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The Tartan Chameleon
Carolanne Doig
As the Golf Chan-
nel's ticker tape
went by on the
bottom of the television
our attention was drawn
to the name Logan Lam-
merant, from Seaforth,
Ont. and it wasn't long
before the telephone
was ringing from as far
away as Jacksonville,
Florida where the TPC
was in full swing. Our
friends were calling to
find out just who this
Logan Lammerant was
and how he was putting
Seaforth golf on the
map.
Logan Lammerant is a
19 -year-old from Seaforth
who is currently attend-
ing Niagara College in
pursuit of a career in
Sports Management. His
name was ticking across
the bottom of our televi-
sion because he recently
won the Championship
Elite in the Golf Channel
Amateur Tour event held
at Glen Abbey Golf Club
in Oakville, home of the
Canadian Open.
I had the pleasure of
interviewing this unas-
suming young man and I
am happy to introduce
you to Logan here in this
column. I am sure you'll
be cheering for him soon
too as the golf season
progresses.
Logan has one of those
"kid next door" looks
and he reminds me of so
many young men who
have grown taller and
taller but have not yet
begun to fill out. His six
foot two frame can only
be described as thin,
slender, or slight. Don't
let that fool you though
because Logan can hit
the ball a long way and
with his height he can
generate great club head
speed and distance. He
has been a junior golfer
at Seaforth Golf Club for
about eight years and he
says that when his fam-
ily, father Randy, mother
Joy, and brother Wade,
moved in down the road
from the golf course and
he took up the game it
didn't take him long to
become hooked. He
attended the weekly Jun-
ior Morning sessions
and then played every
day after school and
almost all day every day
in the summer. Soon he
decided to focus on golf
and other summer
sports fell by the way-
side. Eventually he gave
up hockey too and now,
while attending college,
spends his winters prac-
ticing golf at indoor
ranges. It sure seems to
be paying off.
Logan has won the
Seaforth Junior Invita-
tional and has also won
the Optimist Regional
Tournament five times.
He has attended the
International Optimist
Tournament in West
Palm Beach, Florida
twice - as a sixteen -
year -old and again last
year at 18. Last summer
was a breakthrough year
for Logan and he was on
the road much of the
summer playing the
game he has come to
love.
In 2015, Logan won
the Ontario Junior quali-
fier at Thames Valley GC
in London and went on
to the championship at
Dalewood where he fin-
ished in the top 20 out of
144 of the best junior
golfers in the province.
He also qualified for the
Ontario Men's Amateur
by finishing second at
the qualifier at Green-
hills in Lambeth. Playing
against the finest male
amateurs in the prov-
ince Logan finished
59th. The Ontario Junior
Match Play was next on
the agenda but Logan
would lose his first
match after an epic
23 -hole battle so per-
haps it was time for a
rest. However, that was
out of the question as
down to Florida he went
to West Palm Beach fin-
ishing 60th out of over
150 junior golfers from
around the world. Then
it was back to Canada
for the Canadian Junior
Championship in Que-
bec where he finished
50th and made the cut.
It is no wonder that he
missed the cut in the
Canadian Men's Ama-
teur at Weston. He must
have been exhausted.
This season Logan
decided to try the Golf
Channel's Amateur Tour
and in its first event of
the season he took a
seven shot lead into the
second round and then
won the Championship
division by 12 strokes. As
an amateur he cannot
accept cash for winning
but was happy to receive
a $250.00 gift card at
Golf Town. With this win
he is now eligible to play
in the Golf Channel
Amateur Tour National
Championship being
held in September at
Angus Glen GC north of
Toronto. He will also
play in a number of
other events this sum-
mer, including the
Ontario and Canadian
Men's Amateurs because
at 19 Logan is no longer
considered a junior
golfer. In two weeks
Logan, as part of the
Niagara College golf
team the Niagara
Knights, will compete in
the Canadian Collegiate
Championships in Brit-
ish Columbia.
We see Logan here
every day when he's not
at school. Sometimes
his car is the last one in
the parking lot and it's
not unusual to see him
on even the coldest day
donning mitts and a
toque and playing
round after round. He
says he likes to play
every day and practice
every second day. He
works on his short game
the most because he has
a lot of confidence in
his driver. His long irons
challenge him but he's
working on them as
well. Logan uses a Tay-
lormade drive, three
wood, & hybrid. His
irons are Mizuno and
his wedges are Vokey.
Logan's all-important
putter is an Odyssey. I
asked him about favour-
ite golfers and he said
Tiger is his favourite but
with Tiger taking time
off he is really cheering
for Rory Mcllory.
Brooke Henderson is
his favourite LPGA
player. Logan has been
to the Canadian Open
as a fan and would love
to attend the Masters.
He is not really consid-
ering a pro golf career
but he says it would be
his "dream" job. He
thanks his family and
Seaforth Golf Club for
helping him improve
his game.
I have a feeling we'll
be hearing and seeing
more of this nice young
man who just loves
golf. He truly is some-
one who is easy to
cheer for.
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Dear Editor,
On behalf of Canadian
Blood Services and our
Territory Manager, Steph-
anie Wilkinson, I would
like to thank Seaforth resi-
dents who give blood.
Many may already know
that currently less than
four per cent of eligible
blood donors sustain the
blood system for all Cana-
dians; but, what many
people may not know is
that every year, close to 40
per cent of all blood
donors stop donating for
12 months or more due to
a variety of reasons. Yet
patients do not stop need-
ing blood for various
medical conditions.
Blood, with its limited
shelf life, is in constant
demand.
For now, and in the
future, we really need more
people to give blood and
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Services' priorities is to
encourage more Canadi-
ans to become regular
donors. We must collect
18,000 units of blood per
week from donors across
the country. To meet this
goal we estimate that in
2016, about 100,000 new
blood donors will be
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base and ultimately main-
tain the supply. This
includes 60 new donors
needed in Seaforth.
To book an appointment
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can 1888 2 DONATE (1 888
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Somewhere in Canada, a
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Canadian Blood Services
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