Gord Witteveen is elected as the 2012 inductee into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

A profession superintendent with more than a half-century and services information at golf clubs across Ontario and Quebec, Witteveen was the Founding Director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA) plus a renowned golf writer, author, featured speaker and educator.

Witteveen is being inducted inside builder category, becoming the 70th honoured an affiliate the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He could be merely the second superintendent to earn induction, the opposite being John B. Steel in 1988.

The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame seeks to recognize excellence as golfers, contributors and supporters from the game, said Ian Clarke, Chair of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Selection Mizuno MP-69 Irons Committee. Gord Witteveen made tremendous contributions like a superintendent, author and educator and it is only fitting that consequently, he or she is famous for his accomplishments.

Gord made significant contributions on the CGSA and to the game management in Canada and around the world during the course of an amazing career, said Ken Cousineau, Executive Director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association. His mentorship of countless boys and women left an indelible mark on the superintendent profession, ensuring the continuity of knowledgeable and capable golf management professionals for our children and grandchildren.

Witteveen will likely be posthumously inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame at a ceremony in January 2013, the important points that will launch at a later time.

After assuming the role of superintendent at Noranda Mines Driver in Quebec between 1956 and 1957, Witteveen became the superintendent at London Highland Country Club in Ontario upon graduation from college in 1958. 3 years later, he gone to live in Toronto to visualize the Titleist 910 D2 Driver superintendent role in the now defunct Northwood Golf Course, a situation Witteveen held for 12 years. In those times, he became active with the Ontario Golf Superintendents Association (OGSA) and helped found the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA), serving around the CGSA?¡¥s Board of Directors between 1966 and 1972, and also in the role of CGSA President in 1970.

From 1973 to 1999, Witteveen served as superintendent of the Board of Trade Country Club in Woodbridge, Ont., expanding the ability to 45 holes throughout his tenure. Upon his retirement from Board of Trade after 36 many years of service, Witteveen owned and operated Pleasant View Driver, a 9-hole course near Brantford, Ont., until its sale in 2008.

A frequent reason for industry publications, including Ontario Golf News, TurfNet Monthly and Course Management among others, Witteveen has also been the founding editor with the CGSA's GreenMaster magazine and then a featured columnist. He could be the namesake of the Gord Witteveen Award for outstanding writing by a superintendent for publication discount golf clubs in GreenMaster magazine, and received the Leo Fesser Award through the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) to find the best superintendent-written article in Course Management magazine in 1983.

Over the course of a storied career, Witteveen authored several books, such as a Century of Greenkeeping in 2001 and Keeping saving money in Canada in 2008. Younger crowd co-authored Practical The game Maintenance: This wonderful time of Greenkeeping in 1998 and Keepers of the Green in 2002.