Breezy Bend Country Club

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Breezy Bend Country Club
Club information
Location7620 Roblin Blvd, Headingley, MB R4H 1C9
Established1960
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hostedThe Manitoba Open on the PGA Tour Americas (7 time host) and the The Canadian Mid-Amateur Championships, both mens and womens
Website https://breezybend.ca/
Designed by Jack McMahon
Par 72
Length6,767 yards (6,188 m)
Course rating 72.7
Slope rating 127
Course record64 (Bob Panasiuk)

Breezy Bend Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course just west of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The course was opened in 1960 and was designed by Jack McMahon, who built the golf course on his own farm land. [1] [2]

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Breezy Bend Country Club has hosted the Manitoba Open, having hosted the championship in 1969, 1975, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 2025. The course is among 5 courses in the province that now host the professional tournament on a rotation. [3]

History

Upon its opening in 1960, Breezy Bend was initially a public golf course charging $1.50 per round, or $30 for a season pass to play at the 18-hole course. The following year, McMahon received bids to sell the rest of his property surrounding the golf course for housing development and to turn the course into a private escape for wealthy Winnipeggers just outside the city. By 1969 professional golf arrived at Breezy Bend as the club hosted its fist Manitoba Open. [4] [5]

By 1972, golf course architect Geoffrey S. Cornish surveyed the course and proposed a long-range plan for the development of Breezy Bend into the general shape the course is today, with only minor renovations to holes 12 and 14 and the t boxes near the new clubhouse built in 2008. [6]

During the clubs construction and redevelopments, several Indigenous artifacts have been found on the grounds. [7]

The Manitoba Open

The Manitoba Open has been hosted at Breezy Bend County Club seven times. Champions are as follows:

YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open
2025 Breezy Bend CC Flag of the United States.svg Theo Humphrey 131 (−11) [a] [8]
Xerox Manitoba Open
1993Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Edmonds 270
1992Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of the United States.svg Chris Patton 265
Manitoba Open
1991Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Gibson 267
1981Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of the United States.svg Dan Croonquist 207
1975Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of the United States.svg Ed Byman 208
1969Breezy Bend G&CC Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reasor 209
  1. ↑ Weather-shortened to 36 holes.

[9] [10] [11] [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Manitoba Historical Society. (2024, August 4). Memorable Manitobans: John Stuart “Jack” McMahon (1904–2000). Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mcmahon_js.shtml [mhs.mb.ca]
  2. ↑ “A new deal for Breezy Bend,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 January 1961, page 104.
  3. ↑ Golf Manitoba. (2024, December 16). Five‑course rotation to host Manitoba Open [Media release]. Golf Manitoba. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.golfmb.ca/articles/5-course-rotation-to-host-manitoba-open/
  4. ↑ Winnipeg Free Press. (2017, July 31). Breezy Bend remains a point of pride. Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/headliner/2017/07/31/breezy-bend-remains-a-point-of-pride
  5. ↑ ScoreGolf. (n.d.). Breezy Bend Country Club. Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://scoregolf.com/golf-course-guide/manitoba/region/south-eastern-manitoba-winnipeg/breezy-bend-country-club
  6. ↑ Breezy Bend Country Club. (n.d.). The Club. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://members.breezybend.ca/the-club
  7. ↑ Headingley Historical Society. (n.d.). Assorted: All articles found on the Breezy Bend property (Lots 6 and 7 Parish, Headingley). Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://headingleyhistoricalsociety.ca/history/artifacts
  8. ↑ PGA TOUR. (2025). CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open – Leaderboard. PGA TOUR. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.pgatour.com/americas/tournaments/2025/manitoba-open/Y2025014/leaderboard
  9. ↑ "Our Past Champions". Manitoba Open. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  10. ↑ Manitoba Golf Annual '82 (PDF). Manitoba Golf Association. p. 64. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Players Cup Preview". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ Weibe, Ken (March 7, 2018). "The Players Cup gets new home..." Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved April 6, 2020.


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