Despite scorching heat conditions, the perfectly manicured course was packed as usual with close to 90% participation in the Leamington Canadian Tire Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores which, on this day, featured a spectacular hole-in-one by Greg Dunmore on the long 221 yard par three 13th hole.   Playing with Bill Kelly, Todd Hodgson and Bill Ruiter, Greg used his driver to fade a perfectly hit shot into the cup for an ace on a hole that, record-wise, is the second hardest par three to allow such feats at Erie Shores. 

Well, that is, except for the Dunmore family which have sort of made the 13th a hole-in-one tradition over the years.   Back on August 3, 1972,  Greg’s father Don Dunmore started it all on the 13th hole at a time when it didn’t even have an elevated tee box.  Don’s daughter-in-law, Debbie Dunmore continued the trend by getting not one but two more hole-in-ones on the 13th in 2000 and 2004.   Who’ll be the next Dunmore?  We’ll keep you posted.

Left-handed hitting Neil Sawatzky led the field with a one under par 35, a stroke better than the even par 36’s scored by Ward Hutchins, Brian Humphreys, Kyle Humphreys and Joe DiGiorgio.  Also, finishing with impressive rounds of one over par 37 were Ryan Harder and Ryan Peltier.   Another stroke back at 38 was a group including Kyle Kudroch, Derek Dimenna, Hayden Hodgson, Matt Taouil and Scott Wilkinson.

Neil Harms and Terry McLaughlin tied for low net scores with five under par net 31’s, while Herman Bergen, Joe DiGiorgio, Neil Sawatzky and Matt Taouil were all a shot back net 32.  Derek Dimenna, Mike Harris, Ryan Harder and Ryan Peltier tied for seventh place with three under par net 33’s.

It was a big evening for skins with a total of 11 paying out.  Gross skin winners included Hayden Hodgson, Ward Hutchins, Raoul Morin, Tim Tiessen Neil Sawatzky and, naturally, Greg Dunmore, while Mike Harris had two net skins and Kevin Kantati, Terry McLaughlin and Jason Tiessen each picked up singles. 

In the overall Team play competition, the Bogey Men have stretched their first play lead to 10 points with a total of 84 compared to 74 for the second place teams of Complete & Putter Madness and the Foot Wedge Crew.  Sitting alone in fourth spot with 69 points is Par Then Bar, while Mulligan Island is next at 67 and the Cinderella Story is another point back at 66. 

To follow the complete list of the League’s weekly results and find out more about upcoming Matches, simply go to: www.erieshoresgolf.com and click on the “Official Thursday Night Men’s League Website”.