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Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - April 30/09
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
Golf All Day At Belmont -- Ian Leggatt At Golf Town Saturday
Let'er Rip John . . . We're Pulling For You
The game of golf has certainly benefited as a result of Tiger Woods' presence and ability, with his immense power and consistancy, however, there's been something missing from the game for these past few years and with prayer, some luck and much encouragement maybe we'll get it back in time for one of the remaining major championships.
Wallace & Taylor Lead UW To Pac-10 Title
There is little doubt now that the University of Washington Huskies, led by former Canadian Amateur champions Darren Wallace and Nick Taylor of British Columbia, are the most dominating college team in the NCAA after cruising to an 18-stroke victory in the powerful Pac-10 Conference Championship.
PNGA Inducts Newest Hall Of Fame Members
Canada's Gail (Harvey) Moore, along with Americans Carole Jo (Kabler) Whitted, Ken Forster and John Fought are the newest inductees into the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Golf Hall of Fame.
Canadian Tour Pulls Out Of Mexico
The Canadian professional golf Tour, having completed only one of four scheduled events planned for this season in Mexico, has officially postponed this week's San Luis Potosi Open indefinitely effective immediately and is working diligently with its travel partners to bring its members and officials home as soon as possible.
Darren Wallace Setting The Pace For The UW
Canadian Darren Wallace, a University of Washington Husky junior from Langley, British Columbia, tied the Seattle Golf Club course competitive record on Tuesday, shooting a 7-under 65 during the third round of the Pac-10 Championship tournament and has extend his overall lead to five strokes.
Canadian Tour Postpones Mexican Events
Despite concerns over the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico the Canadian Tour has decided to go ahead and play this week's scheduled San Luis Potosi Open but with the golf course closed to the general public and all local caddies. However, the final two Mexican events on the Tour schedule over the next two weeks have now been postponed.
For Angela Buzminski A Promise Is A Promise
Six years ago Angela Buzminski made a promise to a fellow Canadian dying of leukemia, that the next time she won a tournament she would dedicate it to her. Sunday in Brownsville, Texas at the Duramed FUTURES TOUR's Historic Brownsville Open that promise was fulfilled.
Canadian Tour's Mexican PGA Title Won By Argentine
Mauricio Molina of Buenos Aires has given Argentina a second international golf championship in the month of April. Joining Masters champion Angel Cabrera of Cordoba, Molina won the Canadian Tour's co-sanctioned Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship Sunday.
Choi & Kirby -- CN Future Links Pacific Champions
Albin Choi, a 16-year-old junior from Toronto, saved his very best for the very last and it was just enough to record his first CN Future Links Pacific Championship on Vancouver Island's demanding Morningstar Golf Club course in Parksville, British Columbia.
The Warming Of Smithers Greens
While golfers in the Lower Mainland have been enjoying their sport for a couple of months now, their counterparts in some areas of British Columbia's Interior are still waiting for courses to be declared fully conditioned and ready for play.
ROUND 3 - - Mexican PGA Championship
American John Ellis has his hands full attempting to become the first Canadian Tour member to successfully defend his title at the Corona Mexican PGA Championship.
2nd Round -- CN Futures Links Pacific Championship
Vancouver Island's Morningstar Golf & Country Club course proved to be less kind to the boys than it was to the girls during the second round of the CN Future Links Pacific Championship at Parksville in British Columbia.
UW Huskies' Canadian Connection & The Pac-10
Discounting the season-ending National Collegiate Athletic Association final, the upcoming Pac-10 Championship that tees-off Monday at Seattle Golf Club will be the most important golf tournament of the year so far for a trio of British Columbia players attending the University of Washington.
Ontario's Pesticide Ban Being Monitored By BC
Golf course owners and their superintendents throughout British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, together with those employed in landscaping and chemical production, are closely monitoring a new Ontario ruling that now bans the use of pesticides.
PGA of BC - - New Appointments and Changes
The Professional Golfers' Association of British Columbia, guiding the game and players to a more enjoyable experience on the course, is continuing to make adjustments at courses and clubs throughout the province as more and more golfers begin returning for the season ahead.
