Seniors Tourney finds the Holkestad's at top of Leaderboard

Looking for a few tips on your golf game? You could
seek out some thoughts from Brian and Rose Holkestad
the pairing claimed top spots in last weekends
Seniors Tourney at the Prince Rupert Golf Course
(photo from Andrew Schaeffer)

Prince Rupert's current golfing Royalty of Brian Holkestad and Rose Holkestad showcased their skills in Mid August, as the pair claimed top spots in the Men's and Ladies results for the 2018 Vic Marion Seniors Open Golf Tournament.

A strong field of familiar names to the Prince Rupert golf scene took to the course and some challenging conditions over the course of the two day tournament, which is one of the most popular of local events on the golf calendar for the North Coast.

Below, thanks to Doug Kydd from the Prince Rupert Golf Course is the full list of results from the 2018 event.


Overall Men's Results


Overall Low Gross Brian Holkestad 145
Overall Low Net Brian Denton 133

Low Gross

Champ Flight Ron Miller 159 on a countback
1st Flight Howard LInn 172
2nd Flight Carl Nielsen 183

Low Net

Champ Flight Moe Hays 135
1st Flight John Davenport 139
2nd Flight George Kuntz 149

2nd Low Gross

Champ Flight Gene Kerbrat 159
1st Flight Larry Hope 176 on a countback
2nd Flight Alain Chan 198 2nd

Low Net

Champ Flight Leo Palmer 144
1st Flight Al Green 144
2nd Flight Eric Hand 155

3rd Low Gross

Champ Flight George Negru 160
1st Flight Ross McNish 176
2nd Flight John Etzertza 201

3rd Low Net

Champ Flight Bill Nichols 148
1st Flight Shane Forman 147 
2nd Flight Serf Dantas 163

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Overall Ladies Results


Overall Low Gross Rose Holkestad 174 
Overall Low Net Pam Hays 130 

Low Gross 

Janet Sheppard 

Low Net  

Carol Schaeffer 132 

2nd Low Gross 

Karin Williamson 179 

2nd Low Net 

Josie Lam 147

High Gross 

Linda Miller


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As the 2018 Golf Season begins to wind down, up next at the Prince Rupert Golf Course is the Duffers' Open set for next weekend, from September 8 and 9, with a Practice round on Friday the 7th.

Entry fee is 100 dollars for the weekend, the tournament rounds of Saturday and Sunday will also include a Saturday Night Buffet Dinner, KP's and Deuce Pots and the Sunday Afternoon Prize Presentation.

You can learn more about the tournament, or register for the weekend of golf by contacting the Pro Shop at 250-624-2000 extension 1

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