Wilf Homenuik got his golfing start at Yorkton and later made a name for himself as an amateur and professional in Manitoba before settling in Ontario.
Wilf won the Saskatchewan men’s amateur champion as a junior player in 1953, then followed up with a win in the Saskatchewan junior men’s championship in 1954. After moving to Winnipeg, he claimed the Manitoba amateur championship in 1956 and 1957. He played on Willingdon Cup teams for Saskatchewan in 1953 and for Manitoba in 1956 and 1957.
He was an assistant professional at the Elmhurst and Glendale courses in Winnipeg before becoming head pro at Bel Acres from 1963 to 1965. Heading east, he was head professional at Highlands in 1976-77, at Cherry Downs in 1980-81, then became teaching pro at Oakdale from 1982 to the present.
On the national scene, Wilf was Canadian junior runner-up in 1954, low Canadian in the Canadian Open in 1962, won the CPGA championship in 1965 and 1971 and the CPGA match play title in 1967 and 1968. He played for Canada on three World Cup teams, in 1965 with George Knudson, 1971 with Moe Norman and 1974 with Ben Kern.
In 2005, he was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 26, 2005.