Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Scholarship program - A combination of scholarships and services for the next generation of golfers

Montréal, February 24, 2025 – The collaboration between Golf Québec and the Aléo Foundation, established in 2014, continues this year with support in the form of scholarships and services deployed for life to the recipients. During the presentation, 27 student-golfers received $72,000 in scholarships and services to help them pursue their sporting and academic goals.

This 11th edition of the Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Scholarship Program is made possible by generous donors including Claude Chagnon, Fondation Roland-Beaulieu and Groupe Park Avenue. Their donations are in addition to a portion of the proceeds from the 2024 À table pour les athlètes event, as well as donations from the Patrick Rhéaume Fund.

Patrick Rhéaume Scholarships

Patrick Rhéaume, a friend of Golf Québec, former coach and former Golf Canada Regional Director for Québec, was living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and passed away in February 2024. Involved in many ways in the world of golf in Quebec and Canada for 31 years, he wanted to leave a legacy for the sport he loved. He and his entourage therefore set up the Patrick Rhéaume Fund to support athletes whose commitment to their sport reaches a remarkable level.

“I want the Patrick Rhéaume Fund to continue to support Quebec athletes year after year. It's important to help young people who work hard and are committed to their sport,” explained Patrick Rhéaume at a tournament held in his honour in September 2023.

Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Program

The Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Scholarship Program was created jointly by the two organizations to provide financial assistance and better support to young golfers, while raising awareness of the vital importance of their studies in keeping with their sporting careers.

In their words:

“Golf Québec is very proud of its association with the Aléo Foundation for over 10 years now. Since 2014, more than 300 recipients have benefited not only from the program's scholarships, but also from the services deployed by the Aléo Foundation. It's a program that puts the athlete first to offer them the tools to develop in all spheres of their lives, in their journey towards excellence. Naturally, I'd like to thank our generous donors who make this program possible.”

- Jean-Pierre Beaulieu, Executive Director, Golf Québec

“Our collaboration with Golf Québec is designed to support the athletes' athletic development and offer them the opportunity to train holistically, using the same tools and benefiting from the same professional services as athletes in other high-level sports. At the Aléo Foundation, the academic component is essential, so we also offer support services in combining sport and studies, as well as in orientation, for life, for all scholarship recipients.”

- Patricia Demers, Executive Director, Aléo Foundation

Recipients Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Program 2025

Name	Club	Age	Amount	City	School
Louanne Aubin	Sainte-Marguerite	16	$2,000	Baie-Comeau	Académie Saint-Louis
William Bellavance	Rivière-du-Loup	17	$2,000	L’Isle-Verte	CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence
Hogan Blais	Camelot	17	$2,000	Ottawa	Blyth Academy
Alexandra Botsis	Rosemère Fontainebleau	17	$2,000	Mont-Royal	IMG Academy
Charlotte Boudreau	Île de Montréal	17	$2,000	Montréal (Verdun)	Collège de Montréal
Zack Bourgeois	Le Blainvillier	14	$2,000	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Polyvalente des Monts
Mackenzie Cloutier	Le Blainvillier	18	$2,000	Mirabel	John Abbott College
Mikaël Coupal	Vallée du Richelieu	17	$2,000	Mont-Saint-Hilaire	École secondaire Fadette
Sofia De Zordo	Le Balmoral	17	$3,000	Morin-Heights	CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence
Justine Emond	Le Blainvillier	18	$2,000	Saint-Jérôme	Baylor School
Capucine Gekas	Programme du Golfeur Public	18	$2,000	Québec (Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap‑Rouge)	Collégial international Sainte-Anne
Thomas Grenier	Thetford	18	$2,000	Thetford Mines	CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence
Kate Guo	Pinegrove	14	$2,000	Lac-Brome	École secondaire Fadette
Antoine Jasmin	Le Blainvillier	18	$4,000	Blainville	Northern Pre-University
Zach Pageau	Vallée du Richelieu	18	$2,000	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Cégep André-Laurendeau
Jean-Philippe Parr	Ki-8-Eb	20	$3,000	Saint-Célestin	University of Tennessee
Charly Pinel	Bellechasse	17	$2,000	Beaumont	CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence
Mia Poirier	Victoriaville	16	$2,000	Victoriaville	Académie Saint-Louis
Charles-Edmond Proulx	Vallée du Richelieu	17	$2,000	Longueuil	Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
Oscar Ricketts	Beaconsfield	16	$2,000	Pointe-Claire	Loyola High School
Lorie Rosa	Lanaudière	15	$2,000	Montréal (Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles)	Collège Regina Assumpta
Alexis Rouleau	Lanaudière	15	$2,000	Montréal (Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie)	Collège de Montréal
Louis-Olivier St-Pierre	Les Saules	15	$2,000	Rimouski	École secondaire Paul-Hubert
Léonie Tavares	Saint-Raphaël	14	$2,000	Saint-Jérôme	Santa Fe Catholic High School
Seanna Wang	Vallée du Richelieu	18	$4,000	Brossard	Marianopolis College
Gracelyn Xiao	Rivermead	16	$2,000	Gatineau	Collège Saint-Alexandre de la Gatineau
Shinyao Zhang	Rivermead	17	$2,000	Gatineau	Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf

Among this year’s recipients, Antoine Jasmin, an 18-year-old student at Northern Pre-University and member of Le Blainvillier, received $4,000 from the Aléo Foundation to support his dual pursuit of academic and athletic excellence.

About Golf Québec - Igniting passions, nurturing dreams        

Founded in 1920, Golf Québec is the provincial sports federation whose mission is to increase participation and develop excellence in the game of golf. Golf Québec provides discovery and initiation programs such as First Tee - Premier départ Québec, as well as services such as the rules of golf, course evaluation, the universal handicap system and the Quebec Golf Hall of Fame. Golf Québec also oversees various regional and provincial competitions to help local amateur players excel and eventually reach the upper echelons of the professional circuit. For more information, visit www.golfquebec.org.

About the Aléo Foundation 

Founded in 1985, the Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ) has awarded over $25 million in scholarships to nearly 5,000 outstanding student-athletes across Quebec. In order to clarify the organization's mission to propel the athlete beyond sport, the QAAF changed its name and branding in 2022 to the Aléo Foundation. In addition to continuing to award scholarships and coaching services to tomorrow's leaders, the Foundation confirms its personalized approach, in which the overall development and well-being of its scholarship recipients are at the heart of its actions.