Nomad Classic Championship Trophy

This trophy was introduced at the 2005 Nomad Classic for the first time. This trophy consists of a 3-tiered step-pyramid base with a metal abstract golfer sculpture on the top. A nameplate on the top step reads “Nomad Classic”. Each year following the Nomad Classic golf tournament, the year, golf course, and names of the championship-winning team are engraved onto a shield that is attached to the trophy.

This trophy is awarded to the team with the lowest combined golf scores after two rounds of golf each, based on NC-handicaps*. The trophy is shared between the winning team during the year and is returned to the tournament organizers at the beginning of the following year’s tournament.

Winners on the Trophy

Edition	Year	Location	Team Members	Score
N/A	2002**	Crowbush Cove	Sam Masih Matt Kershaw	N/A
N/A	2004**	Indian Wells	Ben Kwok Chris Muir Sam Masih	N/A
1st	2005	Monterra	Christian Ferguson Matt Ingrassia	+14
2nd	2006	Horseshoe Valley	Ryan Doyle Sam Masih	+8
3rd	2007	Six Foot Bay	Barry Stoltz Steven Way	-15
4th	2008	Calabogie Highlands	Barry Stoltz Steven Way	-19
5th	2009	Lora Bay	Chris Muir Dennis Forster	-5
6th	2010	Peek’n Peak	Mark Rinaldo Steven Way	-16
7th	2011	Mont Tremblant	Matt Ingrassia Barry Stoltz	+18
8th	2012	Smuggler’s Glen	Ryan Doyle Sam Masih	-8
9th	2013	Battlefield	Matt Kershaw Brett Berens	-9
10th	2014	Cape Breton	Christian Ferguson	-2
11th	2015	Bellemere Winds	Christian Ferguson Chris Muir	+5
12th	2016	Fenelon Falls	Steven Way Nathan Greene	-16
13th	2017	Belleville	Nathan Greene Jason Webster	-15
14th	2018	Holiday Valley	Ryan Doyle Christian Ferguson	-8
15th	2019	Lora Bay	Sam Masih Ed Ferguson	+15
16th	2020	Paris	Mark Rinaldo Barry Stoltz	+21
17th	2021	Mont Tremblant	Dave Fauteux Aldis Zandbergs	+26
18th	2022	Blue Mountain	Aldis Zandbergs Matt Kershaw	+21*
19th	2023	Bay of Quinte	Chris Muir Ryan Doyle	+35
20th	2024	TBD	TBD	TBD

“The Sandbagger” Trophy

This trophy was introduced at the 2007 Nomad Classic for the first time. This trophy consists of a one-piece sculpture of a golfer standing on the ground. There is a nameplate on the base of the trophy which reads “The Sandbagger”.

One online golf dictionary has the following definition:

1. Generally, any golfer who misleads others about his ability level, claiming to be worse than he actually is at golf.

2. More specifically, a golfer who artificially inflates his handicap index in order to better his chances of winning tournaments or bets.

A sandbagger is considered by many to be the lowest form of life on a golf course. Sandbaggers can inflate their handicap indexes by selectively leaving out their best rounds of golf when they post scores for handicap purposes.

“The Sandbagger” trophy is given to the individual golfer who has the best tournament score in relation to that individual’s handicap. The trophy is given to the winning golfer for the year and is returned to the tournament organizers at the beginning of the following year’s tournament.

For the 10-year anniversary in 2014, the trophy was given to the player who won the most cleaners, a handicapped version of skins for a tournament setting. This occurred because the Nomad Classic trophy went to the individual with the lowest handicap-adjusted score that year.

Winners of the Trophy

Year	Winner	NC-Handicap	Difference
2007	Steven Way	116	-16 (2 rounds)
2008	Matthew Kershaw	107	-17 (2 rounds)
2009	Dennis Forster	96	-7 (2 rounds)
2010	Sam Masih	93	-17 (2 rounds)
2011	Barry Stoltz	101	+3 (2 rounds)
2012	Nathan Greene	113	-9 (2 rounds)
2013	Tom Shepherd	97	-9 (2 rounds)
2014	Nathan Greene	114/110	N/A (10 Cleaners)
2015	Christian Ferguson	102	-2 (3 rounds)
2016	Nathan Greene Tim Jones	111/111/112 89/88/89	-12 (3 rounds)
2017	Jason Webster	100/100/102	-13 (3 rounds)
2018	Christian Ferguson	95/95/95	-10 (3 rounds)
2019	Ed Ferguson	122/120/119	-3 (3 rounds)
2020	Barry Stoltz	88/91/91	+5 (3 rounds)
2021	Sam Masih	83/79/81	-1 (3 rounds)
2022	Aldis Zandbergs	100/99/96	-4 (3 rounds)
2023	Ed Ferguson	102/101/100	-2 (3 rounds)

* NC-Handicap is the handicap system used by the Nomad Classic for a given year. Initially, it represented the projected score on one round of golf for the course that year, but it has moved to an official handicap score based on Nomad-approved rounds. It is currently adjusted after each round of tournament play.

** The first Nomad Classic was in 2005. These plaques do not count as official Nomad Classic tournament winners.