Russel Macdonald and Anderson Macdonald
2025 Champions
Russell and Anderson MacDonald claimed the 2025 national championship at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon, Ont. The father and son duo from the Riverside Country Club in Rothesay, N.B., who had been playing together for five years, won the championship on the first hole of the playoff. In addition to winning the national championship, the MacDonald’s received an all-expenses paid trip to represent Canada at The R&A 9 Hole Challenge that took place at Royal Portrush in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on the eve of the 153rd Open Championship in July, 2025.
Tim Charles and Peter Morse
2024 Champions
Tim Charles and Peter Morse were crowned the inaugural champions of the 2024 BDO National Golf League following a playoff win over Reid Middleton and Brian Thorne at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ancaster, Ont. Charles of North Kentville, N.S. and Morse of New Minas, N.S. earned 22 stableford points from the front nine to advance to the playoff, Middleton and Thorne of New Brunswick posted a similar score of 22 points to emerge as the top team on the back nine. Both pairings competed on the 18th hole in-front of an enthusiastic crowd, all with par putts awaiting them. After the duo from New Brunswick narrowly missed their putts, Morse drained a lengthy putt to claim the championship for the Nova Scotia duo.