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Doug Roxburgh receives lifetime exemption to BC Amateur

VANCOUVER ( March 29, 2008) – The Board of Directors of the British Columbia Golf Association announced Saturday at the BCGA Recognition Awards luncheon, that 13-time BC Amateur Champion and Canada Golf Hall of Famer, Doug Roxburgh has been extended a lifetime exemption to the BC Amateur Championship.

“The decision to award Doug a lifetime exemption was not difficult,” says Kris Jonasson, executive director of the BCGA. “We are proud to have a player of Doug’s stature in British Columbia and we look forward to seeing him play as long as he feels he is competitive.”

Doug Roxburgh has been at the pinnacle of amateur golf in Canada for more than two decades. Canadian junior Champion in 1970, runner-up in the Canadian Amateur in 1972 and Amateur Champion in 1972, Roxburgh embarked on an amateur career that many in BC would compare to local hero Ken Black. He has won the Canadian Amateur four times and the B.C. Amateur 13 times, while representing his country on six World Amateur Teams.

Doug Roxburgh's Record:

International:

  • 1981won Simon Bolivar in Venezuela
  • 1971 Member of winning Canadian team to New Zealand Golf Centennial Tournament
  • 1972 Member of Canadian team to Humberto de Alemdia Cup
  • 1973 Represented Canada on a six-man team to play in South Africa
  • 1975 Member of winning Canadian team to Commonwealth Trophy Tournament

National:

  • 1972 Canadian Amateur Champion
  • 1974 Canadian Amateur Champion
  • 1982 Canadian Amateur Champion
  • 1988 Canadian Amateur Champion
  • 1970 Canadian Junior Champion
  • 1967 Runner-Up Canadian Junior Champion

Provincial:

  • 1969 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1972 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1973 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1976 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1977 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1978 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1983 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1985 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1988 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1989 British Columbia Amateur Champion 
  • 1991 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1995 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1996 British Columbia Amateur Champion
  • 1969 British Columbia Junior Champion
  • 1970 British Columbia Junior Champion

Other Items of Note:
 Member of 15 British Columbia Willingdon Cup Teams, Member of 5 Canadian World Amateur Teams.

 

Golf Hall of Fame information courtesy of the RCGA