ROUND 2 - - Mexican PGA Championship
It's a little foggy at the moment just who has the second round lead at the Canadian Tour's Corona Mexican PGA championship although London, ON's Andrew Parr is in the clubhouse and ahead by one shot after playing 36 holes at El Cid Country Club in Mazatlan..
1st Round -- CN Futures Links Pacific Championship
With a stirring round of 5-under par 67 on the challenging Morningstar Golf Course In Parksville, British Columbia, Brian Jung of Coquitlam, BC has opened the Royal Canadian Golf Association's CN Future Links season by taking a two-shot lead in the Pacific Championship on Vancouver Island.
ROUND 1 - - Mexican PGA Championship
Adam Speirs of Winnipeg and Ottawa's Scott Hawley shot matching five-under par 67's to claim the lead over 20 players who are within two shots following the Canadian Tour's opening round of the Mexican PGA Championship.
Mark Burke, Mewail Kidane--Match Play Champions
Mark Burke and Mewail (Moe) Kidane, a pair of PGA of BC members from Vancouver's Fraserview Golf Course, hung on to win their first Vancouver Golf Tour Canada Bread BC Match Play Open Championship at Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey Sunday.
Nick Taylor Breaking Records For The UW Huskies
A pair of Canadian Amateur champions from British Columbia, Nick Taylor (2007) of Abbotsford, and Darren Wallace (2004) of Langley, ripped the University of Washington State golf record book to shreds this weekend, leading the Huskies to a dominating NCAA victory.
TELUS Skins Tickets Scooped Up In One Hour
It took less than an hour for the 2009 Telus World Skins Game to officially sell out all tickets after going on sale to the public this past week, making it the second fastest sell out in the event's 17-year history.
LIJA Golf Fashions Now Available Online
Designed to highlight the latest fashion collections, apparel designer Linda Hipp has introduced an enhanced customer experience wih a new online showroom displaying her LIJA line's Spring 2009 golf and tennis fashions and other active sportswear collections.
Matt Hill Shatters North Carolina Golf Records
And the records just keep falling for Canada's Matt Hill, a sophomore at North Carolina State College, who claimed a share of first place Sunday for his fifth NCAA title of the year and the sixth of his 21-tournament college career, both new records for NC State and for Canadians attending U.S. colleges.
Richdale -- A Duramed FUTURES Tour Winner
There were starts and stops and far too many drops, but the rain-shortened $90,000 Louisiana Pelican Classic ended on a sunny note Sunday when Canada's Samantha Richdale fired a personal-best score of 6-under par 66 to emerge as the best mudder and winner of the fourth annual tournament.
BC Match Play Team Final Set For Sunday
The finalists have been determined for Sunday's 36-hole Vancouver Golf Tour Canada Bread BC Match Play Open Team Championship at Surrey's Northview Golf & Country Club.
Golf Car Vandalism Proving Extremely Costly
Renting a golf car to transport you and your clubs around the course may be a luxury or a necessity for some players but for golf course owners and operators it is definitely a high risk venture.
Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - April 16/09
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
Canada Wins A WJGTC Qualfier - Matt Hill Wins 4th NCAA Title
Getting To the Masters Through The Orient
For a spot in next year's Masters Championship in Augusta, Georgia and a chance to go head-to-head against defending champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina you can start qualifying right now by going to Mision Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China.
Shaughnessy GC -- Site of 2011 RBC Canadian Open
The third oldest national Open golf championship in the world, the RBC Canadian Open, is returning to Vancouver in 2011 in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club.
Canadian Rockies Courses Honored In Golf Digest
The Fairmont Banff Springs (8th), The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (18th) and Kananaskis Country Golf Course (20th), three prominent members of the Canadian Rockies golf-and-resort lifestyle destination consortium, have earned Golf Digest's prestigious "Best of Canada" award in its biennial rankings of the world's top facilities.
Roblin Athletic Etonic's New Canadian Distributor
Etonic Worldwide has announced that Roblin Athletic Inc, based in Winnipeg, has been named the new Canadian distributor for Etonic golf footwear, gloves and accessories.
Rumour Has It Shaughnessy Will Host Canadian Open
What better way could there be to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vancouver's venerable Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club than to host the 102nd edition of the RBC Canadian Open in July 2011.
