Investors Group Senior Men's Amateur Championship

Investors Group Ontario Senior Men's Amateur Championship

North Bay, ON:  The straight and steady approach worked for Ross Ballantyne of Midland, Ontario as he captured his first Investors Group Ontario Senior Men's Amateur Championship at the North Bay Golf & Country Club by five strokes. Ballantyne fired a final round of one-over par 73 (after matching par on the first two days) to finish the 54-hole provincial championship at one-over par 217.  He started slowly with bogeys on the second and seventh holes, but birdied the ninth to make the turn at one over. Ballantyne got off to a quick start on the back nine with birdies on 10 and 11 before slipping back with bogeys on 15 and 16.  Martin Hay of Stoney Creek closed the tournament in strong fashion with a three-under par 69 to finish in second at 222.  His 69 was the low round of the event and featured five birdies and a 33 on the back nine. Paul Brace of Oakville had a closing day 74 to take third spot at 225.  Tying for fourth (and the final position on the Ontario Senior Inter-provincial team)at 226 were the 60 & older division winner Patrick Suraj of Etobicoke and Chris Ingram of Brampton.  Ingram won the playoff for the team spot on the third hole. George Stokes of Kitchener was sixth in the overall championship and second in the 60 & older division at 227. The Super Seniors' Championship (70 & older) was won by Jack Northey of Southampton with 232.  He was one shot better than Larry Wagner of Pickering.

