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The Southwood Golf and Country Club is a direct descendent of the Winnipeg Golf Club (also known as the Norwood Golf Course), established in 1894, and as such is recognized by the Royal Canadian Golf Association as the oldest 18-hole golf course in Manitoba.
In the early 1900s, the Winnipeg Hunt Club was formed. However, when it disbanded in 1915, a new organization called the Winnipeg Hunt Golf Club moved in and built a nine-hole golf course. The course was operated until 1919 when its members amalgamated with a few members of the Norwood Golf Club to form the Southwood Golf Club in 1921. The club purchased land near the Manitoba Agricultural College and, with the help of designer Willie Park Jr., a golf course layout was born. In 1925, Stanley Thompson redesigned the course. In 1956, the club was reincorporated to become the Southwood Golf and Country Club.
With the growth of the University of Manitoba and the resulting lack of space for expansion, riverbank erosion, and increased traffic, led to discussions to build a new golf course elsewhere. In 2007, the club was able to purchase land in St. Norbert and a Canadian golf course architect Thomas McBroom created an 18-hole layout along the LaSalle River. The course opened for play in July 2011.
In January 2008, the University of Manitoba purchased the former golf course property and, once the new course was playable, took possession of the land for future expansion of the university campus. That work began in 2023.
Period
President
1920-1921
Robert Clarke Smart “Bob” Bruce (1867-1952)
1922-1923
John Walker Smart (1872-1941)
1923-1924
Cyril Rice Jones (?-1972)
1925-1926
John Hamilton Parkhill (1869-1944)
1927-1928
Ernest John Townshend (1883-1970)
1929-1930
Francis James “Frank” Sutton (1879-1975)
1930
Robert Fletcher (1873-1963)
1931
Harold St. Clair Scarth (1889-1971)
1932
E. H. Franks
1933
?
1934
R. J. Parker
1935
Thomas Edward Thomson (1892-1939)
1936
C. McNicholls
1937
William M. Kerr
Charles Michael Sharkey (1889-1972)1938
R. C. Weagant
1939-1940
Thomas B. Sharpe
1941
Alfred Amis Shelford (1885-1970)
1942-1943
W. E Hobson
1944
Gordon Leigh Leggo (1887-1979)
1945-1946
Leo Einar Johnson (1901-1976)
1947-1948
Frederick Joseph “Fred” O'Malley (1897-1974)
1949
Clarence Lowe (1905-1987)
1950-1951
Cyril J. Timleck
1952
Howard R. Bennett
1953-1954
Roy J. MacDonald
1955-1957
William R. “Bill” Corner
1958
Harold St. George Stubbs (1912-2005)
1959
Donald Albert Tomlin
1960-1961
Percy Russell “Bob” Broadfoot (1922-1994)
1962
Ormand Leslie “Ormie” Robinson (1915-2010)
1963
Calder Campbell “Kelly” Daun (1912-1998)
1964
Sydney John “Jack” Down (1921-2002)
1965-1966
Harold Kemp “Bud” Irving (1926-2024)
1967-1968
E. Gerald “Gerry” Campbell
1969
John Stephen “Jack” Carmichael (1913-2007)
1970
George A. Stewart
1971
Graham Elliott McDonald (?-1999)
1972
Harold Clark “Hal” Wainwright (?-1979)
1973-1974
Neil Stuart Wither (1935-2014)
1975
Lorne Allen Gottfred (1923-1996)
1976
William Robert “Bill” McKibbin (1939-2022)
1977
Rudy C. Boivin (1928-2021)
1978
Graham Richard McDonald
1979
Cecil Kinsman “Cece” Parrish (1922-2004)
1980
W. Glen Wither
1981
George Allan Burrows (1917-1993)
1982
W. Halpenny
1983
Henry D. Goy
1984
A. J. Currie
1985
D. E. Smith
1986
Allan Floyd “Al” Gusdal (1935-2018)
1987
Dr. Brian D. MacPherson
1988
Douglas Grant Lowry (1926-2002)
1989
D. B. McCloy
1990-1991
D. R. Morphy
1992
F. L. Richardson
1993
R. M. Jones
1994
R. A. Kane
1995
G. W. J. Mercier
1996
David Clifford Hicks (1944-2015)
1997
Robert M. Koltek
1998
Kathryn “Kay” Koga (1934-2008)
1999
R. Brent Kerslake
2000
Paul F. Perrault
2001
K. MacKenzie
2002
E. M. Bailey
2003
T. L. MacKichan
2004
Jeff R. Martin
2005-2006
Dr. Gordon M. Goodridge
2007
R. E. Amann
2008
D. W. Jones
2008-2009
W. C. Reid
2010
N. R. Stewart
2011
Ian R. Shaw
2012
C. Turner
2013
J. Wayne McWhirter
2014
B. L. Gamey
2015-2016
Graham Edward Robson (1964-2021)
2017
J. C. Sheldon
2018
R. T. Wozny
2019-2020
G. H. Campbell
2021-2022
Michelle J. Alfa
2023-2024
Doug Blaylock
“Norwood and Hunt Club to form Southwood Golf Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 July 1919, page 11.
