(September 30, 2010)
With only two bogeys in 54 holes and carding a flawless final round of 6-under par 66, teaching professional Brian McCann, from The Academy at BraeBen in Mississauga, Ont., won the Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Assistant's Championship presented by Simmlands Insurance Friday and a cheque for $9,000.
(September 30, 2010)
What possible connection can there be when it comes to a Lamborghini Automobile and the game of golf other than only some of the world's top touring professionals are likely to be wealthy enough to own a Lamborghini.
(September 27, 2010)
Seeking to win his third national title in the past 11 years, North Vancouver's Bryn Parry equaled his opening round of 5-under par 67 to take a two stroke lead heading into Thursday's third and final round of the 2010 Titleist & FootJoy Canadian Professional Golfers Association Assistant's Championship on Vancouver Island..
(September 27, 2010)
Legendary Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Moe Norman, a visionary before his time, is otten credited with being the first to tell those who would listen that the key to successful golf is to play the game with a clear mind. "I don't see obstacles on the course that I want to avoid, I only see green grass where I want my ball to go."
(September 25, 2010)
Darren Wallace of Langley, B.C., the former golden boy of amateur golf in Canada six years ago, has successfully taken his first steps toward a professional tour career after finishing tied for 7th in a pre-qualifying event in La Quinta, Calif., and advancing to the first stage of the PGA TOUR's arduous three stage Qualifying School.
(September 23, 2010)
Larry Gilhuly and Jim McNelis of Gig Harbor, Wash won the 28th Annual PNGA Men's Senior Team Amateur Championship on the third hole of an impromptu playoff after tournament officials were forced to cancel the final round due to unplayable conditions at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.
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(September 22, 2010)
After playing for 32 holes without recording a bogey the British Columbia team of Gudmund Lindbjerg of Port Moody and John Gallacher of Burnaby overcame back-to-back miscues with birdies on their final two holes to post the low round of the day and move into a tie for first place after two rounds of the 28th Annual PNGA Men's Senior Team Amateur Championship at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.
(September 22, 2010)
Golf British Columbia's Junior High Performance Camp, one of Canada's most sophisticated training and evaluation programs available to elite young players, will be held at the Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey for three days beginning October 15.
(September 21, 2010)
A blistering opening round of 10-under par 61 has given Gig Harbor, Washington's Larry Gilhuly and Jim McNelis only a two stoke lead after the first day of the 28th Annual PNGA Men's Senior Team Amateur Championship at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Washington.
(September 21, 2010)
In the first of what is destined to be an annual event, the Quilchena Club Invitational, sponsored by OAKCREEK Golf & Turf, turned out to be a sensational opener for the 20 teams that took part in Richmond, BC on Monday.
September 20, 2010
Despite playing in the rain for two days Oscar Baek of Coquitlam, BC stroked his way to the top of the leaderboard and captured his first Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) tournament title at Swan-e-set Bay Resort course in Pitt Meadows this past weekend.
(September 14, 2010)
British Columbians Dean Piller of Victoria and Adam Graham of Vernon, together with Michael Kupchanko of Regina and Ashley LeGeyt, now a resident of Mexico, have been announced as recipients of Awards from the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA) for 2010.
(September 12, 2010)
About the only thing left for Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, BC to accomplish this season is to earn his tour card at the PGA Qualifying School in November and join the Big Show on the PGA TOUR in 2011.
(September 10, 2010)
A few short years ago the Royal Canadian Golf Association was doing its best to cut staff and programs in an attempt to reduce an overstretched budget. However, in the past year that trend has been reversed and today, rebranded from RCGA to Golf Canada, the national golf body added another new name and title, bringing to at least 59 the number of employees helping to grow the game of golf with the non-profit Golf Canada.
(September 10, 2010)
Ireland's Helen Jones (Strabane), the only player to post all three rounds in the 70s, led from start to finish to capture her first Irish Senior Women's Open Strokeplay Championship with a six shot victory over Canada's Lynda Palahniuk from Kelowna, BC.
