The Par 3 Challenge for Charity presented by the Antigonish Farmers Mutual Insurance Company has been postponed until Sunday September 12th due to the pendind bad weather.  All previous bookings will be transfered to the new date respecting morning and afternoon bookings.  If you cannot play on the new date please contact the Lingan Golf Professional Shop to cancel.

Lingan Golf Club will be hosting two charity events in support of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation. On Friday, September 3rd, The Night of Laughs comedy event will be held in the Lingan Club House. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the Pro Shop, the bar, or from any Board of Director of Lingan. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to the charity.

The second event in support of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation, is a closest to the hole contest on Saturday, September 4th. This will include a significant prize on each of the five par 3's on the Lingan course.  The cost to enter is $10 with all proceeds going to the Cape Breton Hospital Foundation. This contest will be open to all members and green fee customers who play on September 4th. For this special event, members and green fee customers may call the Professional Shop (562-1112) to book a tee time commencing 10am on Monday, August 23rd. There will be two shot gun starts for the closest to the hole contest, with the first starting at 8:00am and the afternoon shotgun beginning at 1:00pm. Advance power cart bookings are also available.

In conjunction with the Closest to the Hole competition, a $1 000 000 shootout will take place at 7:00pm (Saturday, September 4th) at Lingan Golf Club. Four people will have an opportunity to hit a shot into the hole to win $1 000 000. The four contestants will be chosen by the following methods:

1) One contestant will be selected from a promotional program at the Cape Breton Post,

2) One contestant will be selected from a promotional program at the Giant radio station.

3) One contestant will be selected from a draw ticket that will be drawn at the comedy event (Friday, September 3rd).

4) One contestant will be selected by draw, from the Closest to the Hole competition held on Saturday, September 4th.

Trevor Currie, Director of Membership, Volunteers, and Bulletins, would like to extend a sincere thank you to the following people for donating their time during the recent NSGA Senior Men's Four Ball Championship on August 12th and 13th:

Terry Fogarty - Rosena Hussey - Bernice Layton - Billy Marsh - Lena MacKenzie - Mikki Armishaw - John MacInnis - Jack MacNeil - Marlane MacNeil - Belinda Hoffman - Stella Hogan - Jack Hogan - Judy Donovan - Sandra Anderson - Lloyd MacKenzie - Betty Bougeois.

The August 2010 Lingan Golf Club Newsletter is now available online by clicking the following link.

LINGAN August Newsletter 2010.pdf

Susan Ward wins the Rolling Phones Women's Club Championship in a 2 hole playoff with Sarah Boutilier.  Both finished the two day event with a 165 total.  Susan rolled in a 10 foot birdie put on the second playoff hole to claim the victory.  Rose MacEachern was the overall net winner with a total of 137.  Results are as follows:

Championship Division

1st Gross    Bernice Layton

1st Net        Carol Vokey

2nd Gross    Mikki Armishaw

2nd Net       Sandra Anderson

"A" Division

1st Gross      Naseem Farooq

1st Net          Pam Stevens

2nd Gross      Betty Bourgeois

2nd Net         Patsy Blais

"B" Division

1st Gross        Belinda Hoffman

1st Net           Judy Donovan

2nd Gross       Anne MacMillian

2nd Net          Frances MacLean

 

2010 LADIES CLUB DRAW.pdf

Scott Timmons rally from behind to win his first Lingan Golf Club Men's Club Championship.  Timmons began the day with a first hole eagle to erase a one shot deficit and claim the two day event with a 4 under score of 140.  Timmons equalled is first round total of 2 under par 70 on Sunday to secure the win.  Former champion Bill Burns fired a final round 68 to finish in second.

Click this link to download a PDF of Sunday's Draw for the Men's Club Championship Sponsored by the MacDonald Auto Group. 

2010 MENS CLUB SUNDAY DRAW.pdf

Lingan Golf Club would like to congratulate Brett McKinnon of Glace Bay on winning the CN Future Links Atlantic Championship held at Bell Bay this week. Brett shot a 1 over par 73 to win by one stroke over Austin Connelly of Clare Golf and Country Club.  Brett is coming off two strong finishes in the past few weeks.  He finished 5 at the Nova Scotia Junior held at Brightwood Golf Club and a second place finish at the Central Invitational held last weekend at Lingan.

The new live leaderboard for the TeePod system is now active on our home page.  Located below the Red "Lingan Specials" box on the right side of the web page.  This will show the scores of any player who wants to enter their scores into the TeePod system.  By celecting the player from the full leaderboard it will show the players round hole by hole.  For those players who do not want to have their scores visible on the website this feature can be disabled on the TeePod when entering scores.  To eliminate your name from on-line display you put a check mark in the "Privacy by Round" box, from the modify group button and your score will not be displayed.  For more information on this feature please contact the Pro Shop. 

Central Day 2.pdf

This is the draw for Saturday's 2010 Centeral Invitational

2010 Central Invitational Draw Saturday.pdf

Lingan Golf Club is proud to offer a special Green Fee rate to all branches of emergency services. This includes all active, retired, and volunteer members of fire, police, military, paramedic, and search & rescue departments and branches. 

Monday's special rate will be as follows:

                                  18 holes walking - $30.00    Two 18 hole green fees and power cart - $70.00

Rules and Regulations:

1)                Must show valid Emergency Services ID at Pro Shop prior to play.

2)                Tee times can be booked 5 days in advance 562-1112 or on-line at www.lingangolf.com

3)                 Special rate is for Monday play only (no tee time restrictions ).

4)                Rate available to all: military, paramedic, police, fire, and search and rescue services personnel.

