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,” shared 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,” added Patricia Demers, Executive Director, Aléo Foundation.
Recipients Golf Québec x Aléo Foundation Program 2025
| Name | Club | Age | Amounth | City | School |
| Louanne Aubin | Sainte-Marguerite | 16 | $2000 | Baie-Comeau | Académie Saint-Louis |
| William Bellavance | Rivière-du-Loup | 17 | $2000 | L’Isle-Verte | Cégep Champlain – St. Lawrence |
| Hogan Blais | Camelot | 17 | $2000 | Ottawa | Blyth Academy |
| Alexandra Botsis | Rosemère Fontainebleau | 17 | $2000 | Mont-Royal | IMG Academy |
| Charlotte Boudreau | Île de Montréal | 17 | $2000 | Montréal (Verdun) | Collège de Montréal |
| Zack Bourgeois | Le Blainvillier | 14 | $2000 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | Polyvalente des Monts |
| Mackenzie Cloutier | Le Blainvillier | 18 | $2000 | Mirabel | Cégep John Abbott |
| Mikaël Coupal | Vallée du Richelieu | 17 | $2000 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire | École secondaire Fadette |
| Sofia De Zordo | Le Balmoral | 17 | $3000 | Morin-Heights | Cégep Champlain – St. Lawrence |
| Justine Emond | Le Blainvillier | 18 | $2000 | Saint-Jérôme | Baylor School |
| Capucine Gekas | Programme du Golfeur Public | 18 | $2000 | Québec (Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap‑Rouge) | Collégial international Sainte-Anne |
| Thomas Grenier | Thetford | 18 | $2000 | Thetford Mines | Cégep Champlain – St. Lawrence |
| Kate Guo | Pinegrove | 14 | $2000 | Lac-Brome | École secondaire Fadette |
| Antoine Jasmin | Le Blainvillier | 18 | $4000 | Blainville | Northern Pre-University |
| Zach Pageau | Vallée du Richelieu | 18 | $2000 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Cégep André-Laurendeau |
| Jean-Philippe Parr | Ki-8-Eb | 20 | $3000 | Saint-Célestin | Université du Tennessee |
| Charly Pinel | Bellechasse | 17 | $2000 | Beaumont | Cégep Champlain – St. Lawrence |
| Mia Poirier | Victoriaville | 16 | $2000 | Victoriaville | Académie Saint-Louis |
| Charles-Edmond Proulx | Vallée du Richelieu | 17 | $2000 | Longueuil | Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Oscar Ricketts | Beaconsfield | 16 | $2000 | Pointe-Claire | Loyola High School |
| Lorie Rosa | Lanaudière | 15 | $2000 | Montréal (Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles) | Collège Regina Assumpta |
| Alexis Rouleau | Lanaudière | 15 | $2000 | Montréal (Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie) | Collège de Montréal |
| Louis-Olivier St-Pierre | Les Saules | 15 | $2000 | Rimouski | École secondaire Paul-Hubert |
| Léonie Tavares | Saint-Raphaël | 14 | $2000 | Saint-Jérôme | Santa Fe Catholic High School |
| Seanna Wang | Vallée du Richelieu | 18 | $4000 | Brossard | Collège Marianopolis |
| Gracelyn Xiao | Rivermead | 16 | $2000 | Gatineau | Collège Saint-Alexandre de la Gatineau |
| Shinyao Zhang | Rivermead | 17 | $2000 | Gatineau | Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf |
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.
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Annie Dubé
Director of Communications and Marketing
Fondation Aléo
428-884-6626
annie.dube@fondationaleo.ca
Émilie Bérubé
Director of Communications and Marketing
Golf Québec
514-349-4653, poste 3393
eberube@golfquebec.org