FINAL RESULTS

RANK	COMPETITOR	CITY	SCORE
1	Ross Ballantyne	Midland	ON	72-72-73--217 +1
2	Martin Hay	Stoney Creek	ON	76-77-69--222 +6
3	Paul Brace	Oakville	ON	77-74-74--225 +9
T4	Chris Ingram	Brampton	ON	76-76-74--226 +10
T4	Patrick Suraj	Etobicoke	ON	75-72-79--226 +10
6	George Stokes	Kitchener	ON	77-74-76--227 +11
T7	John Thrasher	Sarnia	ON	70-83-75--228 +12
T7	Jim Wirtz	North Street	On	79-74-75--228 +12
T7	Roger Self	Peterborough	ON	77-76-75--228 +12
T10	Bob Masukawa	Aurora	ON	80-77-72--229 +13
T10	Ron Brown	Kingston	ON	76-76-77--229 +13
T10	Bill Ruiter	Leamington	On	75-77-77--229 +13
T10	Tom Yurcich	St. Catherines	On	74-74-81--229 +13
T14	Brian Jeffery	Collingwood	ON	79-80-71--230 +14
T14	Mike Poupore	North Bay	On	74-78-78--230 +14
T16	Denis Murphy	Amhurstburg	ON	78-80-73--231 +15
T16	Wayne Gavey	Burlington	ON	74-75-82--231 +15
T16	John Pate	Guelph	ON	72-77-82--231 +15
T19	Chester Graham	Midland	ON	78-76-78--232 +16
T19	Roger Beagan	Parry Sound	ON	75-79-78--232 +16
T19	Dan Colquhoun	Kitchener	ON	75-79-78--232 +16
T19	Vaughan Peckham	London	ON	72-81-79--232 +16
T19	Jack Northey	Southampton	ON	75-77-80--232 +16
T24	Reg Finlayson	Georgetown	ON	76-82-75--233 +17
T24	Bob Laronde	Cobourg	ON	79-77-77--233 +17
T24	Wayne Kimura	Toronto	On	79-76-78--233 +17
T24	Norman Goldman	Toronto	ON	80-74-79--233 +17
T24	Larry Wagner	Onaping	ON	77-77-79--233 +17
T29	Don Missere	Sault Ste. Marie	On	78-80-76--234 +18
T29	Wally Berseth	Burlington	ON	80-75-79--234 +18
T31	Alex Chapman	Burlington	On	79-80-76--235 +19
T31	Paul Herbrand	West Lorne	ON	80-78-77--235 +19
T31	Ron Green	Mississauga	ON	80-77-78--235 +19
T31	Fred Pember	Thornhill	ON	77-79-79--235 +19
T31	Bruce Butterworth	Sunderland	ON	78-78-79--235 +19
T31	Robert Henderson	Essex	ON	77-77-81--235 +19
T37	Robert Collins	Elginburg	ON	84-75-77--236 +20
T37	Jim Clelland	Mississauga	ON	81-77-78--236 +20
T37	Bobby Love	Toronto	On	78-79-79--236 +20
T40	Kent Klim	Belfountain	ON	73-85-79--237 +21
T40	Bob Turcotte	Ajax	ON	77-80-80--237 +21
T40	Gordon Mcguinty	North Bay	ON	80-76-81--237 +21
T40	A. Michael Purvis	GEORGETOWN	ON	78-77-82--237 +21
T40	Don Tushingham	Etobicoke	ON	78-77-82--237 +21
T45	George Brackenbury	Port Hope	ON	80-78-80--238 +22
T45	Chris Hundley	South River	ON	75-82-81--238 +22
T45	Ken Skoretz	Peterborough	ON	78-79-81--238 +22
T48	Bill Simmons	Burlington	ON	79-81-79--239 +23
T48	Rocklin Anderson	Parry Sound	ON	79-80-80--239 +23
T48	Mike Harrington	Toronto	ON	82-77-80--239 +23
T48	John Nash	London	ON	77-77-85--239 +23
T48	Les Westlake	St. Catharines	ON	80-74-85--239 +23
T53	Michael Slocki	Mississauga	ON	84-76-80--240 +24
T53	Don McCormack	Orangeville	On	78-82-80--240 +24
55	Don Mills	Sudbury	ON	77-78-86--241 +25
T56	Daniel Mcmillan	Ilderton	ON	82-78-82--242 +26
T56	John Macintosh	Belwood	ON	80-80-82--242 +26
T56	Bill Sheldon	North York	ON	75-81-86--242 +26
59	Robert Chapman	Brampton	ON	80-78-86--244 +28
60	Doug Swaniga	Cambridge	ON	78-82-89--249 +33
DID	NOT FINISH
WD	Joseph Whelan	78-78-0--156 +12
WD	Steve Wagner	84-0-0--84 +12
CUT	George Franko	83-78-0--161 +17
CUT	Michael Midgley	79-82-0--161 +17
CUT	Donald Mcquaig	79-82-0--161 +17
CUT	Joseph Orgill	82-80-0--162 +18
CUT	D. Grant MacDonald	82-80-0--162 +18
CUT	R. Blane Hamilton	80-83-0--163 +19
CUT	George Hevenor	81-82-0--163 +19
CUT	Sandy McBride	82-81-0--163 +19
CUT	Bruce Brewer	82-81-0--163 +19
CUT	Donald White	82-81-0--163 +19
CUT	Vivian Hermelijn	81-82-0--163 +19
DQ	Dennis Laverty	84-79-0--163 +19
CUT	Clark Mc Alpine	84-79-0--163 +19
CUT	Cliff Brown	86-78-0--164 +20
CUT	Albert Dietrich	85-79-0--164 +20
CUT	Gary Bartlett	81-83-0--164 +20
CUT	Leo Foy	83-81-0--164 +20
CUT	Donald Miller	79-86-0--165 +21
CUT	John Sims	81-84-0--165 +21
CUT	Norman Spinks	83-82-0--165 +21
CUT	Ron Southward	85-80-0--165 +21
CUT	Don Bathgate	84-81-0--165 +21
CUT	Peter Moffat	84-82-0--166 +22
CUT	Doug Ball	82-84-0--166 +22
CUT	Ted Rowden	80-86-0--166 +22
CUT	Ron Chittle	90-77-0--167 +23
CUT	Brian Mcewen	86-81-0--167 +23
CUT	Dirk DeVries	84-83-0--167 +23
CUT	Jim King	81-86-0--167 +23
CUT	Norm Hertz	86-82-0--168 +24
CUT	David Stevenson	81-88-0--169 +25
CUT	Gary Johansen	85-84-0--169 +25
CUT	Larry Weir	83-86-0--169 +25
CUT	Angus Johnson	83-87-0--170 +26
CUT	Derek Orr	88-83-0--171 +27
CUT	George Stewart	87-84-0--171 +27
CUT	Tom Kingston	89-83-0--172 +28
CUT	David Waterhouse	84-90-0--174 +30
CUT	Brian Mccann	89-85-0--174 +30
CUT	Ed Niziolek	88-87-0--175 +31
CUT	Neil MacMillan	92-83-0--175 +31
CUT	Terry Keefe	95-81-0--176 +32
CUT	Roy Emmerson	91-87-0--178 +34
CUT	Rick Cunningham	86-92-0--178 +34
CUT	Dave Cameron	89-89-0--178 +34
CUT	Ron Capstick	89-91-0--180 +36
CUT	Jim Teehan	91-90-0--181 +37
CUT	Graham Thompson	94-91-0--185 +41
CUT	Rudy Nanasi	95-90-0--185 +41
WD	Douglas Goslin	0-0-0--0 E
DQ	Bob Leggitt	0-0-0--0 E
WD	Sid Segsworth	0-0-0--0 E
WD	Allan Stitt	0-0-0--0 E
WD	Tony Verhoeven	0-0-0--0 E
WD	John Wellard	0-0-0--0 E
WD	Wayne Wiseman	0-0-0--0 E
DQ	Rick Woods	0-0-0--0 E