Classic

Preppy basics could easily be describedas the starting point for any golfwardrobe. The ultimate in preppy stylemust begin with a great polo, layeringpiece and bottom. Where you go fromthere is really what will help set your

“preppy with a twist” Tommy Hilfiger

style for the golf course. Updating tradi-tional golf style with a little flair,whether it be through solid color, aunique color combination or the additionof a wild print is a game all on it’s own.You want to stand out on the course andthis classic collection will help by pro-viding the building blocks for yourunique style; Tommy Style. A true myr-iad of colors ranging from classicMidnight for your navy must-have toSunshine for a little ray-of-light andShamrock for a lucky day on the greens;the 2012 Classic Collection deliversactive and sporty with a few attentionseeking brights.

Cape Cod

Influences from the Eastern seaboard runrampant within this fashion collection.Sandy beaches, rocky shores, blue skies,and sunshine take one to the world ofMartha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.Stamped with colors of bold reds andclassic navy, this playground madefamous by images of the Kennedy’s vin-tage prep style has inspired this collec-tion. Exploding with plaids, seersuckerstripes and grosgrain details, the Cape

Cod Collection creates a nostalgic lookperfect for today’s golf wardrobe.

St. Barth’s

A French island with a Swedish legacyand a true island paradise, this inspiring

location conjures up thoughts of whitesandy beaches, billowing green palmtrees and pure blue waters. A collectionthat has a feeling of being light and airywith Aqua Haze, Cobalt Blue andShamrock Green and a pop of bright

Grenadine for the Ladies adds exotic fla-vor from the island.

Cape Town

Africa automatically brings the wordexotic to mind. South Africa could bedescribed as the colorful exotic. CapeTown is the one of the most multiculturalcities of the world situated in front ofbeautiful waters and sheltered by themajestic Table Mountain. The CapeTown Collection brings the vibrancy ofthe city to life through golf attire suitedfor those looking for a little flare.

Preppy chic is augmented with a colorstory of Midnight Navy as a ground andpops of color with brights and pastels.Light Pink, Lilac and a beautifulShamrock Green have taken their cuesfrom the brightly colored architecturefeatured throughout the infamous city.Printed bottoms for women, bright plaidsfor men and a new color story forTommy Hilfiger performance polos alsostar in this category.

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Note: Some of the dates or coursesare subject to change2012 Member Club and TBDGATournaments

AUGUSTAugust 18-19The BergstromKenogamisis Golf CourseAugust 18-19Municipal Club ChampionshipMunicipal Golf CourseAugust 18-19Thunder Bay CC Club ChampionshipThunder Bay Country ClubAugust 23-24TBDGA District JuniorChampionshipTBA\August 25-26Centennial Club ChampionshipCentennial Golf CourseAugust 25-26

Aguasabon Men's OpenAguasabon Golf CourseAugust 25-26Dragon Hills Club ChampionshipDragon Hills Golf CourseSEPTEMBERSeptember 1-3Canadian Tire District AmateurStrathcona Golf CourseChapples Golf CourseWhitewater Golf ClubSeptember 1-2Marathon Club ChampionshipPeninsula Golf CourseSeptember 1-2Geraldton Club ChampionshipKenogamisis Golf CourseSeptember 8North Shore Two Man Best BallNorth Shore Golf CourseSeptember 9Municipal InvitationalMunicipal Golf CourseSeptember 8-9

Emerald Greens Club ChampionshipEmerald Greens Golf CourseSeptember 15District Mid Am QualifyingTBAOCTOBEROctober 6Dragon Hills Open 4 Man ScrambleDragon Hills Golf CourseOctober 7Stokaluk Shoot-OutMunicipal Golf Course

The Thunder Bay District GolfAssociation is a non-profit organiza-tion responsible for coordinating andpromoting golf activities and champi-onship tournaments with memberclubs in the Thunder Bay District.

The TBDGA held is annual meetingon Sunday February 19, 2012. Thenew executive is as follows:

President - Laurence TullochVice-President - Andrew ScavarelliSecretary - Scott AdamsTreasurer - Peter CampnerPast President - Barry CalandMembers at Large:Walter Keating Jr.Ed AtwillCurtis HildebrandtTony StokalukMatt Taylor

Dustin Wilson remains as theJunior ChairmanBarry Caland has stepped downafter eight years as the President.Laurence Tulloch takes over asPresident after being acclaimed.

