Ted Homenuik was a member of Manitoba’s first winning Willingdon Cup team and he reached the final in the Canadian men’s amateur golf championship twice to highlight a golf career that spanned 21 years in Manitoba.
He teamed with Steve Bannatyne, Barry McKenzie and Gavin Speirs to win the 1974 Willingdon Cup as the top provincial team in the Canadian amateur competition. Earlier in his career, he was runner-up to Nick Weslock in 1957 and runner-up to Gary Cowan in 1961 in the Canadian men’s amateur championship.
Before moving to Manitoba, Ted also had success in his native Saskatchewan in 1953, winning that province’s junior men’s title and finishing as runner-up in the Canadian junior and Saskatchewan amateur championships.
On the international scene, he was named an alternate for Canada’s teams at Americas Golf Cup matches in 1961 and 1963.
Ted won the Manitoba men’s amateur championship three times, in 1961, 1969 and 1977; and was a member of 13 Manitoba Willingdon Cup men’s amateur teams in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977.
He is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 27, 2004.