Generations of champions: Cooke Municipal celebrates 100th Men’s Northern Amateur Golf tournament
Today was a historic day in Prince Albert as generations of golfers congregated at Cooke Municipal Golf Course to celebrate the 100th year of the Men’s Northern Amateur Golf tournament.
Current competitors and former champions were in attendance for a luncheon Friday morning to kick off the tournament.
The 100th Men’s Northern Amateur Golf Tournament will begin on Saturday and conclude on Monday. Last year, Danny Klughart won a close match against Greg Swenson to win the 99th tournament.
Saskatoon’s Jim Scissons was in attendance on Friday as a former multi-champion of the Men’s Northern having won the tournament in 1964, 1966, and 1969. The soon to be 80-year-old man told paNOW he’s pleased to be a part of its hundred-year history.