Golf for an awesome guy

 

Nathan Haase died on his day job as an electrician in August 2011, at the young age of 25. Since then, friends Mike Bobbitt and Preston Rusnack have created a memorial golf tournament in his honour. On Aug. 24, it will be in its second year at Strathmore Golf Club.

One hundred and fifty-six golfers participated in 2012, and numbers are similar this year, with around 110 enrolled by the August 10 deadline. 

“We still have a little bit of room,” Rusnack said.

Along with 18 holes and a golf cart rental, there will be dinner, and prizes – golf jackets, golf bags, a beer fridge, his and hers watches and Flames tickets. All fundraising goes towards a scholarship at Strathmore High School on behalf of Haase.

“He liked to golf quite a bit, and we used to go out quite a bit too, just around Strathmore and out in British Columbia. He was always big into golf, had a nice set of clubs, and he really enjoyed the sport like myself,” said Rusnack. 

Haase grew up in Strathmore, and volunteered as a rural firefighter. Before he died, he was “like a brother” to Rusnack.

“Me, him, and my brother, we were very close since we were about 5 or 6-years-old. He worked with us, went on vacations with us, hung out with us, we were basically like his second family,” he said. “It’s a good day for everyone to get out and enjoy themselves in the memory of an awesome guy.”