GREAT DAY FOR GOLF - 2026 OPENING SCRAMBLE

OPENING SCRAMBLE RESULTS

Sunny, with blue skies and warm. Eleven teams participated in our opening scramble and lunch with every team under par for the round.

Winning this year's event with a score of 64 was the team of David Panton, Perry Hyson, Thomas Keen, and Sergio Peloso. Second, was the team of Jim Park, Rick Brown, Brian Muskeyn, and Al Holm with a team score of 65. Third place with a 68 was Bob Elliot, Ken Swanson, Joe Bella, and Tom Stevens.

(L-R) 1st place: Hyson, Panton, Peloso, Keen

KP and Long Putt prizes:

KP2 - Team 17 (Park); KP7 - Team 7 (Wray); LP9 - Team 11A (Zinio)

KP14 - Team 15 (Elliot); KP17 - Team 10A (Campbell); 
LP 18 - Team 13 (Molloy)

GREEN JACKET AWARDED TO MASTERS MONTH WINNER

John Lattanzio was present with the green jacket as the final act of winning our Masters Month competition. Last year's winner Alex Birukow was on hand to help John put the jacket on.

NEXT UP — RETIREES PGA

Thanks to Bob Elliot who volunteered to take on the job of 'scorekeeper' for the event. Be aware that the scoresheet will have some minor changes to it — only your NET score will be entered. Don't forget to turn in the scorecard after each round.

RETIREES INVITATIONAL RETURNS MAY 21

This is our biggest event of the season with entries from most of the  local golf clubs attending and 100 players. Volunteers are needed to hellp with the logistics of setting up and cleaning up so you can expect to be asked to help.

CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP ONLINE NOW

Entry fee for Birchbank Retirees is $45 and covers the Asian buffet meal and prizes (Walk, own cart, lease cart - $45; riders add $20)

EARLY BIRD MEMBERSHIP DEADLINE PASSED

May 1st our membership price is back to the 2026 Regular rate of $40.00 (another victim of world inflation).

MASTERS WIN FOR LATTANZIO, OPENING SCRAMBLE...and more stuff

LATTANZIO OVER COMES HOSTILE CROWD TO WIN MASTERS

John Lattanzio scored a best two rounds total of (67-72) 139 to overtake his neighbourhood rival Serge Pasquali (71-71) 142 and last year's Club Championship Low Net winner Ken Swanson (70-73) 143. The hostile crowd, 2 pesky Crows and cranky Robin, seemed to take delight in making noise on every backswing and on every putt — ok the crows might have just been trying to steal Al Piccolo's snack from his cart.

One member of the hostile crowd

OPENING SCRAMBLE THIS WEEK

44 players are on the entry list to play in this season's opening scramble and lunch. The weather forecast is for sunny skies and mid-20's.

Check-in: 8:30 - 9:15am
Player meeting: 9:15 - 9:20 (last minute changes)
Shotgun start (back 9): 9:30 or sooner (listen for the horn)

HANDICAP, INDEX, AND COURSE HANDICAP

1. Handicap Index is a portable, standardized number (calculated from your 8 best scores of the last 20) representing your potential playing ability worldwide. It is a decimal number, for example 12.3

If you are NOT using Golf Canada for your handicap index, you need to keep track of your best 8 of your last 20 scores and use the handicap calculator (link at the top of the screen). The Chronogolf app does not calculate it correctly.

2. Course Handicap is the whole number of strokes you receive on a specific course and set of tees, determined by applying your Index to the course's difficulty (Slope/Rating).

3. The term handicap should be replaced with COURSE handicap. When entering events at other courses you should always use your Handicap Index

4. Our weekly events use NET scores with your COURSE handicap from the WHITE TEES or the appropriate COURSE handicap for the tee you are playing. Our scramble events and championship are WHITE TEES.

All clear as mud?

BIRCHBANK INVITATIONAL - MAY 21

Go to the top of this page and click on ONLINE REGISTRATIONS to read all about it and enter. That entry fee information is only for our members since you do not pay a green fee. Sign up now. Volunteer now to help with set up and clean up - talk to John Lattanzio.