(September 10, 2010)
Taking raw talent, polishing it up and developing it into international success is one of the cornerstones of the Rob Houlding International Junior Golf Academy.
(September 9, 2010)
Rebounding from an opening round of 81, Surrey, BC's Karen Pultz shot a 74 to tie for third and move within three strokes of first place in the Irish Senior Women's Open heading into Friday's final at Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club.
(September 8, 2010)
In less than six years the game of golf returns to the Olympic family of sports in Rio de Janeiro, plenty of time it is hoped to sort out all the questions that are being asked about where the game will be played, the format that will be chosen, who gets to go and will there be any room for amateurs in 2016.
(September 7, 2010)
After a horrific auto accident nearly took his life seven years ago Stephen Macdonald is today walking proof that determination and the game of golf may be the perfect rehabilitation for those with various disabilities.
The game of golf played second fiddle to a special event in the life of BC Golf News Vice-President Anita Sharpe on Sunday, August 29, 2010.
(September 4, 2010)
Puffing on a pipe, chomping on a stogey, sharing a doobie or just plain having a smoke . . . all of these addictive and health-robbing habits of pleasure will no longer be tolerated on golf courses operated by the Vancouver Board of Parks thanks to a new bylaw that came into effect this week. Getting caught could cost an offender anywhere from $250 to $2,000.
(September 3, 2010)
For Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC, the final round of the Canadian Men's Senior Amateur Championship was like playing a game within a game. Not only did he nearly double the lead he started with, Simson claimed his first Canadian Senior title to go with his third British Senior Amateur victory and is now one leg away from capturing Golf's first Senior Amateur Triple Crown.
(September 3, 2010)
Sweden's Tobias Rosendahl will begin the final round of the Canadian Tour Qualifying School Saturday with an enviable 10-shot advantage over the field of 89 players from nine countries who came to the Hidden Lake GC in Burlington, Ont, hoping to win playing privileges on the Canadian Tour for 2011.
(September 3, 2010)
Matt Haddad of Pheasant Glen Golf Club at Qualicum Beach, B.C., was one of a handful of winners this week from a field of juniors from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Washington State, Bermuda and the United Arab Emirates competing on Vancouver Island in the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's (MJT) stop at Highland Pacific Golf Course in Victoria, BC, on Monday and Tuesday, August 30 and 31.
Nominations for the 2010 PGA of BC Golf Awards will close at midnight, Monday, September 6
2009 AWARD WINNERS Left to right: Roy Abbenbroek, Colin Lavers, Lenny Cyr, Lindy Miyashiro, Brad Russell and Head Professional Dale Schienbein of Seymour G&CC celebrate their 2009 award for PGA of BC Golf Shop of the Year.
(September 2, 2010)
Already a winner of the 2010 British Senior Amateur Championship and holding a commanding 8-shot lead at the Canadian Men's Senior Championship, Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC is one round away from receiving an automatic exemption into the USGA Senior Amateur and a chance to become the first player to capture golf's Senior Men's Amateur Triple Crown.
(September 2, 2010)
Redwoods Golf Club Head Professional Doug Morgan became the first player in 16 years to win the 54-hole Titleist/FootJoy PGA of British Columbia Championship two years in a row after recording a four stroke victory at Whistler, BC.
(September 2, 2010)
Less than a day after an opening-round 66 gave him a share of the lead at the Canadian Tour's Fall Qualifying School in Burlington, Ont., Tobias Rosendahl of Sweden found a way to improve on that score, shooting a 65 at Hidden Lake Golf Club Thursday to hold down the pole position with a two-day total of 11-under par 131.
(September 2, 2010)
The 2010 golf season is turning out to be quite an experience for British Columbia's Eugene Wong. The 19-year-old from North Vancouver, currently #8th on the Royal and Ancient's World Amateur Golf Rankings, has been selected as one of three players to represent Canada at the World Amateur Team Championship in Argentina next month.
(September 2, 2010)
For the second year in a row a team from British Columbia has won the Phil Farley Memorial inter-provincial Team Title at the 49th playing of the Canadian Men's Senior Championship being staged at the St. Thomas Golf & Country Club in Ontario.
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