The fourth time was the allure for David Chook on the Senior Males’s Northern Golf Championship on Thursday.
Chook shot 38 on the entrance 9 and 36 on the again for an 18-hole whole of 74 on Thursday. That rating, mixed with the spherical of 73 he shot on Wednesday, was sufficient to win his first Males’s Northern event at Cooke Municipal Golf Course.
“Rising up on this golf course, it was one in every of my life objectives to win this event,” mentioned Chook, who was born and raised in Prince Albert however now lives in Saskatoon. “I can scratch that off my bucket listing.”
The 2023 event was Chook’s first win after three third place finishes. He mentioned it was an honour to obtain the Bob Hemsworth Trophy for the reason that two had been good mates earlier than Hemsworth’s passing in 2017.
“I performed fairly nicely right this moment and I considered Bob Hemsworth a pair occasions as a result of I’ve recognized Bob for years,” Chook mentioned. “I used to be an RCMP member in addition to he was, and he was excellent to me for recommendation and that, so I used to be very happy to get my identify on his trophy right this moment.”
Chook led from starting to finish on the two-day event. He started Thursday with a one stroke lead and completed two strokes forward of reigning champions Martin Ring, and hard-charging Brad Phelps, who shot a tournament-best 71 on the ultimate day.
Chook mentioned his placing wasn’t pretty much as good as he’d hoped, however his chipping and driving helped make up the distinction.
“I didn’t make a whole lot of putts, however after I missed the inexperienced I managed to rise up and down fairly good,” he mentioned. “I used to be fairly constant from begin to end. I drove the ball very nicely and I chipped very nicely, however I made the putts after I needed to.”
Ring and Phelps tied for second with a two-day rating of 149. Colin Coben completed third within the Championship Flight with a two-day rating of 150.
Kevin Sanderson took first within the First Flight with a two-day rating of 156, narrowly edging out Darren Jenkins who completed second. Tom Rose took first within the Second Flight with a two-day rating of 160.
Invoice Cameron took first within the Tremendous Senior Championship, taking pictures 79 on day one and 73 on day two for a mixed 152. John Batiuk completed second with a two-day rating of 161, and Yvon Desgagnes completed third with a mixed rating of 163.
Chook mentioned the competitors at this 12 months’s event was high knotch, and Cooke Municipal Golf Course was in one of the best form he’s ever seen. That has him desirous to return in 2024 to defend his title.
“That is at all times an important event,” he mentioned. “The competitors is at all times excellent. It’s first charge with the best way it’s dealt with with the volunteers and all the pieces.”
