(February 7, 2010)
The Beach Grove Golf & Country Club in Tsawwassen, British Columbia will be the site of the first tournament of the season for the Royal Canadian Golf Association -- the CN Future Links Pacific Championship beginning April 22 -- and registration for all 20 of the RCGA's 23 championships is now open.
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(February 6, 2010)
It wasn't so long ago that the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) was cutting costs by reducing staff and eliminating tournaments as a means of reducing debt. Now, with two major corporate sponsors -- CN and RBC - on board and CEO Scott Simmons guiding golf's governing body in a new direction, the RCGA has announced that Remi Bouchard and Blair Armitage have been named the Association's new Region Directors of Membership Development.
(February 5, 2010)
Over the past decade the most popular method for some companies to change the way they are perceived by the public is simply to change the company name. It is known as 'rebranding'. Thus, goodbye RCGA . . . hello GOLF CANADA.
(February 1, 2001)
When choosing to play a golf course for the first time it's helpful to know in advance how difficult the course is going to be and also whether the course is going to be enjoyable to walk or will you end up wishing you had rented a cart. Enter the 'Walkbability Golfer.'
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(January 31, 2010)
Gary Bernard of Chatham, NB, a Director of Education for the Canadian PGA since 2004, has been named the Association's new Executive Director.
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Perhaps it's the experience that made the difference. Stephen Ames was 5-over par after his first 11 holes in Thursday's opening round of the PGA TOUR event at Torrey Pines in San Diego but five birdies and no bogeys over his last 25 holes allowed the Calgary veteran to make the cut on the bubble for this weekend's Farmers Insurance Open.
(January 28, 2010)
The honour of becoming the first Canadian to record an amateur or professional title in 2010 goes to Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C. who drained a 15-foot birdie putt on her final hole to claim an exciting come-from-behind victory at the Royal Open on the Taiwan LPGA Tour on Saturday, January 23.
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