Golf Canada To Honour Quebec Trio

Golf Canada will honour Debbie Savoy Morel, Réal Labbé and Roger H. Legault for their contributions to golf as co-recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards, which will be presented this Saturday at the association’s annual general meeting in Montreal.

“In their own special way, Debbie, Roger and Réal have had a significant impact on the game of golf. Their commitment and passion for the sport makes each of them a truly deserving recipient,” said Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons.

DEBBIE SAVOY-MOREL

Following an accomplished amateur playing career, Debbie Savoy-Morel joined the teaching professional ranks in 1993.
In 1997, she became the first woman in Canada to be appointed head golf professional of a 36-hole golf facility, Le Mirage Golf Club in Terrebonne, Que.

Since 2007, Savoy-Morel has worked closely with Golf Québec, assisting in the planning and presentation of training clinics through which the provincial association encourages women to play the game.

To recognize Savoy-Morel’s efforts, Golf Québec created the Debbie Savoy Morel Cup in 2010, one of the three events comprising the Jocelyne Bourassa Series.

In 2006, Savoy-Morel released an instructional DVD for golfers of all levels entitled “A Swing for a Lifetime”, in collaboration with Anne Chouinard, formerly the director of golf at the Canadian Golf Academy in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Savoy-Morel has worked with all-French sports television station RDS, providing analysis of LPGA Tour events.

ROGER LEGAULT

A former chairman of the Québec Golf Hall of Fame Selection Committee from 2001 to 2010, Roger H. Legault played a prominent role in the creation of the Québec Golf Hall of Fame in 1996.

A long-time contributor to the development of golf in Québec and across Canada, Legault formerly served as director of the Eastern Townships with the Québec Golf Association (Golf Québec) before joining the association’s board of directors and eventually becoming president of Golf Quebec in 1990.

Nominated as a governor of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (Golf Canada) in 1991, Legault was a Level 4 rules official and officiated at numerous amateur, professional and international championships.

A member at the Club de golf Venise in Magog, Que., Legault was also notably involved with the Quebec Open and served as co-chair of the 1997 Canadian Open at Royal Montreal and the 1999 Canadian Senior Open at Richelieu Valley Golf Club.

RÉAL LABBÉ

A sports journalist since 1967, primarily with Le Soleil newspaper in Québec City, Réal Labbé has provided coverage of countless professional and amateur sporting events in and around the Quebec City area during the course of his career.

A member of the Golf Writers’ Association of America, Labbé has covered numerous provincial and national golf competitions, as well as professional tournaments including the Masters.

Labbé currently works as a special columnist with Le Soleil, focusing on golf, and also serves as a radio commentator and editorial commentator on Québec City radio.

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