The McNab Regional Park Golf Course in Watson celebrated 25 years in August.
The club held a 25 hole par 3 tournament to commemorate a quarter of a century for the course in the tight knit community. The park also houses a swimming pool and a campground alongside the nine hole course. Park Board Chair Kathryn McNulty said the day was everything the community could have hoped for.
“We had a whole bunch of the original community members, volunteers, and board members come to the clubhouse, we sat around and had coffee, and the stories just started to pour out about the building of the golf course,” she told Golf Saskatchewan. “That was just a unique experience. To hear their memories about what it looked like to now, what an amazing undertaking.”
As part of the celebration prior to the 25 holes for 25 years a time capsule was buried by the first tee box. It’s not clear when that will be revisited.
McNulty added that the course and park is a fixture in the town and area and means so much to most of the residents in the region.
“It’s a place that celebrates recreation and at it’s core it brings the community together. Whether it’s through a game of golf, swimming at the pool, camping, family reunions, we host the ‘Jaywalk’ every year that supports a family, it’s about bringing the community together and just being that place,” she added.