League Play On Hold Indefinitely

I received word today from Tom and Alida announcing their official retirement.

While they are still in good health, they have decided it's time to step away from running Murray Hills Golf Course and focus on enjoying life and spending time with family and friends. I think we can all agree that they have earned this after 37 wonderful years.

As a long time member myself, I will definitely look back fondly at all of the great friendships and memories I have made golfing at the course all these years. Playing in the Wednesday night league with all of you and the many league members who we've said goodbye to over the years, have been some of my favourite moments of my life.

The course as it stands today will be closed until further notice. My understanding is that if a buyer can be found, then it may see a reopening under new management but no progress has been made in that regard to the best of my knowledge. If I hear anything I will let you know.

If you still have any course gift certificates, they will be honoured at cash value.

So, if this is the absolute end of the Wednesday Night Men's League, I want to thank you all for a great run and for visiting the league blog each week during the season. My thanks as well to Alida and Tom for their help with the league and the blog for so many years.

Once again, if I hear any more news regarding the future of the golf course, I will do my best to update you.

Thanks,

Mark (Bundy) Kennedy

Signs of Life?

Here we are a month and a half since my last post in April and we're still waiting for a possible golf season and league play this year is still up in the air even if the course does open.

There does seem to be a bit of hope today as there is talk the Ontario Government may allow golf courses to open this Saturday in time for the long weekend. This has yet to be confirmed by Premier Ford.

Considering how wide open the courses are compared to what we deal with each day in grocery stores it would seem we'd actually face less risk on the links. Add to that how fortunate we've been in this area with known cases remaining low.

That doesn't mean the risk is gone of course and even if we do get the okay to start golfing soon, there will likely be some wise social distancing measures in place. Of course if you show any symptoms or have a persistent cough you'll want to stay home just in case.

So we'll wait and see if and when we can get the clubs out of storage. I do know that Tom and Andy have been busy preparing the course over the last few weeks and it will be ready for our return. These are certainly odd times we're living in and our main priority will always be to look out for our own safety and those we interact with.

Once again, if I hear any news one way or the other I'll let you know.