

They were the favourites and in the end they delivered.
Danny King (Golf Performance Academy at Magma) and Billy Walsh (Fairtree Golf Centre) used a three day score of 21-under par to win the first playing of the Nike Golf PGA Team Championship of Canada at The Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda.
Ranked No. 1 and No. 4 in the PGA of Canada player rankings it was a dream pairing and despite the best efforts of their fellow professionals, nobody could top them.
King, who won this year’s PGA Championship of Canada at Cabot Links, said he had positive vibes in Bermuda right from the very onset of the championship.
“It all really started the first night we arrived with Nike putting on barbeque on the beach,” he said. “It was one of the best dinners I’ve ever had in my life with the sand between my toes, the music and all the wonderful food.”
The inaugural Nike Golf PGA Team Championship of Canada featured different team formats for each day—fourball, foursomes and scramble—with King and Walsh taking home $12,000 of the $90,000 total prize purse.
King and Walsh headed into Thursday’s final round with a five-shot lead, however, felt some pressure from the groups of ahead—Boisvert/Godin and Smith/Burns—who both shot 14 under in the scramble format Thursday.
Under the gun with the pressure applied, the winning tandem admitted the key to their success was putting the ball in play and keeping their foot on the gas.
“We’re a good fit because the strength of my game is keeping the ball in play and in the fairway,” Walsh said. “So when I do that, it frees Danny up with the driver and that’s one of his best weapons.”
“Mid Ocean is such a unique golf course that’s really fun to play,” Walsh said at the end of the week. “We’ve been so fortunate all week to be able to play this world class golf course and I sure hope we have the opportunity again to play this championship again here soon.”
Ian Doig along with his partner Ed Maunder finished fourth, while the team of Billy Houle and Francis Tanguay rounded out the top five.
Pos. | Team | Total To Par |
T1 | T2 | T3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | King, Danny / Walsh, Bill
Fairtree Golf Centre, The Performance Academy at Magna
|
-21 | 61 | 69 | 62 | 192 |
T2 | Boisvert, Luc / Godin, Louis-Pierre
Ki-8-Eb (Club De Golf)
|
-18 | 64 | 74 | 57 | 195 |
T2 | Burns, Gordon / Smith, Keir
The National Golf Club of Canada, Golden Ridge Golf Range
|
-18 | 65 | 73 | 57 | 195 |
4 | Doig, Ian / Maunder, Ed
Deerfield Golf & Recreation Centre, The Ian Doig Golf Academy
|
-17 | 66 | 69 | 61 | 196 |
5 | Houle, Billy / Tanguay, Francis
Le Portage (Club De Golf), Kanawaki Golf Club
|
-13 | 64 | 76 | 60 | 200 |
6 | Keddy, Thomas / Riley, Conrad
Oslerbrook Golf Club
|
-12 | 61 | 75 | 65 | 201 |
T7 | Gilbert, Max / Morin, Jean-Pierre
St. Georges (Club De Golf), Ste-Marguerite (Club De Golf)
|
-11 | 64 | 73 | 65 | 202 |
T7 | Laporte, Eric / Mongeau, Philippe
Terrebonne Inc. (Club De Golf), Montcalm (Club De Golf)
|
-11 | 67 | 73 | 62 | 202 |
9 | Firth, Dennis / Leggatt, Ian
Summit Golf & Country Club, Mississaugua Golf & Country Club
|
-10 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 203 |
10 | Laforce, Jean / Thivierge, Serge
Le Champetre
|
-9 | 65 | 74 | 65 | 204 |
T11 | Kerfoot, Brad / Moniz, Michael
Maple Downs Golf Club
|
-8 | 68 | 76 | 61 | 205 |
T11 | Mills, Glen / North, Dean
Carman Golf Club, Assiniboine Golf Club
|
-8 | 65 | 75 | 65 | 205 |
T13 | Affleck, Brian / Peters, Nick
Eagles Chance Golf Center, Rustico Resort Golf & Tennis Club
|
-7 | 67 | 76 | 63 | 206 |
T13 | Bruce, Adam / McGarry, Greg
Glendale Golf & Country Club
|
-7 | 67 | 76 | 63 | 206 |
T13 | Bussieres, Marc-Etienne / Levesque, Dave
Longchamp (Club De Golf), La Vallée Du Richelieu (Club De Golf)
