The lines in the rhyme go, "One crow for sorrow; two crows for mirth."
In the Crowe home in Armstong, there were no tears over the weekend, and plenty of merriment.
DJ Crowe won a golf tournament in 麻豆AV, while dad Jesse followed the example of his oldest of three children with wife, Jennifer, by winning a historic tournament in the Shuswap for a third consecutive year just 48 hours later.
We'll respect our elders and start with pops.
Jesse and partner Jeremy Osborne won the 97th annual Spalding Cup men's two-ball best-ball at the Salmon Arm Golf Club for a third straight time. The pair shot their highest winning score during the three-peat, 10-under-par, rallying for the victory.
"We were two shots behind going to Sunday, and we played through some interesting conditions Saturday," said Jesse, a Vernon vehicle specialist and former head pro at the Salmon Arm Club for seven years. Osborne is a Salmon Arm realtor.
"To win three in a row with Jeremy is pretty neat. We don't get to play with each other often, but we were texting back and forth the week leading up to the Spalding Cup."
It was Jesse's fourth Spalding Cup title and the fifth for Osborne. The pair will defend in 2026 but the partnership will dissolve after that as Jesse's son will be of age to be dad's playing partner.
"Jeremy's already said he's going to kick our butts in that first tournament," laughed Jesse.
Son DJ was taking part in his second-ever event on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour, the Zeal Series, presented by the RINK Golf Academy at the Okanagan Golf Club in 麻豆AV.
DJ went wire-to-wire in the 36-hole event's Junior Boys division, played at The Bear course. Crowe fired rounds of 70-72 to finish at 2-under 142, seven shots ahead of Vernon's Tyson Wicklund (76-73). Crowe carded nine birdies over the two rounds.
"It feels great," he said of the victory. "It always feels good to win. Playing with friends was great, so were the prizes, and the staff was amazing."
Crowe and Wicklund, both 17, were not the only North Okanagan golfers to finish first and second at the event.
Kobe Menzies of Vernon, 15, won the Juvenile Boys title, firing rounds of 78-75 for a one-shot win over Cian Thubron of Calgary. Kobe Johnson of Quesnel was third, three shots behind.
"It feels like all of my hard work is starting to pay off," said Menzies after the win. "I also enjoy seeing how good the other players are and meeting new people."
Ellie Johnson of Vernon, 16, shot rounds of 77-69 for a two-day total of 146 to finish second overall in the Girls 15-19 Division. Johnson was three shots behind Vancouver's Doris Xiaotong Liu, 15, who won her second straight MJT event.
Velvet Haynes of 麻豆AV won the Girls U15 division, shooting scores of 74-76 for a 150 total. Sophia Sun of Burnaby was more than 30 strokes behind in second place.
DJ, Menzies, Johnson, and Haynes have been invited to the MJT National Sept. 12-15 at the Sawmill Golf Course in Fenwick, Ont.
DJ has also been shortlisted by the MJT for a pair of International tournaments.
He is on the shortlist for Team Canada for the largest junior event in the Southern hemisphere, the Jack Newton International Junior Classic, in 2026 in Australia.
DJ is also on the shortlist for the Sergio Garcia Junior Championship Oct. 3-5 in Borriol, Spain. The MJT will qualify four players 鈥� two boys, two girls 鈥� aged 15-18 from qualifying events across the country to take part in the international tournament.
