Breezy Bend Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course just west of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The course was opened in 1960 and was designed by Jack McMahon, who built the golf course on his own farm land.Manitoba Historical Society. (2024, August 4). Memorable Manitobans: John Stuart “Jack” McMahon (1904–2000). Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mcmahon_js.shtml [mhs.mb.ca]“A new deal for Breezy Bend,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 January 1961, page 104.
Breezy Bend Country Club has hosted the Manitoba Open, having hosted the championship in 1969, 1975, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 2025. The course is among 5 courses in the province that now host the professional tournament on a rotation.Golf Manitoba. (2024, December 16). Five‑course rotation to host Manitoba Open [Media release]. Golf Manitoba. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.golfmb.ca/articles/5-course-rotation-to-host-manitoba-open/
History Upon its opening in 1960, Breezy Bend was initially a public golf course charging $1.50 per round, or $30 for a season pass to play at the 18-hole course. The following year, McMahon received bids to sell the rest of his property surrounding the golf course for housing development and to turn the course into a private escape for wealthy Winnipeggers just outside the city. By 1969 professional golf arrived at Breezy Bend as the club hosted its fist Manitoba Open.Winnipeg Free Press. (2017, July 31). Breezy Bend remains a point of pride. Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/headliner/2017/07/31/breezy-bend-remains-a-point-of-prideScoreGolf. (n.d.). Breezy Bend Country Club. Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://scoregolf.com/golf-course-guide/manitoba/region/south-eastern-manitoba-winnipeg/breezy-bend-country-club
By 1972, golf course architect Geoffrey S. Cornish surveyed the course and proposed a long-range plan for the development of Breezy Bend into the general shape the course is today, with only minor renovations to holes 12 and 14 and the t boxes near the new clubhouse built in 2008.Breezy Bend Country Club. (n.d.). The Club. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://members.breezybend.ca/the-club
For over 40 years, Breezy Bend Country Club's head professional was Manitoba Golf Hall of Famer Sandy Paterson.
During the clubs construction and redevelopments, several Indigenous artifacts have been found on the grounds.Headingley Historical Society. (n.d.). Assorted: All articles found on the Breezy Bend property (Lots 6 and 7 Parish, Headingley). Retrieved December 4, 2025, from https://headingleyhistoricalsociety.ca/history/artifacts
Manitoba Open
The Manitoba Open has been hosted at Breezy Bend County Club seven times. Champions are as follows:
YearVenueWinnerScoreRefCentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open 2025 Breezy Bend CC Theo Humphrey 131 (−11) PGA TOUR. (2025). CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open – Leaderboard. PGA TOUR. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://www.pgatour.com/americas/tournaments/2025/manitoba-open/Y2025014/leaderboardXerox Manitoba Open 1993 Breezy Bend G&CC Frank Edmonds 270 1992 Breezy Bend G&CC Chris Patton 265 Manitoba Open 1991 Breezy Bend G&CC Kelly Gibson 267 1981 Breezy Bend G&CC Dan Croonquist 207 1975 Breezy Bend G&CC Ed Byman 208 1969 Breezy Bend G&CC Mike Reasor 209
Scorecard
See also List of golf courses in Manitoba
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