Golf Canada is deeply saddened by the lack of Previous President (1997) and Honorary Life Governor Frederick Alvin (Al) Macatavish, who handed away peacefully on August 29, 2024, on the Selkirk District Well being Centre in Selkirk, Man., on the age of 84.
Macatavish had an extended historical past of devoted service to golf, each in Manitoba and on the nationwide and worldwide levels.
He had been a member of Elmhurst Golf and Nation Membership since 1964 and served on the membership’s Board of Administrators from 1967 to 1979, together with a time period as President from 1976 to 1977.
Provincially, he was Elmhurst’s consultant to Golf Manitoba from 1978 to 1979 and served on the Board of Administrators from 1980 to 1988, together with a time period as President in 1985 and Previous President from 1986 to 1988. He was the non-playing captain for Manitoba’s 1983 junior males’s group and the 1985 Willingdon Cup group.
Al was a previous member of Golf Canada’s Board of Administrators serving the affiliation for a few years in varied capacities, together with the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame Choice Committee and a time period as President in 1997. He was appointed an Honorary Life Governor in 2000.
He served as Canada’s delegate to the World Golf Council from 1997 to 2000 and was a guidelines official at worldwide occasions on 4 continents, in addition to at quite a few occasions throughout Canada and in Manitoba.
He was inducted into the Manitoba Golf Corridor of Fame and Museum on September 25, 2006.
Al might be missed by many, as each he and his spouse Cathy made important contributions to Golf Canada, the previous Canadian Girls Golf Affiliation, Golf Manitoba, Elmhurst Golf and Nation Membership, and {the golfing} group at giant. Each Al and Cathy had been additionally very supportive of the Golf Canada Basis and its progress for a few years.
Cremation has taken place and a non-public household service might be held at a later date.
