(May 31, 2011)
Vancouver Parks Golf has announced two new golf programs for 2011 aimed at targeting youth golfers and creating more opportunities for Vancouver's junior golfers looking for a game of golf as the summer approaches.
(May 31, 2011)
Charlie Hughes of Maple Ridge, BC, and his Washington Huskies sophomore teammate Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho were each named to the NCAA Division I PING All-Region men's West Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Tuesday.
(May 31, 2011)
Seeking their eighth national title in the nine years the Canadian University/College Championships have been staged, two-time defending champion UBC Thunderbirds have opened up a 10 shot lead in the women's division over the University of Victoria Vikes.
(May 31/2011)
With a combined score of five-over par the Humber College Hawks hold a three-shot lead over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds after the opening round in the men's division of the Canadian University/College Championship, conducted by Golf Canada at Royal Ashburn Golf Club in Ashburn, Ont.
(May 29/2011)
After becoming golf's first female to qualify to play on a men's professional tour, Quebec's Isabelle Beisiegel is in no rush to get back into the fire on the Canadian Tour, choosing instead to take a week off to rest and visit her ailing grandparents in Los Angeles.
(May 28/2011)
Vancouver-based Leisure Canada Inc., one of the first publicly traded companies designed to engage in the future business of developing golf courses, hotel, resort and commercial properties in Cuba, has announced the terms of a rights offering to existing shareholders to raise gross proceeds of up to approximately $5.0 million.
(May 27/2011)
In two previous attempts to join the Canadian Pro Golf Tour Isabelle Beisiegel came up short. However, in this week's qualifying school over the 7,000-yard Morningstar course in Parksville, B.C., the 32-year-old native of Mont. Saint. Hilaire, Quebec, set a record she'll long be remembered for by becoming the first woman to earn status on a men's professional tour via Q-School, albeit non-exempt status.
(May 27/2011)
Saving their best scoring for the final round, UBC Thunderbirds recorded a school record of 291 to move into second place at the 2011 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men's national golf championship at TPC Deere Run in Sillvis, Ill., 22 strokes behind the Oklahoma Christian Eagles.
(May 27, 2011)
Tony Elliot of Port Coquitlam, B.C., a senior at Dickinson State in North Dakota, and Vancouver's Adam Gelman, a junior at Northwood University in Texas, are among five Canadian golfers who have been named 2011 Daktronics-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Scholar-Athletes, otherwise referred to as Academic All-Americans.
(May 27/2011)
The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, unprecedented winners seven times in the past eight years, begin defense of their Canadian University/College Women's Championship at The Royal Ashburn Golf Club in Ashburn, ON, May 30 with sophomore Kylie Barros, the reigning National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics individual medalist, leading the way.
(May 26/2011)
Andrew Kelly of Melbourne, Australia became acquainted with the Canadian Pro Golf Tour at this time last year when he earned non-exempt status at Qualifying School on this same Morningstar course in Parksville, BC, but missed the cut in all three tournaments he played in 2010. This year, however, his new found course management has him running away from the field.
(May 25/2011)
Women used to feel that taking up the game of golf was far too intimidating . . . that is, until GOLF FOR GALS came on the scene.
Now the game is played and enjoyed by more women throughout British Columbia than ever before because of the way lessons and events are structured specifically with women in mind.
(May 25/2011)
A triple bogey seven on his final hole at Morningstar Golf Club turned a day of light showers in Parksville, BC into a real downpour for Riley Wheeldon who saw his opening round lead of four shots all but evaporate at the close of Wednesday's second round at the Canadian Tour's Spring Qualifying School.
(May 24/2011)
It's no secret that Comox, BC's Riley Wheeldon can post low scores when he's on his game. He proved that in 2009 when he won the BC Junior Boys Championship with a final round of 8-under par and finished eight shots ahead of the field while tying the lowest four-round total in tournament history. Now, after the opening round of the Canadian Tour's Spring Qualifying School, Wheeldon has his touch back again.
(May 24/2011)
After completing a grueling 36-hole qualifier at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, WA. Monday, British Columbia's Christina Proteau of Port Alberni and Sue Kim of Langley have played their way into the field of the most prestigious championship in women's golf, the U.S. Women's Open at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 7-10.
(May 23, 2011)
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(May 21, 2012)
After loosing in a playoff last year, Edmonton native Kylie Barros, a sophomore at the University of British Columbia, returned to win the 2011 17th Annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) women's golf individual national championship Friday, becoming the first Canadian to capture the esteemed U.S. national title.
(May 21, 2011)
G&G Golf Company, for over 20 years a key distributor of premium golfing products, major brands and a variety of related products in Canada, has been chosen to assume responsibility for the distribution of NUUN products to pro shops and large format golf accounts across Canada.