The TBDGA 2012 Tournament Calendar

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Tommy Hilfiger The Collections - 2012

Ian Clarke is an experienced contractemployee with Taylor Made. He is amobile tech rep who goes from course tocourse with a full range of their equip-ment. “ We do a lot of club fitting and demo

days mostly around Southern Ontario. Thepro am participants are here today and we

make ourselves available to them forhelp.” said Ian Clarke.

Taylor Made is in the process of buildinga number of fitting centers across Canada.Currently there are two in the Torontoarea. The next will be in Vancouver.“ We put many cameras on the wall and

you wear a special suit. It shows yourswing impact point and face angle in 3D.It is a 100% precise measurement that

allows the fitter to look at the personsswing and access what the angle of attackis as well as the angle of the ball comingoff the club face. It allows the fitter to putthe person into equipment that will suittheir swing,” said Clarke.“ We can onlywork with their current swing. With ouradjustable woods as the player progressthrough the summer and starts to improveor his ball flight changes we can changethe club to suit the new swing including

shaft angle of attach, angle the ball comesoff the club face and swing plane. Thetwo things that really affect the flight ofthe ball are the swing plane and clubfaceangle. You can work to change the ballflight. We work with what comes out ofthe computer and then with the adjustabil-ity of the equipment we work from thereas the player progress.”

The general public can use the TaylorMade system. They may recommend lessirons and more hybrids. The fitting processtakes place with wedges and putter as well.Taylor Made in Southern Ontario werecomplimenting the Taylor Made truck onsite this week for the tour guys.

Ernie Els Talks to the Media

“ Yesterday I played with the boss, GordNixon of RBC. It is nice to move theRBC Canadian Open around the country.

The date is not the best being right after amajor but it is a old national open and goesback many many years. The top guys likeJack Nicklaus, Gary Player and ArnoldPalmer used to play every year.”

“ My family mean everything to meincluding Samantha, who is 13 years oldand Ben. Rickie Roberts my caddie wasoptimistic at the British Open. I felt goodon the course on Sunday, more in controlof my game which comes from all of thework you put in up to that point. I feltcalm.”“ Here at the Canadian Open I feel very

fresh. I had a nice day in London after thechampionship and then got on the planeTuesday.”

Next year the RBC Canadian Open willbe held at Glen Abbey.

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Taylor Made On The Range at The RBC Canadian OpenBY SCOTT A. SUMNERNW Ontario Golfing News

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Above: Ian Clarke working with one of the Canadians in the field at the RBCCanadian Open. Side: Ernie Els, winner of the 2012 Open Championship was a popu-lar figure at the RBC Canadian Open. John Daly arrived at the putting green at 9amcomplete with diet coke and cigarette. He played well in the event. Below: I talked toHarrison Frazer. He uses 6 to 8 balls per round depending on how many wedges are

in play during the round.

- Thirty-three-year-old claims secondcareer PGA TOUR title at Hamilton Golfand Country Club

Graham DeLaet wins Rivermead CupTrophy as low Canadian

Team Canada’s Albin Choi earns GaryCowan Medal as low amateur -

Hamilton, Ont. (Golf Canada) – ScottPiercy opened the 103rd playing ofCanada’s National Open Championship onThursday with a course-record 8-under par62 and went on to shoot three consecutiverounds of 3-under par 67 to capture the2012 RBC Canadian Open title atHamilton Golf and Country Club.

Piercy, who picked up his second careerPGA TOUR win and third top-10 finish ofthe season, finished with a four-day tally of17-under par 263, besting both RobertGarrigus and William McGirt by a singlestroke. The 33-year-old, who collected$936,000 (U.S.) in winnings, also earned500 FedEx Cup points and is now ranked13th in the FedEx Cup standings.

“I’ve been playing good for a while now,and you just need a couple of good breakshere or there and just play solid,” saidPiercy, who converted five birdies on theday, including four consecutive birdies on

the front-9 at No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No.5. “I felt like I got a couple of good breaksand continued to play solid and I’m kind of

speechless, to be honest. I’m really excitedto be the champion.”

With the win, Piercy also earned an inviteto the World Golf Championships –Bridgestone Invitational next week inAkron, OH, and will forego the defence ofhis 2011 Reno-Tahoe Open title. He alsoearned a two-year PGA TOUR exemptionthat will take him through the 2014 sea-son.

