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The Bulletin Board
It is with great sadness that
we announce the passing of Jim McNeil. Jim was one of the
finest golfers that our club had ever produced. He was 9 time
club champion, and a two time junior club champion. He also
won numerous amateur titles through out Southern Ontario.
Our condolences to all his family and friends.
He will be missed’
Former Niagara men’s tour points champion Jim McNeil
dies from heart attack
Posted By Bernie Puchalski (The
St. Catharines Standard) see article
Golfers competing in the opening
event of the Nevada Bob’s Niagara Men’s Tour Sunday
at Peninsula Lakes will do so with a heavy heart.
At the tournament’s prize presentation, a moment of
silence will be held for Jim McNeil, the tour’s overall
points champion in 2004.
The 53-year-old died of a heart attack at his home in Beamsville
early this week.
“He will be missed,” tour organizer Bernie Bodogh
said.
Bodogh will always remember what McNeil did whenever he hit
a particularly good shot.
“He would stare it down and go “Yes! I hit it
just the way I wanted to.’ ”
The retired Stelco carpenter hit it just right thousands of
times in his illustrious amateur golf career.
The nine-time men’s champion and two-time junior champion
at Twenty Valley was consistently the top local golfer in
Golf Association of Ontario championships across the province.
He won the men’s division of the local Champion of Champions
tournament in 2004, 2006 and 2007 besting the other club champions
from across Niagara.
McNeil made two attempts at qualifying for the professional
European senior tour, advancing to the final stage once and
missing out on the final stage by one stroke on his second
try when he double bogeyed the final hole.
“He practised, he played and he competed,” Bodogh
said.
It was his commitment to practice that made him such a good
golfer, Twenty Valley head pro Randy Taylor said.
“He was a happy-go-lucky guy with lots of great stories.
He was a great competitor and he liked to experience things,”
Taylor said.
Among his experiences were running in the Boston and Toronto
marathons and climbing mountains, including Mount Kilimanjaro
twice.
But his passion for running and climbing were secondary to
his love of golf.
“He lived for golf — that’s all he lived
for — and he couldn’t wait for this season to
start,” his mother Dorothy McNeil said.
Her son had a number of girlfriends but he was a confirmed
bachelor.
“A lot of his friends were divorced and him golfing
every day was no life for a woman unless she was a golfer
too,” Dorothy said.
John (Bingo) Watson, a former playing partner with McNeil
at Twenty Valley, described him as a quiet man who kept to
himself.
“He was always a true gentleman on and off the course,”
Watson said.
A memorial service for McNeil will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.
at Trinity United Church in Beamsville.
2008 Events List
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Easter Brunch, Sunday March 23rd
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Annual Course Clean-Up Day, Saturday
March 29th
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Opening Day (Weather permitting), Tuesday
April 1st
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Opening Men's Night, Thursday May 1st
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Opening Field Day Scramble, Sunday May
4th
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Opening Lady's Day, Tuesday May 6th
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Mother's Day Brunch, Sunday May 11th
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Couple's League Begins, Friday May 23rd
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Mixed Scramble, Sunday May 25th
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Field Day Dramble, Sunday June 8th
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Edward Jones Parent/Child Tournament,
Sunday June 22nd
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Canada Day Mixed Sixsomes, Sunday June
29th
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"The Chapman" One day event
Field Day, Sunday July 20th
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Mixed Scramble, Sunday July 27th
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Pro-Am Tournament, Wednesday July 30th
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Club Championships, August 2nd, 3rd
& 4th
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Lady's Invitational, Tuesday August
19th
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Men's Field Day SM's Revenge, Sunday
August 24th
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Men's Night Closing Day, Thursday August
28th
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Couple's League Closing Day, Friday
August 29th
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Men's Member Guest, Friday September
5th & Saturday September 6th
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Champions of Champions, Sunday September
7th
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Closing Lady's Day, Tuesday, September
9th
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Mixed Scramble, Sunday September 14th
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Closing Field Day, Sunday October 19th
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AGM & Official course closing, Tuesday
December 2nd.
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