Italy Captures Its 1st World Cup Title - Canada 25th
(November 29/09)
Italy's Francesco and Edoardo Molinari became the first brother combination to win the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup, beating Sweden and Ireland by a stroke Sunday to give the Italian nation its first victory in this 55-year-old international team event.
Ireland Leads World Cup, Team Canada Tied For 16th
(November 28/09)
Slipping from fourth place after round one down into a tie for 16th after 54 holes, Team Canada trails the tournament-leading team from Ireland by 13 strokes heading into the final round of the prestigious OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup.
Sagebrush Cited For Leading-Edge Agronomy Condition
(November 27/09)
The United States Golf Association and Golf Digest Magazine together have identified Dick Zokol's minimalist Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club in British Columbia's Nicola Valley as one of five examples of top golf facilities in North America using leading-edge agronomy practices for firm & fast playing conditions.
Steve Carroll Accepts A New Post With The RCGA
(November 27/09)
When Steve Carroll decided in October to end an outstanding 22-year career with the Canadian PGA he was not in a rush to move into anything too quickly. He'd accomplished the goals he'd set for himself and was confident something new and challenging would come along. Little did he know his next opportunity would come in a matter of weeks.
Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - September 26/09
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
There appears to be a development other than housing and golf courses at the top of Bear Mountain on Vancouver Island and the massive empire that former NHL journeyman Len Barrie has created over the past seven looking down on Victoria, BC's capital city, is beginning to show some signs of severe stress.
Ben Boudreau 'Steals' CPGA Title From Jeff Buder
(November 25/09)
A two-shot swing on the final hole spelled the difference between playing in next year's RBC Canadian Open championship on the PGA TOUR and watching it on television for the winner of the 2009 Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship.
Jeff Buder -- Making Up For Lost Time
(November 24/09)
Jeff Buder of Vancouver's Point Grey Golf & Country Club, unable to attend last year's event, made his two year wait count for something by recording a flawless 8-under par 64 for the first round lead in the Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Canada Seeks To Reclaim World Cup Of Golf
(November 24/09)
The flags of 28 nations proudly proclaim their presence at the Mission Hills Golf course in Shenzhen, China this week, site of one of the world's most prestigious golf championships.
Tiger Could Be Greater But For One Thing
(November 23/09)
That rare gift separating great athletes from those who are merely good has often been characterized as the difference some have for dealing with pressure and in the game of golf we are learning now that even the greatest ones may fail to reach their true potential because of a fear of taking risks.
Qualifying Schools -- Setting The Record Straight
(November 22/09)
Some final round heroics saved the day for a handful of Canadians at the close of this week's second stage of PGA TOUR Qualifying School, however, a superb five-under par 65 at the close of qualifying for the Champions Tour wasn't quite enough for Victoria's Jim Rutledge to get the break he needed in order to spend 2010 playing on the senior tour.
PGA TOUR - Stage Two - 54 Holes Of Q-School
Today is the final day in Stage Two of the second round of the PGA TOUR Qualifying school before the students --an eclectic mix of seasoned veterans and neophyte rookies-- prepare for next month's ultimate golfing pressure-cooker, the 108-hole Q-School final.
Rutledge, Spittle Gain Conditional Champions Tour Cards
(November 21/090)
After recording an eagle, 20 birdies and just seven bogys in 72 pressure-packed holes at Qualifying-School in Arizona, veteran touring professional Jim Rutledge of Victoria, BC came from behind with a final round of 66 to narrowly gain a conditional exempt playing card on the Champions Tour for 2010.
A Golfer's Christmas Gift - Remembering Stan Leonard
(November 20/09)
"Leonard gave me my first informal lesson during a pro-am. Appropriately it was how to hook a ball. 'Aim well right of your intended target, hood (close) the face of your club and take it back slowly, low to the ground,' he instructed me. Viola, a hook onto the green.
Once familiar with my presence, Stan eventually warmed up to me when I finally stopped asking dumb questions. On his better days, he could be most charming."
Arv Olson
"Olson chronicled the golf scene in the Vancouver Sun for nearly 40 years and no one in the Canadian media knew Stan Leonard better than he did" .
