(December 31, 2011-January 1, 2012)
With the birth of this brand new year BC Golf News would like to thank all who took the time to send their prayers and encouraging messages for a speedy recovery from heart surgery at this time last year, and to wish each and everyone, golfer or not, for a generous, healthy and memorable 2012.
A Compilation Of
News, Notes,
Comments
and Quotes
Chretian's Balls, Fate Of Canadian Tour,
Canadians Saving Coachella Valley Golf Course
and Doug Roxburgh Says Farewell to Golf Canada
(December 25, 2011)
(December 24, 2011)
I am forever grateful to one person whose special invitation to attend a golf event 19-years-ago turned my whole world upside down, filled my head with endless questions . . . the answers to which now give me total comfort, endless blessings and the reason 'HE' came.
Today we share this special Christmas card.
(December 23, 2011)
(December 21, 2011)
Welcome to the first day of winter . .
(December 20, 2011)
from the
Canadian Tour
(December 19, 2011)
(December 19, 2011)
A Compilation Of
News, Notes,
Comments
and Quotes
Golf's Greatest Movies On The Big Screen
Now celebrating its 29th consecutive event BC GOLF NEWS is once again proud to support Vancouver's most joyest weekend of the year - - MISSION FEST 2012
Back under the sails at the Vancouver Convention Centre . . CANADA PLACE
Come join us and celebrate the largest Missions Conference in North America.
There is something for everybody:
Children, Youth, Young Adults and Adults!
(December 17, 2011)
Here is an outstanding example of how young college students, about to begin their own new careers in the game of golf, have already learned the basics of how to grow the game in Canada.
(December 16, 2011)
Just two years after accepting his first assignment with the Professional Golfers Association of British Columbia, the Board of Directors has appointed 29-year-old Donald Miyazaki as Executive Director of the PGA of BC.
(December 15, 2011)
Right on Q the PGA Tour and Canadian Tour offered brief messages--remarkably short of tangible or useful information--regarding the immediate future of the Canadian Tour.
Because the Canadian Tour is broke, the biggest benefit to it will be an infusion of cash, which will understandably mean a voice in how the tour is being run.
(December 15, 2011)
Thanks to a bogey-free round of 6-under par 67, Vancouver's Henry Griffin moved from sixth place to first and won the Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) Boys 16-19 division title at Eagle Creek GC in Orlando, Fl. this past weekend.
(December 14, 2011)
The Canadian Professional Golf Tour, cash strapped, facing an uncertain future and a lack of substantial sponsors, will live to play another season thanks to an infusion of new cash from the U.S. PGA TOUR.
(December 14, 2011)
(December 14, 2011)
The River Bend Golf & Recreation Society in Red Deer, Alberta is seeking an enthusiastic, team-oriented individual with excellent communication and leadership skills to fill our Course & Grounds Superintendent position.
(December 13, 2011)
Members of the pro shop staff at Vancouver's Shaugnessy Golf and Country Club, who helped to host the 2011 RBC Canadian Open Golf Championship, have been selected winners in four prestigious categories in the 20th Annual Professional Golfers' Association of British Columbia Awards of the Year program.
(December 12, 2011)
Highland Pacific Golf course, Victoria, B.C.'s newest 18-hole championship layout and award winning driving range, has appointed Rob Cruise as the facility's new Canadian PGA Head Professional.
(December 12, 2011)
The world renowned TELUS World Skins Game will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Atlantic Canada July 29-31, 2012 with a first time visit to Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia.
(December 11, 2011)
Tiger Woods returned to the winner's circle a week ago but his presence on the front page of the Canadian newspaper, The National Post, shows there are readers and golf fans in this country not that pleased to see this individual basking in the headlines and being welcomed back so readily after his shady personal life was made so public in 2009.
(December 9, 2011)
Knowing when to retire and what to do when you do retire can often be the secret of how enjoyable and successful your retirement will be, as in the case of two highly successful gentlemen in British Columbia, billionaire Arnold Armstrong and amateur golf icon Doug Roxburgh.
(December 7, 2011)
The Professional Golfers' Association of British Columbia has scored a major coup with the announcement this week that the keynote speaker for the 2012 AGM & Spring Education Seminar will feature the Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games, John Furlong.
(December 7, 2011)
The method used to determine your handicap, which ultimately provides golfers with that unique ability to compete on a level playing field against players with less or greater skills, will undergo a change in Canada on March 1 that will bring the Canadian system more in line with handicapping methods in the United States, a change that will be welcome news for the thousands of snowbirds that play golf in warmer U.S. States during the winter months.
