Edward Kennings (Bud) Foster was a competitor in the younger years, but he made his mark on the Manitoba golf scene in the builder category as a golf executive, course rater and rules official.
It all began more than 75 years ago when he joined the Winnipeg Canoe Club in 1930 and played there until 1941. After wartime service, he resumed his golf career at the Charleswood Golf Club from 1946 to 1964, and then moved in 1965 to Elmhurst, where he is still a member.
Bud competed in Manitoba Amateur and Open championships and qualified for the Canadian Amateur in 1936 and 1946. He won the medal round at the Totem Pole tournament at Jasper, AB in 1960 and was runner-up to Ted Homenuik in the Grey Owl tournament at Clear Lake, MB in 1963.
His move to the builder category began in 1968 when he decided to put something back into the game he loved and became a member of Elmhurst Board of Directors. Two years later he was the club president and held that position for four years. This led to this participation in the Manitoba Golf Association and he rose to the office of president of the provincial governing body in 1979. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Golf Association Board of Governors in 1980 and served 10 years on handicap, course rating and rules committees.
Bud headed the MGA rules committee for more than 20 years and was a familiar figure as a rules official at many golf events. He was also instrumental in the official rating of many of the provincial golf courses.
The Manitoba Golf Association nominated Bud on four occasions to receive the Outstanding Volunteer Award sponsored by the Manitoba Sports Federation. In 1997 he was presented with a plaque form the RCGA in recognition of his contribution to golf.
He is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc, September 25, 2006.