Whitfield chips it within inch’s just like every other chip he’s had today. Banilevic fails to get up and down. The Match is all square thru 4

Whitfield makes a great 2 putt par and takes a 1 up lead to the 6th tee

Solid drives on 6. Both chip it within 6 feet. Both miss match remains all square

Pars on 7. Whitfield vs. Banilevic remain all square

Bogeys on 8 to that difficult back pin. Both guys hit good chips to 12 feet inch’s apart. Both leave the putt inch’s short in the middle. Match is all square

Solid drives on 9. Whitfield’s ball lands short rolls over. Banilevic pulls his approach left of the green. Whitfield putts it from 50 feet to within 2 feet. Banilevic chips it to 6 feet. Banilevic misses and Whitfield makes. Whitfield 1 up thru the front 9 #Northern103

After calling out yardages to each other for their “chip shots”. They determined Banilevic is away. Jordan chips it to 20 feet and leaves his putt inch’s short right in the heart. Whitfield chips it to 2 feet and make the putt Whitfield 2 up thru 10

Official scorecard

Pars on 12 for both Whitfield 4 up with 6 to go

Banilevic hits a great shot from the bunker on 13 to about 10 feet. Narrowly misses but Whitfield 3 putts from the front Whitfield 3 up thru 13

Pars on 14 Whitfield remains 3 up with 4 to play

Banilevic hammers driver down the middle on 15. Whitfield is taking an unplayable after his drive

Banilevic hits hit to 8 feet and after Whitfield doesn’t chip in for par. Hole is conceded. Whitfield 2 up 3 to go

Pars on 16 and Whitfield is 2 up with 2 holes remaining

Two putt par for Banilevic and Whitfield fails to get up and down. Going to 18 Whitfield 1 up

Banilevic hammers one over the willow on the right and Whitfield is fine in the left rough.

After a bit of confusion. The players thinking the match is tied after a pair of pars. The two men think back and come to the conclusion that Jeff Whitfield has won the 103rd Men’s Northern Championship #Congratulations #Champ

Jeff Whitfield 2024 Northern Champion #Congratulations Jeff

Thank you to our Superintendent Pierre Vezeau Pierre Vezeau , not just today but every day for all of your hardwork, dedication, and leadership to @cookegolf over the last 30 years. #ThankASuper #bestinthebiz #bossofthemoss #cookemuni

The golf course wintered extremely well and opening day is officially here⛳️ The Cooke Municipal Golf Course will open for the season on Saturday, April 26 at 10:00am. Online tee times will be available tomorrow at 8am cookegolf.ca or download the Cooke app!