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CTV News
5 days ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Irish tourist Miriam Matthews meets Irish golf legend Darren Clarke at Calgary golf tournament
Former British Open champion Darren Clarke chats with Irish tourist Miriam Matthews at Calgary's Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club Thursday. Matthews is volunteering at the Rogers Charity Classic, which Clarke is competing in. An Irish tourist who just happens to be an avid golfer is having a dream visit to Calgary. On a whim, Miriam Matthews volunteered to work the Rogers Charity Classic and got to meet one of the biggest golfers from back home. Darren Clarke is a past winner of the British Open and also from Northern Ireland. Matthews, a huge golf fan, lives in the south and was thrilled to meet Clarke as she marshalled the ninth hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club this week. Miriam Matthews and Darren Clarke Irish golf fan Miriam Matthews got to shoot a selfie with 2011 British Open champion Darren Clarke. (CTV Calgary) It's a job she signed up for to fill some time while house-and-dog-sitting in Calgary. '(People ask) are you usually this spontaneous? If you ask my friends, they'd say yes I am!' Matthews said. Clarke posed for a selfie with Matthews while the two commiserated about the chilly Thursday morning weather, saying it was just as cold as it was back home. Matthews was responsible for holding up signs on the ninth tee requesting silence from the gallery that said, 'Quiet, Eh!' Quiet eh! Rogers Charity Classic Marshals hold up 'Quiet Eh!' signs at the Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary. (Glenn Campbell, CTV Calgary) For more information about the Rogers Charity Classic, go here.
CTV News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
PGA Champions tour golfer Corey Pavin hits the silver screen for the second time
Former U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin, who is in Calgary to play in the Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, talked to the press Wednesday about his recent acting role in Happy Gilmore 2. This week, Corey Pavin will tee it up in his ninth Charity Classic at the Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club in southwest Calgary. While golf is still the priority for the 1995 U.S. Open winner, he's also dabbled in acting. Pavin had a role in Kevin Costner's hit movie Tin Cup back in 1996. Now he has another role on his resume: he made an appearance in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2. Pavin said he got to know Sandler from playing in a pro-am with him and Sandler helped land him the cameo in the sequel. 'I met Adam a long time ago and we've kept in touch a little bit. A friend of ours works for Netflix and kind of ran the show and made sure I was in it as well.' Lots of golfer cameos More than 20 current and former starts of the PGA tour made an appearance in Happy Gilmore 2. Pavin says it was a long day of filming the clubhouse scene but it was fun and it gave him a chance to brush up on his acting skills. 'It's a little awkward because we don't do that kind of stuff very often,' he said. 'You have to try and become an actor which is difficult but they do so many takes that you can't screw it up. So eventually you relax and just say your lines and do it.' Movie helps golf Happy Gilmore 2 has been a hit on Netflix and it's been a hit for golf as well. PGA Champions tour commissioner Miller Brady says it's good to get to know the players outside of the ropes. 'These guys get to have a little fun with it and some humour behind it,' he said. 'Most times when they're on the golf course they're very stoic but Happy Gilmore is anything but that. I love seeing it, I think it's great for the game of golf.' Pavin isn't sure if this will be his last movie but says it's a nice way to get some fame away from the fairways. 'It's fun to be in a movie,' he said. 'It's nice to say that I've in in two movies now, so I'm a bonafide movie star,' he said with a laugh. Not trying the Happy swing On Tuesday, former champs Ken Tanigawa and Ken Duke tried the Happy Gilmore at a clinic for kids. Pavin is now 65 years old and says there's not a chance he's trying it. 'Not I'm to old to try that,' he chuckled. 'I'm afraid to, I might break something.' For more about the Charity Classic, go here.
Press and Journal
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- Press and Journal
GALLERY: Rotary club of Spey Valley charity car tour rolls through Aviemore
On Sunday, the Rotary Club of Spey Valley hosted its second Charity Classic, Sports and EV Car Tour, drawing car enthusiasts to Aviemore for a day of scenic driving and charitable fundraising. The approximately 150-mile route showcased the best of the Scottish Highlands, with participants enjoying quiet, picturesque roads. The tour concluded with a meal, presentations, and prize-giving. The event was to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and the Rotary Club of Spey Valley's charitable causes.
