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(September 29, 2011)
victoriagc5thhole.jpgHistoric Victoria Golf Club, Vancouver Island's ocean-side jewel among courses serving the Pacific Northwest, will welcome reigning U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Champion Terri Frohnmayer and a field of 108 players for the playing of the annual 36-hole Pacific Northwest Golf Association Senior Women's Amateur Championship and the introduction of the inaugural Super Senior Championship beginning Monday, October 3.

(September 27, 2011)
itac2sportsgriplogo.jpgThe Canadian Professional Golf Tour became a testing ground this summer for a new product made of organic Beeswax that may well turn out to be the latest rage in the sport since the introduction of golf gloves.

(September 23, 2011)
SFU logo.jpgThe 2011/12 season is underway for the Simon Fraser University Clan Men's golf team at Bellingham Golf and Country Club in the Western Washington University Invitational with the Clan finishing their opening round in seventh place out of a field of 11 competing schools.

(September 22, 2011)
berrymacgregorpngasrteasm.jpgDespite an early morning downpour that tapered off to an all-day drizzle, Vancouver's Steve Berry and his British Columbia partner Lance MacGregor of Delta, shot a best-ball score of 4-under par 68 to capture the 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Men's Senior Team Championship conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.

(September 22, 2011)
CanTour logo 9:11.pngTwo more British Columbians have earned the privilege of playing full-time on the Canadian Tour in 2012 after successfully finishing among the top seven at the Tour's Qualifying School which concluded today at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington, Ontario.

(September 21, 2011)
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(September 20, 2011)
pngalogoliteblue.jpgWith a four-ball score of 7-under par 64, a pair of BC Seniors, Steve Berry of Vancouver and Lance MacGregor of Delta, hold the opening round lead at the 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Men's Senior Team Championship conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.

(September 20, 2011)
Langley, British Columbia's Thomas Hay has taken over the lead after two rounds of the Canadian Tour's Fall Qualifying School at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington, Ontario.

(September 18, 2011)

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If Nancy Scranton elects to return to the Vancouver Golf Club next summer to defend the LPGA title she won in 1991, she'll discover some things have changed in the 22 years that have elapsed.

(September 15, 2011)
sandyharperholdspngatrophy.jpgPlaying like the professional he used to be, Nanaimo's Sandy Harper staged a birdie clinic for his competitors in the final round of the 27th Pacific Northwest Men's Mid-Amateur Championship at Everett Golf and Country Club in Everett, Washington Friday, recording consecutive birdies over his final four holes for a closing round of 6-under par 66 to reclaim the title he won four years ago in his home province of British Columbia.

(September 14, 2011)
sandyharperwatchingshot.jpgBritish Columbia's Sandy Harper of Nanaimo, a champion in this tournament four years ago, and Stephen Lee, the reigning Washington State Mid-Amateur Champion who is playing on his home course at the Everett Golf & Country Club, share first place after 36 holes going into Thursday's final round of the 27th Annual Pacific Northwest Men's Mid-Amateur Championship.

(September 14, 2011)
IzzyBeisiegelHeatherWilburAward.jpgIsabelle Beisiegel of St. Hilaire, Quebec, the first women to ever qualify for a men's professional golf tour, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Heather Wilbur Spirit Award, presented annually to an LPGA Futures Tour player who best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer.

(September 13, 2011)
Sandy-Harper2007CCCC.jpgOpening his first round Tuesday with a flurry of three birdies over his first five holes, Nanaimo, B.C. realtor Sandy Harper is taking a run at recapturing the Pacific Northwest Men's Mid-Amateur Championship he first won in 2007.

(September 13, 2011)
galvinlogo.jpgThe new Galvin Green Spring/Summer Collection released this month combines advanced materials and innovative design in a holistic approach that takes the company's "Multi-Layer Concept" to an entirely new level for 2012.

(September 13, 2011)
Kira_Meixner_headshot.JPGJust a few years ago, following her graduation from Kent State University, Kira Meixner was being hailed as one of Canada's possible successors to British Columbia's LPGA Touring tandem of Dawn Coe Jones and Lisa Young.
Her determination and drive made her a leader both on campus and as a member of Team Canada. However, Meixner's career has taken a different swing lately.

(September 13, 2011)
MoeNormanGraves.jpgMoe Norman, one of Canada's greatest gifts to golf, may have passed away September 4, 2004 at the age of 75, but his legacy as one of the greatest ball strikers the game has ever known continues to live on, and now through the Graves Golf Academy will grow even stronger.

(September 9, 2011)
couture-midam_4482med.jpgWith two Victoria, B.C. golfers hot on his heels and a third finishing among the top 10, Ontario native Rob Couture of Dallas, Texas carded a final-round 4-under par 68 to capture the 2011 Canadian Men's Mid-Amateur Championship at Coppinwood Golf Club in Goodwood, Ont.

(September 5, 2011)

kentgilchristsmile.jpgTHE VGT IS A FINALLY TUNED TOUR

Defending champion Adam Hadwin tried his hardest to give his Vancouver Open title away--demonstrating at times the antithesis of how he played seven weeks ago on the weekend of the RBC Canadian Open--at Fraserview on Sunday.

(September 4, 2011)
HadwinGerritVanOpen5911.jpgIt's not often a player will become angry with himself after winning a tournament, however, that's precisely how Adam Hadwin reacted to dropping a seven shot lead in the Vancouver Golf Tour's third annual Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open before eventually defending his title with a birdie on the first extra hole at Fraser View Golf Course Sunday.

(Photo: GERRIT J. Te HENNEPE)

(September 3, 2011)
AdamHadwinLarge500pix-thumb-500x375-2101-thumb-500x375-2329.jpgThe last time Adam Hadwin played in a tournament in the city of Vancouver was six weeks ago; he was the toast of the town, on the verge of making Canadian golf history, teeing off in round four with the final group of the day tied for second one shot behind the leader in a PGA TOUR event, the US$5.2 million RBC Canadian Open, where thousands of spectators lined every fairway at the posh Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club.

(September 2, 2011)
small_SP.ALLENBY.jpgThe marquee match up between Canada's top ranked professional Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, BC and recent Rogers Canada Cup Champion Bryn Parry of North Vancouver failed to materialize in Friday's opening round of the Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open. However, at seven-under par and setting the pace for the field of nearly 220 pros and amateurs with a narrow one shot lead over Hadwin is Langley's James Allenby.

(September 20, 2011)
With a four-ball score of 7-under par 64, a pair of British Columbia Seniors, Steve Berry of Vancouver and Lance MacGregor of Delta, hold the opening round lead at the 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Men's Senior Team Championship conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.




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