Burlington ON – In the brief five year history of the Southern Ontario Open, it has produced a very good list of Champions that include Eric Ross (2012), Derek Gillespie (2013), Dominic Bozzelli (2014), Christopher Ross (2015) and Raoul Menard (2016). The common thread for each champion is that they accomplished the feat on Hidden Lake Golf Club’s New Course. 2017 will mark the sixth playing of the Southern Ontario Open and it will be hosted by Clublink’s Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington ON. Superintendent Jeff Roundell is working daily to prepare the grounds and the New Course is expected to be in prime condition and will play like a major championship. The greens will be running PGA TOUR like with speeds between 10.5 and 11.5 on the stimp-meter. If Mother Nature cooperates, the fairways and greens will progressively firm up as the week moves on and the rough will receive its last cut on Friday prior to the Open. 2017 will mark the sixth playing of the Southern Ontario Open and it will be hosted by Clublink’s Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington ON. Superintendent Jeff Roundell is working daily to prepare the grounds and the New Course is expected to be in prime condition and will play like a major championship. The greens will be running PGA TOUR like with speeds between 10.5 and 11.5 on the stimp-meter. If Mother Nature cooperates, the fairways and greens will progressively firm up as the week moves on and the rough will receive its last cut on Friday prior to the Open. The Southern Ontario Open is an official event on both the Great Lakes Tour and Circuit Canada Pro Tour (CCPT) schedules. The field will feature top touring professionals and elite amateurs from across Canada and the United States. Set to compete in this year’s Championship is a significant list of players that include:
The Southern Ontario Open was first played in 2012 and the tournament was created to replace the Ontario Open which was last played in 1996 as then a Canadian Tour event. The Inaugural Ontario Open was won by Torontonian Andy Kay in 1923 and would further produce champions like Sam Snead, Moe Norman, George Knudson, Gary Cowan, Nick Weslock and Jerry Anderson. In 2016, Jake Scott of Strongsville (OH) and Raoul Menard of Ange-Gardien (QC) put on a clinic as Scott lead the 72 hole tournament after three rounds with scores of 64-64-64. However, a final round 63 by Menard was good enough for a one shot victory over Scott finishing with a four round total of 24 under par. “The Southern Ontario Open is our Flagship event on the Great Lakes Tour.” Says Jim Kenesky Great Lakes Tour President. “We are working hard on bringing the event to a new level and many of our past champions have used the victory to gain confidence and eventually win at higher levels.” In 2014 Dominic Bozzelli of New York won the Southern Ontario Open and is now a steady performer on the PGA TOUR. 2015 Champion Christopher Ross would go on to win the Mackenzie TOUR’s Wildfire Invitational just a couple weeks after his victory at Hidden Lake GC. 2013 Champion Derek Gillespie is now a full time member of the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica. The Southern Ontario Open Champion this year will also receive a major perk. The winner will gain an exemption into the Mackenzie TOUR's Mackenzie Investments Open presented by Jaguar Laval the following week in Mirabel (QC). The 2017 Southern Ontario Open gets underway Wednesday July 12th with the first tee time scheduled for 7:30am. Spectators are welcome with admission and parking free the entire week. To view more information on the Southern Ontario Open you may visit the official tournament website www.southernontarioopen.ca
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