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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-10-07, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, October 7, 2015 LPGA legend arrives in Seaforth and provides advise for local golfer Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor One of the greatest females to ever swing a golf club told Robyn Doig to "take no prisoners" when she ventures into the realm of professional golfing, a sport they both know is far from simple to be victorious in. Sandra Post, 67, the first Canadian to win a major championship drove two and a half hours in a shiny Lexus to lend a hand to Doig in her mission to join the LPGA Tour. Post, a 1968 LPGA Tour major champion told the 23 -year-old golfer from Sea - forth being a professional golfer is a long journey and a "tough road." She explained there is a short-list of Cana- dians skirmishing the same fight, which will be contend- ing for victory. There are not many golf- ers from Canada to make it to the big leagues; according to the 1pga.com there is no more than two Canadians to be listed in the Top 100 Money List. Post said women's golfing is full of younger competitors sim- ilar to Brooke Henderson, 18, from Smiths Falls, Ont., who is one of the two females on that list. Post joined people from far and wide, all with good inten- tions, to support Doig at the Seaforth Golf & Country Club, October 2. "If you don't at least try it "AP 411A ►�!��-moi!: j.mac.....,.4=='= -e.••'=•- THE HURON EXPOSITOR'S 2015 Summer \� Sports Edition WILL SOON BE PUBLISHED & WE NEED YOUR TEAM PHOTO! PLEASE BRING IN YOUR TEAM PICTURES TO THE HURON EXPOSITOR AT 8 MAIN ST., SEAFORTH OR MAIL TO US AT P.O. Box 69, SEAFORTH ON NOK 1 WO or email shaun at shaun.gregory@sunmedia.ca (PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU IDENTIFY ALL PARTICIPANTS) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Shaun Gregory 519-521-0240 All photos must be received by 4:OOpm October 9, 2015 Etil)INitor1 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER" 8 MAIN ST. , SEAFORTH 51 9-527-0240 you will always kick yourself in the butt that you didn't," Post said during a speech at the Seaforth Golf & Country Club. "You're strong, you're tal- ented, if you're hungry go get it," said Post, leading to an enthusiastic applause by the crowd. Approximately 50 items for bidding were donated for the fundraiser to jump-start Doig's career. Along with autographed memorabilia of NHL hockey players and MLB players there was also golf gear and many other items to bid on. "It's really amazing people from all over, to the local stores in town, things they've made, I'm really thankful and I know this will help me get started. I'm going to work hard to make everyone proud, Doig said Since she's contending in smaller tournaments to gain knowledge and experi- ence for the larger proceedings in the future, this fundraiser will support the costs for hotel rooms, transportation and all other things she said would not be possible to cover with- out the help of a fundraiser. She told the Expositor it's a diverse style of play when golfers are on the road rivaling for funds. "It kind of a different feel when you are playing for money, it's a different pres- sure, like this stroke can cost me a $100 bucks," Doig explained. Her father Cameron Doig, who's the course profes- sional at the Seaforth Golf & Country Club, remembers when his daughter was young and he said she was always a type of girl who could do whatever she wanted as long as she put her mind to it. As a young teen he said the gift for golf was always apparent with her as he witnessed her score in the low 70s. Nonetheless he admits this expedition in the golfing world will take hard work and only she can be responsible for her own destiny. "Golf can be a lonely sport because you're out there by yourself, there's no teams to rally around if you make a bad shot, in golf when you make the mistake, it's you," Cameron stated in the golf clubhouse during the benefit. Cameron said golfers must follow a simple motto if they desire to flourish in a sport considered by many athletes as the most complex sport in the world, "if it is to be, it is up to me!' For the next two months Doig is expected to com- pete in the Sun Coast Tour and is certain she will be home for Christmas. In Jan- uary, she begins her condi- tional status for the Syme- tra Tour, which is a certified development tour of the LPGA Tour. ea orthhuronex I ositor.co Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor From the left, Robyn Doig and LPGA champion Sandra Post. Doig held a fundraiser October 2 to help jump-start her career in golf.