Ron Kenesky Moving Up?

Kenesky Ponders Move Up the Links

Mountain golfer thinking about taking a shot at national competition

By Mark Newman, News Staff

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Sep 02, 2010 Continued

Ron Kenesky has had a great summer playing golf. So much so the 37-year-old central Mountain resident and pro at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington is contemplating spending $5,000 to go to the PGA Tour qualifying tournament in the southern U. S. this fall in a bid to get a “tour card” that would enable him to play in most of the prestigious major national tournaments.
“Maybe this is the year I try the PGA tour qualifying school,” Kenesky said. “The thought is always there. You don’t want to go through life saying, ‘What if?’ ”

In July, Kenesky won the Ontario PGA Championship at the Barrie Country Club and the $10,000 prize that goes with it.

Kenesky, who enters as many as 45 tournaments from mid-April to mid-October, said the Ontario PGA event is the biggest tournament he has ever won and he is on track to win as much as $40,000 on the minor tournament circuit this year that takes him across the country and to western New York, and includes the Great Lakes Tour and the more local Golden Horseshoe Tour.

Kenesky said he’ll decide if he wants to take a shot at getting a tour card after competing in the Canadian Assistance Championship in Victoria, B. C., in late September.

“You always want to do it when you’re playing your best and so far this has been my best year, so you never know,” he said. “I’d love to win a national championship.”

While he enjoys giving lessons, Kenesky clearly loves the competitive aspect of golf.

“I don’t know if I would be able to play the game if I was just going out and playing for fun every day,” he said. “There’s no better feeling walking up to the 18th hole of a provincial championship with a two-stroke lead … it’s just yourself versus the golf course, the only person you can blame if you don’t come through is yourself.”

A great-grandson of famous Hamilton goalie pad-maker Emil “Pop” Kenesky, Kenesky played hockey and golf as a boy and gravitated toward golf as a teenager, playing in numerous junior tournaments.

His dad, Frank Kenesky, was his first golf instructor.

“My dad was an avid golfer,” Kenesky said. “My dad said he had clubs in my hands at age three or four.”

One of two boys in the family, Kenesky said if his dad wanted to get out at night to play golf, his mother made him take along one of the boys so she would only have one child to look after.

“Myself being the oldest, I was the lucky one to go,” he said.

The family lived in Binbrook at the time, almost across the street from the Southbrook Golf and Country Club where Kenesky became a member at age 13 and learned the intricacies of the game from club pro Sandy White, now the head pro at Lowville.

“He sort of took me under his wing and helped my golf,” he said.

Kenesky said he got a job at Southbrook working in the back shop cleaning golf clubs and later moved to the pro shop.

“Sandy White said if you’re going to work in the golf shop, you might as well go out and become a golf professional so you can earn extra income teaching lessons and playing tournaments,” Kenesky recalled.

In 1997 he went through PGA play tests at the Cambridge Golf Club where he had to shoot 148 or better over 36 holes.

“I comfortably made it through,” said Kenesky, who didn’t recall his final score.

He moved to Hidden Lake in 1999 and apprenticed under club pros George Tidd and Terry Parker. He is now a Class A member of the Canadian PGA, which means he can spend more time playing tournaments in the summer as well as working in the pro shop through the spring and fall and providing winter lessons through the club at a warehouse in Burlington.

Kenesky said he’s hit three holes-in-one in the last 10 years and is due for another.

The first came in the fog at a fall tourney at Southbrook in 1997, a month after he turned pro.

Kenesky said most novice golfers tend focus too much on their swing when they should be paying attention to their stance, grip, posture and ball position.

Canadian Tour

Currently being Held at The Hidden Lake Golf Club is The Canadian Tour Qualifying School. Players from all over the world are trying to secure their 2011 Tour Cards at this event. Some great golf to come out and watch today through Saturday. Come On Out and Enjoy.

Congratulations Gentleman

Congratulations to Michael Gligic a former Junior and Staff Member of the Hidden Lake Golf Club for his recent win on The Great Lakes Tour. Mike shot a two day total of 9 under par to lead the way to victory. Well Done. In addition both the Kenesky Brothers finished in the money so congratulations to both Jim and Ron also.

Labour Day Weekend Special

We ask you, do you really want to work on Labour Day Weekend or would you rather play golf and enjoy the last long weekend of the summer. Hidden Lake is offering a great end of summer special all weekend long, so ditch work and come on out and play. For More Info Please Click Here

Callaway Woods On Sale

Callaway has placed their Diablo Woods on Sale and they are available in the Hidden lake Golf Shop, Fore More Details Click Here.

Taylor Made R9 Driver Sale

If you have ever wanted to purchase the Taylor R9 Driver the time is now. All R9 and R9 460 are on Sale in the Golf Shop from $249.99. Click Here For Additional Info.

Free Golf Fore Life Contest

That's right never pay to play golf again!!! Lowville and Hidden Lake Golf Clubs are giving away Free Golf Fore Life to some lucky person for just being a loyal customer, Imagine 20 years of free golf, it could happen to you. For more details on the contest Please Click Here. Contest begins July 1st.

Last Minute Tee Times - 4 You

Both Hidden Lake and Lowville Golf Clubs want to ensure our regular and loyal customer is getting the best opportunity to take advantage of any Last Minute Tee Times we have available. With this in mind we have created our own section on our site that lists our weekly Last Minute Times. Click Here

Be a Member For a Month

Are you staying around home this summer and looking for a fun place to play golf? Why not join Hidden Lake for a month an play as much golf as you would like. That's right a one month Membership and you choose the month. What could be easier? For more information Please Click Here

Golf Shop Specials

Each week the Hidden Lake Golf Shop (The Biggest and Best Shop in the Area) has specials on different items in their inventory. From Golf Balls to Wedges the Hidden Lake Golf Shop has the greatest selection of product of any golf course and each week something new is on sale. Please Click Here for a current list of sale items.

