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Spotlight on Golf: Mat Rochon and the Cornwall Golf

and Country Club

By Casey Leger a very reasonable price considering I’m there
from the start of every morning to the end of
every night.” In addition to being a member,
Rochon has worked on the grounds crew,
currently under Larry MacGillivray, since
high school. He says, “This golf course will
own a place in my heart for my entire life.”

A graduate of the University of Ottawa,
eptember’s Cornwall Golf and Country where he also played golf, Rochon explains
SClub spotlight is on four-time club and that the one thing he likes most about the sport
current champion Mat Rochon. All Rochon’s is how difficult and frustrating it can be. “I
championships have been earned in the last have taken it as a challenge since I was a kid
six years, including back-to-back victories to become as good a player as I can possibly
this season and last. become,” he says, “and achievements such as

“I would consider myself an extremely the club championship validate exactly what
avid golfer,” says Rochon, “playing upwards I’ve been trying to work on since I was young.”
of 5-6 times a week and over 100 times a In addition to his four championships, Rochon
season, from the start of April until as late as also holds the course record with his personal Photo Submitted
Mother Nature allows us to play up here in best score in a round: 62 strokes. “I am still
Canada.” A member since the age of eleven, actively trying to beat it,” he says.
this season marks his fifteenth. “I love that This year’s Club Championship tops
we have a solid group of players my age — Rochon’s list of favourite golf memories. line, against two of the best golfers this city

I’m 26 — who I’ve grown up with, and I also “Down 5 shots before the final round is a huge has ever had-- Dane and Taylor Fitzpatrick--
love the golf course itself. I would say it’s mountain to overcome in the game of golf,” he was a good feeling on the last hole when the
my favourite course to play in the area and at says, “and to do it with all the pressure on the winning putt went in.”

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