2025 Canadian and Provincial Golf Hall of Fame Inductees

Another year, another group of amazingly talented folks helping grow our game. We start with Canada and move through each province in celebration of the 2025 winners.

October 28, 2025

Canadian Amateur Golf

The 2025 Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Inductees are the lead group:

• Richard Scott didn’t just win the Canadian Men’s Amateur once. He grabbed the trophy three times: 2003, then a bold double in 2005 and 2006. He came through Golf Canada’s National Team Program and now sits in elite company, tied for the third-most titles ever. Only a few historic legends have more… and he’s right on their heels.

• Jerry Anderson wasn’t just a pro… he was a record-smashing trailblazer. The Montreal-born star conquered events at home and abroad, and in 1984 he became the very first Canadian to win on the European Tour with a dazzling 27-under at the Ebel European Masters. That number didn’t budge for 19 years. After the trophies, he paid it forward as a teaching pro for nearly two decades. He left us in 2018 at 62, but his legacy is still swinging strong.

• Charles Blair Macdonald didn’t just build golf courses. He built the whole idea of golf course architecture. The Niagara Falls native designed the first-ever 18-hole course in the U.S. at Chicago Golf Club, co-founded the USGA, and even snagged the very first U.S. Men’s Amateur title back in 1895. He changed the game’s landscape in every way and kept shaping it until his passing in 1939 at age 83.

Next on the tee is Ontario:

• Grant Fraser is a true trailblazer in golf management education, with countless years happily teeing up time on boards and committees to help the game grow.

• Archie Berube been a game-changer for the Northern Golf Association (NGA), helping spark its growth and revival, all while building grassroots programs that get more players swinging.

• Doug Ball’s photography career spans decades spinning golf’s greatest hits into visual legends.

Rounding the turn...British Columbia:

• Phyllis Laschuk didn’t even pick up a club until she was 40 and then she won some senior events... proving it’s never too late to start crushing it on the fairways!

• Dave Mick swung his way to success in the BC Amateur and even helped Canada snag silver at the 1978 World Amateur Team Championships in Fiji.

• Bryn Parry is 10-time PGA of BC Player of the Year, multiple-time champ, and living proof that consistency really is par for the course.

• BC Golf's longtime CEO, Kris Jonasson has spent nearly 30 years keeping British Columbia Golf on course.

Next up on the tee...Québec:

• Since joining Rivermead Golf Club in 1979, Robert Fugère has basically turned winning into a hobby — stacking up provincial, national, and international titles (and enough “Golfer of the Year” awards to fill a trophy room). A true master of the mid-am and senior scene, he’s proof that experience really does drive the long game!

• From Abitibi-Témiscamingue to Argentina, Denise Lavigne has lived a world tour of golf — player, coach, teacher, tech pioneer, and mentor to pros. She’s taught everywhere from Québec to Geneva to Florida, helped shape LPGA and national champions, and still finds time to perfect her swing. A true legend whose passport has more golf stamps than most golfers have birdies!

Our round is nearly complete with Alberta next up:

• Jackie Little has been getting it done on the golf course for decades — and she’s got the hardware to prove it. She started swinging strong in Alberta racking up junior and amateur titles before taking her talents to B.C., where she kept dominating and showing the competition how it’s done. She’s conquered every level — junior, amateur, mid, senior, and even super senior.

• Cathy McMillan first made a splash back in ’63 collecting provincial and national titles as well as competing internationally. From juniors to seniors, she’s proven she can handle every kind of stroke — and when she wasn’t out competing, she was helping grow the game either through volunteering or through Alberta Golf as Director of Player Development from 2004-2009.

Last but not least...New Brunswick:

Meet Judy Astle: the Swiss Army Knife of New Brunswick sports. 

• Coached basically every sport at Upper Miramichi Regional High School for 36 years… because why pick just one?

• Leveled up in golf and ended up President of Mill Pond GC and Golf NB

• Nationally certified Level 3 rules official who officiated at major tournaments throughout Canada and served on Golf Canada Governor’s Council

• Awards on awards: Order of NB, Golf Canada and Golf NB Volunteer of the Year, Female Official of the Year… the trophy shelf fears her.

Judy didn’t just grow the game. She practically raised it.

Thanks for joining us on our cross country journey celebrating Canada’s 2025 Hall of Famers!!