt MacKay 61; 2nd Place- Daniel Wells, David Wells, David Lodu, Bob Stoymenoff 65; 3rd Place- Madis Virro, Jared Diehl, Peter Tõnisson, Allan Meret 66. Mixed top three teams- 1st Place- Mary Lacey, Dennis Lacey, Oscar Kase 76; 2nd Place- Lia Hess, Toomas Kütti, Peeter Põldre, Aili Wells 78; 3rd Place- Valve Nystrom, Hillar Alkok, Margus Heinmaa, Harry Ounapuu 81.
When the players came into the clubhouse after their round of golf they were treated to Ülle Veltmann's “lihapirukad”( a meat pastry). Dinner was prepared by the Shawneeki chef Lundeen. The chicken and rib entrée was delicieux! Many went back for seconds on those tasty, spicy ribs.
Following dinner, Jaak Jarve distributed out the raffle winning prizes. Everybody got a prize. The raffle generated $920.00 for the EGO tournament. Some of the top prizes included Maple Leaf hockey tickets, free rounds of golf at both Shawneeki and Station Creek golf courses, high-end wedges, LCBO gift cards, EGO t-shirts, Saku t-shirts, golfing books and the player favourite- a package of 200 Saku coasters. Many thanks for the golfers who donated many premium raffle prizes.
The tournament was a huge success due to the participation of the players but also our sponsors- Estonian Foundation of Canada, Estonian Toronto Credit Union, Heinsoo Insurance, Tartu College, Rob Saarna Royal LePAge, Mark Vaher REMAX Premier, Dr. Lisa Lindström, Estonian House Café- Ülle Veltmann, friends of Allan Liik, Jack Lake Productions Inc., Envar & Sons Ltd. and a special thanks to Rob Brown from Alta Nissan Aurora for the Nissan Micra opportunity.
EGO (Estonian Golf club of Ontario) would also like to thank our loot bag stuffers Andres Järve and Erik Kadai as well as our on-duty spotters Rita Kütti, Heli and Thomas Vanaselja for their assistance during the day. The talented Peeter Põldre brought his camera and captured the day from rain to sunshine.You made it all magical.
Thank you George Lacy and the entire Shawneeki Golf Course team, you made us feel at home.
Finally a great big bearhug to both Enn Vaher and Aili Wells who assisted in so many ways to make this a great golfing day for everybody. See you all again next year!
Jaak Järve
