(February 25, 2010)
PLAYING BETTER GOLF with Phil Jonas
Welcome to spring!
Hope all was great for you this past winter.
The Vancouver Golf Tour is conducting a Spring Players Camp at the Swan-e-set Bay Golf Resort in Pitt Meadows on March 6th and 7th . . . a camp that has been specifically designed for all players who enjoy the competitive atmosphere and excitement of playing in golf tournaments.
(February 24, 2010)
One of Canada's busiest municipal golf courses, an 18-hole par-67 jewel located in Saanich, near British Columbia's capital city of Victoria on Vancouver Island, has been loosing money for the past five years but tonight, despite the wishes of the club's 228 regular members and their advisory committee, green fees are expected to be increased and for the first time in over 50 years players will have to start booking tee times.
(February 24, 2010)
The 7th Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Golf Association is scheduled for Saturday, March 27 at Pitt Meadows Golf and Country Club.
(February 24, 2010)
British Columbia's most popular golfing program for players of all levels of experience and enjoyment, the 2010 Province Golf Classic, is now in full swing and once again proving to be BC's Best Value Golf Experience!
(February 24, 2010)
Although still just a freshman at San Diego State University, Christine Wong of Richmond, British Columbia is quickly making a name for herself after winning her second collegiate title of the 2009/2010 NCAA golf season.
(February 13, 2010)
Mention the phrase 'Boot Camp' and the last thing you might think of is golf, however, the staff at the Golf Academy at Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam, B.C. will have you marching to a new game in 2010 if you signup for next month's Complete Boot Camp program organized by Westwood and Fitcorps Fitness Inc.
(February 12, 2010)
The game of golf does not make its return to the summer Olympic family for another six years, however, the Royal Canadian Golf Association is very much involved in the 2010 Winter Olympics that kick off today in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. The first golfer to get the ball rolling was Abbotsford's Nick Taylor, the world's No. 3 ranked amateur player, a senior at the University of Washington, who participated in carrying the Olympic torch through his hometown this past Sunday.
(February 11, 2010)
Playing on one of his favorite courses, the often windy Pebble Beach Golf Links, Canadian Mike Weir produced a bogey-free round of five birdies with only 24 putts to wind up his first round at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at 5-under par and tied for 5th place.
(February 11, 2010)
Cordova Bay Golf Course Superintendent Dean Piller of Victoria, B.C., has been announced as the 2009 recipient of the Environmental Achievement Award by the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association.
(February 11, 2010)
Playing on the CN Canadian Women's Tour will offer players far more than just experience in 2010 following an announcement by CN and the Royal Canadian Golf Association his week that Tour winners will now receive paid Exemptions into LPGA Tour Sectional Qualifying, receive Duramed Futures Tour eligibility and that six players will be offered spots in the 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open Championship.
(February 9, 2010)
One of the most talented touring golf professionals to emerge from South Africa and plant roots in Canada is Philip Jonas, a two-time Canadian PGA Assistants Champion, who has gained an outstanding reputation as both a teacher of new golfers and a popular coach for elite players.
(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.
A Compilation Of News, Notes, Comments & Quotes
(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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