It鈥檚 every golfer鈥檚 dream: a chance to birdie every single hole on a golf course.

It didn鈥檛 happen on July 10 but that鈥檚 what could have happened at the Yellowknife Golf Club as it hosted the inaugural Par-3 Two-Person Scramble with a near-sellout on hand for the day鈥檚 action. A total of 96 golfers - 48 teams of two - teed it up in the shotgun-style event, meaning everyone teed off from a pre-determined hole and played scramble rules. That鈥檚 where the pairs tee off and plays the second shot from the best of the drives, followed by the next best shot after the second and so on until the ball goes into the cup.

In the end, Jony Bembridge and Kyle Hallett ended up coming out on top with a low-gross score of 4-under-par.

Shaun Morris, the golf club鈥檚 president, said the entire tournament was a way to help support the club鈥檚 planned upgrades this season.

鈥淲e have a lot of expensive stuff to get to and this was a great way to help put some money into the bank account to help with that,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e were supposed to host this last year but Covid-19 happened so it got pushed back to this year.鈥�

Just to sweeten the honey pot a bit for each player, every hole had a dollar amount attached to it should someone make a hole-in-one. Eleven holes were worth $10,000, three worth $25,000 and four worth $50,000. No one managed to ace any of the holes but there were some close calls.

鈥淚 know two players hit the flagstick at various holes: Jony (Bembridge) and Steve O鈥橦ara,鈥� said Morris. 鈥淲e had some get close to within a few feet but no big one.鈥�

Eighteen players did leave with some money, Morris added, as those who managed to be closest to the pin on each hole were able to take part in a draw to win between $100 and $500.

Each hole also had a spotter at the green in case someone did hole it out and Morris said that was a requirement.

鈥淏ecause all of the prizes were insured, we had to have someone there to prove it happened, if it did, in order for the payout to take place,鈥� he said.

The tournament was capped at 100, said Morris, and that also had to do with insurance.

鈥淚f you go over 100, it would cost more to insure each prize because the odds decrease,鈥� he said.

The final tally wasn鈥檛 known as of press deadline but Morris said everyone seemed to take to it and every indication is that it will happen next year.

鈥淲e plan on having it again and I don鈥檛 think we鈥檒l have much of a problem getting to 100 players,鈥� he said.

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