Garrigus, who entered the day atop theleaderboard with a one-stroke lead, shoteven-par 70 on Sunday, while McGirt, whowas in sole possession of second place tostart the day, posted a score of 1-under par69 as both players finished T2 at 16-under264.

Josh Teater, Bud Cauley and Chris Kirkfinished T4 at 14-under 266, three strokesoff the lead, while Vijay Singh, Bo VanPelt and Scott Stallings were T7 at 12-under 268 for the championship.

In his fourth appearance at the RBCCanadian Open, Graham DeLaet ofWeyburn, Sask. earned low Canadian hon-ours, clinching the Rivermead Cup with afinal-round score of even-par 70. DeLaetfinished T56 at 2-under par 278 for thechampionship alongside Greg Owen,Russell Knox, John Huh and Ted Potter Jr.

“It was a great week, a lot of support,” saidDeLaet, who has two top-10 finishes onthe PGA TOUR thus far this season. “...Itwas just cool playing in front of the homefans, and a little disappointing that I wasn’table to really get anything going thisweek, but at the same time, nice to be backhome.”

Fresh off a win at the 2012 Ontario Men’s

Amateur Championship, Toronto’s AlbinChoi, a junior at North Carolina StateUniversity and a member of Team

Canada’s National Squad, earned top ama-teur honours and claimed the Gary CowanMedal, finishing T73 with a four-day tallyof 1-over par 281.

“Well, I’m definitely happy that I made itto the weekend,” said Choi, who closed thetournament with a final round 2-over par72. “I got off to a slow start both onSaturday and today, and I really couldn’tbounce back from it, but overall I enjoyedmy time here. Walking up 18 was reallycool. Everyone cheered for me on 18, sothat was a good experience.”

Brantford, Ont.’s David Hearn finishedT71 at even-par 280, while Matt Hill ofBright’s Grove, Ont. and Matt McQuillanof Kingston, Ont. both placed T75 at 3-over par 283.

The 2013 RBC Canadian Open will becontested July 22-28, 2013 at Glen AbbeyGolf Club in Oakville, Ont.

A complete list of final round scores fromthe 2012 RBC Canadian Open is availableat www.pgatour.com.

The following are final scores forCanadians in the 2012 RBC CanadianOpen field. (Hamilton Golf and CountryClub / 6, 966 yards, Par 70)

T56 - DeLaet, Graham, Weyburn, Sask. 69– 69 – 70 – 70 – 278 (-2)T71 - Hearn, David, Brantford, Ont. 68 –68 – 72 – 72 – 280 (E)T73 - Choi, Albin, (a), Toronto, Ont. 69 –68 – 72 – 72 – 281 (+1)T75 - Hill, Matt, Bright’s Grove, Ont. 70 –69 – 71 – 73 – 283 (+3)T75 - McQuillan, Matt, Kingston, Ont. 70– 67 – 77 – 69 – 283 (+3)CUT - Markle, David, Shelburne, Ont. 69

– 71 – 140 (E)CUT - Hadwin, Adam, Abbotsford, Ont. 66– 74 – 140 (E)CUT - Renfrew, Cory, Victoria, B.C. 70 –70 – 140 (E)CUT - Ciesielski, Victor, Cambridge, Ont.74 – 66 – 140 (E)CUT - Fritsch, Brad, Manotick, Ont. 68 –73 – 141 (+1)CUT - Ames, Stephen, Calgary, Alta. 70 –71 – 141 (+1)CUT - Hughes, Mackenzie, (a) Dundas,Ont. 71 – 71 – 142 (+2)CUT - Gligic, Michael, Burlington, Ont. 72– 72 – 144 (+4)CUT - Weir, Mike, Bright’s Grove, Ont. 72– 72 – 144 (+4)CUT - Doherty, Greg, Mississauga, Ont. 74– 70 – 144 (+4)CUT - Parr, Andrew, London, Ont. 75 – 69– 144 (+4)CUT - Couture, Rob, (a) Trenton, Ont. 73– 72 – 145 (+5)CUT - Mills, Jon, Oshawa, Ont. 77 – 69 –146 (+6)CUT - Wong, Eugene, North Vancouver,B.C. 76 – 71 – 147 (+7)CUT - Ferguson, Ben, Ancaster, Ont. 78 –69 – 147 (+7)CUT - Ross, Christopher, Dundas, Ont. 74– 73 – 147 (+7)CUT - Taylor, Nick, Abbotsford, B.C. 75 –74 – 149 (+9)CUT - McCann, Brian, Mississauga, Ont.75 – 75 – 150 (+10)