|
-7 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 206 |
T13 | Callowhill, Alf / Doan, Joshua
RattleSnake Point Golf Club
|
-7 | 71 | 75 | 60 | 206 |
17 | McCann, Brian / Peavoy, Matt
Brampton Golf Club, Heron Landing Golf Club
|
-6 | 66 | 78 | 63 | 207 |
T18 | Bernier, Serge / Boudreau, Benoit
Le Parcours Du Cerf, Vaudreuil (Club De Golf)
|
-5 | 67 | 80 | 61 | 208 |
T18 | Blair, Adam / Kohlen, Mark
Talking Rock Golf Course
|
-5 | 64 | 78 | 66 | 208 |
T18 | O’Rourke, Padraic / Tubb, Oliver
The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club, Seymour Creek Golf Centre
|
-5 | 68 | 79 | 61 | 208 |
T21 | Cameron, Tim / Fairbairn, Wayne
Calgary Elks Lodge & Golf Club
|
-4 | 70 | 76 | 63 | 209 |
T21 | Hadley, Brian / Murphy, Kyler
Thames Valley Golf Club, Meadowbrook Golf Club
|
-4 | 66 | 80 | 63 | 209 |
T21 | Hurl, Mike / Kim, Terry
Angus Glen Golf Club
|
-4 | 66 | 79 | 64 | 209 |
T24 | Buder, Jeff / Hay, Trevor
Point Grey Golf & Country Club
|
-3 | 68 | 74 | 68 | 210 |
T24 | Kristmanson, Alan / Savage, Duncan
Whistler Golf Club
|
-3 | 68 | 78 | 64 | 210 |
26 | Bell, Cody / Crowe, Jesse
Canoe Creek Golf Course, Salmon Arm Golf Club
|
-2 | 66 | 77 | 68 | 211 |
27 | Foucault, Marc / Johnson, Scott
Kingsway Parc (Club De Golf), Kanata Golf & Country Club
|
-1 | 71 | 76 | 65 | 212 |
T28 | Bogle, Scott / D’Aloisio, Lynden
Magna Golf Club, Glen Eagle Golf Academy
|
E | 71 | 76 | 66 | 213 |
T28 | Jeffrey, Gary / Wettlaufer, David
Golf Town (Barrie), Dave Wettlaufer Golf Corp.
|
E | 75 | 75 | 63 | 213 |
30 | Broderson, Kevin / Gillett, Weston
Lacombe Golf & Country Club, Drayton Valley Golf Course
|
+2 | 71 | 81 | 63 | 215 |
T31 | Black, Kevin / Fahey, Michael
Redwood Meadows Golf & C.C.
|
+3 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 216 |
T31 | Keating Jr, Walter / Steep, Andrew
Glendale Country Club, Whitewater Golf Club
|
+3 | 69 | 85 | 62 | 216 |
T31 | Kinvig, Brad / Pretty, Steven
The Clublink Academy At Glen Abbey, Batteaux Creek Golf Club
|
+3 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 216 |
T31 | MacComb, David / McArthur, Craig
Blackhawk Golf Club
|
+3 | 68 | 81 | 67 | 216 |
35 | Anderson, Scott / Tomlinson, Dale
River Bend Golf Club
|
+4 | 71 | 77 | 69 | 217 |
T36 | Bogan, Daniel / Patch, Joel
Knowlton (Club de Golf)
|
+5 | 73 | 76 | 69 | 218 |
T36 | Paradis, Mathieu / Pitre, Louis-Alexandre
Académie Mathieu Paradis, Royal Quebec (Club De Golf)
|
+5 | 68 | 83 | 67 | 218 |
T38 | Baillelargeon, Justin / Glenesk, Shannon
Vernon Golf & Country Club
|
+6 | 67 | 85 | 67 | 219 |
T38 | Marko, Trevor / Smart, Andrew
Nicklaus North Golf Course
|
+6 | 69 | 82 | 68 | 219 |
T40 | Chambers, Jeff / Rumancik, Brennan
Elmwood Golf & Country Club
|
+8 | 72 | 78 | 71 | 221 |
T40 | Clark, Thomas / Hastie, John
Timberwolf Golf Academy
|
+8 | 69 | 87 | 65 | 221 |
T40 | Mackenzie, Bill / Rushnell, John
The Academy at St. Andrews East Golf Club, Oshawa Golf Club
|
+8 | 74 | 83 | 64 | 221 |
43 | Cella, Matthew / Oates, Kevin
Morningstar Golf Club
|
+9 | 73 | 85 | 64 | 222 |
T44 | Gascho, Michael / Helm, Corey
Eganridge Inn, Country Club and Spa, Orchard Beach Golf and Country Club
|
+10 | 74 | 80 | 69 | 223 |
T44 | Gross, Jeff / Marushak, Kevin
Silverwood Golf Club
|
+10 | 69 | 84 | 70 | 223 |
46 | Archibald, Michael / McShane, Frank
Amherst Golf Club
|
+11 | 68 | 88 | 68 | 224 |
47 | Courage, Gordon / Thistle, Kevin
Mickelson National Golf Club of Canada, The Hamptons Golf Club
|
+18 | 77 | 82 | 72 | 231 |
T48 | Duncan, Robert / Wills, Jeff
Michaelbrook Golf Club, Strictly Golf (Vernon)
|
+21 | 76 | 85 | 73 | 234 |
T48 | Grantier, Chris / Vollmer, Roan
The Mid Ocean Club, Oakdale Golf & Country Club
|
+21 | 72 | 90 | 72 | 234 |
50 | McMulkin, Frank / McMulkin, Miles
Beaumaris Yacht Club
|
+22 | 75 | 86 | 74 | 235 |