Leost drains aces, donates to charity

It was a sweet shot, followed by a classy gesture.

Marc Leost scored an ace during the Calgary Flames Celebrity Charity Golf Classic, making short work of the sixth hole on the Talons track at Country Hills with a pin-seeking six-iron from 165 yards

Wait, it gets better — Leost, the director of sales and luxury suites for the local hockey heroes, won a diamond pendant for his hole-in-one and promptly donated the shiny prize back to the Calgary Flames Foundation for auction.

It fetched $12,000, helping boost the fundraising total for the 2016 Calgary Flames Celebrity Charity Golf Classic to north of $400,000.

Tanner Forman gave the boys reason to celebrate during the men’s night finale at Highwood in High River.

Forman was the toast of the clubhouse after finding the flag on the 142-yard fifth hole on the Mountainview loop, getting the job done with one crack of a nine-iron.

Nancy Bird, a member at Calgary Elks, made a splash of a different sort on the island green at her home club. Bird launched a seveniron over the water on No. 17 and her aim was outstanding from 112 yards out.

MORE ACES …

Anne Backman, No. 5 on Slopes at Glencoe — 128 yards.

Mike Blanchard, No. 9 at Canal at Delacour — 165 yards, hybrid.

Michael Gingras, No. 3 on Slopes at Glencoe — 127 yards.

Bob Henderson, No. 3 on Bridges at Glencoe — 145 yards.

Ann Kerwin, No. 7 on Forest at Gelncoe — 134 yards.

Angela Kinnie-Steeves — No. 3 on Slopes at Glencoe, 135 yards

Shirlee Lamacchia, No. 7 on Valley 9 at Shaganappi Point — 80 yards, nine-iron.

Cliff Lawrick, No. 11 on Raven at Priddis Greens — 138 yards, seveniron.

Bill Lister, No. 4 on Lakes at Glencoe — 153 yards.

Sharon Merkel, No. 5 at Hamptons — 112 yards, seven-wood.

Lorraine Sharplin, No. 2 on Hawk at Priddis Greens — 105 yards, eight-iron.

AROUND THE FAIRWAYS

Sue Christison (Lakeside Greens) was crowned winner of the Calgary Ladies Golf Association’s Tournament of Champions at Springbank Links, which was shortened to a nine-hole shootout due to poor weather. Christison signed for a 38, good for a two-shot triumph. Janine Englehardt (River’s Edge) posted the best net score ... Redwood Meadows’ dynamic duo of Kevin Black and Murray Walter romped to a nine-stroke win at the PGA of Alberta’s Pro-Assistant. Black and Walter combined for a 30-under 186 at the 54-hole team event at The Quarry in Edmonton ... The finalists of the BlackWolf Golf event score a trip on a private jet to the championship match at Predator Ridge, and Scott Secord and Jack Wesche were flying high on the way home after winning Saturday’s final showdown in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley. One week earlier, Trever Jensen and Dennis Bleackley worked overtime to capture the net title in a playoff.