Welcome to the "2025 Flagstick.com Shootout" Event Portal
Top-Level Invitational Presented by COBRA PUMA Golf at Smuggler’s Glen Golf Course
The re-born amateur golf tournament conducted by the team from Flagstick Golf Magazine (Flagstick.com) and played at the Smuggler’s Glen Golf Course in Lansdowne, Ontario is back for 2025.
The original iteration of the Flagstick.com Shootout tournament ran for almost a decade, beginning in 2009, and featured a field of 72 players in a 36-hole competition on the layout regarded as one of the best in Eastern Ontario.
The event, which returned in 2023 to much praise, will see competition take place this year on July 12/13, 2025, with the tournament presented by COBRA-PUMA Golf and additionally supported by Gananoque Chev.
Weather conditions were perfect, if a bit hot, for the 2024 edition of the COBRA PUMA Flagstick.com Shootout at the Smugglers Glen Golf Course. A wide range of players, from top junior, amateurs, and college players (plus club players) turned up from across Ontario to take on the course over 36 holes.
The tournament, also supported by Gananoque Chev, saw a strong field of players take part in the return of the challenge that was originally conducted from 2009 – 2017.
The re-birth of the event in 2023 saw Laurier University golf team member Conor Gaudet prevail. Due to a conflict he could not return to defend his title.
That helped pave the way for Napanee, Ontario’s Caden Holmes. His rounds of 73 and 67 pushed him to -4 total and the 2025 overall title.
Holmes, who plays college golf at Northwestern Oklahoma State, made six birdies on his last ten holes, that included four in the last seven holes. “I got off to a slow start but I never felt too bad with my game this week. I knew I had to be patient and that the birdies would come,” said Holmes after being presented the winner’s trophy.
In the B Division, it was 16-year-old Jackson Murphy who took the title with two steady rounds of 74. Jackson was also the winner of the Saturday night closest to the pin contest.
“It was another great weekend; we had a field from a wide area, and the level of play was impressive,” said Jeff Bauder, Publisher of Flagstick.com and Tournament Director. “We appreciate the tremendous support by COBRA Golf and PUMA Golf and their interest in amateur golf. A thank you as well to our local sponsor, Gananoque Chev. They were instrumental in making this event a success. We cannot provide enough thanks to the Seal Family and Jason Boyce of Smuggler’s Glen and the The Glen House Resort for their event partnership. We always enjoy hosting events at their facility.”
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The 6600-yard golf course at Smugglers Glen was designed by Boyd Barr. The layout was the long-time vision of the Seal family who have owned and operated the Glen House Resort since 1962. It was nominated for the Best New Golf Course in Canada Award in 2006 by Golf Digest. Since then it has annually received recognition in the Flagstick Golf Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards and proved to be a worthy host for the PGA TOUR Canada in 2012 for the initial playing of The Great Waterway Classic.
It was and continues to be a hearty example of how golf fits well in the Canadian Shield. The land is marked by rolling topography providing a bevy of drops and rises, along with a natural accent of white pines, granite outcroppings and indigenous plant life.
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FLAGSTICK.COM SHOOTOUT
at Smuggler's Glen Golf Course
Presented by COBRA PUMA Golf Canada
July 12 & 13, 2025
2025 Registration Now Open! – The Flagstick.com Shootout
is a limited field event and we encourage players to register as
quickly as possible in order to secure a spot in the field.
Format: Stroke Play - Straight Tee-Times
Saturday starting at 10:00 AM | Sunday starting at 10:00 AM
Divsions: Two Divisions - to be split after the field is set
Flagstick Shootout Package
Great Registration Gifts For All Players (Value $350+)
Two Rounds of Golf | Steak Dinner Saturday Evening
Practice Range Balls Both Days | Prizes Right After Golf Sunday
$265.00 + HST & Processing Fee
Optional Practice Rounds Available - Call Pro Shop
Carts Optional if required - Check Package Pricing