(November 30, 2011)
A.J. Eathorne is on the verge of discovering that the road to her next golf career may very well be right next door in her own backyard.
(November 30, 2011)
A pair of Calgary members of the Canadian Tour, Ryan Yip and James Love, lead the Canadian contingent of six after the opening round of the PGA TOUR's final stage of Qualifying School at La Quinta, Calif.
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(November 28, 2011)
If the 99th Grey Cup game won't go down in history as a classic, it was certainly good enough for B.C. Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono to retire from the coaching fraternity in completely self-satisfied fashion.
by Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist
(November 26, 2011)
Now that the British Columbia legislative committee on cosmetic pesticide use appears to have finished public hearings and is planning to go forward toward making recommendations, it's still unclear as to whether that will lead to any changes in how toxic chemicals are to be used in this province.
(November 25, 2011)
I've got a hunch that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers aren't going to be the easy pickin' some folks in the media such as every member of the Vancouver Sun sports staff seems to think.
by Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist
(November 25, 2011)
When it was announced in Vancouver on Thursday that Doug Roxburg was stepping down from his role as Director of Golf Canada's High Performance Program It provided BC Golf News with a perfect opportunity to share with golfers from all generations the full impact that Roxy has had on the game and the people in it.
Photo: Mac Roxburgh, Kris Jonasson and Doug Roxburgh
(November 24, 2011)
Doug Roxburgh, the 'Gentleman from Marine Drive', one of Canada's most accomplished and respected amateur champions, is stepping down from his familiar role as leader, motivator and role model for Canada's illustrious High Performance Teams at Golf Canada.
(November 24, 2011)
Roger Beale, a native of Barbados where he now works as Director of Golf at the Royal Westmoreland, loves Canada, especially now after recording a 54-hole total of 14-under par to win the 2011 Titleist & FootJoy PGA Club professional Championship of Canada and a cheque for $12,000 while visiting Port St. Lucie, Florida this week.
(November 23, 2011)
The Professional Golfers' Association of British Columbia has released the names of 32 candidates from which eight will be selected and announced as winners at the 2011 PGA of BC Awards Banquet on December 12th.
(November 23, 2012)
You simply believe that anybody with the first name of Buck is going to be one tough SOB.
And Winnipeg Blue Bombers' quarterback Buck Pierce validates that belief in spades.
by Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist
(November 23, 2011)
The Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show will take place in Calgary February 5-9, 2012 with one of the most vital and varied agenda's ever planned.
(November 23, 2011)
The following is a special notice from The Canadian Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA) Employment Referral Service regarding the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club.
(November 22, 2011)
The morning after their greatest on field triumph of the season, the B.C. Lions boarded a bus from their Surrey training facility to take a painful ride to Christian Life Assembly in Langley.
They were going there to honour the sudden and tragic death of Dylan Reichelt, the 18-year-old twin son of longtime Lions' trainer Bill Reichelt and Cathy, who had been a team secretary before she and Bill married and had a family.
(November 21, 2011)
In 1988 Brent Franklin was a 23-year-old rookie golf professional when he captured the Canadian PGA Championship for his first pro victory. In 2010 he was a 45-year-old assistant women's golf coach at the University of Colorado when he was selected to be a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. Today, Franklin has no idea who has his Canadian PGA trophy and he's not holding his breath waiting to receive his Hall of Fame plaque. To Brent, it's the memories that count the most.
(November 20, 2011)
Taking advantage of a sluggish American market, ClubLink Enterprises Ltd., Canada's largest owner/operator of golf clubs, Is back to acquiring more courses in Florida.
(November 19, 2011)
Four more Canadians have found their way to the final stage of the PGA TOUR's qualifying school that gets underway November 30, bringing to eight the number of Canucks now entitled to play 108 holes over six days for a chance join the PGA TOUR in 2012.
(November 18, 2011)
Only three of 14 Canadians participating in their last round of the second stage of the PGA TOUR's Qualifying school will be advancing into next month's all-important Final Stage for a chance to gain full exemption on the PGA TOUR in 2012.
(November 18, 2011)
While consistency has won 49-year-old Jeff Freeman his Champions Tour card on his first attempt at qualifying school, tenacity has earned 52-year-old Jim Rutledge his card for 2012 on his third try.
(November 17, 2011)
Friday will be a day of critical decision making for Vernon, BC's Chris Baryla who sits on the bubble going into the final round of his second stage of qualifying for a PGA Tour card for 2012.
