In all the years that inter-provincial golf championships had been contested at Canadian national golf championships, no Manitoba provincial team had ever won such an event – that is, until the 1962 Manitoba Womens’ Amateur Team. Like other smaller provinces with a shorter playing season, Manitoba is always challenged to win national golf team championships and it is a rare and significant accomplishment when it is done.
The team consisted of four exceptional golfers: Marg Homenuik of Rossmere Country Club who was the reigning Manitoba Amateur Champion, having defended her first Amateur Championship in 1961. Homenuik became an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Heather Telfer (nee Lawrence) of Niakwa Country Club who had won the Manitoba Junior Championship in 1959 and 1960. Merlene Netterfield of Niakwa Country Club who became an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Anne Tachan of Elmhurst Golf and Country Club who became an inaugural Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
The championship was conducted over 36 holes at Southwood Golf and Country Club with Netterfield being the low individual golfer during the team competition. Manitoba had an impressive 10 stroke margin of victory over second place British Columbia.
The 1962 Canadian Ladies’ Golf Association Amateur Team Champions is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., October 2, 2017.