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14          Issue #81  August 2019                                                         www.sportsenergynews.com



        Spotlight on Golf:  The Cornwall Golf and Country


        Club:  Linda Tranchemontagne




        By Casey Leger                                    definitely  requires  some  athletic  ability,  but
                                                          each shot only ever requires your own ability.
                                                          You alone are the creator of a good or bad
                                                          shot.  Your mind plays a big role in the sport
                                                          of golf, and at times it can become your own
                                                          worst enemy!”

                                                            Linda feels that sociability is an important
                                                          part of the sport.  She says, “In previous years
              s  a member of the Cornwall Golf and
        ACountry Club for forty-eight years, Linda        club members were club members in every
                                                          aspect, both golf-wise and socially. There was
        Tranchemontagne is hard pressed to pick just
        one favourite golf memory.  “Winning my first     tremendous club spirit and great times were
                                                          had both on and off the course.  Knowing just
        Club Championship at the C.G.C.C. was very,
        very special,” she says, “as well as having my    about all of the members is also a bonus of
        first of four holes-in-one.”  Another favourite   being a member of a club.”
        memory, which Linda says she is still building,     Golf has played an exceptional role in
        is playing with her friends.  “We always play  Linda’s life.  In fact, she has some experience
        competitively,” says Linda, “but more than  in international competition.  She won a match                                                        Photo Submitted
        that, it is just plain fun.”                      against the all India Ladies’ Champion.  “My
                                                          family
          Linda  hits  the  links  an  average  of three
        times in a week.  Her best round is a 77.  There    and I were living in Nairobi, Kenya, at the
        are several things she enjoys about golf.  One  time,” Linda explains, “and it was during the  and  a  co-founder  of  CAN  S.E.E.  (Canadian
        thing she likes particularly is the personal  Ladies’ Kenya Open that I managed to win my  Surgical Eye Expeditions).  When she’s not
        challenge.  “Golf is such a unique sport where  match against the all Indian Ladies’ champ.  It      golfing, Linda loves gardening and spending
        basically no opponent is required to be on the  was thrilling.”                                      many peaceful hours with both her plants and
        receiving end of a shot,” she says.  “It most       Linda is a retired operating room nurse  “weeds”.


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