(November 17, 2011)
After playing for 36 holes without a bogey Victoria's Jim Rutledge found four of them Thursday in the third round of the Champons Tour final Qualifying-School, however, an eagle and a trio of birdies has kept him among the top three and just two shots off the lead heading into Friday's closing round in the hunt for a Tour card for 2012.
(November 17, 2011)
(November 16, 2011)
With six birdies over his final 10 holes for an opening round of 7-under par 64 former BC Amateur champion (2007) Mitch Gillis of Williams Lake, BC has claimed a share of first place in his Plantation, Florida class of the PGA TOUR's second stage of Qualifying School.
(November 16, 2011)
Canada's Jim Rutledge posted a 9-under par 62 for the lowest round he's ever scored over the many years he's been attending qualifying schools in hopes of earning playing privileges for either the PGA TOUR or Champions Tour and, at 12-under par with a two stroke lead through two rounds of the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament, he's first in his class for the first time ever.
(November 16, 2011)
In the Afamosa Resort's glossy brochure it describes course architect Ross C. Watson as being "renowned" which he certainly should be if the Rockies and Palm sets of nine holes are representative of the Australian's work.
(November 15, 2011)
Of the 77 players competing in the opening round of the second stage of the PGA TOUR's Qualifying School at the TPC Craig Ranch Course in McKinney, Texas, 58 players managed to break par including Canadians Chris Baryla of Vernon, BC and Calgary's James Love who are tied for sixth place and two strokes out of first place.
(November 15, 2011)
68 new members joined the club and brought the median age
down from 53 to 42 within 4 months
(November 15, 2011)
You really haven't lived until you have had a full body massage from a blind Malaysian man. Seriously.
Kent Gilchrist, originally from Souris, Man., was a former Vancouver Province Sports Editor and Columnist who covered Olympic Games, Stanley Cup finals, the Kentucky Derby, The Masters, U.S. and Canadian Opens, PGA Championships and many Grey Cups. In 2005 he was inducted into the CFL's Football Reporters of Canada Hall of Fame. Now semi-retired, Cookie is a freelance journalist for a variety of major publications and a globe trotting commentator for BC Golf News.
(November 14, 2011)
University of Washington Husky freshman SooBin Kim of Coquitlam, B.C., has been named Pac-12 Women's Golfer of the Month for October.
(November 14, 2011)
According to the Walker Research Group, conducting a literature review for the U.S. Golf Association, researchers have determined that playing "18 holes while riding in a cart burns 1,300 calories and is equal to two hours and 10 minutes of aerobic activity and two hours and 45 minutes of strength training."
Are you kidding me?
(November 13, 2011)
In case you may have missed it earlier this month James Lepp's Kikkor Golf shoe company has now been launched in Europe.
(November 10, 2011)
What happens to golf clubs and resorts when the day comes that club members and homeowners loose their passion for the game, an ability to maintain their affluent lifestyle, or both, is being played out in California these days in an area once dominated by popular golf communities.
(November 8, 2011)
Growing the game of golf is not just about building longer, larger and more elaborate golf courses, awarding more scholarships, creating more tournaments and giving away greater cash prizes to the professionals in the sport. Getting golf ready for the future of the game means galvanizing the industry around strategic initiatives and grass roots activation to ensure the future vitality of the game itself.
(November 7, 2011)
Accepting a hefty prize for scoring a hole in one in Canada used to cost an amateur the privilege of one's amateur status . . . until January 1, 2012. However, the question remains: is scoring an ace a matter of good luck, just a fluke or the result of pure skill?
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One of Sport's more popular columnists, talking about Tiger Woods and Adam Hadwin in the same column, fearlessly picks Canada's new top ranked golfer from Abbotsford, BC as one of the next stars of the future for two key reasons.
(November 4, 2011)
Maybe if Hollywood stopped making so many realistic movies with guns and violence, the mammoth armed robbery that netted a singled armed crook hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry, valuable paintings and rugs might not have occurred last weekend the way it did at the private Point Grey Golf and Country Club in Vancouver.
(November 2, 2011)
British Columbia's Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam and Kevin Kwan of Pitt Meadows have been rewarded for their outstanding seasons in 2011 by being named Players of the Year in the Junior Girls and Junior Boys divisions respectively by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.
(November 1, 2011)
Canadian Juvenile Girls Champion Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, already a recipient of the Top Amateur of the Year Award on the Canadian Women's Tour, received additional honours in two countries today when she was selected to represent Team Canada as part of the 2012 National Amateur Golf Team while being named as the 2011 Junior Girls Player of the Year by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.
(November 1, 2011)
The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour has announced the names of five young players from British Columbia who are among14 Canadian golfers who have been awarded scholarships and awards for their performances in MJT competition in 2011.
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