A native of Wallaceburg,
Ches excelled at hockey but golf was his passion. He began
caddying at the Chatham Golf and Country Club when he was
8 years old winning his first golf tournament at age 16.
Over the years, Ches won numerous Stag Days and Invitational,
in Lambton, Essex, and Kent Counties as well as being a
member of the Legion Branch #628 team that won various
championships. He was victorious his last
tournament in 1981, fifty-one years after his first.
- 1914
- born in Wallaceburg, Ontario
- 1930
- Essex-Kent Junior Boys Tournament in Windsor
was his first golf tournament win
- 1933
- Runner-up in first flight of the Ontario Amateur
Golf Championship in Toronto
- 1934-36
- Played hockey for the original Chatham Senior
Maroons
- 1935
- The leading scorer in final series when the
Maroons won the Ontario-Michigan Hockey Championship
- 1936-37
- Played professional hockey for Streatharn Maroons
in the English Hockey League
- 1937-38
- Played for Chatham Maroons
- 1938-39
- Played professional hockey for Glasgow Mohawks in
the Scottish Hockey League 1934-57 He won Men's Club
Championship at the Chatham Golf and Country Club a
total of 7 times
- 1957-78
- Won Men's Club Championship at Maple City Country
Club a total of 8 times
- 1966-76
- Won Men's Annual Invitational at Maple City
Country Club a total of 4 times
- 1973
- Honoured by the Ontario Golf Association for his
"distinguished contribution to the game of golf
in Ontario"
- 1981
- Victory for his last golf tournament 51 years
after he had won his first tournament
- 1986
- Died in London, Ontario while playing golf at
Suningdale Country Club
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