Tangle Creek Set to Host PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada

The Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada is set to take place this week at Tangle Creek Golf and Country Club in Barrie, Ont.

The 54-hole national championship takes place Aug. 31-Sept. 2 and features an impressive crop of PGA of Canada players.

“We’ve got a very solid field this year for the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada,” said PGA of Canada president Steve Wood. “A number of past national champions are teeing it up with hopes of capturing another PGA of Canada title.”

This year’s field includes:
Four-time PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner, Gar Hamilton
Three-time PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winner, Serge Thivierge
Three-time PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner, Bob Rose
PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada winners, Ian Doig and Dale Pedersen
PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winners Hocan Olsson and Ken Fulton
PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winner Marc Girouard.
Also in the field this week at Tangle Creek are notables Kevin Dugas, Daniel Talbot, Scott Allred, Keir Smith, Marc Hurtubise and Dave Wettlaufer.

For the full field and tee times, CLICK HERE.

Ninety-nine year-old Gord Delatt; 94-year-old and five-time PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner Bill Kozak; 87-year-old Ben McCallum; and 86-year-old John Henrick will tee it up in a 9-hole PGA of Canada legends exhibition match Friday afternoon at Tangle Creek.

The PGA Seniors' Championship of Canada was first played in 1938 as a division of the PGA Championship of Canada. In 1973, the PGA Seniors' Championship of Canada became an independent event and has stayed that way ever since. Among the Canadian golf legends to win this championship are Stan Leonard, Moe Norman, Bob Panasik, Al Balding and Jim Rutledge. Norman won this championship a record seven straight years from 1979 to 1985, while Balding stunned the golf world by winning the championship at age 76 in 2000.

Located in Barrie, Ont., Tangle Creek’s layout offers a combination of links and parkland style holes with large sloping greens that are protected throughout the course by over 30 strategically placed bunkers. Golf Digest nominated the course “Best New Course in Canada” in 2003.

In 2015 Jim Rutledge captured his fourth Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada, winning at the venerable Credit Valley Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont.

Attendance to the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada is free and spectators are encouraged to attend during tournament play.