(a) – denotes amateur

ABOUT THE 2012 RBC CANADIANOPENPart of the FedEx Cup, stars of the PGATOUR will compete for $5.2 million (US)at the RBC Canadian Open, July 23-29,2012 at Hamilton Golf and Country Clubin Hamilton, Ont. Established in 1904, thetournament is the third-oldest nationalopen golf championship worldwide next tothe British Open and the U.S. Open. TheRBC Canadian Open is proudly sponsoredby RBC, Bell, BMW Group Canada, C.F.FStainless Steels, Molson Canadian 67,TaylorMade adidas Golf, The Glenlivet,PepsiCo, The Globe and Mail, Reader’sDigest and the City of Hamilton, withfunding provided by the Government ofOntario. For tournament information pleasevisit www.rbccanadianopen.com or call 1-800-571-6736.

RBC GOLFRBC proudly supports golf around theworld through high profile relationshipswith the PGA TOUR, the PGA of Americaand Golf Canada. RBC is the OfficialBanking and Financial Services partner oftouring professionals Luke Donald, JimFuryk, Ernie Els, Matt Kuchar, Mike Weir,Stephen Ames, Fred Couples, HunterMahan and Morgan Pressel. As the OfficialBank of the PGA of America and titlesponsor of both the RBC Heritage and theRBC Canadian Open, RBC also supportsemerging Canadian golfers through GolfCanada’s grassroots developmental pro-gramming, their Canadian Amateur GolfChampionships and high performancenational team. Outside of golf, RBC spon-sors amateur sport, from grassroots tonational sport associations. RBC is one ofNorth America's leading diversified finan-cial services companies and among thelargest banks in the world, as measured bymarket capitalization.

SCOTT PIERCY WINS 2012 RBC CANADIAN OPEN

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Manitouwadge Municipal GolfCourse

The Manitouwadge Municipal Golf Courseis a 9 hole course measuring 3193 yardsfor men's play and 2475 yards for ladies.The course offers a picturesque setting anda combination of undulating and flat fair-ways with small, well positioned greens.

The course is open from May to Octoberand booking of tee times is not necessarythough a call to the clubhouse at 807-826-4265 to check on course condi-tions and tournament play would be rec-ommended.

Course Information9 Holes/Par 36Tees for SeniorsNational Rating: 75Slope rating: 125Putting GreenGolf Cart RentalsGreen Fees under $ 20.00

Municipal ClubhouseOur newly constructed licensed clubhouseoffers lights snacks, club storage lockers,and limited sale of golf merchandise.An excellent view of the entire course canbe seen from our balcony on the secondfloor. This facility is open from May toOctober for the golfers and doubles as ourlocal cross country ski club facility in thewinter months.The clubhouse can be rented for privatetournaments or functions. During the golf-ing season arrangements can be made foryour event by calling (807) 826-4265.

MarathonPeninsula Golf Course

Stanley Thompson, CGA, designedPeninsula Golf Course, a beautiful, public9-hole golf course overlooking LakeSuperior. With a licensed club house, proshop, resident golf pro, rental equipment,and golf carts, you will find everythingyou need for a great day of golfing!

The Golf Course is located on PeninsulaRoad and hours of operation are 7:00 a.m.to dusk, daily. Lounge hours of operationare 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Pro Shop hoursof operation are 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Memberships and Fees

During the season, all items may be pur-chased at the golf course. Call the golfcourse at (807)229-1392 for more informa-tion.

Discover the Beauty of WhiteRiver

Welcome to White River, a progressive andvibrant community located midwaybetween Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Mariein the heartland of Northwestern Ontario.Set amongst a stunning landscape of lushboreal forest, and abundant fresh water

lakes and rivers, White River boasts ruggedbeauty and a hearty climate, where wildlifeand adventure abound.

Perhaps best known as the birthplace of"Winnie the Pooh", White River holds anannual festival commemorating the bearcub who became the inspiration of authorA.A. Milne.

Residents of our area enjoy a quality oflife second-to-none. From the moment youarrive, you will find a real sense of com-

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