Questions About Golf And The 2016 Olympics

(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...

Determination & Golf -- Rehabilitation For The Disabled

(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....

A Special Event For BC Golf News VP Anita Sharpe

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....

Smoking At Golf Courses Banned By Vancouver Park Board

(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...

Simson's Senior Amateur Victory Almost Too Easy

(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...

Canadian Tour Qualifying School - Round 3

(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...

Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour - Vancouver Island Series

(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...

PGA Of BC Award Nominations For 2010

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...

Simson On Track For Senior Men's Amateur Triple Crown

(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...

Doug Morgan Successfully Defends PGA Of BC Title

(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,...

Canadian Tour Qualifying School - Day 2

(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,...

Eugene Wong - To Represent Canada In Argentina

(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...

Round 2 - 2010 Canadian Men's Senior Championship

(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...

Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - September 1, 2010

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Round 1 - 2010 Canadian Men's Senior Championship

(August 31, 2010) Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC, a three-time British Senior Amateur Champion -- including 2010 -- has a one shot lead after the opening-round of the 2010 Canadian Men's Senior Championship while British Columbia has charged into a...

Aaron Goldberg - Record Setting Canadian Tour Champion

(August 29, 2010) With a finish befitting a champion who has dominated the Canadian Tour through 2010, Aaron Goldberg of Carlsbad, Cal., captured the biggest purse in Tour history and set a record for money won in a single season...

Michelle Wie Wins 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open

(August 29, 2010) Michelle Wie claimed her first victory of 2010 and her second in her sophomore season as a member of the LPGA Tour by winning the CN Canadian Women's Open by a convincing three shot margin at St....

Cuba Is About To Join The Global Golf Community

(August 29, 2010) After years of building diplomatic relationships with a foreign government and encouraging investor confidence around the globe it would seem that the dreams and hopes of Canadian entrepreneur Walter Berukoff and his Cuban project known as Leisure...

Michelle Wie - Enjoying Winnipeg And Being The Leader

(August 27, 2010) Adding a 3-under-par 69 to her opening round of 7-under 65 has allowed Michelle Wie to move to 10-under par and maintain her three-stroke lead at the 2010 CN Canadian Women's Open in Winnipeg while moving another...

Rookies Leading At Canadian Tour's Richest Championship

(August 27, 2010) Canadian Tour rookie, Devin Carrey of Surrey, BC has enjoyed a less than sparkling season with a mere $13,348 in earnings from six of the eight tournaments he's played in. However, halfway through the $325,000 Canadian Tour...