(May 19, 2011)
British Columbia's Alana Norris of Naniamo and Danele Girarde of Coquitlam together with Vanessa Leon of Brampton, Ont. are among 82 women's golf student-athletes who have been named 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
(May 19, 2011)
An opportunity for junior golfers to represent Canada will be available June 11-12 when South Surrey's Peace Portal Golf Club hosts the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's MJT British Columbia Series and a 36-hole qualifying event for selecting players for the team that will compete in the Srixon International Junior Classic in New South Wales, Australia in October.
(May 19, 2011)
On a perfect day to spend outside on a golf course, the seven-member British Columbia Allied Golf Association met inside the legislature in Victoria Wednesday hoping to provide BC politicians with increased awareness of how valuable the game is as a major driver of the province's economic engine and highlighting the responsible practices and positive contributions offered by the golf industry.
(May 17, 2011)
After shooting a bogey-free round of 4-under par 68 to earn her way into a playoff LPGA Tour member Jessica Shepley of Oakville, Ont. hung on for four more holes before eventually winning the first event of the season on the CN Canadian Women's Tour at Squamish Valley Golf Club in Squamish, British Columbia.
(May 17, 2011)
With three victories in her past six tournaments as a rookie professional on the U.S. ladies Cactus Tour, Joy Trotter of Chino Hills, Calif. now knows what it takes to win and that experience will come in handy Wednesday when she takes her one shot lead into the final round of the 36-hole CN Canadian Women's Tour season-opener at Squamish Valley Golf Club in Squamish, B.C.
(May 17, 2011)
Prepping for the start of his fourth season on the Canadian Tour, Surrey, B.C.'s Ryan Williams claimed a one-stroke victory over No. One ranked Canadian PGA playing professional Bryn Parry and former Canadian PGA Assistants Champion Kyle German in the Vancouver Golf Tour's Point Roberts Classic Monday.
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(May 15, 2011)
Rain may have washed out the final round but it didn't dampen victory celebrations for Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, B.C. and Wilson Bateman of Spruce Grove, Alta. who captured their respective Junior Girls and Boys titles at the CN Future Links Pacific Championship at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club in Cobble Hill, B.C. Sunday.
(May 15, 2011)
Despite recording seven bogeys and one double bogey to go with one eagle and eight birdies over two rounds at the Arbutus Ridge Golf Club in Cobble Hill, B.C., Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, B.C. will have a five stroke lead going into Sundays final round of the CN Future Links Pacific Championship and the knowledge that she shot four-under par over her final 10 holes.
(May 15, 2011)
Wilson Bateman of the Blackhawk Golf Club in Spruce Grove, Alb., took the advice of his coach and produced a 'simple' round of four-under par 66 in the second round of the Junior Boys CN Future Links Pacific Championship which will allow him to take a three-shot lead into Sunday's final at the Arbutus Ridge Golf Club in Cobble Hill, B.C.
(May 14, 2011)
About this time four years ago the Vancouver Golf Club played host to the opening tournament on the CN Canadian Women's Tour and a teenage sensation from Taiwan who spoke no English won the championship. Little did those in attendance know that a year later Yani Tseng would be named LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year and in 2010 win Player of the Year honours.
(May 14, 2011)
Back-to-back birdies and a round of even par 70 at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club in Cobble Hill, B.C. have given 14-year-old Curtis Chan a narrow one-stroke lead after day one of the Junior Boys CN Future Links Pacific Championship on Vancouver Island Friday.
(May 14, 2011)
Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, B.C., a 15-year-old member of Team Canada's Development Squad, used an eagle and three birdies to carve herself a three stroke lead after the opening round of the Junior Girls CN Future Links Pacific Championship on Vancouver Island at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club in Cobble Hill, B.C.
(May 8, 2011)
A narrowly missed birdie putt on the first extra hole by British Columbia's Roger Sloan of Merritt provided Mexico's Jose de Jesus Rodriguez with the perfect line he needed for a birdie in order to win the Mexican PGA Championship and record his first title on the Canadian Tour.
(May 8, 2011)
Picking up four first place votes, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds moved up to third place in the final edition of the 2011 National Association of Intercollegiate Association Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll announced this week.
(May 8, 2011)
Legendary international songstress Celine Dion, fitness icon Trish Stratus and LPGA Tour players Alena Sharp and Stephanie Sherlock have been announced by Golf Canada as 2011 Team Ambassadors for Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru.
(May 3, 2011)
One look at the BC Golf News 2011 BCGN Golf Calendar is all you need to discover why amateurs and professionals alike look to British Columbia as the province that officially kicks off the start of the championship season in Canada.
(May 2, 2011)
The Davison brothers from Duncan, British Columbia - Callum and Cameron - have qualified to play in the Optimist International Junior Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. this summer after winning their division titles at the Canadian Junior Golf Association Junior qualifier in Vancouver.
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