(December 7, 2011)
In a release this week from Vancouver-based Miura Golf, the Japanese maker of premium forged irons, wedges, putters and other high quality golf clubs, Miura has greatly expanded its dealer network in 2011, resulting in sales of the forged products rising nearly 50 percent in fiscal year to date.
(December 7, 2011)
According to a company release the sales of belly and long-shafted versions of the Boccieri Golf Tour-proven Heavy Putter have surged and accounted for 40 percent of revenue the past two months, thanks to the company's ability to quickly and easily convert any of its award-winning models to a custom length.
(December 6, 2011)
A little fellow, who wears pull-ups and instructs his grandpa pretty much what, where and when, had a lot to do with helping decide Wally Buono's future.
(December 6, 2011)
Right from the start of this season Adam Hadwin had his mind set on attending PGA TOUR Qualifying School, confident he belonged on the TOUR. After six rounds and finishing eight strokes behind the last Q-school qualifier he now has a whole year to reassess his phenomenal late season TOUR success and his disappointing visit to Q-school.
(December 5, 2011)
Seven days ago the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School held so much promise for the nine Canadian players.
It was the greatest number of Canadians who had ever reached the six-round grind.
(December 5, 2011)
Back bigger and better than ever . . . be sure to mark your calendar and make plans now for attending the . . .
Vancouver Golf & Travel Show.
Supported by the Professional Golfers' Association of British Columbia and British Columbia Golf (BCGA),
Golf Shows and Events West, owners of the popular Seattle Golf & Travel Show, have now added the Vancouver Golf & Travel Show to their outstanding list of events.
(December 4, 2011)
What started out like a leisurely walk down the yellow brick road has turned into a rocky ride along a path of destruction for the eight remaining Canadians seeking membership privileges on the PGA TOUR in 2012.
(December 4, 2011)
A pair of talented Canadians, Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que. and Toronto's Rebecca Lee-Bentham, propelled their way onto the LPGA Tour with full exempt status for next season by graduating in two different styles through the five day, 90-hole Qualifying tournament that concluded at the LPGA International Course in Daytona Beach, Florida today.
(December 4, 2011)
In case you haven't discovered it yet Ross Marrington of BC Golf Guide and his travel partner Danny Leitch created a new web site during this past season that is quickly catching on and well worth bookmarking for those occasions when you want to plan your future international or domestic golf travels
(December 3, 2011)
The leaderboard during round four of the PGA TOUR's final six-day Qualifying School turned into a game of musical chairs for the nine Canadian contenders with Ryan Yip of Calgary finding the best seat after a six birdie performance and a 5-under par 67 allowed him to skip from 107th place into a tie for 21st and 10 shots off the lead.
(December 3, 2011)
The opportunity for Canadians to acquire real estate in the U.S., own a second home or purchase investment property for the future has never been greater and the wide variety of inventory available in the Palm Springs area right now is more affordable and attractive than ever thanks to Darby Realty.
(December 2, 2011)
Going into the final round of the Ladies PGA Tour Qualifying School Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke Que., are tied for ninth and in excellent position to be among the Top 20 players and ties to join the LPGA Tour for 2012.
(December 2, 2011)
One stroke over a round of 18 holes can make or break you. It doesn't matter where it comes . . . on the first tee or the 18th green . . . just ask Brad Fritsch of Ottawa or Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, the top two Canadians engaged in competing at the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School.
(December 2, 2011)
While the Canadian Tour sways in limbo, a couple of its marquee members seem intent on graduating all the way to the PGA Tour.
by Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist
(December 2, 2011)
Scott Dickson, Director of Golf at Vancouver's Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club for the past nine years, has accepted a new position as Director of Golf / Head Golf Professional with the Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in Ontario effective February 1, 2012.
Dickson was the host professional for this year's RBC Canadian Open and the Bell Canadian Open in 2005.
(December 2, 2011)
As a leader in the golf industry, the World Golf Foundation has included BC Golf News among the recipients of World Golf Foundation Links. For those new to this e-Newsletter it is distributed three times a year and focuses on an issue of importance to the industry by assimilating LINKS to articles from around the world on that subject. This month's topic focuses on the health and wellness benefits of golf.
(December 1, 2011)
With two rounds remaining five Canadians, including BC's Sue Kim of Langley and Kirby Dreher of Fort St. John, together with Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., are all tied for 15th at 1 over par and within striking distance of LPGA membership at qualifying school in Florida.
(December 1, 2011)
Brad Fritsch of Ottawa and Abbotsford, BC's Adam Hadwin, two of nine Canadians at the PGA TOUR's final stage of qualifying school, turned Thursday's second round into their personal moving day by elevating themselves from well off the pace into the top 15 among the school of 173 players seeking employment for the 2012 season among the best golfers in the world.
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