Biography

John B. Steel Carpenter Inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame: 1988

John B. Steel Carpenter and Caretaker at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. He showed an interest in green keeping, for which he appeared to have a natural aptitude. When the greenkeeper died, Steel was given the job. John Steel made up for his lack of formal education in his science, by reading and by attending seminars in Canada and the United States. He was a moving force behind the founding of the CGSA and was elected first president of the Canadian Golf Superintendent's Association. He was a founding member of the Course Superintendent's Association of Manitoba in 1950. John was madean honorary life member of the Manitoba association and of the CGSA. In 2003 Mr. Steel was one of the first class of inductees to the newly formed Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame.

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http://www.rcga.org/english/HallOfFame/hall_ofFamers.asp?ID=50