May 26, 2014

Jim Lee, British Columbia Golf

This humerous video from the Hoilies Executive Course in Port Alberni shows the fun side of the game and what it can and should be about - having fun!  Port Alberni, located in the center of Vancouver Island, prides itself as the "Salmon Fishing Capital of Canada" but this video shows why Port Alberni has also turned out two of the best women golfers in Canada (full disclosure, I'm a resident of Port Alberni).  The Hollies Executive Course and nearby Alberni Golf Club provide great opportunities to learn the game in an accessible and affordable way.  Watch the video

May 23, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

Playing golf takes patience. It takes composure. It takes strength. Determination. Resilience. One thing that Darren Douma and blind golfers all over the world are proving it doesn’t take - is sight.

May 15, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

As a proud partner of the ASPAC Club, British Columbia Golf was on hand at Richmond Olympic Oval on Wednesday, May 14 as the club announced three-time World Champion figure skater, Patrick Chan, as honorary member No. 1.

Following a press conference with the two-time Olympic silver medalist, British Columbia Golf was honored to enjoy lunch and a short round of golf with Chan at Quilchena Golf and Country Club.

May 13, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

The Simon Fraser University men’s golf team is off to Michigan for the NCAA Division II Championship May 19 - 23. 

And they’re a year early.

May 12, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

What makes a young, successful athlete chose to pursue one sport over another? In Megan Osland’s case, it was practical foresight.

Already having a great deal of success at the provincial level, Osland was on pace to compete at a high-level in hockey, until she became increasingly involved in golf, the later sport won her over. She understood and appreciated, even at a young age, the sustainability of the sport of golf.

May 1, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

Golf is more than just a game. It’s an industry in British Columbia that impacts the lives of residents environmentally, economically and physically; and growing the game that many British Columbians are already so passionate about can only help to strengthen the province in these areas.

May 5, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

Coquitlam, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Golf courses are used for a number of different functions, from the obvious, playing a round of golf, to hosting banquets and weddings, and on Monday morning the Vancouver Golf Club transformed from links – into a science lab. 

May 1, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

If there was ever any doubt that golf truly is a “Sport for Life”, Kathy Gook, director of British Columbia Golf’s school program for young kids, Playground to Fairway, can set the record straight.

April 23, 2014
Gordon McIntyre (The Province)
Photo by: Arlene Redekop (The Province)

He’s no Kim Jong-il, but what Ed Pike did on Monday afternoonis still amazing.

The 48-year-old forklift operator hit two holes-in-one in the same round Monday at Country Meadows in Richmond.

April 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

RICHMOND, BC (British Columbia Golf) – Kelowna’s Rutland Elementary School played host to one of British Columbia Golf’s Playground to Fairway School Golf Coach Certification workshops on April 10-11.

The three-and-a-half-hour long workshop was a success, attracting six new participants to the program that included recreation leaders, golf professionals, city staff and volunteers.

April 11, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

Ask Alison Murdoch what it is she likes about playing golf and her answer is so simple, and so obvious, it may surprise you.

The four-time Canadian Senior Women’s Champion described a survey she once took part in that asked women to check off, from a list, what it was they liked about playing golf. The final possible answer: “playing golf”.

Murdoch ticked the last box.

April 1, 2014
Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

Betty Clark and George Faithfull were honoured over the weekend with the Distinguished Service Award. The two devoted volunteers were acknowledged with the distinction for their hard work and significant volunteer contributions to British Columbia Golf.

British Columbia Golf has partnered with Inside Golf publications to develop a new website and new newsletter format that will help us improve our communications capability with our members and other interested golfers. We have been struggling with older systems that limit our capabilities and it was time to refresh our look and feel, and how we communicate with our members.

Adam Svensson made history at Barry University earlier in March, winning his fifth tournament of the season at the Bobcat Invitational in Eatonton, Georgia.

A.J. Ewart, a 14-year-old from Coquitlam, claimed victory at the Future Collegians World Tour event hosted by the Sandpiper GC in Santa Barbara, CA from February 15-16.

by Dale Jackson

Lindsay Bernakevitch has been named the Victoria Golf Club’s 10th head professional in its 120-year history.

by Bryan Outram

With an amateur career that rivals the best to ever play the game in not only B.C. or Western Canada but all of the country - (with all due respect to Doug Roxburgh) - Abbostford, British Columbia's Nick Taylor is beginning to show the same consistent skills as a young professional that had him ranked as the number one amateur in the world for a 20 week span in 2009.

By Alfie Lau; It's a Lower Mainland golf success story that has seen 20,000 students in the last decade pick up the pointers of a sport that they play for the rest of their lives.

by Haley Cameron

I was walking down the twelfth fairway at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club, when I struck up a conversation with the 20-something in my group who was sitting comfortably at 3-under-par.