“Club named “Southwood Golf Club”, Southwood Golf Club elect first officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 March 1920, page 10.
“outhwood Golf Club in annual session,” Manitoba Free Press, 9 March 1921, page 11.
“Southwood Golf Club elects 1921 officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 March 1921, page 11.
“J. W. Smart new President of Southwood Golf Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 March 1922, page 15.
“Southwood Golf Club prepares for season,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 March 1923, page 10.
“Southwood golf prizes awarded,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 October 1923, page 11.
“Rice Jones to lead golfers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 March 1924, page 11.
“Southwood set for 1925 season,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 March 1925, page 12.
“Southwood Club buys clubhouse,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 May 1925, page 19.
“Southwood officers are all re-elected,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 March 1926, page 17.
“E. J. Townshend leads Southwood Golf Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 March 1927, page 19.
“Townshend to head Southwood golfers for second season,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 January 1928, page 18.
“Sutton is named Southwood prexy,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 March 1929, page 40.
“Dr Fletcher heads Southwood Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 January 1930, page 6.
“Southwood Club re-elects board,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 January 1931, page 15.
“Southwood Club elects officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 February 1935, page 15.
“Clubhouse at Southwood Golf Course is destroyed by blaze,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 May 1935, page 1.
“Southwood Golf & Country Club boast beautiful new club house,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 August 1935, page 21.
“Nicholls is named Southwood President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 February 1936, page 30.
“Southwood directors name Kerr,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 January 1937, page 33.
“Sharkey is President Southwood Golf Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 March 1937, page 15.
“Southwood Club names Weagant,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 April 1938, page 12.
“Southwood Club plans opening,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 May 1939, page 18.
“From tee to green,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 September 1940, page 15.
“Southwood Golf Club celebrates birthday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 September 1940, page 15.
“A. A. Shelford heads Southwood Golf Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 December 1940, page 14.
“Southwood selects directors,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 December 1941, page 14.
“Southwood Golf Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 December 1944, page 12.
“O'Malley heads Southwood Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 1947, page 15.
“O'Malley again heads Southwood,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1948, page 14.
“Southwood elects Lowe new chief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 December 1948, page 24.
“Southwood elect new slate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1950, Page 20.
“Timleck heads Southwood G C,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 April 1951, page 18.
“Howie Bennett is elected Southwood boss,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 February 1952, page 22.
“Roy MacDonald Southwood Chief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 1954, page 22.
“New Southwood home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 1955, page 39.
“Southwood re-elects Bob Corner,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1956, page 10.
“Corner heads Southwood again,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 February 1957, page 37.
“Southwood opens new clubhouse,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1957, page 20.
“Broadfoot Southwood President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 March 1960, page 21.
“Robinson heads Southwood Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 March 1962, page 43.
“Southwood elects Daun,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1963, page 20.
“Irving heads Southwood G C,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1965, page 23.
“Southwood elects Irving,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 March 1966, page 52.
“Campbell heads club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1968, page 14.
“Wainwright Southwood boss,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 February 1972, page 58.
“Southwood selects Wither,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1973, page 32.
“Southwoods all set,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 February 1976, page 61.
“McDonald heads Southwood golfers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 1978, page 158.
“Celebration early at Southwood,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1983, page 63.
“Southwoods ace in the hole,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 2008, page 69 and 74.
Manitoba Links - A Kaleidoscopic History of Golf in Manitoba by J. Allan Hackett, 1998.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 November 2024
