The Old Drovers Run golf course in Niverville recently completed its ninth season of men’s league competition. This year, brothers Ty Dilello and Braiden Mahon finished on top.
Throughout the season, the men’s league took place on Wednesday and Thursday nights over ten weeks of regular season play. In total, 42 teams of two golfers each competed, with the top 16 teams from each night then meeting for the next five weeks in a single elimination bracket.
Dilello and Mahon won the Thursday night league and then went up against the Wednesday night league winners Ray Dowse and Bryan Trottier in the final on September 15.
The competition was stiff. Dowse and Trottier had won the men’s league three times since its inception.
“I had a really good round in the league final,” says Dilello. “I shot an even par, while my brother shot +2. We were up 5–1 after six holes, which meant we were already leading by enough to win the championship.”
Mahon and Dilello started golfing more frequently during the pandemic and say they have really taken to the game over the past few years.
“Our play really improved throughout the season,” Dilello says, “to the point where we were shooting some really good scores in the later stages of the playoffs. It helps playing the course so much during the summer, as you learn quickly all the spots of where to hit the ball and where not to, etc. And it was good to apply that during our run to the league championship.”
This year’s men’s league final also happened to be something of a family affair for The Citizen, as Dilello covers the Niverville Nighthawks for this publication and Dowse is the sales manager and co-owner.
