Yorkton's Deer Park Golf Course played host to the sixth annual Deer Park Men's Open this past Saturday and Sunday for a two day men's golf tournament.
But while the competition itself was strong, the amount of golfers competing, a paltry 38 in total, was not. "It's actually a very disappointing number for us this year," offered Deer Park Men's Club President Cliff Trombley, who cited vacations, weddings and other family commitments for regular members as reasons for the lack of golfers that took part in the tournament.
And although the numbers were down this year, Trombley still feels that everyone who participated left Deer Park satisfied. "The participants that were here had an awesome time," suggested the Club President. "We had lots of fun, a lot of fellowship and it was a great time with some great golf being played."
Trombley also mentioned that, despite the lower number of golfers participating this year, the tournament still managed to raise a good amount of money for course upgrades. "We don't have the exact total yet but I'm expecting it to be somewhere in the seven to ten-thousand dollar range," said Trombley, continuing, "and while that's not as much as we've raised in past years it's still a good amount of money."
Results
Championship Flight: First - Mitch Matichuk 135(67, 68), second - Brent Brown 141 (71, 70), third - Derek Stykalo 144 (72, 72). First flight: Tied for first - Brian Andreychuk 163 (83, 80) and Ross Fisher 163 (82, 81), third - George Stamatinos 167 (85, 82). Second flight: Michael Kaczmar 87 + 77 = 164 (87, 77) tied for second - Don Kunkel 169 (87, 82) and Tyler Pisiak 169 (87, 82). Third flight: First - Dave McLelland 165 (89, 76), second - Mike Trebish 171 (89, 82), third - Dale Maccala 173 (88, 85). Fourth flight: First - Lorne Brown 173 (91, 82), second - Lee Pawliw 175 (90, 85), third - Shawn Patenaude 187 (90, 97). Fifth flight: First - Mitchell Clinton 183 (95, 88) second - Ron Pritchard 185 (97, 88).