Brad Zeimer, Vancouver Sun
PGA & Champions Tour Q-School Standings
(November 19/09)
With play already underway in today's final round of the senior Champions Tour Qualifying School Victoria, BC's Jim Rutledge will have to shoot one of his career low rounds if he hopes to pull off the comeback of the season and earn his tour card for 2010.
Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - November 19/09
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
When the winds begin to blow and the rain turns to snow it is usually about this time when members of the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association make most of their moves to new clubs, new courses and the start of new careers and assignments.
Douglas Goubault - Director of Golf, Predator Ridge Resort
(November 19/09)
Renowned golf executive Douglas Goubault has been appointed Director of Golf for British Columbia's Predator Ridge Resort in time to oversee the opening of a new 18-hole world class course in the Okanagan Valley created by renowned designer Douglas Carrick, opening in the summer of 2010.
PGA & Champions Tour Q-School Standings
(November 19/09)
The second stage on the road to the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour for 2010 is underway and for most of the 26 Canadian players competing it appears it may be an uphill struggle to the finish.
BC Players Named To RCGA's Elite Team Canada
(November 18/09)
Three of Canada's most skilled young amateurs -- Nick Taylor, Sue Kim and Eugene Wong, all from British Columbia - are among 11 outstanding players that have been selected to join the Royal Canadian Golf Association's elite Team Canada 2010 golf team.
Christine Wong - A San Diego State Standout
(November 18/09)
Christine Wong of Richmond, B.C., a Freshman at San Diego State University, has been named the Mountain West Conference Golfer of the Month for her performances in three tournaments in October and November.
Rutledge & Stewart Struggling At Champions Q-School
(November 17/09)
British Columbia's Jim Rutledge and Ray Stewart have some catching up to do following the first round of the 2009 Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament on the Champions Course at TPC Scottsdale, Arizona.
It's Stage Two Of Q-School For The PGA TOUR
(November 17/09)
North Vancouver's Bryn Parry is one of 16 Canadians among the 100 or more Canadian Tour members and alumni set to tee off Wednesday in the second stage of the PGA TOUR's Qualifying-School which plays out over six courses in the United States.
Stephen Ames - Ends 2009 Season With A Victory
(November 16/09)
Stephen Ames of Calgary captured his fourth PGA TOUR victory on the second extra hole of a playoff in the last regularly scheduled tournament of the season, putting him over $2 million in earnings for the fourth consecutive year and over $17 million in his 14-year TOUR career.
NGCOA Honours Gary Player At Golf Business Conference
(November 11/09)
The most successful international golfer of all time, World Golf Hall of Fame member Gary Player, paid a special visit to Vancouver this past week and was reunited with a longtime friend from his native South Africa, Philip Jonas.
At LIJA 'The Sun Also Rises'
(November 9/09)
Vancouver, British Columbia-based LIJA, one of the most popular lines of active wear for women found in golf shops throughout North America, is now offering its newest collections for 2010 in stores and online.
Q School - Training Camp For A Sport With No Teams
Qualifying School is to golf what Training Camp is to baseball, football and hockey, a time for hope and high expectations, where the dreams for the season ahead come true for a few, but disappear for many.
Derek Ingram Appointed National Womens Coach
(November 5/09)
Derek Ingram, a two time recipient of the Canadian PGA Teacher of the Year Award and a seven-time winner of the Manitoba PGA Teacher of the Year Award, has been named by the Royal Canadian Golf Association as Head Coach of the Women's National Amateur Golf Team.
Taylor, Kim, Little -- PNGA Players Of The Year
(November 4/09)
Nick Taylor, the world's number one ranked amateur, Jackie Little, Canada's reigning two-time senior women's amateur champion and Canadian Summer Games Gold Medal winner Sue Kim, all memberrs of the British Columbia Golf Association, have been named as three of the six Pacific Northwest Golf Association 2009 Players of the Year.
Sunice Offers Comfort On The Course
(November 2/09)
Sunice, a leading Outerwear designer in the ski market for years, is now taking that same role into the golf market throughout Canada.