British Columbia - - Canada's Golfing Capital
From snowcapped mountains and rolling valleys, beside white water rapids and placid blue lakes; amid stretches of dry desert and forests of evergreens, within cities and townships, on Islands or part of a seaside resort, golf courses can be found everywhere in the Province of British Columbia.
Golf Is Entertaining - Especially For Entertainers
Why are so many movie stars such avid golfers? Perhaps it's the relaxing pace, or the opportunity for wheeling and dealing on the course. Or maybe, as Bob Hope once said, golf is their real profession, and entertainment is "just a sideline."
BC Match Play Team Champions Ousted
The Vancouver Golf Tour will crown a new champion in two weeks when the 2009 Canada Bread BC Match Play Team Championship is played at Surrey's Northview golf club.
A Green Jacket For Argentina - - At Long Last
With earlier encouragement from countryman Roberto De Vicenzo, who had signed away an apparent victory in 1968, Argentina's Angel Cabrera won the 2009 Masters championship following a three-player playoff that ended Sunday on the second extra hole.
Ames -- A Long Shot But Still A Masters Threat
Sitting seven shots off the pace and tied with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in 10th place, Calgary's Stephan Ames has one more chance to go for the green at the 2009 Masters.
Meixner Maintains Ties With KSU Coach Morrow
When former Kent State golfer and Duramed Futures Tour member Kira Meixner of Richmond, BC met with women's golf coach Mike Morrow at the Flashes' Golf Training and Learning Center Friday afternoon, the scene was all too familiar. Meixner was asking for pointers, and Morrow was happy to advise.
Court Orders Conduct Of Sale For Golf Development
A Supreme Court of British Columbia court ordered foreclosure sale of some 300 acres in Ucuelet where a proposed $650-million oceanfront golf development was to be built, including a Jack Nicklaus-designed signature course, may now have a better chance of being dealt with, says John L. McKinnon, a spokesman for the first mortgage loan syndicate.
MTS Allstream To Sponsor Adam Speirs
2008 Greater Vancouver Charity Classic champion Adam Speirs has signed a sponsorship agreement to represent Winnipeg-based communications firm MTS Allstream while playing on the Canadian Tour and around the world.
Ames Moves Up, Weir Hangs Tough At The Masters
While Chad Campbell and Kenny Parry share the 36 hole lead at the Masters, Canadians Stephan Ames of Calgary and 2003 winner Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, ON are definitely in contention after an emotional second round at Augusta.
Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - March 29/09
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
Augusta National & The Masters -- Maple Leaf Gardens & The Leafs
Spring Specials + Reduced Rates = Great Golf
Warmer weather brings eager golfers and to help encourage players into the spirit of coming out to play some courses have announced some special spring time offerings.
RCGA National Team Roundups
There are about 277 Canadian students playing golf while attending colleges and universities in Canada and the United States whose 2008/2009 school golf season is coming to a close.
Weir In The Masters Hunt On Day One
An opening round of 4-under par 68 has 2003 Masters Champion Mike Weir of Canada in a tie for 6th place among the first round leaders of the 2009 Masters Championship in Augusta, Georgia.
Cap To Host World Junior Golf Team Championship
The Royal Canadian Golf Association and Capilano Golf & Country Club of West Vancouver, consistently one of Canada's top ranked courses, will play host to the top ranked junior players from Canada, Mexico, Guatemala and Puerto Rico in next week's Zone Qualifier for the World Junior Golf Team Championship (WJGTC).
Demo Inventory - - Software For Controling Inventory
Demo Inventory, a Vancouver-based a golf systems company, has announced the launch of web based software aimed at assisting a golf shop's control of demo club inventory and enhancing golf equipment sales.
2009 TELUS World Skins Game Field Now Complete
With the signing of defending 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman of South Africa, Geoff Ogilvy of Australia and England's Ian Poulter, the field is now complete for the 2009 TELUS World Skins Game scheduled to be played in Quebec in June.
Who ls Your Favorite Golfing Wrestler?
Are golfers considered athletes? Is professional wrestling a sport or entertainment? What happens when these two highly popular endeavors come together?
