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i i p22 weekender april 26 1986 golf gaide 86 ijpn av a- ttahn v blasting it out this trap around the ninthhole green at glen cedars golf course wasnt tough enough to stop john jamieson who was able to blast his ball to freedom action took place during the 1983 markham kiwanis club tournament sjoerd witteveen trains cleamjp m 4 pr m m fe i mi markwhie mmiwcran stbbtikst mw 7 east of tummucanw fcii scholarships opening doors for local golfers by kelly connelly stouffville student and ace golfer terri ellis wanted to find out what life on the competitive amateur golf circuit was all about so the grade 13 teenager made one of the most important phone calls of her life shd contacted stouffvilles marlene stewart- streit canadas outstanding amateur golfer the two women hit it off and ellis came away with a much broader in sight into a game that originated in scotland in the 14th century and is now played in almost every nation of the world golf scholarships werent around 600 years ago but they are today and ellis could very well take advantage of one it was streits 10000 winnings from a 1965 match in oslo sweden that created the marlene streit fund for two decades the fund has been used to send promising cana dian junior girls to high calibre competitions across the world streit told ellis what to expect if she pursued an education grant which is open to girls and boys the largest one is offered by the cana dian golf foundation cgfroyal lepage to exceptional canadian scholars who are outstanding gol fers still deciding to apply for a 4000 scholarship which would assist with the cost of tuition roomboard and books to any canadian or american university wasnt an easy decision for ellis i dont think im good enough to play against people from the united sheila mclenaghan earned scholarship in golf states lamented the youngster who has been the georgian bay secondary school girls golf cham pion the past two years americans get 12 months of the year to practise i would have to eat sleep and breathe golf down there canadian winters dont help her handicap so a big move to the states where the best young juniors train seems inevitable then too her final grade 13 marks must look sharp for the cgf to even consider her our qualifications are primarily academic explained jim barc lay managing director of the cgf our aim is not specifically to graduate students to the ladies golfers canadas own in stock canadas largest selection of proline golf equipment at down to earth prices spring summer instructional practice programs visit us soon at 84 doncaster ave thornhill 1st light n of steeles e off yonge st tel 7314424 hours monfri 99 pm sat 8305 pm sun range 9303 pm terri ellis consulted the best professional golf association lpga tour but to turn out edu cated people who have a great in terest in the game of golf barclay said most scholarship re cipients choose american over canadian universities because of the warmer climate larger number of tournaments and accessibility to elite golf mentors we just dont have the popula tion or the climate to develop young golfers so we send them to the states concurred george mac frost owner of spring lakes golf club in stouffville however there are always one or two outstanding golfers who get full scholarship funding from american colleges and dont need any cgf assistance however the majority like ellis keep their fingers crossed that the cgfs letter of acceptance will come in the mail during the summer royal lepages 250000 donation to the cgf scholarship fund in 1985 was a great boost to the junior golf ing community barclay and frost agreed as a result the number of scho larships to canadian students more than tripled last year to 21 many golf clubs have their own small scholarship funds but we are the main source of funding in cana da said barclay who expects over a 100 applications for 8687 scholarships by the june deadline word gets around pretty fast i think this year will set a record for applications he predicted no doubt ellis will be up against some tough competition from stu dents across canada the majority of applicants are from ontario last year student sheila mcle- naghan from unionville was one of the lucky 21 who received the uni versity grant she had applied two years ago for the cgf scholarship when the program was much smal ler and was turned down the political science major at new jerseys famous princeton university called it a nice sur prise mclenaghan was one of six ontario students to receive the scholarship five others from quebec the prairies three from the maritime and two from british columbia also received cgf academic grants we live in a more affluent socie ty today figured frost golf is much bigger than it was 25 years ago before the war it was almost unknown so were college scho larships hopefully koyal lepages dona tion will set an example and encour age more corporate sponsorship of young budding golfers added barclay