The Canadian North Midnight Classic is the showpiece tournament at the Yellowknife Golf Club each year, but there鈥檚 another tournament which brings out a huge crowd to help wind things down each season.

And it鈥檚 all done by the pale moonlight.

The Midwest Property Management Glo-Ball Tournament featured a grand total of 236 golfers teeing it up over two nights of play on Sept. 15 and 16 at the club. As the title of the tournament indicates, the balls are glow-in-the-dark so people can actually see where their shots end up. The top of each flagpole at each hole is also lit up in order for players to have something to aim at.

Kylie Frederick, the club鈥檚 head pro and director of golf operations, said while the evacuation played havoc with the normal schedule, this tournament actually happened on the dates it was supposed to happen.

鈥淚t was nice to be able to have it on the original date and both nights were pretty full,鈥� she said.

If you鈥檝e played in the tournament before, you鈥檒l probably wonder why a second night was added.

Frederick said it鈥檚 all part of the club鈥檚 75th anniversary, which has been ongoing all this season.

鈥淲e wanted to try something new this year,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he Midnight Classic is the big one at the start of the season and the Glo-Ball is kind of the finale, so we wanted to keep the momentum of this season going. We were just lucky to be able to accommodate everyone on both nights.鈥�

Each team of four was placed on either the front nine or back nine on each night and played just the nine holes in their section. Both nights featured a shotgun start at around 9 p.m. to ensure the sun was good and gone for the day. The shotgun start meant each team teed off at a pre-determined hole and played their round from that point.

鈥淲e did it that way to keep things fair 鈥� it is the longest nine holes of the season,鈥� said Frederick with a laugh. 鈥淚t was smoky on the first night, but the (黑料吃瓜网) lights came out on the second night and made for a beautiful evening.鈥�

Each night had two sets of winners 鈥� the front nine winners on night one were Lonnie Zoe, Jasper Mantla, Casper Mantla and Rusty Mantla, while the back nine champs were Devin Hinchey, Chad Hinchey, Aaron Plotner and Garrett Hinchey. Night two鈥檚 winners were Shaun Morris, Hughie Graham, Kevin Hewitt and Ryan Sheppard on the front nine and Dwayne Simmons, Roger Mann, Dan Rintoul and Steve Thompson on the back nine.

Next up is the Club Championships which begin on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. That tournament determines the best players at the club with the bonus prize of a prime parking spot in front of the pro shop for the 2024 season for each of the winners.