Kamloops, Merritt, Cache Creek, Salmon Arm golfers to compete in PGA Scramble National Final

“Everybody helps everybody out,” Scott said. “One guy has a bad shot, somebody pulls through. It’s just a rush and a thrill.”

Twenty teams have qualified for the 54-hole tournament, which gets underway on Sunday (Oct. 4) at Cabot Cape Breton. They will play two rounds on Cabot Links and one on Cabot Cliffs, the second- and first-ranked courses in Canada, according to Score Golf.

“The scenery, the golf, the food – it’s going to be quite the experience,” Scott said.

In scramble golf, each player on a team hits a shot, the group selects the best one and everyone plays their next stroke from that location. In the national final, each golfer’s handicap is taken into account when calculating the final score.

The amateur foursome claimed victory at a local qualifier at Shuswap National Golf Course on July 5 in Salmon Arm, posting a total net score of 49.3.

Munn, a PGA of Canada golf pro, joined the team for a regional qualifier at GreenTee Country Club Tobiano on Aug. 18, with the winner advancing to the national final.

The team posted a total net score of 50.4.

“There is no live score, so we couldn’t really tell, but when they were starting to announce the scores, we knew we were right there,” Ghostkeeper said. “It was kind of surreal when they announced our team being on top. Some of our lifelong dreams are coming true.”

Added Anderson: “Well, we all cheersed and I think we bought a round.”

The second-place team recorded a score of 50.5.

Ghostkeeper and Scott are the team’s longest-tenured members and have been attempting to qualify for the national final for about 10 years.

Those attempts finally paid off.

“It’s a tournament that money can’t buy,” Ghostkeeper said. “They treat it like a professional event and for an amateur golfer, you can never ask for a better situation to be in.”

by Marty Hastings

Kamloops, Merritt, Cache Creek, Salmon Arm golfers to compete in PGA Scramble National Final

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