5)        Special rate for Monday play only                                        *Prices  Include HST

 

Lingan Golf Club will host a Junior Senior tournament on Sunday June 13 beginning at 1pm.  The cost for this event is $15 for members and $25 for non-members.  Prizes and a meal will follow the round.  Deadline for registration is Thursday June 10.  To register or for more information please contact the Lingan Golf Club Professional Shop at 902-562-5100. 

Lingan will host a junior fun day May 15 that will give any junior age player the chance to play 9 holes of golf free of charge to be followed by a bbq and draw prizes.  Any junior who would like to attend can book a tee time by phoning the Lingan Professional Shop at 902-562-1112.  Tee times will run from 2pm until 4pm and space is limited.  For more information please phone the Professional Shop at the number above.

The Main Course Restaurant will open for the season on May 1st.  Chef Weldon Bishop will be returning for his second season with new additions to the menu while returning some of last season's favorites.  The restaurant will continue to operate daily from 11am until 7pm weather permitting.  

The Main Course Restaurant will open for the season on May 1st.  Chef Weldon Bishop will be returning for his second season with new additions to the menu while returning some of last season's favorites.  The restaurant will continue to operate daily from 11am until 7pm weather permitting.  

Anyone requiring information regarding the Lingan Junior Golf Academy can contact Head Professional Jamie MacIntosh by phoning the Lingan Professional Shop at 902-562-5100 or by email at j.macintosh@lingangolf.com.  The academy will begin on Tuesday July 6 and run for 7 weeks ending on August 24th.  Returning students must contact the Professional Shop by April 30th to ensure their position in this year's program.  Beginning May 1st students from the waiting list will be contacted about their position.

This will be the earliest opening day for the Lingan Golf Club when we welcome golfers back on Friday April 9th.  Play will begin at noon time with all 18 greens open and using temporary tees.  The Pro Shop will be available to take membership payment throughout the weekend.  The retail side of the Pro Shop will not be available until the middle of the month due to product just beginning to arrive.  The Main Course Lounge will also open on Friday with snacks and beverages.  The Main Course Restaurant and on-course canteen will not open until later in the month.  Anyone requiring further information can contact the administration office at 902-562-5100 or the Pro Shop at 902-562-1112.

The mild winter and favorable early spring has translated into a possible early opening for the course this season.  The course wintered very well and the tarps were removed during the last week of March and the greens were cut during the month of March for only the second time over the last 26 years.  Should the weather continue to cooperate over the next ten days we could be looking at a possible opening date of April 15 or 16.

Any Bell Bay member may take a guest out to golf at Bell Bay from Monday to Friday this week free of charge. For more information please contact the Bell Bay Pro Shop 902-295-1333 Ext 222.

It is anticipated that there will be 4 to 5 vacancies on the Board of Directors for 2009-2010 golf season. Any memeber who is interested in running for a Board Position is asked to forward their name to General Manager Donnie Rowe by Friday, November 20th, 2009.

Lingan golf club is pleased to advise that four people have been elected to the Board of Directors for three year terms. Trevor Currie, John Bond and Moe Brygidyr were re-elected following the completion of their one year term in 2009. Lingan is also pleased to welcome Geoff Oliver as a new Director and we look forward to Geoff's contributions to the club.

• Fully replacing and increasing the size of our power cart fleet;
• Acquisition of new maintenance equipment;
• Planning finalized on forward tee program;
• Bell Bay / Lingan partnership on again for 2010
• Successful financial results for 2009
• Enhanced golf management software in place
• Full golf professional services for 2010
• Approval of the operating budget for 2010

OUR WINTER OFFICE HOURS ARE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY'S FROM 10 am UNTIL 2 pm.

TWO COURSES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

Lingan has the distinction of offering its members play at two championship courses for the price of an adult or couples' membership fee.  In 2009, Lingan partnered with Bell Bay Golf Club to allow Lingan members full playing privileges on both courses.  Again in 2010, Lingan members will have unlimited golfing at Bell Bay and access to Bell Bay invitational tournaments at the members' rate.  (Some restrictions may apply to tournament play). 
 
 

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Lingan is located just minutes from:

• downtown Sydney
• Glace Bay, New Waterford and surrounding areas
• Cape Breton University
• Nova Scotia Community College
• Cape Breton Regional Hospital
• Mayflower Mall
• the Sydney Bypass, making it easily accessible from Sydney metro

 
 
 

IT'S AN EASY WALK

If walking the course is important to you as a means of keeping fit while enjoying a round of golf, then Lingan is an excellent fit for you.  Most members, of all ages, prefer to walk the course.  However, if you prefer to drive, Lingan is pleased to announce that it will unveil a new fleet of power carts for the 2010 season. 
 
 

FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP RATES AND INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE OUR BECOME A MEMBER SECTION

 Board of Directors at Lingan Golf & Country Club are proud to announce the return of CPGA Pro Jamie MacIntosh for the 2010 golf season. Jamie began his employment with Lingan in 2009 and in just one season has made a tremendous impact at our golf course. Jamie offers first-rate professional instruction for individuals and small groups.  In addition, Jaime works diligently to promote golf to children ages 6-18 and acts as the Head Instructor at the Junior Golf Academy held each summer at our club. For additional information about lessons or the Golf Academy the proshop at 902-562-1112.

$500 Winner - Kevin Pembroke


$100 Winner - Delores Graham
$100 Winner - Mike Reppa
$100 Winner - Bob Walker
$100 Winner - Bob Henderson
$100 Winner - Francis Sampson

Congratulations to the winners.