Ron Stewart is crowned the Senior Men's Northern champion. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff

By Jeff D'Andrea

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Stewart uses pep-talk from fellow competitor to rally and win Senior Men’s Northerns

Aug 21, 2019 | 6:36 PM

On his way to winning the 2019 Senior Men’s Northerns Wednesday at Cooke Municipal Golf Course, Ron Stewart received some tough love but much needed advice from Martin Ring, a long-time friend and last year’s Northerns winner.

When Stewart was struggling a bit on the front night and didn’t convert on a very-makeable birdie on eight, Ring let him have it.

“He said he’d kick my ass if I didn’t make a birdie,” Stewart said while laughing. “Because I hit a close one, eight to 10 feet behind the hole, so I guess I kind of needed it.”

That’s all that Stewart needed to refocus and get his game back in order. Even after his rough start, Stewart went on to shoot a tournament-best 70 to win the Championship Flight with a two-day total of 145. The last time Stewart won the Bob Hemsworth Trophy was back in 2012.

“I didn’t have great expectations coming in. I just wanted to hit the ball and see what happened, and not get rattled by anything that occurred. It really fell into place today.”

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Stewart is one of the most accomplished golfers in the history of Prince Albert, having been inducted into the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame and was recognized as a lifetime member during the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club’s 50^th anniversary.

Ring followed up last year’s championship with a fourth-place finish on Wednesday, at 149. Doug Kozak finished in second place at 147 while Bruce Ede was right behind him in third at 148.

In the Super Senior (+75) category, Jim Scissons won his third straight title and beat the rest of the field by 13 strokes. Here are all the scores from each of the flights.

Super Senior Championship Flight

1. Jim Scissors, 151, 76, 75

2. Denver Cross, 170, 82, 88

3. John Batiuk, 173, 86, 87

Super Senior First Flight

1. Floyd Baldwin, 183

2. John Hemstad, 183

3. Dick Till, 196

Championship Flight

1. Ron Stewart 145, 75, 70

2. Doug Kozak 147, 73, 74

3. Bruce Ede 148, 73, 75

First Flight

1. Garry Hagen, 155

2. Randy Emmons, 158

3. Tom Ross, 158

Second Flight

1. Kelly Timmerman, 162

2. Tom Bissonnette, 162

3. Randy Miller, 166

Third Flight

1. Marv Erickson, 174

2. Larry Ritchie, 175

3. Garnet Matheson, 175

Fourth Flight

1. Al Chizek, 176

2. Doug Smith, 176

3. Al Fraser, 177

Fifth Flight

1. Grant Dennis, 183

2. Ted Mazurkawich, 183

3. Craig Meyers, 185

Sixth Flight

1. Jim Walker, 188

2. Al Hint, 188

3. Robert Hemsworth, 195

Seventh Flight

1. Tom Sarchuk, 193

2. Merv Rubichon, Dwight Back, 199

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