Hometown Strathroy September 2025

Hometown Golf News by Jeffrey Reed A hometown golfer is headed to the Home of Golf. Strathroy’s Taylor Kehoe, a senior with the Michigan State Spartans women’s golf squad, will compete with her teammates in the 2025 St Andrews Links Collegiate at the his- toric Old and Jubilee Courses in St Andrews, Scotland on Oct. 13-15. Both the Spartans men’s and wom - en’s teams will be joined in the four- school field by Cal, Princeton and the University of St Andrews. “Our team is very excited to repre- sent Michigan State golf and our university at this once-in-a-lifetime

Award-winning golf jour - nalist Jeffrey Reed has covered the sport in South - western Ontario since 1980. Reed is publisher and editor of LondonOntarioSports. com. Contact him at jeff@ londonontariosports.com.

Local Golf Boosts Economy Southwestern Ontario golfers have access to 13 private golf clubs, 112 semi-private and public clubs, 20 stand-alone out- door golf practice centres, numerous golf ranges housed at lo- cal clubs and open to public golfers, plus a growing number of indoor golf simulators and practice centres. The latest study from the National Allied Golf Associations (NAGA) reports that Strathroy and area golf courses help con - tribute a massive $23.2 billion annually to Canada’s GDP. The study said Canadians played 74 million rounds of golf in 2023, while spending $14.2 billion on everything from green fees to golf clubs.

event,” MSU women’s head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll said. “The opportunity to bring our team to the birthplace of golf and to play internationally is a trip we will always remember.” Kehoe, a University of Alabama transfer who competed in the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship in early August, appeared in 10 tournaments and played 30 rounds for the Spartans during the 2024-25 season. She finished an impressive second on the team with a 72.43 scoring average – the seventh-best sin - gle-season mark in Michigan State history. She earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors. Daughter of Mike and Elisha Kehoe of Strathroy, Taylor first swung a golf club at age 6 and played her early rounds at Strathroy’s Bear Creek Golf and Country Club (now Willow Tree Golf), and at Caradoc Sands Golf Club. Heart Award Nominations Open

For a 16th year, nominations are open for the LondonOntarioGolf.com Heart Award, one of Ontario’s most presti - gious golf awards. The winner, chosen by the Heart Award committee, is hon- oured for unselfishly giving back to golf while growing the game in Southwestern Ontario, and falls within the category of golf professional/instructor, golf mentor, golf course owner/operator, golf course architect/designer or media member. Long-time Sunningdale Golf & Coun-

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try Club head golf professional Jason Wyatt captured the 2025 Heart Award. His long tenure at Sunningdale – 36 years – is alone impressive and unique to the Canadian golf industry. Wy- att has dedicated his life to the game as a mentor, a fundraiser and an innovator. He said, “To be recognized as the 2025 Heart Award recipient is such an honour. The game of golf has been my life, and to continue to grow the game, change the golf in- dustry and continue to mentor young professionals is still my passion. I believe these are the pillars of the Heart Award.” Visit LondonOntarioGolf.com to download the Heart Award nomination form.

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