From the time he left the amateur ranks in 1994, Dean North has been an outstanding figure on the Manitoba professional golf scene.
His main claim to fame as an amateur was as a member of the winning Manitoba team at the Canadian junior interprovincial championship in 1991 along with Rob McMillan, Darren Magda and Brian Houston.
North moved out of the amateur picture and started his pro career as an assistant at Carman Golf and Curling Club in 1992 and 1993. North was an assistant at Pine Ridge Golf Club in1994 and 1995. Dean then moved to St. Charles Country Club where he was assistant from 1994 to 2005. From 2006 to 2009 be served as head professional at Selkirk Golf and Country Club, then returned to his home town of Carman in 2010 where he now serves as general manager of the Carman Golf and Curling Club.
He won the qualifying tournament for the Canadian Tour in 2000 and played as a member of the Tour in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2004.
On the local pro scene, North won the Manitoba PGA Player of the year honours in 1997, 1999, 2000. 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; won the MPGA Championship in 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and won the Fall Classic championship in 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013. He has also claimed victories in many one-day tournaments and pro-am events over the years.
In 2004, North won the North Dakota State Open at the Fargo Country Club with a record 18-under-par total 198 over three rounds, including the current course record of 10-under 62. Also in 2004, North won the U.S. Open Regional Qualifier in Minneapolis using a rental set of clubs. He also is the holder of course records of 59 at Carman and 61 at Selkirk.
Dean is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 29, 2014.