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Free Golf Fore Life Contest

Imagine Playing This "HOLE", This "NINE", The "OLD" Eighteen, The "NEW" Eighteen, The "LOWVILLE" Eighteen

All Fore The Rest of Your Life
Fore Free.

Contest Begins on July 1st, 2010 at Both Hidden Lake and Lowville Golf Clubs

Free Golf Fore Life Contest

What This Is!

In our judicial system they refer to life as 20 years so we will use the same time frame for our Free Golf Fore Life Contest and we will give you free golf for the next twenty (20) years. The difference will be your sentence will not include conjugal visits, bad food or solitary confinement. You will experience nothing but fun and enjoyment and with no early parole you get a full twenty years of never having to pay to play golf.

Can you imagine playing golf at both Hidden Lake and Lowville Golf Clubs free for the next twenty years? Yes that’s right free for the next twenty years. Help us celebrate our 30^th Birthday by signing up for our Free Golf Fore Life Contest and having a chance to win this great prize.

How It Works!!

In an effort to make sure we are communicating effectively with both our Members and Guests we want to utilize the most effective tool for doing so which is e-mail. We want to have a direct link to bring you news, promotions, newsletters, specials, upcoming events, tee time promotions etc. from both Hidden Lake and Lowville. This way we are communicating to you directly and you have the first opportunity to take advantage of these specials, great offers and upcoming events. We are offering this contest as a reward for your current information and for the ability to communicate with you directly.

All you have to do to participate is sign up for the contest by filling in the Registration Form below and you automatically have one entry into the contest. Want to improve your odds of winning you can do so by sending out this contest to all of your golfing buddies (Click on Refer a Friend below). For every one of them that signs on and remains a part of the program you receive another ballot or entry into the contest. In addition for every regular 18 hole round you play at Hidden Lake or Lowville we will also give you a ballot or entry into the contest as our way of saying thank you for your continued patronage (Click on Golf Round Form below.

What could be better, a chance to Win Free Golf Fore Life that improves every time you play golf at one of our clubs or whenever you help spread the word about our fine facilities. This is just our way of saying thank you for your loyalty.

Contest Rules!!!

- The contest will run from July 1^st, 2010 until June 30^th, 2011 with the winner announced on July 1st, 2011 our 31^st Birthday.
- The contest is open to all golfers over the age of 18.
- The Free Golf Fore Life Prize includes one (1) winner of Free Golf with unlimited playing privileges at both Hidden Lake and Lowville Golf Clubs.
- This prize has no cash value and the Golf Privilege is for one individual only.
- These Golf Privileges cannot be assigned to anyone else and is non transferable.
- The 20 year Free Golf Prize begins July 1^st, 2011 and continues until June 30^th, 2030.
- In the event that the golf course was sold prior to the 20 years having been completed, the current Ownership Group will include in and or negotiate this Membership as part of the purchase agreement with any new ownership group. However it must be noted that no guarantees can be given as to the outcome of this negotiation and at no time can we be held liable for the termination of this Membership in the event the new ownership group does not wish to continue with this arrangement.
- In order to qualify and stay qualified for the contest you must remain a part of the e-mail program throughout the entire period the contest is in place from the date in which you have signed on to be a part of the contest.
- To qualify for additional ballots the person and/or persons you have forwarded the contest to must remain a part of the e-mail program throughout the entire period the contest is in place from the date in which they have signed on.
- To qualify for additional ballots through playing golf you must be registered in the on-line program and play a regular 18 hole round of golf at either the Hidden Lake or Lowville Golf Course.
- The Free Golf Fore Life Contest System will automatically track each person’s ballots however at no time will Hidden Lake or Lowville Golf Club’s be held responsible for reporting current status of any persons tally or number of ballots or the complete accuracy of any persons total number of ballots at any time.

Good Luck

Hidden Lake Golf Club is Burlington's Complete Golf Facility

What kind of golf do you want to play today?

Golfers are split between the traditional and the new way to set up a course and play a round. And to all of you we say, “Welcome to Hidden Lake Golf Club” because we have one course of each!

Home of the Canadian Open Qualifier, our two championship courses are masterpieces intended to challenge players of every level. Each course has been painstakingly sculpted to create interesting and demanding contours.

A semi-private facility, Hidden Lake Golf Club offers the public an opportunity to play their course of choice and then adjourn to our warm club house. Being semi-private, we feel we offer the best of both worlds. With dining facilities for up to 260 people, non-members are offered equal opportunity to book special events such as weddings on this palatial site.

At Hidden Lake Golf Club, everyone is welcome.

course4-sm Newcomers or novices are made to feel equally at home here. Whatever your level, warm-up on our top-notch practice facility with target greens, practice bunkers and putting greens. Beginners can take advantage of unparalleled golf instruction programmes and services. Women can enjoy their choice of co-ed or individual lessons; and for Juniors we offer a wide variety of selective programer we run to do our part in a National Golf Initiative to grow the game of golf!

Sound like your kind of place? It should!!

We'd like to invite all of you who don't already know what a great place this is for golf to come out for a tour. We'll even let you pick which course - Old or New!

Golf is a positive, competitive and healthy sport. With 80,000 rounds per season, Hidden lake Golf Club is a tranquil and beautiful place to enjoy your experience.

Hidden Lake Golf Club is committed to working with the Audubon Society, The Halton Conservation Authority, The Hamilton Harbour Watershed Stewardship Program and various other environmental agencies to provide natural areas and a habitat for wildlife. Please enjoy - and protect - our environment.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

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