It's graduation week across the school division, with Shoal Lake students walking across the stage tomorrow evening. I want to congratulate the Grads of 2018 on their special day. Also, I want to remind the students that graduation is often considered to be a pathway into adulthood. One sure sign of adulthood in Shoal Lake is golfing. So feel free to join us for Ladies Night on Tuesday or Men's Night on Wednesday.
If you think of it, there are many similarities between high school graduation and golf. High school students spend 13 years learning and studying to get to their graduation. There are highs and lows to their journey, as is the case for many golfers during their 9 holes. Graduates spend their evening reflecting on their time at school with most attention given to the positive memories that they have. Similarly, golfers gather at the end of Men's Night to celebrate their evening while focusing on the best parts of their rounds.
Both graduation ceremonies and Men's Night have an award presentation. In place of scholarships and bursaries, golfers receive recognition for skins won, deuces, and closest to the pins. And while Men's Night does not have a formal valedictory address, there are usually a couple of louder guys who want to share their evening experiences with the crowd.
Like a school graduation, there are some at Men's Night who just want to leave and move on to the next thing. Of course, there are others who want to spend a little more time with friends. reliving their individual and collective experiences.
Obviously graduation is much more important than golf. Phil Mickelson found that out last year when the US Open conflicted with his daughter's grad. There was some talk that the school might reschedule the ceremony to accommodate the famous dad. In the end, Phil withdrew from the tournament to celebrate his daughter's special day. This was a much better story than what happened to Phil this year.
So...now on to the award's ceremony for last Wednesday. There were eight golfers recognized as receiving honours. Congratulations to skin winners Darcy Kowalchuk / Ron Anderson ($20 on #4), Jim Geekie / Brad Benton ($51.88 on #6), Chris Kimpinski / Luke Funk ($36.88 on #7), and Jason Gorrell / Darren Ostash ($36.88 on #9).
A $15 scholarship from Kimp Services / Susinski Farms was presented to Brad Benton for getting closest to the hole on #5. Jamie McCutchin won the Benny's Gift Certificate Bursary for being tightest on #9. The biggest award of the evening went to Jason Gorrell who won the $155.64 Deuce Pot Scholarship.
Last week's Governor General Winner as top golf student was Darcy Kowalchuk who scored a 36.
We had 32 golfers last week. The forecast looks great any this Wednesday. Let's try to crack 40.
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