Jack Corridor retains Tremendous Senior title and Workforce Ontario wins Inter-Provincial Workforce Championship in New Minas
NEW MINAS, N.S. – Don Martone ended his week simply as he began, taking pictures a 1-over 71 to win the 2025 Canadian Males’s Senior Championship, offered by BDO on Friday at KenWo Golf Membership in New Minas, N.S.
Martone of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. was the lone participant within the discipline underneath par throughout the week. He completed with rounds of 71-63-68-71-273 to shut out the nationwide championship at 7-under, eight photographs forward of Dwight Reinhart of Ottawa, Ont.
“It actually hasn’t sunk in but. It’s fairly particular and also you suppose again to all of the previous champions which have received this factor and it’s fairly surreal proper now, actually joyful,” stated a relieved Martone.
Martone was uncertain he’d be capable of play the ultimate spherical after throwing out his again on the twelfth gap throughout Thursday’s third spherical.
“Right now was most likely the hardest spherical of golf I’ve performed in a extremely very long time,” he stated. “Once I received up this morning I used to be in a number of ache and wasn’t positive I might go at present. I received up at 5 and was engaged on my again, making an attempt to loosen it up and you then get to the course it’s a bit totally different stress.”
Martone, usually an aggressive participant targeted on maintaining the ball in entrance of him and avoiding large numbers. Whereas some hills have been a little bit of a problem, he persevered on his solution to the nationwide title.
“It was a great psychological grind at present to combat via that so I’m fairly joyful about that.”
Not solely did Martone add his title to a powerful checklist of previous champions on the Canadian Males’s Senior Championship, he additionally helped lead Workforce Ontario to the Inter-Provincial Workforce title, whereas setting a brand new event course document at KenWo, describing the week as certainly one of his high weeks in golf.
“I put this up there with making the Canadian Tour and going via qualifying faculty and making that. This week has been unbelievable. The membership at KenWo welcomed us with open arms, all people had a smiling face, couldn’t thank the volunteers sufficient. Something you wanted they have been there for you, it was superior.”
Martone will head house to the Soo the place household and pals are eagerly awaiting his return to have a good time at each the Up & Down Lounge, a golf simulator lounge that he’s a co-partner of, and his house course, Crimson Ridge Golf Membership.
Bryan Hoops of Tempe, Ariz. Completed third at 3-over, whereas 2024 runner-up Jack Corridor of Savannah, Ga. and two-time winner, Gene Elliott of Norwalk, Iowa completed tied for fourth at 4-over.
Together with one other high 5 end on the Canadian Males’s Senior Championship, Corridor claimed the Tremendous Senior Championship for a second consecutive yr.
Corridor completed the event at 4-over following rounds of 73-70-68-73-284 to win by 5 photographs over 2023 Canadian Males’s Senior champion, Doug Hanzel of Savannah, Ga. Corridor defeated Hanzel in a playoff final yr at Saugeen Golf Membership in Saugeen Shores, Ont. to say the Tremendous Senior title after Hanzel received each titles a yr prior.
On Wednesday, Workforce Ontario claimed the Inter-Provincial Workforce Championship, ending Workforce Alberta’s spectacular run on the Canadian Males’s Senior Championship. Ontario completed the event with a mixed rating of 1-under, to win by 11 photographs. Together with Martone, Ontario was represented by Mike Kray of Oakville, Ont. and Ashley Chinner of Brooklin, Ont.
With Ontario’s win, Alberta’s run of 4 consecutive inter-provincial group titles on the Males’s Senior Championship got here to an finish. The defending champs completed tied for second with Workforce New Brunswick at 10-over. Workforce Quebec (15-over) and Workforce Manitoba (16-over) rounded out the highest 5.
Along with successful the nationwide championship, Martone will obtain exemptions into the 2026 Canadian Males’s Newbie Championship, 2026 Canadian Males’s Mid-Newbie Championship, 2026 Canadian Males’s Senior Championship (plus a 10-year exemption, if eligible) and the 2026 U.S. Senior Newbie Championship.
The nationwide championship was established in 1962 for golfers aged 55-and-over and features a Tremendous Senior division for golfers 65-and-over that was launched in 1995. The nationwide championship consists of 72 holes of stroke-play with a minimize to the low 70 plus ties and at the least 5 Tremendous Seniors after 36 holes. The Tremendous Senior Championship is contested concurrently over the 4 rounds of the championship.
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