The ladies tournament in August was on of the highlights of the golf season. (Facebook/Eagle Point)

By Derek Cornet

sports

Golf season wrapping up in La Ronge after successful year

Sep 28, 2022 | 1:08 PM

The number of golfers playing at Eagle Point Resort this summer has returned to pre-COVID levels.

That’s according to owner Lolita Poirier, who said the business was able to host its annual tournaments and return a sense of normalcy as well.

“Post-COVID, people are wanting to get back to gathering together, so there was certainly more meals had together after tournaments and awards and that kind of thing, where in the past couple of years, we kind of skipped that part,” she said.

Poirier noted some of the highlights of the summer included the Woodland Cree and ladies tournaments, both held in August. The Woodland Cree tournament served as a fundraiser for the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre, while the ladies’ tournament had a higher turnout than previous years with more than 50 participants.

“I think we had a great season,” she said. “The weather has been great and it’s still been beautiful this fall. I am staying open this weekend again and then I think the guys will start to do the fall shutdown.”

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The golf course usually closes between the end of September and Thanksgiving, but Poirier mentioned it could close as early as next week depending on the weather.

Throughout the winter, Poirier added she wants to build upon the junior golf program offered at Eagle Point. She has already reached out to local schools and inquired about teachers adding golf to their physical education classes. Poirier explained it could be done in such a way that classes roll into her junior programming in July.

“We give junior golf here at Eagle Point Resort for free and they wrapped up this season with a nice tournament,” Poirier said. “We hold it Mondays throughout the season. Hopefully, that gets them into golfing. We do have a couple of young people who have really gone a long way in junior golf this summer.”

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

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